Category: GS 1974

GS 1974 ARTICLE 149 – Contact with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Advisory Committee III presents: MATERIAL: OBSERVATIONS: CONSIDERATIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS: Synod decide: ADOPTED

ARTICLE 148 – Re-opening Synod is re-opened with the singing of Psalm 96:1, 2. The Rev. D. VanderBoom, advisory member, is absent. A letter of the Board of Trustees of the Theological College is passed on to Advisory Committee II.

GS 1974 ARTICLE 147 – Adjournment Synod adjourns. The Advisory Committees meet.

GS 1974 ARTICLE 146 – Contact with the Christian Reformed Church The discussion on the Report of Advisory Committee III on the Contact with the Christian Reformed Church is continued. This Report reads: MATERIAL: OBSERVATIONS: CONSIDERATIONS: CONCLUSION: The position of the Christian Reformed Church in the matter of Church Correspondence with the (Synodical) Gereformeerde Kerken…

GS 1974 ARTICLE 145 – Acts The Acts of the fifteenth and sixteenth sessions are read and adopted.

GS 1974 ARTICLE 144 – Re-opening Synod is re-opened with the singing of Psalm 62:3, 4, Scripture-reading of Philippians 3:17-4:7, and prayer. Roll-call is held. All delegates are present.

GS 1974 ARTICLE 143- Adjournment After the singing of Psalm 115:5, 8 and thanksgiving in which the Rev. M.C. Werkman leads, Synod is adjourned.

GS 1974 ARTICLE 142 – Contact with the Christian Reformed Church Advisory Committee III presents a Report on the Contact with the Christian Reformed Church, which is initially discussed.

GS 1974 ARTICLE 141 – Textbook for Catechetical Instruction Advisory Committee I presents: MATERIAL: OBSERVATIONS: The Church at Smithville also considers: CONSIDERATIONS: RECOMMENDATION: Synod decide, on the ground of Considerations 1, 2, and 3: ADOPTED

GS 1974 ARTICLE 140 – Correspondence with Sister-Churches abroad [6] Advisory Committee IV presents some Final Recommendations. These are adopted (see below). The whole Report and the adopted Recommendations read thus: MATERIAL: A. INFORMATION: 7.  AUSTRALIA The Committee on Correspondence (see B.1, pages 9 and IOc, Additional report, page 1, bottom) asked the Committee on…