It is not often that the first serious debate of a General Assembly occurs during the annual report of the General Assembly, but what looks to most as a meeting without many major issues pending, the folks seem to decide to get to work early. One of the duties of the Stated Clerk is to... Continue Reading

The 2011 meeting of the General Synod of the ARP Church opened with a worship service on Tuesday evening. Rev. Dr. John R. DeWitt preached a stirring sermon on 2 Timothy 2:1-11, focusing on a section of verse 9 — “The word of God is not chained.” And this year Dr. DeWitt also administered the... Continue Reading

he Committee of Commissioners (CoC) on Overtures, the largest of all CoC’s, will be presenting recommendations not of approve several overtures that were of high interest this year. The first was an Overture from Southern Florida Presbytery seeking term limits to be imposed for any new elected coordinators for the various PCA agencies who are... Continue Reading

Several experienced General Assembly observers believe that this report will bring about a significant amount of discussion during the report of the CoC and, in an otherwise quiet Assembly with few ‘hot button issues’, this could prove to be a significant debate. Out of the entire report presented by the Permanent Committee of Mission to... Continue Reading

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