Category: GS 1971

GS 1971 ARTICLE 60 – Adjournment Rev. J. Mulder requests Synod to sing Psalm 25: 6 and  leads in thanksgiving. Synod stands adjourned.

GS 1971 ARTICLE 59 – Letter R. F. Boersema Committee I presents: Material – Agenda 8 S, 4 – Letter R. F. Boersema, Toronto, Ont. Observations Considerations Recommendation Synod decide not to accede to the request to change the decision of Synod Orangeville 1968, as recorded in Article 171. ADOPTED

GS 1971 ARTICLE 58 – Acts-Press Release The Acts and the Press Release of the eighth session are read and adopted.

GS 1971 ARTICLE 57 – Re-opening The chairman requests Synod to sing Hymn 9: 1, 2, 3, reads from Holy Scripture I Timothy 6: 1-16 and leads in prayer.

GS 1971 ARTICLE 56 – Adjournment Br. H. J. Kamstra requests Synod to sing Psalm 98: 1 and leads in thanksgiving. Synod stands adjourned.

GS 1971 ARTICLE 55 – Contact Orthodox Presbyterian Church Committee II presents its report on the contact with the Orthodox: Presbyterian Church. A beginning is made with the discussion of this report. (See Acts art. 66.)

GS 1971 ARTICLE 54 – Adjournment-Re-opening Synod adjourns. In the evening session the chairman requests Synod to sing Psalm 116: 9, 10.

GS 1971 ARTICLE 63 – Baptism of Adopted Children Committee I presents: Material – Agenda 8 P, 1 – Letter  Church  at  Burlington-West, Ont. Observation The Church at Burlington-West overtures Synod “to seek and maintain uniformity in the Churches with regard to the baptism of adopted children.” Considerations Recommendation Synod decide not to accede to this request.…

GS 1971 ARTICLE 52 – Elders in Synodical Committees Committee I presents: Material –   Agenda 8 Observation The Church at Burlington-West proposes to appoint more Elders as Synodical Deputies. Considerations Recommendation Synod confine itself to express the desirability to engage non-ministers in the work of synodically appointed Committees. ADOPTED

GS 1971 ARTICLE 51 – Rev. H. M. Ohmann Synod discusses with the Rev. Ohmann several aspects of his ap­pointment as Professor in the Old Testament disciplines.