by Susan | Jun 12, 2013 | ARP News Update, News
The General Synod received the report of the Special Committee on the Synod-Erskine Relationship, as presented by committee chairman Kenneth B. Wingate. The recommendation was approved to reaffirm Erskine College and Seminary as a “valuable agency of the Associate...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2013 | ARP News Update, News
Retiring Moderator Steve Suits presented Jeff Kingswood to Synod. Rev. Kingswood is the first Canadian to be elected to General Synod’s highest office in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He grew up in the First Reformed Church in Galt, Ontario, and went on...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2013 | ARP News Update, Moderator, Moderator's Challenge, News
Wearing the gold Moderator’s medallion, and carrying the Moderator’s staff, Dr. Steve Suits approached the podium to address delegates for the last time as Moderator. “Getting to know so many of you during my term as Moderator has given me great joy, encouragement and...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2013 | ARP News Update, News
Piano music filled the Youth Activities Building, as delegates and guests filed in for worship and communion. Greg Reynolds, music director at the Neely’s Creek Church, Rock Hill, SC, has been Synod musician for the the past four years. “I have felt that the ministry...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2013 | ARP News Update, News
More than 80 people attended an informal meeting last night at Pinecrest ARP Church for a discussion on ARP Confessional Heritage and Missional Challenge. “The meeting came out of a desire for a pre-Synod conference on evangelism,” said ONA Executive Director Alan...
by Susan | Jun 10, 2013 | ARP News Update, News
FLAT ROCK, NC – June 10, 2013: The number of delegates showing up for Synod 2013 registration today was very sparse. With high winds and torrential rains making appearances on and off throughout the day, many held off making the trip up the mountain. With many...
