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Rev. Wes Bredenhof of the Free Reformed Church of Launceston, Tasmania has declined the call extended to him by the Grace Canadian Reformed Church in Winnipeg.

The Riverside Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, Ontario has extended a call to Rev. Jeff Temple of the Providence Canadian Reformed Church of Hamilton, Ontario.

On behalf of the convening church, Willoughby Heights, Rev. Karlo Janssen opened the meeting in a Christian manner. John 17:20-26 was read. The assembly sang Hymn 72. Rev. Janssen led in prayer. In the prayer the following matters were remembered: the ordination of Rev. Taylor Bredenhof in Surrey-Maranatha, the decline…

With joy, Classis Pacific West of April 3, 2025 declares that Br. Tony Zheng sustained his preparatory examination (according to Art. 4 CO) and has been declared eligible for call in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of one year from this date.

The Arthur Canadian Reformed Church has extended a call to Rev. Mark ten Haaf of the Providence Canadian Reformed Church of Edmonton, Alberta.

The Fifth Provisional Agenda is now posted. It reflects all items received on or before the March 24 deadline.

Rev. Joe Poppe welcomed the delegates to Redeemer Canadian Reformed Church for the Spring Classis…in the snow . The meeting was opened with reading (Colossians 1.1-14) and singing (Hy 63.1,2). Several items of memorabilia were remembered in opening prayer: the vacancy of Ambassador Canadian Reformed Church, the call extended to…

Maranatha Canadian Reformed Church in Surrey is moving to new service times beginning April 13, 2025. We will now gather at 10:00 am for morning worship and at 12:30 pm for our afternoon catechism service, with a time of fellowship and lunch in between.

Pastor Ian Wildeboer welcomed Classis delegates to the Mercy Centre, on behalf of the convening church, Mercy Christian Church. Intern Kevin Wattel opened in prayer, then read from1 Corinthians 9: 24-27, and presented a devotion on that text. Classis then sang Hymn 45, “Jesus Shall Reign”. All the churches…

On behalf of the convening church, Rev. G. Veurink welcomed the delegates, along with Revs. J. Poppe and B. Wielenga who were present as deputies of regional synod and Cand. Josh Peters who was present for his peremptory exam. He read Psalm 84 then requested everyone to sing Psalm 84:4,6…

The meeting was opened by the convening church in a Christian manner. Various matters of memorabilia were mentioned in prayer. After the credentials were found to be in good order, classis was constituted, the executive appointed, and the agenda adopted.

A church visitation report was received with thankfulness. Question period…

The Fourth Provisional Agenda for General Synod 2025 has now been posted.

The deadline for material is March 24, 2025, after which the Final Provisional Agenda will be posted approximately one week later.

On behalf of the convening church of Dunnville East, Rev. Z. Vanderploeg opened the meeting in a Christian manner. When leading in opening prayer he remembered with thankfulness that Rev. D. Wynia travelled to and from Australia with his wife in safety, Rev. C. Bouwman and his wife are there…

1. On behalf of the convening church of Yarrow, Rev. Jeremy Segstro called the meeting to order. He welcomed the delegates and led in opening devotions.

2. The credentials of the delegates were found to be in good order and classis was constituted. Rev. Dave Deboer was appointed as the…

Grace Canadian Reformed Church of Winnipeg, Manitoba has extended a call to Rev. Wes Bredenhof of the Free Reformed Church of Launceston, Tasmania.