The Aquila Report

Your independent source for news and commentary from and about conservative, orthodox evangelicals in the Reformed and Presbyterian family of churches

Providence College
  • Biblical
    and Theological
  • Churches
    and Ministries
  • People
    in the News
  • World
    and Life News
  • Lifestyle
    and Reviews
    • Books
    • Movies
    • Music
  • Opinion
    and Commentary
  • General Assembly
    and Synod Reports
    • ARP General Synod
    • EPC General Assembly
    • OPC General Assembly
    • PCA General Assembly
    • PCUSA General Assembly
    • RPCNA Synod
    • URCNA Synod
  • Subscribe
    to Weekly Email
  • Biblical
    and Theological
  • Churches
    and Ministries
  • People
    in the News
  • World
    and Life News
  • Lifestyle
    and Reviews
    • Books
    • Movies
    • Music
  • Opinion
    and Commentary
  • General Assembly
    and Synod Reports
    • ARP General Synod
    • EPC General Assembly
    • OPC General Assembly
    • PCA General Assembly
    • PCUSA General Assembly
    • RPCNA Synod
    • URCNA Synod
  • Subscribe
    to Weekly Email
  • Search
Home/Featured/Synod of the United Reformed Churches of North America: Day 1 Report

Synod of the United Reformed Churches of North America: Day 1 Report

The United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA) is meeting in Visalia, California for its ninth meeting of Synod, June 2-6, 2014

Written by Greg Lubbers | Wednesday, June 4, 2014

The election of officers seated the Rev. Bradd Nymeyer as chairman, Rev. John Bouwers as vice-chairman, Rev. Doug Barnes as first clerk and Rev. Greg Lubbers as second clerk.  As Synod began her work, the men representing the churches were reminded of their task to serve with humility the cause of the churches and the Head of the Church, Jesus Christ.

 

The United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA) is meeting in Visalia, California for its ninth meeting of Synod, June 2-6, 2014. The Synod is meeting at the Trinity United Reformed Church of Visalia.

Prior to the convening of Synod, a prayer meeting was held on Monday evening.  Rev. Adrian Dieleman delivered a sermon of encouragement entitled, “Ministry in Terrible Times” from 2 Timothy 3:14.

Tuesday morning, June 3, began under the leadership of Rev. Adrian Dieleman as chairman pro tem on behalf of the convening consistory.  After the reading of the roll call, all the delegates continued with the historic reformed practice of indicating their assent to the Formula of Subscription thereby giving expression to the doctrinal unity of the body and the churches, a doctrinal unity that is based upon a common reception of the authoritative Word of God.

The election of officers seated the Rev. Bradd Nymeyer as chairman, Rev. John Bouwers as vice-chairman, Rev. Doug Barnes as first clerk and Rev. Greg Lubbers as second clerk.  As Synod began her work, the men representing the churches were reminded of their task to serve with humility the cause of the churches and the Head of the Church, Jesus Christ.

One of the blessed privileges of Synod is to receive fraternal greetings from representatives of various federations and denominations with which the URCNA shares ecumenical relations.  Dr. Alan Strange addressed the body on behalf of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC).  He brought attention to the decisions of the respective federations in the mutual cooperation between the OPC and URCNA to labor together in the construction of a common Psalter and hymn book for use in corporate worship.  Throughout the day, the delegates employed the result of those labors in the singing of Psalter selections proposed by the mutual songbook committees.

Synod also had the opportunity to hear from Elder Edward Laman on behalf of the Free Reformed Churches of North America (FRCNA).  Emphasis was placed upon the common heritage the respective denominations share in coming into existence as a result of theological conviction and of the on-going dialogue exploring the nature of the organic union between the URCNA and the FRCNA.

The large portion the first day was occupied with various advisory committee meetings.  The fruit of these advisory committee labors gave material for the evening portion of the day’s work. While various matters were taken up, much of it was left for final completion in the forthcoming days.  One notable decision was the provision for an interactive discussion and question period from representative seminary professors from the URCNA and the Canadian Reformed (CanRC) Churches on Wednesday evening.

Rev. Greg Lubbers is the Second Clerk of the URCNA Synod meeting in Visalia, Calif.

Related Posts:

  • A Reformed Dream
  • Conservatives Split From Reformed Church in America over…
  • Christian Reformed Church Stands Strong for Biblical…
  • G.I. Williamson, 97, Called Home to Glory
  • Bishop Coadjutor Elected for the Diocese of the Southeast

Subscribe, Follow, Listen

  • email-alt
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • apple-podcasts
  • anchor
Cumberland Valley Bible Book Service
Reformed Pavilion Magazine - Free Download

Archives

Books

Special

God is Holy
  • About
  • Advertise Here
  • Contact Us
  • Donations
  • Email Alerts
  • Leadership
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Principles and Practices
  • Privacy Policy

Important:

Free Subscription

Aquila Report Email Alerts

Special

Letter of Jude
  • About
  • Advertise Here
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Principles and Practices
  • RSS Feed
  • Subscribe to Weekly Email Alerts
Providence Christian College - visit

DISCLAIMER: The Aquila Report is a news and information resource. We welcome commentary from readers; for more information visit our Letters to the Editor link. All our content, including commentary and opinion, is intended to be information for our readers and does not necessarily indicate an endorsement by The Aquila Report or its governing board. In order to provide this website free of charge to our readers,  Aquila Report uses a combination of donations, advertisements and affiliate marketing links to  pay its operating costs.

Return to top of page

Website design by Five More Talents · Copyright © 2023 The Aquila Report · Log in