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Category: CanRC

  • GS 2019 art 63

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    Roy Janssen
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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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    Roy Janssen
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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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    Roy Janssen
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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…

  • GS 2019 art 61

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    Roy Janssen
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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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    Roy Janssen
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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…

  • GS 2019 art 59

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    Roy Janssen
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    GS 2019 Article 59 – Adoption of Acts A prepared article of the Acts was adopted.

  • GS 2019 art 58

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    Roy Janssen
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    GS 2019 Article 58 – Reopening Synod reopened in open plenary session. The chairman had the meeting sing Hymn 49. He called the roll and noted all synod members were present.

  • GS 2019 art 57

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    Roy Janssen
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    GS 2019 Article 57 – Letter from Lincoln-Vineyard regarding appeal of T. Bosma This matter was dealt with by Synod in closed session. Committee 2 submitted a report seeking direction on a letter relating to the appeal from br. T. Bosma (8.6.4.3). The report was discussed. The committee took the report back for further work.

  • GS 2019 art 56

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    Roy Janssen
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    GS 2019 Article 56 – Request of Hamilton-Blessings re: GS 1983 Art. 145 (expression “confessions” in liturgical forms) Discussion continued on the report of Committee 5 (cf. Article 52). The committee took the report back for refinement.

  • GS 2019 art 55

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    GS 2019 Article 55 – Adoption of Acts Prepared articles of the Acts were corrected and adopted.