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GS 1968 art 150
GS 1968 ARTICLE 150 The roll call indicates that all the members are present.
March 22, 2025
GS 1968 art 15
GS 1968 ARTICLE 15 The Chairman requests Synod to sing Psalm 93. He reads of God’s Word Psalm 93, and leads in prayer.
March 14, 2025
GS 1968 art 149
GS 1968 ARTICLE 149 The Chairman requests Synod to sing Psalm 103:5,6,7, reads 1 Cor.15: 12-29, and leads in prayer.
March 22, 2025
GS 1968 art 148
GS 1968 ARTICLE 148 Rev. H. Scholten requests Synod to sing Psalm 118:9, and leads in prayer.
GS 1968 art 147
GS 1968 ARTICLE 147 Synod deals further with the report of Committee I on the Contact with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The recommendations are referred to Committee I for reconsideration (Art. 154).
GS 1968 art 145
GS 1968 ARTICLE 145 The Chairman requests Synod to sing Psalm 141:1-4, reads Psalm 141. and leads in prayer.
GS 1968 art 144
GS 1968 ARTICLE 144 Rev. L. Selles requests Synod to sing Psalm 89:1,6, and leads in thanksgiving.
GS 1968 art 143
GS 1968 ARTICLE 143 In the evening session Synod deals with a report of Committee I on Contact with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The discussion will be continued Saturday morning.
GS 1968 art 142
GS 1968 ARTICLE 142 Synod deals with a report of Committee II on Translation and Revision Church Order. The discussion will be continued. (Art. 179)
GS 1968 art 141
GS 1968 ARTICLE 141 Committee II on a Central Address of the Canadian Reformed Churches presents: Materials: Recommendations: ADOPTED
GS 1968 art 140
GS 1968 ARTICLE 140 Synod meets with Rev. Drs. J. Faber in executive session. It is decided to refer the matter of the ecclesiastical position of the professors to Committee III (See Art. 163). No further decisions are made at this time.
GS 1968 art 14
GS 1968 ARTICLE 14 Elder J. Bareman requests Synod to sing Psalm 119: 1,2, and leads in thanksgiving.
March 14, 2025
GS 1968 art 139
GS 1968 ARTICLE 139 The roll call indicates that all the delegates are present.
March 22, 2025
GS 1968 art 138
GS 1968 ARTICLE 138 The Chairman requests Synod the singing of Psalm 77:1,2,3, reads Psalm 77, and leads in prayer.
GS 1968 art 137
GS 1968 ARTICLE 137 Rev. L. Moes requests Synod to sing Psalm 139:1,2,13, and leads in thanksgiving and supplication.
GS 1968 art 136
GS 1968 ARTICLE 136 Synod is informed that the condition of Rev. J. T. VanPopta, appointed Professor for Systematic Theology, is deteriorating. Synod receives this information with sorrow.
GS 1968 art 135
GS 1968 ARTICLE 135 The Chairman welcomes the Rev. Drs. J. Faber who has arrived from The Netherlands to discuss his appointment as professor for Old Testament. Rev. Faber expresses his thanks for the confidence placed in him. A meeting with Rev. J. Faber in executive session is scheduled for tomorrow.
GS 1968 art 134
GS 1968 ARTICLE 134 Committee III on Contact with the Christian Reformed Church presents: (See Supplement 10) Materials: Recommendations: I. (Re: Report of Deputies ad III, pp.5-7, on the Three Forms of Unity) Synod take note of the fact that, though there is a slight difference in the edition of the text of Art. 36 […]
GS 1968 art 133
GS 1968 ARTICLE 133 The Acts of the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Session inclusive are read and adopted, Art. 99 (Executive Session) excepted.
GS 1968 art 132
GS 1968 ARTICLE 132 I. Recommendations: ADOPTED ADOPTED II. The Board considered the matter of a temporary mandate for the present situation, and of a general mandate. Recommendation: Synod approve of the following instructions for the Committee of Administration: ADOPTED III. Recommendation: Synod set the opening date of the Theological College on the second Wednesday in September, ie. […]
GS 1968 art 130
GS 1968 ARTICLE 130 Synod decides to meet in executive session in order to deal with the advisory report of the Board of Governors mentioned in Art. 120.
GS 1968 art 13
GS 1968 ARTICLE 13 Synod decides that reimbursement for the travelling expenses for General Synod will be 10c per mile.
March 14, 2025
GS 1968 art 129
GS 1968 ARTICLE 129 Rev. W. Loopstra and Rev. D. VanderBoom, President and Secretary of the Board of Governors, respectively, receive the privilege of the floor.
March 22, 2025
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