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Synod2016 on YouTube

Posted on June 21, 2016 by PaulVK
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Splitting the RCA

Posted on June 18, 2016 by PaulVK

https://thatreformedblog.com/2016/06/16/my-final-motion/ “That the General Synod Council be instructed to immediately develop a plan for the orderly dissolution of the Reformed Church in America, for presentation to the classes for a vote no later than 1 March 2017, and that the … Continue reading →

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The RCA GS16 “Trainwreck”

Posted on June 18, 2016 by PaulVK

https://violapastor.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/what-general-synod-decided-why-it-was-bad-and-how-bad-it-was/

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How Empire Assimilated Your Tribal Story and how Jesus Redefines Empire

Posted on June 17, 2016 by PaulVK

CRC Synod 2016 The Synod of the Christian Reformed Church is the broadest assembly of their three. Delegates are gathered from around the US and Canada to discuss issues concerning the whole church. Three of the biggest discussions this year … Continue reading →

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Social Media Comments on Synod 2016 Pastoral Guidance Outcome

Posted on June 16, 2016 by PaulVK

From facebook.com/crcna on the banner piece Daryl Klyn-Hesselink this long comment nicely articulates how the decision is interpreted in terms of connection to Scripture. Lauren Louters Kolfernbach Daniel Nathan Booy Marty Veltkamp Kevin DeYager Roger L. Mayle Ellen Ackerman Hoebeke Angel … Continue reading →

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CTS Forum on Being a Confessional Church

Posted on June 15, 2016 by PaulVK

CTS Forum Spring 2008 HT. Doug VG

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Sidewalk Chalk at Synod2016

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK

Guerrilla sidewalk chalk art outside the CFAC where #crcsynod is meeting. #FaithfullyLGBT pic.twitter.com/Tz4tB9t3ZR — Amy Vander Vliet (@abvandervliet) June 14, 2016 #crcsynod messages to the delegates as chalked o/s the venue pic.twitter.com/witOFL06J3 — Gina Taylor Lunshof (@GinaTaylo) June 14, 2016 … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between a Hermeneutical Study and a Confessional Conversation

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK

Hermeneutics As the debate over same-sex marriage and LGBTQ inclusion in the church rages a strange word you will often hear is “hermeneutics”. It surfaced yesterday in the RCA Synod. You can see in the struck-out text “hermeneutical methods” replaced … Continue reading →

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The #RCASynod votes for the night to change their church order on one man, one woman

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK

Livestream starts around minute 25 This was supposed to be a pro-forma “reaffirmation” that classes are the major authority. Minute 41:05 Then it sounded like last year General Synod sent to the Commission on Church order a task to include in … Continue reading →

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How #RCASynod is backing into a Confessional Conversation on the floor of its General Synod.

Posted on June 13, 2016 by PaulVK

Watching the RCA Livestream Watch the Saved Livestream here This afternoon the RCA Synod voted to send its “one man and one woman” liturgy to the classes for ratification. To me that’s not the big news. Then the topic came … Continue reading →

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