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MINUTES OF THE TH I RTY -SECON D G EN E RAL ASS EM B LY

MEETING AT PORTLAND, OREGON

JULY 8 - 13, 1965

Published by

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church

7401 Old York Road

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 191 26

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MINUTES OF THE

of the ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

MEETING AT PORTLAND, OREGON

THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

July 8 - July 13, 1965

THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8

The Thirty-second General Assembly was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by the Rev. Glenn R. Coie, Moderator of the Thirty-krst General Assembly. Mr. Coie constituted the meeting with a worship service, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. Theodore J. Hard and Richard B. Gaffin, Sr. The Moderator’s sermon was on “The Great Commission: Its Task, Its Meaning, and Its Pledge of Success.’’

The roll of the commissioners follows:

Presbytery of the Dakotas Ministers: Carl A. Ahlfeldt, Elmer M. Dortzbach, Abe W. Ediger, Russell D. Piper,

Ruling Elder: Dan B. Stukey

Ministers: Raymond E. Commeret, Harvie M. Conn, Theodore J. Hard, Howard E. Hart, Richard G. Hodgson, Rollin P. Keller, LeRoy B. Oliver, Donalld M. Parker, Jack J. Peterson

Robert D. Sander, Donald H. Taws, Samuel van Houte

Presbytery of N e w Jersey

Ruling Elders: Floyd C. Graf, Malcolm L. Woodruff

Ministers: Leslie A. Dunn, Theodore J. Georgian, George E. Haney, Jr., Raymond

Ruling Elders: John Garland, C. Stewart Lind, James F. Wood

Presbytery of Ohio Ministers: Calvin K. Cummings, Arnold S. Kress Ruling Elders: Lloyd Bailey, Johz C. Smith

Ministers: Ivan J. De Master, Robert W. Eckardt, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., John P. Galbraith, George W. Hall, Jr., John D. Johnston, Robley J. Johnston, Robert D. Knudsen, Ph.D., R. Heber McIlwaine, C. John Miller, Robert E. Nicholas, H. Leverne Rosenberger, Cromwell G. Roskamp, Norman Shepherd, Laurence C. Sibley, Jr., Arthur B. Spooner, Laurence N. Vai’l, Robert L. Vining, Edward J. Young, Ph.D.

Ruling Elders: Clay Duggan, Harry Greiner, Newman de Haas, Lewis W. Roberts

Ministers: Glenn R. Coie, George W. Knight, 111, Jonathan D. Male Ruling Elder: Ronald L. Gump

Ministers: William J. Bomer, Ralph E. Clough, Bruce A. Coie, Edwards E. Elliott,

Ruling Elders: L. H. Barker, Thomas E. Millard

Presbytery of N e w York and N e w England:

M. Meiners, George J. Willis

Presbytery of Philadelphia

Presbytery of the South

Presbytery of Southern California

Laurence R. Eyres, Calvin R. Malcor, Dwight H. Poundstone

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Presbytery of $he West Coast Ministers: Glenn T. Black, Thomas S. Champness, Jr., Robert K. Churchill, Henry

W. Gray , Albert G. Edwards, Gerald G . Latal, D. Robert Lindberg, Robert W. Newsom, Edwin C. Urban

Ruling Elders: Joe Boyd, Norman H. Coleman, Alt., Arnold E. Larson, Dale L. Loeffer, Alt., George S. MacKenzie, David Munroe, Alt., David L. Neilands, Lee Robbins, Leonard W. Schmurr, Alt., M. Van den Hoek, Clarence Westra

Ministers: Wm, Harllee Bordeaux, Th.D., Francis D. Breisch, Jr., Kchard B. Gaffin, Sr., George W. Marston, Carl J. Reitsma, Salvador M. Solis, Donald F. Stanton

Presbytery of Wisemasin

Ruling Elder : Vonley Voskuil On motion Mr. Westra was granted permission for departure Friday noon with full

travel compensation. On motion Mr. Miller’s request for departure at 3:OO p.m. Monday with full travel

compensation was granted. On motion it was decided that for the purpose of determining full travel fund

compensation, attendance through the evening session of Tuesday, July 13, shall be deemed to fulfill the requirement of attendance at every session of the Assembly.

The Assembly recessed at 10:38 a.m. and Teconvened at 10:58 a.m. On motion Mr. Larson was granted permission to be absent after Saturday with full

travel compensation. The Rev. Kenneth A. McBurney, fraternal delegate from the Synod of the

Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, was enrolled as a corresponding member of the Assembly and given the privilege of the floor.

REPORT OF THE STATED CLERK Mr. Eckardt, as Stated Clerk, reported by presenting the printed Minutes of the

Thirty-first General Assembly and also the report on the General Assembly Fund as follows :

GENERAL ASSEMBLY FUND Statement OP Cash Receipts and Disbursements

April 27, 1964 to June 30, 1965

RECEIPTS Contributions from 73 churches _-------___--__- Sale of Minutes 138.71 3,565.91

$5,173.22

Balance, April 27, 1964 ___________________________l___________l- 2- . $1,607.3 1

$3,427.20

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DISBURSEMENTS Printing and mailing Minutes -___ __ __---_-____-______ Fee - Assistant Clerk ~ _______________-_______ __ ___________

Statistician _____________l__________________________--- __ Stationery, Telephone & Postage _l________-__l________

Reformed Ecumenical Assess. - 1963 _______-______________ Reformed Ecumenical Assess. - 1964 ____________________________ Reformed Ecumenical Assess. - 1965 ____________________ Travel Expense I______________________________I______

Acts of Synod ______________________________________ ___ ___________

$1,722.96 25 .OO 50.00

123.20 425.00 5 50.00 550.00 290.06

. 10.50


Travel - Delegates: Reformed Pres. - Evangelical Synod - 1964 Reformed Pres. - Evangelical Synod - 1965 Christian Reformed Synod - 1964 ~ _ _ _ Christian Reformed Synod - 1965 _---I___- ~

Reformed Pres. of N.A. Synod - 1964 --I-____

Reformed Pres. of N.A. Synod - 1965 ~ _______________ Stewardship Communication to De Gereformeerde Kerken Admin. of Medical Work To Confer with Christian Reformed Church Revision of Form of Government Correspondence with Other Churches ~

Race Relations _-_______________________________________--------_-- Radio and T.V.

Expenses of Committees :

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48.45 109.57 111.50 161.18 37.50 49.00

256.22 120.66 30.00 5.95

126.81 . 66.07 34.27 10.50 4,9 14.40

_----- ___-- Balance, June 30, 1965 258.82

$5,173.22 ------

REPORT OF T H E STATISTICIAN Mr. Vining, as Statistician, reported the tabulation of statistics found in rhe

Appendix to these ‘Minutes.

PRELIMINARY REPORT O F T H E TRAVEL FUND COMMITTEE Mr. Roberts presented the following pre1,iminary report on behalf of the Committee

on Travel Fund:

PRELIMINARY REPORT OF T H E TRAVEL FUND COMMITTEE TRAVEL FUND RECEIPTS

Balance from Thirty-first Assembly __ ___________________________ $ 323.53 428.58 Received but not included in Report (1964) _________

Available for 1965 Assembly Travel Fund __ $ 752.11 Received from 84 churches _$6,680.45

Total ___ ______________________I___ __--$7,432.56 -A_--

The Stated Clerk made the fallowing recommendation: That Rule 20-e of the Standing Rules of the General Assembly be suspended and that the Assembly elect a Statistician, whose duties shall be those prescribed for the Stated Clerk in Rule 20-e of the Standing Rules, and who shall receive an #honorarium of fifty dollars. On motion the recommendation was adopted.

It was moved that this Assembly propose to the Thirty-third General Assembly that the Standing Rules be amended as follows:

1. Change the name of the section entitled “Of The Clerks” to “Of the Clerks and the Statistician.”

2. Delete Rule 20-e, and reletter the subsequent sections of Rule 20. 3. Add Rule 21-A, as follows:


There shall be a Statistician, elected annually by the General Assembly, whose duties shall be to collect and compile statistical reports from the presbyteries for the church year ending, December 31, and the information required by the Form of Government, Chapter X, Section 8, and to prepare them for presentation to the Assembly. He shall receive an honorarium of fifty dollars.

The following men were nominated to the office of Stated Clerk: Messrs. Eckardt and R. Johnston.

Mr. Johnston was elected. On motion it was determined that the Moderator appoint a committee of three

to draft a resolution expressing this Assembly’s disapproval of Senate Bill 1211 ordering, that national elections be held on Sunday, the Lord’s Day; and that the resolution be presented to this Assembly for adoption.

The following were nominated for the office of Moderator: Messrs. Willis, Eckardt, Ahlfddt, Marston, Edwards, Coray, Conn, Black, Georgian.

On motion Mr. Edwards’ request that his name be withdrawn was granted. The Assembly recessed at 12:15 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Conn.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON The Assembly reconvened at 1 :45 p.m. with rhe singing of “With Harps and With

Viols.” Mr. Clough led in prayer. The Rev. Howard B. Spaan, fraternal delegate of the Christian Reformed Church,

was enrolled as a corresponding member and given the privilege of the floor. Mr. Eckardt was elected Moderator on the third ballot. MI. Solis, who nominated

Mr. Eckardt, was requested by the Moderator to escort him to the chair. Mr. Coie, aftex appropriate remarks, turned the gavel over to the new Moderator.

The following men were nominated for the office of Assistant Clerk: Messrs. Vail and Elliott. Mr. Elliott was elected.

The following overtures were read:

Overture 1 From the Presbytery of Southern California as follows: At its stated meeting on October 3, 1964 the Presbytery of Southern California

“The Presbytery of Southern California respectfully overtures the Thirty-second General Assembly to take action to amend Chapter X I , section 7, of the present Form of Government, and Chapter XVI, section 4, of the proposed Form of Government, so that the first sentence shall read, ‘The General Assembly shall meet at ,least once in every two years.’ “The Presbytery also would request as a corollary that Standing Rule 52 be amended so as to make the term of each class six years, and that the word ‘annual’ which appears twice in this rule be omitted.”

adopted the following overture to the Thirty-second General Assembly:

Overture 2 From the Presbytery of New York and New England as follows: At the Stated Spring Meeting of the Presbytery of New York and New England

held on April 20, 1965, the following action was taken. It was moved, seconded and carried that Presbytery concur with the Presbytery

of Southern California in overturing the General Assembly to amend the Form of Government XI:7 I(revisions XVI:4) by substituting for the words of the first sentence of the paragraph the words “the General Assembly shall meet at least once in every two years.”

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Overture 3 From the Presbytery of the Dakotas as follows: The Presbytery of the Dakotas, meeting in regular session on March 16 and 17, 1965,

respectfully overtures the Thirty-second General Assembly to consider the adoption of the following procedure for the use of the presbyteries in the processing of calls to pastors:

The clerk shall deliver to any minister of the presbytery a copy of any call addressed to that minister.

Upon receiving a copy of the call the minister .shall, unless he immediately determines not to accept the call, consult with the session on the matter and make known his decision as soon as possible.

If the minister determines to accept the call, the session shall call a congregational meeting in order that the congregation may be asked to concur with the pastor in requesting the dissolution of the pastoral relationship pending favorable action by the presbytery.

4. If the next regular meeting of presbytery is more than one month distant, and if circumstances require, a special meeting of presbytery shall be called to consider the call and items germane.

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From the Presbytery of the West Coast as follows: The following motion was passed at the meeting of the Presbytery of the West

Coast in Portland, Oregon, on September 23 and 24, 1964: The Presbytery of the West Coast respectfully overtures the Thirty-second General

Assembly to render a decision in the following matter: Does the Constitution of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church permit church sessions to receive into communicant membership thosc who refuse to present their children for baptism on account of scruples concerning infant baptism? The folilowing communications were presented:

Communication 1 From the Presbytery of the West Coast as follows:

To the Thirty-second General Assembly: May 12, 1965

At the regular spring meeting of the Presbytery of the West Coast, meeting in Sunnyvale, California, April 28 and 29, 1965, the following action was taken:

“On motion it was approved that the Clerk report to the General Assembly that no action was taken in the matter of the Second Revised .Version of the Form of Government, Chapters XIV-XVII.”

Cordially, THOMAS S. CHAMPNESS, JR. Stated Clerk

Communication 2

From the Reformed Ecumenical Synol as follows:

To the Thirty-second General Assembly: February 8, 1965

Some time ago we were pleased to receive from your church a remittance for your assessment for the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, both for the 1963 Synod and for the year 1964. I can report that with a few exceptions, all the member churches of the RES have paid and that those still in arrears have been sent a reminder.


Six weeks of the year 1965 have already passed and I am therefore sending all 0.u member churches a statement so that the treasurer may receive the funds necessary to meet our expenses. Will you please give this matter your attention at your early con- venience? If you are not authorized to pay the amount, will you please forward this letter to the properly authorized person?

Your church has been assessed 5% of the annual budget of $1 1,000 and is accordingly asked to pay $550. (See pages 61 and 62 of 1963 Acts) Will you please make your remittance payable in U.S. currency and send it to Mr. Lester Ippel, Calvin College, Franklin Street, Grand Rapids, ,Michigan?

