Classis West Report (September 25-27)
This report documents the September 2019 meeting of Classis West of the Protestant Reformed Churches, including the examination and approval of a pastoral candidate, disciplinary decisions regarding church membership erasure, and various appeals and protests. The resource provides insight into the practical functioning of Reformed church polity, particularly the role of classis in ministerial oversight, doctrinal examination, and ecclesiastical discipline.
Classis West of the Protestant Reformed Churches met from September 25-27, 2019, in Calvary PRC (Hull, IA). The meeting was capably chaired by Rev. Ryan Barnhill (pastor of Peace PRC), who was serving in this capacity for the first time in his ministry. Noticeably absent from the meeting was one of the elder delegates from Immanuel PRC (Lacombe, AB), who remained home to support a family in the congregation whose teenage son had recently died in an automobile accident. The night before...
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