At the CRC Synod of 1976 it was decided to “submit the report on Marriage Guidelines to the churches for one year for study and response.” This year’s Synod will therefore now be expected to make a decision on this crucial matter. Rev. John Elenbaas was a delegate from Classis Northcentral Iowa at the 1976 Synod. […]

The study committee which produced the Report on “Marriage Guidelines” has written much with which no one can disagree. It gives us the needed reminder that marriage is more than sex. There must be “communion on other levels” in the marriage relationship. In the past we have given tacit approval to the couple who, in […]