I just returned home from a special Classis meeting which dealt with problems in one of the member churches. Though personalities do often enter the picture, the problem was by and large of a theological nature. Classis was called upon to adjudicate a number of appeals questioning the theological direction of the congregation. In the […]

We should not be deceived by the “softsell” approach of the Neland Avenue overture. The “nuts and bolts” of the overture asks for a change in Church Order Article 3a to open the offices of minister and elder to women—nothing new. To soften the impact of this decision on the conservatives in the church, the […]

Following the fall 2014 meeting of URC Classis Pacific Northwest, it was clear that the landscape with regard to unity discussions between the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA or URC) and the Canadian Reformed Churches (CanRC) had become muddy. This particular classis forwarded two separate overtures from two of its member churches for […]