GS 2025 Article 188 – Appointments

Synod went into closed session. Rev. S.C. Van Dam left the meeting while his appointment to the Board of Governors was discussed.

1. Material

• 1.1    Submissions from: RSE 2024 (9.1.1), RSW 2024 (9.1.2), the Board of Governors of CRTS (9.1), the CWeb (9.6.1), the CER (9.3.1), the SCBP (9.4.1).
• 1.2    Two letters from Burlington Waterdown (Rehoboth) (9.8.1; 9.12.1).

2.   Admissibility

• 2.1    All submissions were declared admissible as they pertain to the appointment of individuals to synodical committees and the appointment of churches as synodical committees.

3.   Recommendations

That Synod make the following appointments:

• 3.1    Board of Governors (BoG) of the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary (CRTS):
  • 3.1.1    Academic Committee:
    • 3.1.1.1   From Eastern Canada: Dr. Jeff Temple (2031), Rev. Clarence VanderVelde (2028); Rev. Ian Wildeboer (2034);
    • Alternates: Rev. T. Vandergaag; Rev. J. VanWoudenberg (in that order);
    • 3.1.1.2   From Western Canada: Rev. S. Carl Van Dam (2034); Rev. Doug Vandeburgt (2034); Rev. Julius VanSpronsen (2031);
  • Alternates: Rev. Calvin Vanderlinde, Rev. Rick Vanderhorst (in that order).
  • 3.1.2    Finance and Property Committee:
    • 3.1.2.1   Adrian Bartels (2031), Mike Bork (2034), Paul Broekema (2034), Alan Datema (2028), Herman Post (2031);
    • 3.1.2.2   Substitute: Brad Schutten; Jeff Jans (in that order).
• 3.2    Committee for Pastoral Training Program Funding (CPTPF):
  • 3.2.1    The Guelph (Emmanuel) CanRC.
• 3.3    Committee on Ecumenical Relations (CER):
  • 3.3.1    Rev. Hendrik Alkema (2034), Stuart Boeve (2034), Rev. Gerrit Bruintjes (2034), Harry de Boer (2031), William Gortemaker (2034), Rev. Marc Jagt (2028), Dr. Karlo Janssen (2028) (Convener), Rev. Andrew Pol (2031), Henry Schouten (2028), Dr. Jeff Temple (2028), Rev. Steve Vandevelde (2028), Kasper VanVeen (2034).
• 3.4    Standing Committee for the Publication of the Book of Praise (SCBP):
  • 3.4.1    Chris de Boer (2031), Rev. Ryan Kampen (2031), Brian Vanderhout (2028), Carl Oosterhoff (2028), James Teitsma (2034), Rev. Rodney Vermeulen (2034) (Convener).
• 3.5    Committee on Bible Translations (CBT):
  • 3.5.1    Rev. Jeff Poort (2028), Rev. Tyler VanderGaag (2031).
• 3.6    Committee for the Official Website (CWeb):
  • 3.6.1    Reuel Feenstra (2034), Al Gortemaker (2031), Rev. Jeff Poort (2031) (Convener), Rosalyn Poort (2031).
• 3.7    Committee for Needy Students of Theology (CNST):
  • 3.7.1    The Grassie (Covenant) CanRC.
• 3.8    Ad hoc Committee on Liturgical Forms:
  • 3.8.1    Dr. Reuben Bredenhof (convener), Dr. Ben Faber, Rev. Tyler Vandergaag; Alternates – Raoul Kingma, Dr. Karen Dieleman.
• 3.9    Ad hoc Committee to Propose Guidelines for Appeals at General Synod:
  • 3.9.1    Rev. Jan DeGelder, Rev. Eric Kampen (convener), Harold Olij; Alternate – Rev. John VanWoudenberg.
• 3.10  Ad hoc Committee on GS Committees Complying with Church Order and Canadian tax law:
  • 3.10.1  Dr. Karlo Janssen (convener), Kevin VanDelden, Oliver Hansma, Eric Vandergriendt.
• 3.11  Address Church:
  • 3.11.1  The Burlington (Ebenezer) CanRC.
• 3.12  Archiving Church:
  • 3.12.1  The Burlington (Ebenezer) CanRC.
• 3.13  Church to Inspect the Archives of General Synod:
  • 3.13.1  The Burlington (Fellowship) CanRC.
• 3.14  General Fund:
  • 3.14.1  The Carman East CanRC.
• 3.15  Financial Review of the General Fund:
  • 3.15.1  The Carman West CanRC.
• 3.16  Churches for Days of Prayer ad CO Art. 54:
  • 3.16.1  The Burlington Waterdown (Rehoboth) CanRC (and, once merged with the Burlington (Ebenezer) CanRC, the new combined church) and the Edmonton (Providence) CanRC.
• 3.17  Financial Review of GS 2025:
  • 3.17.1  The Langley CanRC.
• 3.18  Committee for Publication of the Acts:
  • 3.18.1  The first and second clerks of GS 2025.
• 3.19  Convening Church for the Next General Synod:
  • 3.19.1  The Glanbrook (Trinity) CanRC.

ADOPTED

Synod returned to open session.