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The Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRC) met in their annual synod from June 8 through June 14. It was a larger synod than those of the past. Each classis sent five ministers and five ruling elders for a total of twenty delegates. The officers chosen by the delegates were Rev. James Slopsem
The PRC have enjoyed steady numerical growth again in 1989. The yearbook committee reports an increase of thirty-two families. Synod meets at Southeast PRC, Grand Rapids, MI on June 5, the Lord willing. The pre-synodical prayer service will be held on Monday evening, June 4, in the Southeast sanctu
1. A Reformed denomination is bound to the biblical principles stipulated in Articles 30 and 31 of the Church Order of Dordt which call for the formation of ecclesiastical assemblies regulating the work of the churches in common and whose decisions are regarded as settled and binding. Independent Re
The overture of the FMC to Synod 1989, that the constitutions of the FMC and of the (domestic) Mission Committee be changed so that the mission labors of the churches would be divided along geographical lines, was rejected. The main reason for rejecting the overture was the fear that the calling of
On Tuesday evening, June 21, 2005, the synod of the PRC adjourned, after having worked carefully and hard for seven days. The ten delegates from each classis joined Byron Center congregation in prayer and worship on Monday evening, where Rev. Kenneth Koole preached a fine sermon on John the Baptist'
The annual synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC) meets outside the Grand Rapids, MI area only infrequently. This year, it does. Synod convenes at the Hull PRC, Hull, IA on June 8, God willing. The last time synod met away from the Grand Rapids area was 1995. Then also, synod met in Hull.
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 seeme
The PRC also work together in missions. It's not that no congregation does mission work on its own, but when the PRCs work together to spread the gospel, they do so synodically. The churches together rejoiced to hear Rev. Bruinsma's oral report of the work in Pittsburgh -- work that the denomination
The ERCS have asked the PRC to help in their work of missions and of the Bible School. One proposal coming from the Committee for Contact with Other Churches of the PRC (CC) is that the PRC contribute financially to the support of foreign students who will attend the ERCS Bible School in Singapore.
The first "news" about the synod is that there was a PRCA synod in the year 2020. The Board of Trustees and the calling church (Trinity PRC) together examined the executive orders of the state of Michigan and concluded that it would be possible to hold the sessions of synod in Trinity PRC, provided