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As most readers know, the Committee for Contact with Other Churches is one of the permanent committees of the Protestant Reformed Churches. The PRC has long recognized the importance of seeking church unity. God commands all believers to be active in this, "endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spir
Rev. VanBaren is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland, Colorado. United Reformed Churched in North America On October 1 and 2, 1996, at Lynwood Christian Reformed Church (Independent) in Lynwood, Illinois, another denomination was formed. Representatives from 36 churches, formerly
The Synod of the United Reformed Churches (URC), which meets at least once every three years (last synod was in 2022), met again this summer, in Escondido, California. There were a number of things on the agenda, including a couple of overtures to change the Church Order from saying that each consis
Sadly, in this issue devoted to the ecumenical spirit of the Reformation, it is necessary to consider another spirit among churches claiming this heritage. It is the spirit of apostasy foretold to come before the day of Christ (II Thess. 2:3). Although ecclesiastical, it is the spirit of this world,
The paper also presents a report (full page) of the synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches. It is not a full report of synod's actions, but concentrates on that decision of synod pertaining to contact with the United Reformed Churches. The PRC synod decided to break off ecumenical discussions wit
The Christian Renewal report continues: At the URC synod of 2001 held in Escondido, California delegates addressed the matter. Instead of taking a definitive stand in line with that taken by the OCRCs, the synod responded by affirming what the confessions teach concerning creation, and reiterating
Another study report among many such reports by Reformed and Presbyterian denominations on the federal vision -- the heretical movement that for more than ten years has plagued Reformed and Presbyterian churches -- has arrived on the ecclesiastical scene. This sixty-page document is courtesy of the
Rev. Kleyn is pastor of Trinity Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Michigan. Union of the URC and the CanRC Recently, one of our readers asked me to give an update on the proposed union of the United Reformed Churches (URC) and the Canadian Reformed Churches (CanRC). Probably most of our r
The World Alliance of Reformed Churches agreed Monday to unite with the Reformed Ecumenical Council to create a new global Reformed body representing more than 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide. Leaders made the historic decision while attending the WARC's executive committee meeting in Trin