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It has now been some time since the Abbotsford case was discussed on this website.In a fifteen-part series entitled “Truth and Justice as the Basis for Unity”, underlying matters have already been discussed extensively (https://www.bouwen-en-bewaren.nl/en/?s=truth+justice+foundation+unity ). I have also already addressed the decision of GS Dalfsen 2024 od DGK to terminate the sister-church relationship with […]

(corrected January 31, 2026) Sister Churches – Admission to the Lord’s Supper and Pulpit Exchange In the first article, the sister churches (EF churches) of the Canadian Reformed Churches (CanRC) were mentioned. Among these sister churches is also the Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS), which maintains a pronounced pluriform view of the church

In the 2013 letter from the BBK deputies to the CanRC Synod Carmen, it was acknowledged that the churches with which the CanRC has had an ecclesiastical EF relationship since 2001 display, in many respects, a healthy vision. But that is not sufficient. These churches must also demonstrate that they reject all forms of error

The Reformed Churches as assembled in the joint General Synod of Groningen/Kornhorn 2024 have decided, with respect to the Canadian Reformed Churches (CanRC), to enter into a sister-church relationship. This is briefly indicated in Article 6 of the Instruction for the Deputation for Foreign Church Relations (BBK) (Acts p. 58). Meanwhile, the most recent synod