Category: CanRC

GS 1989 ARTICLE 89 – Committee I presents: Agenda Item VIII, K A. MATERIAL Report of the Address Church, the Church at Burlington-East. B. OBSERVATIONS 1. Synod Burlington 1986 appointed the Church at Burlington East as address church. 2. The Church at Burlington-East received and acted upon two letters from the Ecumenism Research Agency in…

GS 1989 ARTICLE 88 – Committee I presents: Agenda Items VIII, H, 1, 2 A. MATERIAL: 1. Report of the Committee on Bible Translations. 2. Letter from the Church at Smithville, ON. 3. Letter from the Church at Carman, MB. B. OBSERVATIONS 1. The Committee met once on September 10, 1987, to discuss the mandate.…

GS 1989 ARTICLE 87 – Committee I presents: Agenda item VIII, G, 1, 2, 3 A. MATERIAL 1. Letter from the Church of Burlington-East, with accompanying report re the Archives of the Canadian Reformed Churches, archivist: br. T. VandenBrink. 2. Letter of endorsement of this report from the Ebenezer Canadian Reformed Church, Burlington-East, Ontario. 3.…

GS 1989 ARTICLE 86 – Address br. Jac. van der Kolk The chairman gives br. Jac. van der Kolk who is at Synod as a delegate of the Gereformeerde Kerken (Vrijgemaakt) the floor to address Synod. Br. van der Kolk addresses Synod with the following words: Brother chairman, esteemed brothers,Thank you very much indeed for…

GS 1989 ARTICLE 85 – Reopening The chairman requests the assembly to sing Psalm 103:1,2. He expresses a word of welcome to the guests and notes the presence of Prof. Dr. and Mrs. J. Faber.

GS 1989 ARTICLE 84 – Adjournment Synod is adjourned for lunch and committee work. Because Rev. J. J. Peterson must leave, the chairman bids him farewell on behalf of Synod with the following words: Farewell words to Rev. J. J. Peterson. Esteemed brother Peterson:You have again been with us for a week, and we have…

GS 1989 ARTICLE 83 – MOTION The following motion is made and duly seconded: Synod decide: the Advisory Committee take back its report and incorporate all submissions to Synod addressing the same question. ADOPTED

GS 1989 ARTICLE 82 – Point of Order After some discussion a motion concerning the way in which the matter is dealt with and two motions to amend the Advisory Committee Report are made and duly seconded. The Chair rules: seeing a number of rounds of discussion have been made, to give the floor one…

GS 1989 ARTICLE 81 – Committee I presents: Agenda Item VIII, F, 1 A. MATERIAL Report of the Committee for Contact with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

GS 1989 ARTICLE 80 – Adoption of the Acts Articles 72 – 78 of the Acts are read and adopted.