Category: CanRC

Article 15 – Opening Devotions The chairman called the meeting to order and the assembly sang Psalm 71:9 followed by the reading of 2 Chronicles 10 and prayer. All members of synod were in attendance.

GS 2013 Article 14 – Closing Devotions and Adjournment Rev. Souman led in closing devotions. He read Revelation 3:7ff, spoke a few words about it, had the assembly sing from Hymn 52:1, 2 and 4 and led in prayer. Synod was adjourned.

GS 2013 Article 13 – CRTS: Appointment of a Professor of Ecclesiology Committee 5 presented the following proposal: 1.         Material: 1.1.      Letter from the Board of Governors dated April 26, 2013 (8.2.10.b) 1.2.      Report of the Board of Governors to Synod 2013 (8.2.10.a) 2.         Observations: 2.1.      In Recommendation 7 of its Report to Synod 2013,…

GS 2013 Article 12 – CRTS: Appointment of a Professor of Ecclesiology The assembly went into closed-restricted session and held a few rounds of discussion on the proposal put forward by the Board of Governors re: filling the vacancy of Professor of Ecclesiology. Committee 5 took the comments under advisement in order to prepare a…

GS 2013 Article 11 – CRTS: Board of Governors re: Appointing a Fifth Professor 1.         Material: 1.1.      Report from the Board of Governors (8.2.10.a) 1.2.      Supplementary Report from the BoG re: Fifth Professor (8.2.10b) 1.3.      Supplementary Report from the BoG re: Board appointments and accreditation update (8.2.10.c) 1.4.      Letters from the churches at Grand Valley…

GS 2013 Article 10 – Address of a Fraternal Delegate (ERQ) The chairman reconvened synod by having the assembly sing Psalm 5:8, 9 and leading in prayer. Rev. Moesker then introduced Rev. Bernard Westerveld of the ERQ who addressed the assembly as a fraternal delegate. The full text of his address can be found in…

GS 2013 Article 9 – Agenda The following agenda was adopted.[1] Agenda of General Synod Carman 2013 1. Opening on behalf of the convening church 2. Examination of the credentials 3. Information from the convening church 4. Election of the officers 5. Constitution of synod 6. Adoption of the agenda 7. Setting of time schedule…

GS 2013 Article 8 – Welcoming of Fraternal/Observer Delegates and Address of the RCK The chairman welcomed the following fraternal delegates: brs. Wayne Pleiter and Rev. Dr. Roger Dean Anderson of the Free Reformed Churches in Australia (FRCA); Rev. Daniel Kok of the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA); Rev. Bernard Westerveld of the…

Article 7 – Late Submissions Letters from the following churches arrived late, without any explanation and for no apparent reason, and therefore were declared inadmissible: two from the church in Neerlandia and one from the church in Fergus-North. One submission from the church at Yarrow was accepted due to a mix-up in the postal system.…

GS 2013 Article 6 – Advisory Committees of Synod The following advisory committees are appointed: Committee 1. A.Souman (convener), J.Moesker, F.C. Ludwig, L.Jagt, P.A.M. Broekema Appeals of Women’s Voting. 8.5.1-5.6, 8.5.12, 8.5.13, 8.5.14, 8.5.21, 8.5.25, 8.5.28, 8.5.29, 8.5.30, 8.5.34, 8.5.36 Appeal of Burlington-Fellowship. 8.5.24 Appeal of G.J. Nordeman. 8.5.37 Appeal of Burlington-Ebenezer. 8.5.26 Official Website…