With joy, Classis Ontario West of March 8, 2023 (Ancaster) declares that Br. Joshua Schouten sustained his examination to speak an edifying word on March 8, 2023 (according to Art. 21 C.O.) and has been granted permission to speak an edifying word in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches for a period of three years, upon the successful completion of his second year of study at the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary.