Author: Roy Janssen

GS 1986 ARTICLE 66 Acts Acts, Articles 50 –  63 are read and adopted.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 65 Roll Call Roll call is held. All members are present.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 64 Reopening The chairman reopens the meeting, requests that Hymn 3:1, 2, 3 be sung, reads Ephe­sians 3:1-20, and leads in prayer.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 63 Adjournment Rev. J. Mulder requests that Psalm 101:1, 3, 6 be sung, and leads in prayer. Synod is adjourned.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 62 Greeting from the Netherlands A letter with greetings and best wishes is received from the Committee on Relations with Churches Abroad of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. The chairman reads the letter and expresses the appreciation of synod for it.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 61 Address to Federal Government Committee 1 presents: A.    MATERIAL – Agenda VIII, I, 1: Overture from the Maranatha Canadian Reformed Church at Surrey, BC, re address Federal Government. B.    OBSERVATION The Church at Surrey requests synod to address the Federal Government requesting “new legislation which will address the following areas of…

GS 1986 ARTICLE 60 Bible Translation Committee 1 presents: A.    MATERIAL –  Agenda VIII, K, 2: Letter from the Committee on Bible Translations. B.    OBSERVATIONS 1.     The Committee on Bible Translations sends a letter instead of a report. 2.    It appears that the General Synod of 1983 failed to notify the convener of this committee,…

GS 1986 ARTICLE 59 General Archives Committee 1 presents: A.    MATERIAL –  Agenda VIII, K, 1: Inspection General Achives. B.    OBSERVATIONS 1.     General Synod of Cloverdale of 1983 appointed the Church at Burlington-West to examine the archives of General Synod of 1983 (Acts, Art . 113). 2.     The archives were examined and all the correspondence…

GS 1986 ARTICLE 58 Roll Call Roll call is held. All members are present.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 57 Reopening The chairman reopens the meeting and requests that Psalm 85:1, 4, be sung.