Mr. Carrell, 70, a practicing attorney, is a ruling elder in the Stony Point Reformed Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Va. At its opening session on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, the 39th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America elected RE Daniel Carrell as Moderator. The PCA General Assembly is holding its annual meeting in... Continue Reading

The URC Synod has concluded and delegates have returned home to attempt to catch up on sleep. So what was accomplished at Synod? In the end, Synod London may best be remembered for its clear rejection of Federal Vision and adoption of the recommendations and statements of the Justification report. All office-bearers are urged to... Continue Reading

Key Topics on final afternoon/evening: Administrative housekeeping, Interchurch Relations, Chaplains Commission, Budgets, Common Songbook, Elections, and Plans for 2012 July 30, Afternoon Early in the afternoon, Synod dealt with procedural matters. With minor amendments, Synod acceded to Overture 11 to amend Article 32 and Appendix 4 of Church Order. Ratification by the consistories shall be... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report has received permission from the coordinator of the Web Log that is reporting on the URCNA synod now underway in London, Ontario, Canada on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. Overture 5: This Overture sought to amend Arts. 44 and 45 of the Proposed Joint Church Order (what may be... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report has received permission from the coordinator of a Web Log that is reporting on the URCNA synod now underway in London, Ontario, Canada on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. During the Friday morning session of the 2010 Synod meeting of the United Reformed Church of North America, the Justification/Federal... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report has received permission from the coordinator of the Web Log that is reporting on the URCNA synod now underway in London, Ontario, Canada on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. July 29 AM Overture 15: After the concept minutes were approved, the Synod took up the business of Overture 15... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report has received permission from the coordinator of a Web Log that is reporting on the URCNA synod now underway in London, Ontario, Canada on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. Resolution to the “open meeting” Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, the reporter for the Blog from which The Aquila Report is... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report has received permission from the coordinator of the Web Log that is reporting on the URCNA synod now underway in London, Ontario, Canada on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. July 27, Afternoon The following is not intended to be an exhaustive review but hopefully will be a survey of... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report has received permission from the coordinator of the Web Log that is reporting on the URCNA synod now underway in London, Ontario, Canada on the campus of the University of Western Ontario. Evening Worship Service July 26. After finishing registration and dinner, a worship service kicked off Synod this evening. The service... Continue Reading

The most important question of our day is ‘Where is the authority?’ ‘Sola Scriptura’ is dead in most places, and dying rapidly in others. So where do we lodge the authority of our faith? We’re not really arguing about LGBT inclusion, we’re arguing about how we read the Bible. As I mentioned here a few... Continue Reading