Synod of the PRC, 2000 (1)

The Protestant Reformed synod that meets this month, God willing, is not the 75th synod. The first synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC) convened on May 22, 1940 at the First PRC of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Rev. Herman Hoeksema preached the pre-synodical sermon on Acts 15:28a: "For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us." Rev. Gerrit Vos was president of the first synod. Rev. C. Hanko was a minister delegate. Among its decisions were the following: that the official language of...