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Sincerely, PAUL G. SCHROTENBOER

Communication 3 From the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, Evangelical Synod as

follows : ' April 17, 1965

To the Thirty-second General Assembly: W e were very pleased to have your fraternal delegate attend several days of our

General Synod. It was a time of renewing several old acquaintances. W e thoroughly en joyed fellowship togeth_er .

Our Fraternal Relations Committee has asked the Rev. Nelson K. Malkus to serve as our fraternal delegate to your Thirtysecond General Assembly. Mr. Malkus may be reached at 6301 Woodland Place, North, Seattle, Washington, 98103. Please send him any information he may need.

W e shall remember your General Assembly in prayer.

I am enclosing some information about the uniting of our church.

Cordially in Christ, HARRY H. MEINERS, JR.

Communication 4 From Covenant College as follows:

June 15, 1965 To the Thirty-second General Assembly:

The Reverend Edwards E. Elliott of Garden Grove, California, has indicated that perhaps the Orthodox Presbyterian Church would consider holding their 1966 General Assembly on the Covenant College campus.

In order that we may supply you with relevant data, could you let us know very soon an estimate of the number who would be in attendance and the number of days that the assembly would be in session. Also, we should like to know your preference for dates.

We certainly want you to know that we would welcome the opportunity to have our Orthodox Presbyterian brethren with us. A summer date offers an opportunity for families to accompany commissioners, and I trust that you will keep this point in mind when you send us an estimate of the number who would probably attend. The eastetrn Tennessee area has many wonderful vacation spots and our mountaintop, we think, excels them all.

Very sincerely yours, RUDOLPH F. SCHMIDT

Communication 5 From Professor John Murray as follows:


As the above address will indicate, it will not be possible for me to be in attendance at the sessions of the forthcoming General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. May I express, however, to the Assembly my earnest hope that the deliberations


and decisions of the Assembly and of its various committees will be guided by the Word and Spirit of God to the honour of the church’s head and the upbuilding of his body.

I plan to attend meetings of the Interim Committee of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod on July 13 and 14 in the Netherlands. Since the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a member of the R.E.S., I trust that the proper ecumenical interests of the church will not be overlooked by the Assembly and that the prayers of the Assembly will be offered on behalf of this meeting of the Interim Committee.

Since a proposal had been made some time ago that another meeting of delegates representing member churches of the R.E.S. should meet in the Netherlands, or at some p i n t in Europe, in the month of August, I trust that my presence on this side of the Atlantic will not induce the General Assembly to elect me as delegate. I must announce that I shall not be available for such an appointment if there should arise the necessity to elect a representative of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. I am

Most Respectfully, JOHN MURRAY

Communication 6 From the Stated Clerk of the Reformed Churches of New Zealand as follows:

June 12, 1965 To the Thirty-second General Assembly: Dear Brethren in Our Lord Jesus Christ:

Greetings on behalf of the Reformed Churches of New Zealand. May the Lord prosper the work of your General Assembly as it conducts the King’s

business in that place of $his vineyard wherein you labor for him. We had hoped that it might be possible for a delegate from our Churches to be

present at your Assembly this year. ,For the Rev. S. Cooper, a minister on loan to our denomination from the Christian Reformed Church, left these shores on May 28 to return to America, having completed his five year term here with us. However, we understand from him that he will be unable to be a delegate on our behalf at your Assembly because he will not be on the West Coast at that time.

Permit us in this brief communication to inform you that our next synod will convene on October 13, 1965, at 9:30 a.m., at the Reformed Church, Cornwall Street, St. Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand, the dates of synod to be October 13-20.

If it is possible for you to be represented at our synod by a delegate, we would indeed be pleased and honored.

Be assured of our continued prayers and interest on your behalf. With Christian greetings, On behalf of our Churches, R. 0. ZORN, Stated Clerk

Communication 7 From the Stated Clerk of the Reformed Church in Japan as follows:

June 17, 1965

Your kind invitation to the Thirty-second General Assembly of your church has been We always praise the Lord for the close and sincere

To the Thirty-second General Assembly:

received with much pleasure. relationship we are privileged to have with your church.

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We are sorry that it just does not seem that we can possibly send OUT delegate this year. You are assured, however, that OUT thoughts and prayers are with you as you meet in July.

May the Lord continue to bless our Reformed witness throughout the world. Sincerely yours, KIYOSHI ~MIZUGAKI Stated Clerk Reformed Church in Japan

Communication 8 From the Stated Clerk of the Reformed Church in the United States as follows:

June 18, 1965 To the Thirty-second General Assembly: Fathers and Brethren:

Using the form of address that is common in our ecclesias~cal assemblies, I wish to bring to the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church the warmest fraternal greetings of the Reformed Church in the U.S. With praise to Almighty God we continue in our appreciation for the work of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and pray that our relationship to each other may continue to grow in future years.

At the meeting of the .Eureka Classis of the Reformed Church in the U.S. it was decided that because of the distances involved we would have to decline your kind invitation to send a fraternal delegate to your 1965 General Assembly. Though we cannot have a representative with you in person, please be assured that we are wirh you constantly in prayer and in spirit.

As our small church looks back on the years of its relationship to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, we cannot but thank the Lord for those fathers of yours who have led us in the faith to a fuller commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ, and those our brothers among you with whom we may have such close fellowship in our Saviour. We are gratified that our missionary efforts together through Harvie Conn in Korea have been so successful over the past five years. That, along with the incalculable good which has come into our midst through the existence of Westminster Seminary, has given new life to our denomination and enlarged the island of faith upon which we live in a sea of unbelief and iniquity. As one who has personally benefited through your work I know that our position in the ecclesiastical world would be precarious indeed, were it not for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

May your work at General Assembly be done according to the will of God and unto his glory. We pray that he will give you 6aith and strenph to stand fast in these turbulent times upon his blessed Word and that we may together, strengthened by his Holy Spirit, faithfully proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the salavation of the lost and the building up of the church. God bless you one and all!

