Synod of 1973

If one would attempt to capture the predominate mood of this year's Synod in one short phrase, one would most likely conclude that the appropriate phrase would be that Synod labored in a profound sense of thankfulness to our covenant God for the many blessings He has given. This consciousness of God's faithfulness was especially impressed upon the delegates by the sharp contrast between the work before our Synod and the nature of the work facing many other higher ecclesiastical assemblies in...