Report of Classis West (November 5)
This journal article reports on a November 2019 meeting of Classis West of the Protestant Reformed Churches, in which the classis reviewed and overturned a consistory's attempt to depose a minister for teachings on providence and sanctification. The report documents the classis's judgment that the minister's confessions were orthodox and that suspension was not the proper ecclesiastical remedy for the identified doctrinal issues, illustrating the PRC's application of church discipline procedures and doctrinal standards.
November 5, 2019 Classis West of the Protestant Reformed Churches met in a reconvened session on November 5, 2019, in Calvary PRC (Hull, IA). Rev. Ryan Barnhill again chaired the meeting. The reconvened session was due to the fact that Classis was not able to finish its agenda in September and more time was needed by a committee of pre-advice to prepare its advice. Classis had before it a request from a consistory for the concurrence of Classis in deposing its minister according to Articles...
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