In this article I intend to challenge the position of the editor of The Banner (CRC), John Suk, as he states it on p. 30 of the July 4 issue last summer. He writes: The grounds of the decision synod adopted to keep women out of the offices of elder, minister, and evangelist…were …disturbing. They […]

A number of overtures will be brought to Synod 1995 to open all the offices of the church to women. I hope the delegates to Synod 1995 will carefully weigh the requirements of the Church Order as they consider these overtures. The requirements of the Church Order for revising (changing) previous decisions may easily get […]

OPTION OR OBLIGATION? Article 29 implies that the assemblies have a responsibility to reconsider their decisions when they are legitimately challenged — “they shall be considered settled and binding, unless….” Article 31 assumes this responsibility from Article 29, and then limits it. I think Dr. De Moor and I are in complete agreement thus far. […]

Dr. De Moor writes, I believe Synod 1995’s decision on women in office fits with our church polity and with our principles. It does so because it’s…a way of finding a middle ground between two Church Order principles that have long been in conflict (“Synod’s Decision Is Soundly Reformed,” The Banner, September 11, p. 12). […]

In this article I intend to (1) document from the pages of the Calvin Theological Journal that there are some in the church today who contend that the Biblical condemnation of homosexual activity is not clear and unquestionable, (2) show that the grounds which Synod 1995 used to justify women in office are very similar […]