This report on the highlights of the CRC Synod of 1975, in session from June 10 to 20, was prepared by Rev. Peter De Jong, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Dutton, Michigan. His willingness to serve THE OUTLOOK in this capacity is greatly appreciated. The editor has asked me to review the decisions […]
The Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, June 10 to 20, 1975. will consider a report on Women in Ecclesiastical Office. One of the “guidelines” recommended for adoption is the following significant statement: “Biblical teaching is not opposed in principle to the ordination of women to any office that men may hold in the church” (1975 Agenda […]
The Agenda for the coming CRC Synod differs from others of recent years in containing no long reports, and therefore is somewhat shorter than others have been (although 478 pages is “short” only when compared with the 600+ issue of 1973). A hasty survey, at the editor‘s request, provokes the following observations. REGULAR REPORTS – A […]
In his report on the 1974 CRC Synod’s decisions on Lodge and Church Membership, written for THE OUTLOOK (July, 1974), Rev. John H. Piersma made the following observation: “One of the finest study committee reports in my experience was that on Lodge and Church Membership. This was a moment totally gratifying as for as I […]
In this article, C. Groenewegen of St. Petersburg, Florida, addresses himself to the question of whether or not women should be permitted to occupy church offices according to the Bible. The CRC Synod of 1973 received a report on this matter and referred it to the churches for study and reactions. Moreover, a new study committee […]
The 1973 CRC Synod received a report on “Women in Ecclesiastical Office” together with a recommendation from all but one of the committee that Synod adopt the following: “The practice of excluding women from ecclesiastical office cannot conclusively be defended on Biblical grounds.” Instead of adopting the above recommendation, Synod decided: 1. To refer the entire […]
Tn the August issue of THE OUTLOOK the editor, Rev. John Vander Ploeg, addressed three questions to the members of the Synod of 1973, the editors of The Banner and De Wachter, and members of the synodical study committee on homosexuality. These questions are significant and basic to the pastoral statements adopted by Synod. Such […]
Our dealing with the current flood of vice, including homosexual vice, will not be helped by a soft, confused approach to it. It must be met with the forthright condemnation of the gospel and the call of that gospel to repentance and deliverance from it. Diverse Reactions – “Synod Accepts Homosexuals As Full Church Members” […]
The CRC Synod of 1973 had a relatively light agenda on liturgical matters. There were only two matters before it from the Liturgical Committee. The one matter was an updated rendering of the Form for Baptism of Infants. The other matter dealt with the program of worship for the second service on the Lord’s Day. […]
Dr. Leonard Greenway, pastor of Riverside Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as President of the 1973 CRC Synod in session June 12-22. Dr. Greenway is a member of the Board of Trustees of Reformed Fellowship, Inc., and also serves as Chairman of the board’s Editorial Committee. 1. A high level was set […]