Adding my personal greetings, I am, Your Servant for Christ’s sake, PETER B. GROSSMAN, Stated Clerk

Communication 9 From the Koryu Presbyterian Church as follows:

June 24, 1965 Dear Esteemed Members of the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church:

sessions of the General Assembly (1965) of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. In the name of the Koryu Presbyterian Church, I congratulate the opening of

In the followings I like to mention our gratitude retrospecting the past year of


1964-1965 and our request for the future in the relationship between the Korea Mission of Orthodox Presbyterian Church and our churches. I. Gratitudes:

We are very thankful for the assistances that Rev, and Mrs. Bruce F. Hunt are teaching at the Koryu Theological Seminary in Yusan. Rev. Hunt is also leading the seminary chapel once every week and leading quite often Bible Conferences for our churches through which our people are inspired greatly. Through their works among us we feel very much friendly and our Christian fellowship with your churches are advanced. W e are also thankful for your gifts of scholarship funds to our seminary and colkge. Recently we received the relief materials: clothings and powdered milk which were distributed to 27 local churches and several children’s homes. W e still thank you for your Kupo Lepers Colony project, although our denomination is not directly connected with it, some of our church members are working with the project. 11. Request:

Our general assembly 1964 carried a motion to ask the Orthodox Presbyterian Church for sending one or two missionaries officially connected with us. So, we request you to take this matter into your consideration at the General Assembly and please inform us your favorable decision by September 21, 1965, when our general assembly shall be held.

Grounds: 1. On the basis that you send missionaries to different churches in different

countries. 2. Since the World War I1 our Koryu-pa Church is the oldest friend of the

Korea Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. 3. After our hasty and unhappy union, our denomination has been restored and

reestablished, and this was the necessary action for us. 4. This reestablished church upholding the Reformed faith and life is seeking

a close cooperation with your missionaries as before. 5. Because we believe that by this way your missionaries in Korea shall be more

active and effective in their works for the Lord. As Rev. Theodore Hard returns to Korea from his furlough this year, we expect

him together with the Hunts to cooperate with us officially, for instances, they may become the missionary members of our presbyteries and give lectures at our seminary and preach at our local churches taking responsibilities as ministers.

May the Lord richly bless the sessions of the General Assembly and all of the ministers and churches as well as the works which you perform for the glory of God.

Sincerely yours in Christ, DR. PYENG SEH OH Chairman Committee on Correspondence Koryu Presbyterian Church

Communication 10 From the Korea Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as follows:


It has been the usual practice of our Mission to send a letter of greeting to the General Assembly, but inasmuch as two of the members of our Mission expect to attend the Assembly in Portland, and one of them, the Rev. Harvie Conn, will be going directly from the field to the Assembly, the following motion was passed at the meeting of the Mission in Pusan, Korea on June 19, 1965: -

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“It was moved and carried that Mr. Conn be asked to convey the greetings of the Korea Mission to the Geoneral Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and that this motion be conveyed to the Stated Clerk of the Assembly.”

We hope that the Assembly will be able to find time in the docket for IMr. Conn to bring these greetings.

Sincerely yours, BRUCE F. HUNT Acting Chairman of the Korea Mission of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church

Communication 11 From the American Evangelical Mission, Eritrea as follows :

June 24, 1965 To the Thirty-second General Assembly: Brethren :

our prayers are yith you as you gather to consider the work of our beloved church.

of the Mehereta Yesus (Compassion of Jesus) Hospital in Ghinda will have been set in place. We offer our thanks to God who, through the faithful and sacrificial support of members and friends of our denomination, has brought to pass this expansion of his work. May it be the beginning of great things in the ministry of the p s p d through our missionary service in this part of Africa.

We rejoice in your fellowship in Christ and in the assurance of your continufng interest in and prayer for your mission in this land.

The Eritrea Mission sends its greetings to the Thirty-second General Assembly;

I The Lord willing, by the time this is read at the General Assembly the cornerstone

Sincerely yours, HERBERT S. BIRD Secretary

Communication 12 From the Japan Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian church as follows:

June 17, 1965 To the Thirty-second General Assembly Fathers and Brethren:

“Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Heb. 12:1, 2).

The members of the Japan Mission are at present represented by just one family here in Japan, but even so we wish to send our cordial and fraternal greetings to the Thirty-second General Assembly meeting at the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon.

We pray our gracious heavendy Father that he will bless, lead and guide you in all your discussions, deliberations and above all in your decisions. May all matters be done in the light of his presence in your midst and to his glory.

We praise God for the faithful witness of our church to the great truths of Scripture and tenaciously defending it against the attacks of a hostile world. We are grateful further for your prayers, interest, and support of the work here in Japan, as well as in our other fields. .

1966 will see the Twentieth Anniversary of the founding of the Reformed Church in Japan, the church with whom we are cooperating here. Continue to pray and to


encourage her in her God-given task of proclaiming the unsearchable riches of Christ herc.

Finally, we are waiting with much intercst and prayers for the date when the Kresses will be arriving here in Japan to strengthen the work of our Japan Mission. May that date be soon!

Yours in Christ, GEORGE Y. UOMOTO

Communication 13 From the Rev. Edward L. Kellogg as follows:

July 4, 1965 To the Thirty-second General Assembly: Fathers and Brethren:

The recent actions of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church held at Columbus, Ohio have seemed to arouse many Presbyterian laymen. These laymen need counsel and leadership. The Orthodox Presbyterian Church faces an opportunity and obligation to help.

A few weeks ago the Rev. Bruce Coie was invited to counsel with a group of United Presbyterian laymen. I was present with him when a dozen or more met to question and express their own dissatisfaction with modernism in the church. The Rev. Robert Graham was also approached regarding participating in a debate in the La Jolla Presbyterian Church concerning membership in the National Council. H e was unable to participate but I attended the debate and sensed the strong feelings of some against rhe council.

W e then decided to hold a rally in San Diego. An audtorium in the Grant Hotel was rented. Letters were sent out and write-ups and a large ad put in newspapers. Approximately 300 crowded into a room which was designed to accommodate 250.

I regret not bringing this matter to the General Assembly through the channel of presbytery. However, the events that caused me to feel that assembly action was important were too recent for the normal course of procedure.

As others have already suggested, I would propose that a Presbyterian Covenant be formulated by a committee at this General Assembly. The purpose of the covenant would be to unite those of Presbyterian conviction throughout the country in a solemn agreement to promote the true Presbyterian faith without compromise.

Such a covenant might include the following: 1. A solemn resolve to uphold and proclaim the true Christian faith as sum-

marized in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms and to uphold the Presbyterian form of government as that which is set forth in Holy Scripture. A solemn resolve to oppose the Proposed Confession of 1967 as being contrary to the Christian faith as it so accurately set forth in the Westminster Standards and also as constituting a rejection of historic Presbyterianism. A solemn resolve to immedately join with others of like mind in taking steps according to Presbyterian government and discipline to correct such teaching and practice of the United Presbyterian Church as is contrary to the Word of God. A solemn resolve that if such efforts of reform fail and/or if the Proposed Con- fession of 1967 is adopted to leave the United Presbyterian Church and either unite with a Presbyterian denomination that is true to the faith or join with others in establishing such a denomination. To expedite such an effort I would suggest such steps as the following: 1 .

