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N. Decker) clerks - thanks for your special service to the churches! Richard and Mrs. Smit and their families for their faithful service in the cause of the mission work in the Philippines. When you sort Christians by denomination, mainline Protestants are continuing to show significant decline. WebAfter issuing several calls for home missionary, on November 20, 2022 Zion PRC received an acceptance of a call to Rev. First, the report recommends appointing a team for reorganizing classes by affinity rather than geography; churches would opt into classes and group themselves by shared values. The Reformed Church in America moves toward restructuring, As of Dec. 31, 2021, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America were released from their respective classes (regional groups of churches) in the national denomination, representing a splitting of one of the oldest But the truth is that the division that took J. Engelsma, Elder D. Van Uffelen, Rev. The second clerk has drawn up his report of the first day: Summary of 2022 PRCA Synod - Day 1 (June 14, 2022), On Monday evening the pre-synodical service was held at Zion Protestant Reformed Church. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust., In Christs service, Rev. It approved the work with our sister church in the Philippines, and approved letters of encouragement to our sister church and our missionaries in light of recent struggles they have experienced. 2023 The Christian Century. An ongoing question is whether the General Synod ought to be able to make dictates it can enforce. He writes: By way of this overture, I request that Classis require each of the men of the Special Committee of Classis East' (Agenda p. 74). Rev. S.Key, C.Spronk (front); Elder K.Bruinsma, Prof. R. Cammenga, Elder J.Lanting (back), Committee 5 - Revs. Allen Brummel (Calvary PRC), Rev. Synod president, Rev. Synod approved sending letters of encouragement to the Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church of Singapore and the Protestant Reformed Churches in the Philippines in light of the fact that the schism and troubles in the PRCA have also spread to them. According to Citlau, the two-thirds rule gives disproportionate power to classes with progressive views and fewer members.