The very first synod of the United Reformed Churches in North America, meeting in 1996 appointed an Inter-Church Relations Committee for, “correspondence and contact with other churches”. Since then, the committee has begun working toward what is termed “complete church unity”, with a number of Reformed and Presbyterian churches that share a common expression of […]
Increasingly, the emphasis at funerals and funeral related events in recent times is to focus on the deceased and to celebrate that person’s life. To some extent, this has already been the practice by some, including churches that seek to eulogize the deceased, or as is often said, “preaching them to heaven.” To accommodate the […]
Synod London 2010 made for long days and short nights. Synod began Monday evening with a worship service and prayer for Synod, which was over by 9:30. Breakfast began at 6:45 each morning and the morning sessions at 8:00. On Monday and Tuesday evenings we convened until 10:00 p.m., on Thursday evening until 11:30, and […]
Synod 2012 of the United Reformed Churches in North America met on the bank of the Hudson River, on the campus of Nyack College in Nyack, New York, on June 11–16. Represented were 191 delegates from 102 churches, along with sixteen fraternal delegates and observers. One church sent delegates who were not presently sitting elders, […]
The setting was Synod Nyack 2012 of the United Reformed Churches in North America. The Scripture that came to mind was Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” This writer had the opportunity of spending the week of Synod Nyack representing the Board of Reformed Fellowship, the publisher of The Outlook, manning […]
For more than sixty years, Reformed Fellowship has dedicated itself to the propagation and defense of the Reformed faith. Christians committed to and concerned about the Reformed faith have given of their prayers, their time, their talents, and their finances to make that possible. They have read The Outlook and the various books and have […]
The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) is an association presently made up of twelve confessionally Presbyterian and Reformed denominations and federations in the United States and Canada. In the next few issues of The Outlook, we want to provide an introduction to these twelve denominations. First, we want to give an introduction to […]
The Canadian and American Reformed Churches (CanAmRC), more commonly referred to as the Canadian Reformed Church (CanRC), consists of fifty congregations in Canada and four congregations in the United States. History1 The Netherlands The Canadian Reformed Churches are rooted in the Protestant Reformation as it developed in the Netherlands. The cause of the Reformation made […]
The Free Reformed Churches of North America is made up of nineteen congregations, with most of them located in Canada in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. Two congregations are in the United States, one in New Jersey and one in Michigan, with a mission in Guatemala. They have two church plants, which they call preaching […]
In the May/June 2012 issue of The Outlook, Henry Gysen introduced our readers to Divine Hope Reformed Bible Seminary. The seminary is within the walls of the Danville Correctional Center in Danville, Illinois. The seminary’s professor, a United Reformed Church minister, Nathan Brummel, began teaching the first class in March 2012. We feature here Myron […]