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Appoint a member of the Assembly to see that news releases are made each day of the Assembly to press and radio.


2. Arrange to have area mailing addresses in the larger centers where Orthodox Presbyterian churches, are located such as Miami, Washington, Philadelphia, Chcago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland. The address might be Presbyterian Covenant, Box 500, Portland. Engage someone to prepare a monthly newsletter or sheet geared not to the ministry nor the well indoctrinated but to the average unindoctrinated Presby- terian layman. Encourage Orthodox Presbyterians, Reformed Presbyterians, and others to use the monthly news letters to .inform people and to gain more signers of the covenant. Include in the newsletter not only current evidences of modernism and simple contrasts between the proposed confession and Scripture but also definite plans of action. Authorize the expcnditure of a certain amount and the soliciting of further funds in the hope that not only Orthodox Presbyterians but others will see that adequate support is given.

Again I apologize for not having brought the matter through presbytery but trust that under the circumstances something may be done.

Sincerely, EDW. L. KELLOGG

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Communication 14 From the Reformed Churches of Australia as follows:

July 1, 1965

The Synodical Committee of our Churches has asked me to thank you most cordially for your invitation to send a fraternal delegate to your Thirty-second General Assembly which will convene on 8th July, 1965.

As a committee we regret, ahowever, that owing to the travelling costs involved we are unable to send a representative to your ecclesiastical gathering.

Would you be so kind as to convey our best wishes to your General Assembly on behalf of our Churches? W e pray that the Lord may guide the convening brethren in their discussions and decisions and that they may experience the Holy Spirit’s presence during their meetings. May all their activities be in accordance with the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

I To the Stated Clerk of the Thirty-second General Assembly:

On behalf of the Synodical Committee, REV. P. G. GEERTSEMA Second Clerk

Communication 15 From De Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland as follows:

July 5, 1965 To the Thirty-second General Assembly:

Your invitation to attend your General Assembly was read at the meeting of our Deputies on June 22nd. As we have none of our ministers or professors travelling in that part of the world just now, we trust you will understand that it is not very well possible to send a personal delegate. I was instructed to convey rhe greetings of our churches in writing. W e appreciate the ties that bind your and our churches. And we pray that our Lord will bless the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in all its activities and lead your church and ours in all things by his Holy %host.


I.am very sorry that I somewhat overlooked the date your Assembly will convene. I have been very busy this last week and when today I started to do work that resulted from last week’s meeting I got a scare that you will convene already on July 8th.

By sending this letter direct to Portland I hope it will reach you while the Assembly is still in session. For the same reason I do not want to send this letter to the General Bureau of our churches in Urecht, as this would cost another day or two. I hope that for these reasons you will excuse his handwritten letter.

Your in his service, A. WARNAAR Jz.

On motion it was determined: that Overtures I , 2, 3, and 4 and Communications 9 and 13 be referred to the Committee on Overtures and Communications; that Communi- cation 2 be referred to the Stated Clerk; that Communication 4 be referred to the Com- mittee on Date and Place of the Thirty-third General Assembly; and that Communication 6 be referred to the chairman of the Committee on Correspondence with Other Churches.

On amended motion rhe times of convening, recess and reconvening were set as folllows: Daily - Convene at 8:45 a.m. following a 20-minute devotional service. Recess 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Recess for lunch 12:15 p.m. Reconvene 1:45 p.m. Recess 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Recess for dinner 5:45 p.m. Reconvene 7:30 p.m. Recess 9:30 p.m. Recess Saturday 12:OO noon. Reconvene Monday 9: 30 a.m. following 20-minute devotional service. Thursday evening, recess to permit temporary committees to meet. Afternoon and evening sessions to be opened with the singing of a hymn or Psalm version. Order of the day 10:30 a.m. Friday - Recess to hear an address by the Honorable Mark 0. Hatfield, Governor of Oregon.

On motion the docket was adopted with the addition of item 24-A, Report of- Joint Committee on Arrangements and Agenda for the North American Regional Con- ference of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod.

The amendment to Standing Rules 54, 56d and 56e proposed by the Thirty-first General Assembly and recorded in the Minutes, page 122, was moved and carried as follows : . Section 54 shall read,

“Standing Committees shall be continuing or permanent committees. Each shall be composed of three classes, the term of each class being three years, members being chosen by ballot at the annual General Assembly. Vacancies which occur between General Assemblies shall be filled by the next succeeding annual General Assembly.

There shall be seven Standing Committees, namely, the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension, the Committee on Foreign Missions, the Committee on Christian Education, the Committee on General Benevolence, the Committee on Pensions, the Committee on Correspondence with Other Churches, and the Committee on Travel Fund. The Committees on Home Missions and Church Extension, Foreign Missions, and Christian Education shall each consist of fifteen members, three ministers, and two ruling elders being in each class. The Committee on General Benevolence shall consist of six members, one minister, and one ruling elder or deacon being in each class. The Committee on Pensions shall consist of nine male members, each class including at least one minister and at least one ruling elder. The -Committee on Correspondence with Other Churches shall consist of six members, ministers and/or elders, two members being in each class. The Committee on Travel Fund shall consist of three members, one member in each class.

Section 56 shall be amended by the deletion of Part d and changing the letter of Part e to d.


The amendment to Standing Rule 56-c proposed by the Thirty-first General Assembly and recorded in the Mimtes, page 121, was moved and carried as follows: that Standing Rule 56-c be amended by adding the words “from different presbyteries” after the words “three members.”

The amendment to Standing Rule 35 proposed by the Thirty-first General Assembly and recorded in the Minutes, page 122, was carried in the following amended form: that Standing Rule 35 be amended by the substitution of the word “two” for the word “six.”

On amended motion the amendment to Standing Rule 60 proposed by the Thirty-first General Assembly and recorded in the Minutes, page 11 8 and 1 19, was carried as follows: That Standing Rule 60 be amended by the deletion of the period at the end of the sentence, and the addition of the words “either by way of overture from the presbytery, by a committee of rhe General Assembly, or by the Committee on Overtures and Communications, to which proposals by individual members shall be submitted.”

The Moderator announced the appointments to the following temporary committees: Overtures and Communications - the Rev. Messrs. Shepherd, Conn, Male, Ahlfeldt, and Mr. Lind.

Presbyterial Records - Mr. Roberts, and the Rev. Messrs. Van Houte and Stanton. Date and Place of the Thirty-third General Assembly - the Rev. Messrs. Hart and Black. Standing Committee Records - Mr. Smith and the Rev. Messrs. Breisch and Dortzbach. To Draw up a, Resolution concerning Elections on the Lord‘s Day - the Rev. Messrs. Eyes, Champness, and Miller.

