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 […]
The report of the study committee on Neo-Pentecostalism may be found on pages 264–359 in the Agenda for Synod 1973. Rev. Jerome Julien, writer of this article on the report, is pastor of the Faith Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan. After reading the nearly 100 pages of the committee on Neo-Pentecostalism it has […]
The following report by the managing editor of THE OUTLOOK was given at the annual meeting of the Reformed fellowship, Inc. on October 6, 1972. It has been a great privilege as well as a real challenge to have served now for two years as the managing editor of THE OUTLOOK. In seeking by means […]
Synod opened officially on Tuesday morning, June 13, 1972 at the Fine Arts Center at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich. The first order of business was the election of officers. Synod spent the entire morning electing as president, the Rev. Clarence Boomsma, pastor of the Calvin CRC, Grand Rapids; the Rev. William Haverkamp, pastor of […]
Mr. President, Members of the National Board, Delegates, Guests and Friends: If the CLAC were an ordinary labour union, the secretary’s annual report would be easier to make. The emphasis would be on the increasing number of workers joining the union’s ranks. The CLAC, however, is not an ordinary labour union. Thank God that it […]
Again the annual synod of the Christian Reformed Church has convened and adjourned. By this time church periodicals have referred to many of its decisions. Yet in accord with custom this magazine also presents a brief review of what has there taken place. It will, of course, be impossible to recite and assess all the happenings […]
It will, of course, not be possible to discuss every item on the Agenda of the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church (the CRC) to be held during the month of June of this year. Much of the material contained in the Agenda is informational and more or less “routine” in character. Besides, it is frequently […]
At the invitation of the Committee on Arrangements for “The Fifth Reformed Ecumenical Synod,” which met in Grand Rapids, August 7 to 16, it was my privilege to attend most of its sessions. It is not my intention to give a full report in this article of all occurrences at the BES. That would require […]
Returning delegates have generally found themselves questioned about two items that appeared before General Synod. The first is the issue of merger with the (Southern) Presbyterian Church, U.S.A committee comprised of twelve representatives from each denomination asked per. mission to formulate a “plan of union” that might be presented (though not necessarily) in 1967. The Particular […]
REPORT ON THE WORLD COUNCIL MEETING IN NEW DELHI, INDIA The Editorial Committee of TORCH AND TRUMPET is greatly pleased to be able to present to its readers a report of the third meeting of the World Council of Christian Churches. It came fresh from the pen of one of our own ministers, Rev. Roger Greenway of […]