Truth and Justice as the Foundation for Ecclesiastical Unity

Second part of the first article “Are we sectarian with a closed Lord’s Supper Table?” By Prof. J. Geertsema, (From the Clarion, Volume 35, No. 6, March 21, 1986) 3. Dr. F.L. Rutgers, “Advice for the Churches”It is also good to listen here to Professor F.L. Rutgers. He writes in Kerkelijke Adviezen (Advice for the […]

This series of articles focuses on the admission to and the fencing of the Lord’s Supper. This was an important ground for the liberation of LRCA in 2007. For a proper understanding, it is good to first speak more generally about admission policies and the fencing of the Lord’s Supper, as it should be in

Finally, we relay what Rev. B.R. Hofford wrote in 2007 in response to the article by Rev. J. Visscher in the Clarion of 2007 (see the conclusion of my previous article). Rev. Hofford was a minister of the CanRC at that time. In the eighties, he and his congregation transitioned from the OPC to the

One of the grounds for the liberation of LRCA was the lack of binding to confession among members of the Orthodox Presbyterian Churches (‘lack of confessional membership’). In 1977, the CanRC had declared that the OPC was the true church of Christ. However, there were several other significant points of dispute that delayed a move

Liberated Reformed Church AbbotsfordAt the last general synod of DGK, the sister-church relationship with the Liberated Reformed Church of Abbotsford (LRCA) was discussed for the fourth time. At the General Synod Emmen 2009-2010, the decision was made to enter into this sister-church relationship (https://www.dgkh.nl/148-2/). Two reports from deputies served for this purpose (both are included