In order to implement the amendment to Standng Rule 54 it was moved and carried that a Committee on Travel Fund be elected and that the one receiving the highest majority be elected to the class of 1968; the one receiving the second highest majority to the class of 1967; and the one receiving the third highest majority to the class of 1966.

The following were nominated to the Committee on Travel Fund: the Rev. Messrs. Kellogg, Malcor, Black, Dortzbach, and Robert L. Graham.

The Moderator announced the election of Mr. Kellogg to the class of 1968 and Mr. Malcor to the class of 1967.

The Assembly recessed at 3:30 p.m. and reconvened at 3:47 p.m. The Moderator announced the election of Mr. Black to the class of 1966 of the

Committee on Travel Fund. On a substitute motion it was determined that the Moderator appoint one person

to serve on the Travel Fund Committee as a substitute for Mr. Kellogg during this Assembly. Mr. Millard was appointed.

On motion the Moderator was instructed to appoint a committee of two on necrology. The Rev. Messrs. Nicholas and Coray were appointed.

On motion the report of the Committee on Christian Education was ordered to be printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION I. ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF

The committee held one special and three regular meetings during 1964 and, in addition, an advisory subcommittee met with the General Secretary approximately every other month. As a result of an agreement of cooperation with the Board of Christian

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Education of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, the committee was able to enlarge its staff with the employment of one additional full-time writer and one part-time writer. The staff of the committee now includes the following personnel:

General Secretary - The Rev. Robley J. Johnston Art Director - Mr. John Tolsma Business Manager - Mr. Lewis W. .Roberts Writers - The Rev. Messrs. John‘ J. Mitchell and C.John Miller; Mrs. John Pappas

and Mrs. Robert W. Anderson. (Mrs. Anderson is employed as a part- time writer and she does not carry on her activities at the offices of the committee.)

The office staff includes one full-time secretary, a full-time bookkeeper, and one or more clerical assistants as the occasion demands. In addition to the need for occasional part-time office help, it has been necessary to secure part-time help in the art department also.

II. PUBLICATIONS

Sales of committee publications during the year totaled $62,187 for a monthly average of $5,182. This figure is $2,888 less than total sales for 1963, a decrease of 4.4%, and it represents the first &cline in total sales in more &an ten years. The drop-off is largely to be accounted for by the decrease in VBS and *hymnal sales, neither of which were advertised during 1964. Since the hymnal, along with Sunday school materials, appeared in 1963 for the first time among sales of cammittee publications, last year’s total sales figure was unusually high. With no new publications to offer during 1964, sales experienced a somewhat normal decline from the rather inflated figure of a year ago. Even so, there has been a net increase over the past two years of 28%-an average increase of 1470 in each year. In spite of last year’s decline in sales, there is every reason for gratitude to God for the great potential outreach that is inherent in OUT church’s ministry of Christian education. 1. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL MATERIAL

As indicated above, vacation Bible school sales declined slightly during 1964. Total sales of $1 7,307 were $1,159 below last year’s record high with the number of churches using Great Commission materials dropping from 385 to 360 and total enrollment in the schools supplied dropping from 33,500 to 33,000. This is the third straight year in which there has been a decline in the number of VBS customers-a trend that is chiefly trace- able to the publication of VBS materials by the Christian Refor,med Church. Another factor in the decline that cannot be ignored, however, is the fact that our materials have now been in use for more than ten years wit,hout significant revision.

The committee continues to supply the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America with a special edition of the vacation Bible school materials. The courses of this edition are identical with the regular courses except for the addition of special instructions inserted in the teacher’s manual and the substitution of metrical psalm selections for the hymns printed in the pupil’s workbooks. This edition bears the following imprint: “Published for the Board of Christian Education of $he Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America by Great Commission Publications.” The name of the Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church appears in the copy-rig’ht notice. The full three-year cycle is available in this edition.

The vacation Bible school materials for 1965, under the trade name Great Commission Publications and bearing the name of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, will include the same courses that appeared in 1962. The course for the year is as follows:


Beginner: Homes That God Made - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s coloring book, and

Primary: Fathers and Sons - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s workbook and worksheets Junior: The Ten Commandments - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s workbook, and work-

Intermediate: The Exodus - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s workbook, worksheets, and

worksheets

sheets

Flan-L-Map, The Exodus

2. CATECHETICAL MATERIALS

The distribution of the Shorter and Larger Catechisms and the Confession of Faith, together with related materials, increased this year by 8%, more than regaining the loss recorded in last year’s report. The total of $2,084 represented an increase of $164 over the figure f a last year. Bible Doctrine sales dropped sharply this year from $4,225 to $3,432, a decline of 23%.

It is with considerable embarrassment that the committee reports further delay in the publication of the course for Grade 10 on Old Testament Survey. The type for this workbook ‘has been set, but the work of illustrating the book is only half completed. The volume of work imposed upon the art department by the Sunday school program constantly hinders progress on this project and there are not sufficient funds to hire the additional help necessary to get the work done.

3. TRACTS AND CARDS

Over the past seven years there has been a gradual decline in the sale of the committee’s tracts. This year’s sales of $1,731 are $196 less than a year ago. The lack of new tracts is probably the chief factor in this trend and the committee is continuing the study of proposals for strengthening this area of the committee’s ministry.

The sale of Christmas cards and tracts reflected a growing interest in these unique publications. Total sales of $2,363 were 11% above the figure of 1963 and the number of cards and tracts sold rose from 41,500 to 47,800. Two entirely new designs were .printed this year and one card was redesigned, bringing the number of designs available to a total of 12.

4. CHURCH BULLETINS

There was little change in the distribution of the weekly church bulletins during 1964. Sales of bulletins totaled $11,540, an increase of $263, and the weekly distribution averaged 11,500 as compared with 11,000 a year ago. The average number of churahes subscribing to this service still stands at 115, with 45 of these being churches outside tZle denomination.

