Caution, Go Slowly (As To Changing Classical Boundaries)

Is it time to grow up as a denomination? The Consistory of Southeast Church, Grand Rapids, thinks so. And so, too, does Classis East, though apparently with some reservations. I am also inclined to agree, though also with some reservations, as I hope to make plain. Coming to our 1989 Synod is an overture from Southeast to reorganize our churches into a 3-classis structure. For this overture the following .grounds are offered: "1. There are enough congregations in the denomination to make...