Another Dreamer
Nathan Langerak critiques proposals for Reformed denominational unity, specifically challenging W. Robert Godfrey's and Daniel Hyde's vision of a "super-synod" as unfaithful to Reformed distinctives. The article argues that abandoning doctrinal and ecclesiological distinctives in pursuit of unity compromises rather than advances the Reformed faith, using historical examples like the Synod of Dort to demonstrate that genuine Reformed unity can accommodate doctrinal differences without sacrificing core convictions.
Two years ago at the thirty-seventh meeting of the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) W. Robert Godfrey spoke about his "Reformed Dream" of a super-synod of Reformed denominations as an expression of Reformed unity in the spirit of Jesus' prayer in John 17.1 The dream is Godfrey's. It is not Reformed.2 At the thirty-eighth meeting of NAPARC, held November 13, 2012, Rev. Daniel Hyde, of the United Reformed Church (URC), spoke on "From Reformed Dream to Reformed Reality:...
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