Author: Roy Janssen

Article 75 Address Church Committee IV presents: Agenda item L.22 I. MATERIAL Report from the address church, the Ebenezer Canadian Reformed Church at Burlington- East. II. OBSERVATIONS A. The church at Burlington-East reports on its correspondence as address church. B. The church at Grand Rapids, which is our address church in the United States of…

Article 74 – Inspection of the Archives Committee IV presents: Agenda item I.J (L.29) I. MATERIAL Letter from the church at Burlington-Waterdown re: inspection of the General Archives. II. OBSERVATION The church at Burlington-Waterdown informs Synod that the archives of General Synod Abbotsford 1995 were inspected by two members of their consistory and found to…

GS 1998 Article 73 Mexico – Committee IV presents: Agenda item II.PP I. MATERIAL: Overture from Bethel Canadian Reformed Church in Toronto regarding the Independent Presbyterian Church of Mexico. II. ADMISSIBILITY: This overture comes from a local church and is presented to General Synod as a new matter. Neither Classis Ontario-North nor Regional Synod-East have…

Article 72 – Committee for Contact with Churches Abroad Committee III makes their proposal. Committee III presents Items ID, IIFF, IIW, IV T, IV V, IV W, I. MATERIAL 1. The Report of the CRCA 2. Letters from the churches at Aldergrove, Elora, Orangeville, Taber, Yarrow II. OBSERVATIONS A. The CRCA has been having internal…

GS 1998 Article 71 – Address of Rev. R. Stienstra Rev. Richard Stienstra prefaces his address with some personal reflections on what he has seen during the day’s visit to Synod, expressing appreciation. He then addresses synod with the words found in the appendix. Thereafter Rev. W. B. Slomp responds with suitable words, as found…

GS 1998 Article 70 – Address of Rev. Bedard Rev. Paulin Bedard then addresses the synod and the audience with the words found in Appendix1. Rev. G. H. Visscher responds with words that can be found in the same appendix.

GS 1998 Article 69 – Reopening The chairman asks that Hymn 46: 1, 2 be sung. He welcomes the guests among us, also the young people and the children.

GS 1998 Article 68 – Adjournment Synod adjourns for committee work until the evening.

GS 1998 Article 67 – Closed Session

GS 1998 Article 66 – Closed Session