Category: GS 1983

GS 1983 ARTICLE 18 – Acts The Acts Articles 11-16 are read and adopted.

ARTICLE 17 – Reopening The chairman calls the meeting to order. He requests to sing Psalm 111: 1, 4, 5, reads Job 28, and leads in prayer. The roll call shows that the Rev. Cl. Stam is absent. The chairman informs Synod that Dr. K. Deddens has been notified of his appoint­ment. Dr. Deddens expresses…

GS 1983 ARTICLE 16 – Adjournment The Rev. B. J. Berends requests the members to sing Psalm 103:1, 2, 6, 7, and leads in thanksgiving prayer. The chairman adjourns the meeting.

ARTICLE 15 – Theological College Appointments Synod enters into closed-restricted session. Committee Ill presents: A. MATERIAL –   Agenda VIII,  A, 1.  Nominations for the Theological College a.   Regional Synod East; b.   Regional Synod West. A,  2. Board of Governors a.   Report to General Synod 1983; b. Proposal re Fourth Professor. B.  OBSERVATIONS 1.  a.   The…

GS 1983 ARTICLE 14 – Reopening The chairman announces that some incoming mail has yet arrived before the set deadline: a.   letter from The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, under Agenda VIII G, 3; b.   letter from the Church at Chilliwack re Proposed Guidelines, under Agenda VII F; c. letter from the Church at Chilliwack re Apostles’ Creed, under Agenda VIII J, 3.

GS 1983 ARTICLE 13 – Adjournment Synod is adjourned until the afternoon. The Advisory Committees meet.

GS 1983 ARTICLE 12 – Acts The Acts, Articles 1-10, are read and after some emendation are adopted.

GS 1983 ARTICLE 11 – Reopening The chairman requests to sing Psalm 36:2. He reads Isaiah 12, and leads in prayer. The vice-chairman, Rev. J. Geertsema, takes the floor to congratulate the Rev. and Mrs. VanOene with the fact that they may this day commemorate and celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. He expresses the joy of Synod and…

GS 1983 ARTICLE 10 – Adjournment The chairman requests the members to sing Psalm 87:1, 2, and 5, leads in thanksgiving prayer and adjourns the meeting.

GS 1983 ARTICLE 9 – Adjournment After the various committees have been assigned their respective meeting rooms, the chairman adjourns the meeting and the Advisory Committees meet.