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 Lord’s Supper (a welcome change from last year).

There will be some important business which takes place over the next couple of days, and so your prayers for this meeting are very much welcomed.

Tim Phillips is an ordained minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He serves as pastor of the Midlane Park ARP Church

in Louisville, Kentucky. He blogs at Gairney Bridge where this article first appears. Since the staff of The Aquila Report is at the PCA General Assembly, we will post articles by Tim (and perhaps others) from the ARP Synod this week.