5. SUNDAY SCHOOL MATERIALS

The second year of the course for the Senior department was completed during 1964. The inaterials for this course consist of a quarterly student’s textbook and a quarterly teacher’s manual. A monthly student magazine, The Mark (for Junior and Senior high students), was published in a single sample issue in January 1963 and regular publication, although once scheduled for the fall of 1965, has been postponed indefinitely. These materials were in use in 141 dhurches at the end of the year, 64 of them being churches outside of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

The three-year cycle of the Senior course will be completed during 1965 and the course in its entirety will include the following studies:


The Disciple and His Lord: Following Jesus Then and Now Learning from the Master Growing in Grace God's Eternal Purpose

The Mission of God's Church: A Witness to God's Grace The Missionary Gospel The Spreading Flpme God's Living Temple

The Whole Counsel of God: Thy Word Is Truth The Servant of the Lord By Grace Through Faith The Body of Christ

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The course for the Primary department was announced and samples distributed beginning in October 1964. The materials consist of a 60-page, 8Wx11" teacher's manual and a weekly take-home paper which combines the best features of the traditional Sunday school paper, a workbook, and an activity sheet. More than 800 sample sets of these materials were distributed during the last quarter of 1964 and the orders to begin the course in January 1965 totaled 120, 55 of wthich were churches outside the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The outline of the course for 1965 is as follows:

Loving the Savior - Stories from the Gospels Living in God's Family - Stories from Genesis Growing in God's Fa,mily - Stories from Exodus Learning Obedience to the Heavenly Father - Stones from the Kings and Prophets

Increasingly close cooperation with the Board of Christian Education of the *Re- formed Presbyterian Church of North America culminated in June 1964 in the action of the Synod of that church approving the proposal of its Board of Christian Educa- tion to participate actively in the publication of the Great Commission Sunday school materials. Accordingly, the Reformed Presbyterian Church through its Board of Christian Education has promised a contribution of $10,000 during 1964-65 for the expansion of the Sunday school program. In consideration of this financial assistance, the Committee on Christian Education has invited representatives of the Reformed Presbyterian Board of Christian Education to consult actively with it in the planning of future elements of the curriculum. Three meetings have been held with the representatives appointed by the Board of Uhristian Education. If this cooperative arrangement proves to be mutually satisfactory, the Reformed Presbyteran Board of Christian Education has indicated its intention to continue its financial assistance.

As a result of this promise of funds, the committee was able to enlarge its writing staff during 1964. The Rev. C. John Miller was hired on a nearly full-time basis, and Mrs. Robert W. Anderson returned to the staff on a half-time basis. Mr. Miller and Mrs. Anderson are now engaged in the preparation of a course for the Intermediate department which is scheduled for publication in the fall of 1966.

The committee rejoices in this evidence of God's blessing on the Sunday school program and is bending every effort to move closer to publication of a complete curriculum. However, the expansion of the Sunday school program 'has imposed heavy burdens on our Art Director, and it has increased the load on our office staff to the point where some additional help in both of these areas is an imminent necessity.


Because of the problems incident to this recent enlargement of our writing staff, the committee feels bound to keep its plans for completing the Sunday school curriculum

,within the limits of the capability of the present writing staff. The addition of any new writers would certainly require additional staff members in every department to guarantee an efficient flow of work, and the committee judges that the indebtedness already incurred is such that it may not become involved in new programs that can only add to that debt.

It Should be clear from the preceding paragraphs that the financial needs of this program continue to be the major problem confronting the committee. All along the line, from editorial to secretarial work, the staff is spread far too thin. An illnesi of more than a week's duration could interrupt the publication of any or all of the materials now being published. The committee, therefore, is seeking some financially feasible measures to provide its present staff with the assistance necessary to guarantee an un- interrupted flow of the materials now in publication. Further development of the Sunday school curriculum will await the completion of these courses already begun when members of the present writing staff can be reassigned to work on the development of new

As of the end of 1964, a total of $100,500 had been spent on the Sunday school project. Of this amount, $13,200 has come from contributions designated for this program. Sales of Sunday school materials have supplied $18,200, the committee's general funds have provided $22,000, and $47,100 has come from loans. The Sunday School Publication Loan F,und at the end of the year was within $5,000 of the $55,000 limit set by the committee for the funded debt on this program and therefore future costs must be covered entirely by income from sales and by contributions.

6. TIUNITY HYMNAL

In May 1964 a third printing of 5,000 copies of the regular edition of Trinity Hymnal was completed, bringing the total copies in print to 25,000. Sales for the year totaled $9,419, a decline of $3,150 from last year's total. Trinity Hymnal is now in use in 85 Orthodox Presbyterian churches and chapels and in 36 churches outside the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The following educational institutions also are using the hymnal : Westminster, Fuller, and Covenant Seminaries, Trinity and Covenant Colleges, and the Chicago Christian High Sohool.

All outstanding obligations of the Committee on a Hymnal have now been retired, except for the refunds due to the churches on their contributions to the original publication of the hymnal.

courses.

7. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS AND SUPPLIES

The sale of audio-visuals, books of other publishers, and miscellaneous items decreased this year by 18%. Although few of these items are publications of the committee, they represent a source of income which requires little or no capital outlay and the purchase of such items from the committee does represent an indirect contribution to the support of the Christian education program of the church. The items that can be obtained from the committee include: audievisuals, Bibles and books of other publidhers, certificates of baptism, marriage and church membership, communion ware, church registers and guest books, Cross and Crown award pins, flannel boards, folding tables, and mimeo supplies. Other items of chwch supply can be obtained upon request.

The study course Biblical Evangelism Today was reprinted late in the year after being out of print for more than a year. The supply of the Standards of Government, Discipline and Worship .f the Orthodox Presbyterian Church will be exhausted sometime


in 1965. A revision of W h y the Ortho& Presbyteriun Church?, out of print during 1964, had been completed by the end of the year and a new edition was being preparcd for the press.

8. The Presbyterian Guardian Again this year the committee granted B modest contribution to The Presbyterian

Guad iar t as a token of its conviction that the publication of a Christian periodical is vital to the Christian education ministry of the church. The committee plans to continue the same arrangement for the coming year. One member of the committee and the General Secretary serve as trustees of the Guardian Corporation, and the Editor of The Guarctian is himself a member of the committee. Thus there exists $he framework for very close cooperation in promoting the church‘s broad aims of Christian education.

111. PROMOTION 1. Christian Education Horizon

Publication of H h z m has continued on a bi-monthly basis as a means of publiciz- ing the work and the needs of the committee. Distribution is made to all Orthodox Presby- terian dhurches and to more than 2,500 indwiduals outside the demonination.

