CRC Synod 2019 and the second Sunday service
Spriensma, writing from a Protestant Reformed perspective, critiques the Christian Reformed Church's 2019 Synod decision to drop the requirement for two Sunday worship services and catechism preaching, arguing that current ecclesiastical practice should conform to Church Order rather than vice versa. The article serves as both a lament over CRC liberalization and a warning to the PRC regarding the dangers of allowing pragmatic accommodation to erode long-standing Reformed worship standards and discipline.
In this article, we will look for a while at those closely around us, our mother church, the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) and their synodical meeting this past June. The July/August issue of the Banner reported decisions taken at this year's synod. I write this not at all to look down our nose at those churches, but rather in a great lament for the people in their churches, and as a warning to ourselves. When I sought to become a pastor in the PRC, a person said to me, "those churches are...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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