19 Sep GS 2007 art 128

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GS 2007 Article 128 – Igreja Reformadas do Brasil (IRB)

The advisory committee presented its proposal:

1.      Material

  • 1.1     CCCA Report 5
  • 1.2     Letter from London

2.      Observations

  • 2.1     Synod Chatham (Art. 28) mandated the CCCA:
    • 2.1.1    [4.3] To continue the relation of Ecclesiastical Fellowship with the IRB under the adopted rules.
    • 2.1.2    [4.4] To mandate the CCCA to maintain contact with the IRB either directly or indirectly.
  • 2.2     The CCCA notes that:
    • 2.2.1    There have been difficult times in the IRB which resulted in the restructuring of the IRB federation.
    • 2.2.2    Continued contact with the IRB happened exclusively via the Surrey Maranatha CanRC.
    • 2.2.3    Two delegates from Canada visited the Third National Synod of the IRB as representatives of the CCCA.
    • 2.2.4    The IRB as a young federation has “growing pains,” but this takes nothing away from the fact that the Lord’s church gathering work is continuing within the IRB.
    • 2.2.5    The IRB experiences the bond with our churches strongly and is most grateful for what they have received through the CanRC.
  • 2.3     The CCCA recommends:
    • 2.3.1    To express gratitude to the Lord for the continued desire and effort within the IRB to serve him in sincerity and truth.
    • 2.3.2    To mandate the CCCA to continue the relationship of Ecclesiastical Fellowship with the IRB under the adopted rules via the sending churches for mission in Brazil.
    • 2.3.3    To mandate the CCCA to make use of other opportunities for contact with the IRB as they may present themselves (e.g., visits from Canada to Brazil and vice versa by church members).
  • 2.4     The church at London notes that the CCCA has had its contact with the IRB exclusively through the church at Surrey, and recommends that the CCCA use also the church at Hamilton as a contact channel.

3.      Considerations

  • 3.1     It is gratifying to note that, while a young federation invariably has many difficulties to overcome, the IRB gives evidence of striving to go in the way of the Lord.
  • 3.2     It is fitting that, if contact with the IRB must go via an intermediary, it go via both churches in our federation involved in mission work in the midst of the IRB.
  • 3.3     Given the cultural and language distance between the IRB and the CanRC, it is reasonable that the CCCA make use of other opportunities for contact with the IRB as they may present themselves (e.g., visits from Canada to Brazil and vice versa by church members).

4.      Recommendation

Synod decide:

  • 4.1 To express gratitude to the Lord for the continued desire and effort within the IRB to serve him in sincerity and truth.
  • 4.3 To mandate the CCCA to continue the Relationship of Ecclesiastical Fellowship with the IRB under the adopted rules, either directly or via the sending churches for mission in Brazil.

(Numbering is correct, ‘4.2’ is missing from the acts)

ADOPTED

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