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 […]

Reformed Fellowship incorporated is an organization whose sole purpose is to propagate and defend the Reformed faith. It seeks to do this through the publication of its magazine, TORCH AND TRUMPET, and other literature, the sponsoring of public lectures, and occasional meetings for the discussion of important subjects that center around the Reformed faith. This Fellowship was […]

At the 11th Annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dr. Allan A. MacRae, president of Faith Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, was elected president of the organization for 1960. Over one hundred writers, professors and other evangelical leaders were in attendance. The gathering in Wheaton was the tenth anniversary meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, the professional […]

The occasion of the lively controversy which has been carried on for many months in the Christian Reformed Church is the publication of two articles in Stromata the student publication of Calvin Seminary. In these articles—questions were raised in connection with the infallibility and–of Scripture. The thesis of these articles is that me doctrine of infallibility is carried […]

INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS The 1995 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, meeting from June 13 to June 21 in Grand Rapids at Calvin College, marks a definite watershed in the official direction of the CRC. The procedures used in arriving at certain decisions and the policies adopted will have, in the opinion of this writer, a profound […]