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Rev. Jeff Temple of Providence Canadian Reformed Church has declined the call extended to him by the Aldergrove Canadian Reformed Church. 

GS 2025 sessions will no longer be livestreamed. At the discretion of the chairman (and the synod as a whole) it will be determined which sessions will be open to the public in-person (which would be most).

Synod will reconvene, DV, in public session at 9:00am on Monday morning, May 12. The order of business includes speeches by fraternal delegates from Australia and South Africa. Topics for discussion will be Ecumenical Relations. GS 2025 will also be welcoming all students from Credo Christian High School in the…

The provisional acts of GS 2025, May 6,7,8 have been posted.

Please note that these acts are PROVISIONAL and not official. Official acts of all sessions will not be published until after Synod's completion.

Synod will meet, DV, on Saturday from 9:00am-1:00pm, of which roughly half in plenary (= everyone present). The order of business includes a number of items that have to be dealt with in closed session. There is no telling how long this will take. There is thus no guarantee that…

There will be no livestreamed session this evening as synod members will be meeting in advisory committees.

Synod will reconvene in public session at 7:00pm. Tonight's order of business includes a speeches by a fraternal delegates followed by discussion on some or all of the following topics: Interchurch Relations (general mandate, Rules for Ecclesiastical Relations, RPCNA, OPC), Apostles' Creed footnote, General Fund, Committee Term Lengths, Practicum Theological…

To view individual speeches to GS 2025 by fraternal delegates and observers, click here.

On Tuesday May 6, General Synod 2025 decided to establish sister church relations with the Reformed Churches (Gereformeerde Kerken) in The Netherlands. We give thanks to the Lord for His continued faithfulness in preserving for Himself a people seeking to be faithful to His Word and Will.

Synod will reconvene in public session at 7:00pm. Tonight's order of business includes some speeches by various fraternal delegates and observers followed by discussion on some or all of the following topics: 6th professor, Address Church, Archives, Bible Translation, Website, Days of Prayer, Interchurch Relations (general mandate).
The evening's proceedings…

Please be advised that general synod is a meeting in progress, where activities are very fluid. Especially at the start of synod, much of its business takes place in advisory committees, not open to the public. Advisory committees produce documents at any given moment, and then need to be dealt…

Synod will reconvene in public session at 7:00pm. Tonight's order of business includes entering into ecclesiastical fellowship with the Gereformeerde Kerken (GK - Reformed Churches) in The Netherlands and speeches by various fraternal delegates and observers.
The evening's proceedings will be livestreamed.

The following brothers were elected to serve as executive officers of General Synod 2025: as chairman, Rev. J. Louwerse, as vice-chairman, Rev. R. Schouten, as first clerk, Rev. K. Janssen, as second clerk, Rev. P. Holtvluwer.

Br. Lyndon Kok opens the meeting with reading of 1 Timothy 6: 1-16 and opens in prayer.

Credentials of delegates are examined and found to be in good order. Attending are:

- Br. Lyndon Kok and Br. Sean Vanderveen (Calgary)
- Br. Paul Schoen and Br. Sam Van Seters (Coaldale…

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