Category Archives: Belhar
Synod Update #1
Synod is now in to full swing and I had a few moments so I thought I’d touch bases and give a quick update. The seminarian seminar (which I facilitate) started a day and a half before synod, during which … Continue reading
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Confessional or not, Celebrate with me!
Early this morning, official news came from the RCA and those “in the know” that 32 of the RCA’s 46 Classes have affirmatively voted to confirm the General Synod’s 2009 decision to make the Belhar Confession the RCA’s 4th theological … Continue reading
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What it means to me…
The Reformed Church in America traces its history in North America back 1628. We are the oldest continuous denomination on the continent, and yet in that time we have never adopted a new confession. It is no small thing, then, … Continue reading
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Out of Context – for Good and for Bad
As I began thinking about what I would do if given the opportunity to vote on the Belhar, I spent a lot of time thinking about what a “confession” is. Of course, there are a lot of ways to define … Continue reading
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