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Canada, Covid, and Closure

Brad Johnston and Drew Gordon | July/August 2022 Issue

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For Synod highlights, it’s hard to top the birth of a Reformed Presbyterian denomination. Last year, Synod approved moving toward a Reformed ...


Synod Day 4: O Canada

Brad Johnston and Drew Gordon | June 27, 2022

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Friday brought a fitting conclusion to the meeting of the 190th Reformed Presbyterian Synod. One of the final official actions was to establish the ...


Synod Day 3: A Little Bit of This…

Brad Johnston and Drew Gordon | June 24, 2022

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On Thursday Synod gathered for its last full day of deliberations. Pastor Romesh Prakashpalan proclaimed God’s Word on the vital calling of church ...


Synod Day 2: Do Justice, Love Kindness

Brad Johnston and Drew Gordon | June 23, 2022

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Wednesday was a sober and heavy day in the courts of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod, convened at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. This was ...


Synod Day 1: On Your Marks, Get Set, Go!

Brad Johnston and Drew Gordon | June 22, 2022

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Retiring moderator Bruce Parnell (Stillwater OK RPC) called RPCNA synod delegates to take their “marks” Tuesday morning in the worship of our ...


Synod Day Zero: Prayers For Revival in the Church

June 21, 2022

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Ruling and teaching Elders from across the RPCNA have been arriving throughout this (Monday) evening here at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, ...


Synod Preview: Called to Care for God’s Church

Brad Johnston and Drew Gordon | June 17, 2022

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Ruling-elder and teaching-elder delegates of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America will assemble for the 190th Synod on Tuesday, June 21. ...



The Socially Distanced Synod

Brad Johnston and Drew Gordon | July/August 2021 Issue

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Delegates traveled to the 2021 Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America knowing there was more work than they could do. Fifteen ...


The 189th RPCNA Synod Begins Monday

June 11, 2021

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COVID has changed Synod’s work too. After the cancelling of last year’s Reformed Presbyterian Synod meeting due to pandemic realities, the 2021 ...



Synod Day 3: Hard Work and Good News

Drew Gordon | June 14, 2019

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In the final joint session of these concurrent synods, Pastor Shawn Anderson (Sycamore [Kokomo, Ind.] RPC) preached on John 17:1-5 and the manner of ...


Synod Day 2: Of Committees and Workshops

Drew Gordon | June 12, 2019

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The RPCNA Synod began its day with a joint worship service with the ARP Synod. Pastor Gabriel Fluhrer (First ARP, Columbia, S.C.) spoke on the text, ...


Synod Day 1: “Beside the Beaver Vale”

Drew Gordon | June 11, 2019

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At 8:40 a.m. retiring moderator (and recently retired pastor) Bruce Martin dropped the gavel on the 188th Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of ...


Pre-Synod Conference on Psalmody

Drew Gordon | June 10, 2019

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On the eve of the concurrent synods of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, ...


RPCNA Disabilities Ministry

Martin Blocki | May/June 2019 Issue

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In 1993 the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America asked the Reformed Presbyterian Woman’s Association (RPWA) to oversee a ...



Seeking to Finish Strong (Day 4)

Drew Gordon | June 29, 2018

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The 187th Synod of the RPCNA has adjourned, having completed a full docket of reports and two lengthy discipline cases. Pastor Joseph Friedly of ...


Not Business as Usual (Day 3)

Drew Gordon | June 29, 2018

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In a day when Synod heard from delegates of other denominations as well as representatives from several countries, it was fitting that the morning’s ...


A Day of Deliberation (Day 2)

Drew Gordon | June 28, 2018

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After the singing of Psalm 13B, Pastor Jared Olivetti of Immanuel (West Lafayette, Ind.) RPC delivered the devotional message on Psalm 18:46-50 on ...