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Category: GS 2019

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    GS 2019 Article 68 – CCCNA (Committee for Contact with Churches in North America) – General 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the Committee for Contact with Churches in North America (CCCNA) (8.2.3.1) 1.2    Letter from the following church: Dunnville (8.3.2.1) 2.   Observations 2.1 GS 2016 (Art. 49) decided concerning the CCCNA: [4.1.1] To continue contact with…

  • GS 2019 art 67

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    GS 2019 Article 67 – Days of Prayer 1.   Material 1.1    Report from the Burlington-Rehoboth CanRC and the Edmonton-Providence CanRC regarding days of prayer dated September 27, 2018 (8.2.12.1) 1.2    Supplemental report from these two churches regarding days of prayer dated November 17, 2018 (8.2.12.2) 2.   Observations 2.1    GS 2016 appointed Edmonton-Providence and Burlington-Rehoboth as the…

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    GS 2019 Article 66 – CBT (Committee for Bible Translations) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the Committee for Bible Translation (CBT) (8.2.9.1) 1.2    Letters from the following churches: Willoughby Heights (8.3.5.1), Fergus-North (8.3.5.2), Attercliffe (8.3.5.3), Grassie-Covenant (8.3.5.4) 2.   Observations 2.1    GS 2016 mandated the CBT to: [4.1.1] To solicit, receive and evaluate comments from the…

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    Article 65 – Appeal of Neerlandia-(North) re: GS 2016 Art. 111 (NIV2011) 1.   Material 1.1    Appeal to GS 2019 from the Neerlandia-(North) CanRC re: GS 2016 Art. 111 (8.6.10.1) 2.   Observations 2.1    Neerlandia-(North) believes that GS 2016 erred by not giving a strong warning against the use of the NIV2011 and asks General Synod to recommend to the churches…

  • GS 2019 art 64

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    GS 2019 Article 64 – Request of Hamilton-Blessings re: GS 1983 Art. 145 (expression “confessions” in liturgical forms) 1.   Material 1.1    The request of the Hamilton-Blessing CanRC to revise the decision of GS 1983 Art. 145 (8.6.7.1) 1.2    Letters from the following churches: Dunnville, Guelph-Emmanuel, and Grand Rapids (8.6.7.1.1–3) 2. Admissibility 2.1    Since the matter…

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    GS 2019 Article 63 – Appeal of Chilliwack re: GS 2016 Art. 87 (Women Voting) 1.   Material 1.1    Appeal to GS 2019 from the Chilliwack CanRC re: GS 2016 Art. 87 (8.6.1.1) 2.   Observations 2.1    Chilliwack appealed the decision of GS 2010 to leave the matter of women voting in the freedom of the local church. Its appeal…

  • GS 2019 art 26

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    GS 2019 Article 26 – CRTS – Appointment of professor New Testament This matter was dealt with by Synod in closed-restricted session. 1.   Material 1.1    Letter with appendices from the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches (CRTS) with a proposal to fill the vacancy in the department of…

  • GS 2019 art 62

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    GS 2019 Article 62 – Appeal of Chilliwack re: RSW 2018 Art. 5 & 19 (treating an “appeal” as a “submission”) 1. Material 1.1    Appeal to GS 2019 from the Chilliwack CanRC re: RSW 2018 Art. 5 & 19 (8.6.9.1) 2. Observations 2.1    Chilliwack believes that: 2.1.1    RSW erred in its decision to change Chilliwack’s appeal into “Expressions…

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    GS 2019 Article 61 – ARPC (Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the Committee for Contact with Churches in North America (CCCNA) regarding the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC) (8.2.3.1) 2.   Observations 2.1    GS 2016 (Art. 49) decided to mandate the CCCNA: [4.1.2] To investigate diligently all the requests received for entering into…

  • GS 2019 art 60

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    GS 2019 Article 60 – RCUS (Reformed Church in the United States) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the Committee for Contact with Churches in North America (CCCNA) regarding the Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) (8.2.3.1) 1.2    Letter from Attercliffe (8.3.2.6) 2.   Observations 2.1    GS 2016 (Art. 60) decided concerning the RCUS: [4.1]    To thank…