Category: GS 1968

GS 1968 ARTICLE 140 Synod meets with Rev. Drs. J. Faber in executive session. It is decided to refer the matter of the ecclesiastical position of the professors to Committee III (See Art. 163). No further decisions are made at this time.

GS 1968 ARTICLE 139 The roll call indicates that all the delegates are present.

GS 1968 ARTICLE 138 The Chairman requests Synod the singing of Psalm 77:1,2,3, reads Psalm 77, and leads in prayer.

GS 1968 ARTICLE 137 Rev. L. Moes requests Synod to sing Psalm 139:1,2,13, and leads in thanksgiving and supplication.

GS 1968 ARTICLE 136 Synod is informed that the condition of Rev. J. T. VanPopta, appointed Professor for Systematic Theology, is deteriorating. Synod receives this information with sorrow.

GS 1968 ARTICLE 135 The Chairman welcomes the Rev. Drs. J. Faber who has arrived from The Nether­lands to discuss his appointment as professor for Old Testament. Rev. Faber expresses his thanks for the confidence placed in him. A meeting with Rev. J. Faber in executive session is scheduled for tomorrow.

GS 1968 ARTICLE 134 Committee III on Contact with the Christian Reformed Church presents: (See Supplement 10) Materials: Recommendations: I.        (Re: Report of Deputies ad III, pp.5-7, on the Three Forms of Unity) Synod take note of the fact that, though there is a slight difference in the edition of the text of Art. 36…

GS 1968 ARTICLE 133 The Acts of the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Session inclusive are read and adopted, Art. 99 (Executive Session) excepted.

GS 1968 ARTICLE 132 I.  Recommendations: ADOPTED ADOPTED II. The Board considered the matter of a temporary mandate for the present situation, and of a general mandate. Recommendation: Synod approve of the following instructions for the Committee of Administration: ADOPTED III. Recommendation: Synod set the opening date of the Theological College on the second Wednesday in September, ie.…

GS 1968 ARTICLE 131 Executive Session