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6th Meeting Agenda Classis Michigan Classis Michigan
6th Meeting AgendaOfficers of the Day
| Chairman | Dr. Paauw |
| Vice-Chairman | Rev. Derrick Vander Meulen |
| Clerk | Rev. W. H. Oord |
| Treasurer | Mr. Clarence Kamstra |
| Church | Minister |
| Allendale | Rev. Mark Zylstra |
| Alto - Grace | Rev. Peter Adams |
| Byron Center - Covenant | Rev. Steve McGee |
| Caledonia - Trinity | Rev. Brian Vos |
| Eastmanville | Rev. Steve De Boer |
| Grand Rapids - Beverly | Rev. Casey Freswick |
| Walker | Rev. Joel Vander Kooi |
| Hudsonville - Cornerstone | Rev. Tim Perkins |
| Jenison - Bethel | Rev. Derrick Vander Meulen |
| Kalamazoo - Covenant | Rev. Phil Vos |
| Olive Center - Faith | Rev. W. H. Oord |
9:00 - finish with fifteen minute coffee breaks at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm; meal breaks at 12 noon to 1:00 pm and 5:00 to 6:00 pm.
a. Clerk’s Report
b. Treasurer’s Report
c. Church Visitors’ Report
a. A request was received from the Grace United Reformed Church of Alto to have Classis participate in a colloquium doctum for Rev. Paul Murphy.
b. A request was received from Rev. Paul Murphy to join the URCNA and submit to a colloquium doctum.
c. The following arrangements have been made by the Council of Grace URC:
i. Practica - Rev. Wybren Oord
ii. Church Polity - Rev. Ed Knott
iii. Confessional Knowledge -Rev. Casey Freswick
iv. Reformed Doctrine - Rev. Derrick Vander Meulen
v. Ethics - Rev. Art Besteman
a. A request was received from the Grace United Reformed Church to receive the Dutton Independent Reformed Church into the fellowship of the United Reformed Churches in North America.
b. Seating of delegates from Dutton, upon approval.
Walker URC requests a special meeting for June 13, 2000 for the purpose of examining Westminster West graduate, Christopher Post.
The Consistory of the Faith United Reformed Church of Olive Center, Michigan overtures Classis Michigan to declare a Colloquium Doctum as unnecessary for retired and emeritus Ministers.
Background
“A minister who has been ordained in a church outside the federation shall not be admitted to serve in a church within the federation without an examination conducted to the satisfaction of the classis, according to the regulations adopted by the federation, whereupon he may be declared by classis eligible for call by his sponsoring Consistory.”
2. Appendix 4: “Guidelines for a Colloquium Doctum”
Point 2-C: “Upon sustaining the colloquium doctum, the classis shall declare the minister eligible to be called by the sponsoring Consistory as a Minister of the Word and Sacraments among the United Reformed Churches in North America.”
Grounds
1. Both Church Order 8 and the Guidelines for a colloquium doctum refer to ministers who desire to actively serve within the federation.
2. A retired minister is not being “admitted to serve in a church within the federation.”
3. A retired Minister is not seeking “to be called by the sponsoring Consistory as a Minister of the Word and Sacraments.”
4. Classis has no intention of declaring a retired or emeritus minister as “eligible for call.”
5. The sponsoring Consistory does not intend to declare the retired or emeritus minister as “eligible to be called.”
6. The sponsoring Consistory does not intend to call the retire or emeritus minister as their Minister of the Word and Sacraments.
7. The Classical Interim Committee has stated that such an exam is unnecessary.
The Consistory of the Faith United Reformed Church overtures Classis Michigan to overture Synod to declare the colloquium doctum as unnecessary for retired and emeritus ministers who desire to join our federation using the same grounds listed above with the exception of ground seven.
Done in Consistory February 14, 2000
/s/ Rev. W. H. Oord, Chairman
Mr. Rich Diemer, Jr., Clerk
a. Concept Minutes
b. Date and Place for the next meeting
c. Thanks to host church
d. Prayer
e. Adjournment
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