Author: Roy Janssen

GS 1965 ARTICLE 54: Call Rev. van Popta. The chairman spoke a few words to Rev. Van Popta, who received a call from the Church at Cloverdale, B.C. His prayer for Rev. Van Popta is that he might experience the blessing and assistance of the Lord in the difficulties caused by this call.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 53: Rollcall.  rollcall takes place. Once again, all delegates are present.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 52: Opening The chairman opens this session. He has Psalm 105: 1 and 2 sung, after which he reads 1 Cor. 3:10 to (the) end (of the chapter). He then leads in prayer.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 51: Close. After Psalm 35:13 is sung and Rev. Van Popta leads in thanksgiving, the session is closed.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 50: Appeal Cl.K. Oosterveld. Advisory Committee presents an amended proposal to reply to the appeal raised by br. Cl.K. Oosterveld of Winnipeg, see Article 35. This is discussed at length.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 49: Press Release. The Press Release is read and adopted.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 48: Rollcall.  rollcall takes place. All the brothers are present.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 47: Reopening. After the afternoon has been spent on advisory committee work, the session is reopened by the chairman at 7.30 p.m. Psalm 125:1 and 4 are sung.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 46: Eligibility for call. The discussion of the proposal of Advisory Committee I referred to in Article 39 continues. It is adopted by the Synod.

GS 1965 ARTICLE 45: Letter Rev C. de Haan. As a follow-up to the telephone conversation between Rev. Kouwenhoven and Rev. C. de Haan of Winnipeg referred to in article 31 a letter is received from Rev. de Haan, in which he responds to the announcement, mentioned in article 7, that a letter received before…