Church Unity, Reformed Synods, and Independency (2)

In a letter published in the previous issue of this magazine, a correspondent in Liverpool, England asked for clarification of an earlier editorial on "The Binding Decisions of a Reformed Synod" (cf. the Standard Bearer, June 1, 1991). Aware of the attack on synods (or general assemblies) in Reformed circles in our day, he was really asking for a further defense of churches banding together in synodical union. Reformed and Presbyterian churches have always grounded synodical union in the unity...