In response to the Overture made to the Thirty-first General Assembly by the Presbytery of the Dakotas concerning the discontinuation of the Horizon, the committee investigated the possible savings involved in combining the Horizon with the Messewger. Estimates were solicited from the printer, and the following figures are submitted for the Assembly’s information :

Cost of 11 issues of T h e Messenger as currently published (6 issues of 8 pages and 5 issues of 12 pages)

Cost of 6 issues of Horizon as currently published $4,9 1 5

1,273

Total cost of the two papers as currently published Cost of an enlarged Messewger

(1 1 issues of 12 pages in larger quantities for both mailing lists)

$6,188

$7,590 2. ADVERTISING

Except for ads announcing the new Primary Sunday school materials in the December issues of the religious periodicals, all space advertising was eliminated during 1964, and the committee’s publications were exhibited at only one convention-The Philadelphia Area Sunday School Convention in November 1964. The usual catalog mailings were made during the year-11,674 VBS catalogs in January and 12,534 general catalogs in November. The general catalog mailing; included the announcement of the CIhristmas cards for 1964. A mailing announcing the new Primary Sunday school course was made in October to more than 12,000 individuals and churches. Generous quantities of samples of all the committee’s publications were distributed again this year. The committee reminds the pastors that their local contacts may offer fruitful areas for promoting the churdh’s publications and that free samples are available to them for distribution and display.

IV. FINANCES It is with gratitude to God that the committee reports a small net gain on its operation

in 1964. In contrast with 1962 and 1963 in which we experienced losses of $3,600 and $11,890 respectively, the treasurer’s report this year records a net gain of $409. Although this is only a slight gain, it does indicate a reversal of the downward trend in the committee’s finances which dates from the initiation of the Sunday school publication program.


The fact that this year the committee is able to report a gain instead of another loss is due for the most part to the increase in contributions h h from the Orthodox Presby- terian Church and from sources outside the denomination. Contributions from Orthodox Presbyterian churches increased this year by $5,995 (18.5%) and from other sources by $4,273 (85%). The latter increase was due largely to the gift of $3,000 from the Re- formed Presbyterian Church of North America which is the first part of their promised $1 0,000 contribution to the Sunday school project.

In addition to the larger income from contributions, tshe reduction in promotion ex- pqnse must also be considered a factor in the gain in this year’s operation. Only the most minimal advertising effort was made in 1964, enabling us to reduce expenditures in this category by $5,377 from the previous year. On this point, however, a word of caution may be appropriate. While reductions in promotion expense may be made with comparative ease in any one year, it would be precarious to make such measures a matter of policy. Certainly some of the loss in sales in 1964 may be traced to the reduction in the amount of advertising given to the committee’s publications.

Under the terms of the combined budget, the Committee on Christian Education will be operating during 1965 on a budget which makes provision for a balanced operation again next year, provided the full amount of income from contributions is received. Although an expansion of the Sunday school program was undertaken in 1964 which has enlarged the budget for 1965, the cost of that expansion is covered by the contribution to be made by the Reformed Presbyterian Church and does not involve any request far additional contributions from our own churches.

V. ELECTIONS The terms of the following members of the committee expire with this Assembly:

Ministers: Edmund P. Clowney, Raymond E. Commeret, Robert E. Nicholas Ruling EkFers: Leonard G. Brown, Howard A. Porter

VI. REPORT OF THE TREASURER The report of the Treasurer, as audited by Main, Lafrentz and Company, Certified

Public Accountants, is as follows: The Committee on Christian Education

Melrose Park, Pennsylvania We have examined the balance sheet of The Committee on Christian Education of

the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. as of December 31, 1964, and the related statement of income for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records as we considered necessary in the circumstances, except that we did not verify accounts receivable by direct correspondence, nor did we supervise or test the taking of the physical inventory. Our examination of receipts from voluntary contributions was limited to a test comparison of acknowledgment duplicates to cash receipts records, deposit tickets and bank statements. The nature of voluntary contributions is such that further audit procedures are impractical.

Because the accounts receivable and inventory enter materially into the determination of the financial position and results of operations, we do not express an opinion on the accompanying financial statements or supplementary information. Accounting practices, however, were applied on a consistent basis with that of the prior year.

MAIN, LAFRENTZ AND COMPANY Certified Public Accountants

of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 15, 1965


BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1964

ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS :

Cash (Note 1): Demand account -_____ ____-___________________ $ 5,143.56 Time account __- _____________________I___ 4,300.22

Accounts receivable -_-_ ____________-__-__________ Intermediary ___---________-____________________ Inventories, at lower of cost or market:

Merchandise ~ __-___l____l__________________I__ 43,703.54 Office and shipping supplies -_________________________ 3,075.91

Prepaid expenses _________ __ _____________.___________l_l_____l__

Total current assets c___ ____________________--_-----

Office furniture and equipment, at cost ________________________ 12,715.66 Less: Accumulated depreciation ~ 7,107.94

_-_-___

_ .

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

Administration

Total

_------ 5,607.72

~ ___-_____________ 23,545.16 building (Note 2) __-----

LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH CURRENT LIABILITIES:

Accounts payable ____I

Notes payable _____ ____________ __

Notes payable - Sunday School Publication Fund (Notes 1 and 3) --____ ___- ______--

Advance received for printing (Note 4) ______________-- Mortgage payable, current portion (Note 2) -_________ Pennsylvania state sales tax ____ __________________________

Total current liabilities _________ __ __________ LONG-TERM DEBT:

Notes payable - Sunday School Publication

Mortgage payable (Note 2) ________ __

Fund (Note 3) ___ -______-____________ $29,562.98 16,101.13

_-__--- Total liabilities ~ -_____________-___________

Balance, January 1, 1964 -_-_________ 1 ______ Net profit for year ended December 31, 1964 ____________

NET WORTH: 6,780.41

409.23 ----__-

Balance, December 3 1 ,. 1964 --_I-

Total _---------

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$ 9,443.78

7,3 10.03 34.37

46,779.45

396.37

63,964.05 ___----

29,152.88

$93,116.93 ____---

$ 5,560.67 11,330.00

18,148.48

1,221.79 . 28.79

40,263.28

3,973.45

____---

45,664.1 1

85,927.29 --___--

7,189.64

$93,116.93 -------


STATEMENT OF INCOME

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1964

$62,186.94 Income from sales ______c______________________________I_ Cost of goods sold ________-___l_____l________-_____________ 62,873.48

Loss from sales __________________-_____________________--------- 686.54

Operating expenses:

___-_--

Selling $ 3,812.65 Administrative (Note 2) -_______________I______________I 32,324.74 Promotion and advertising __ __________ 14,833.59 50,970.98

___-__- ___-_ -- (51,657.52) Net (loss) from operations ___I ______________________I_______

Contributions and other income 52,066.75

Net profits - -__--_--I-___- ---- $ 409.23 -__-_--

NOTES T O FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 1964

NOTE 1: Cash, $3,630, deposited in a time account at the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, is restricted by agreement as collateral security, 20%, to the demand obligation payable to the Sunday School Publicaltion Fund.

NOTE 2: The financial statements exclude depreciation expense approximating $350.00 on the committee’s one-third interest, $23,545.16, in the administration building property. Title to this property, 7401 Old York Road, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is currently vested in the Cornmilttee on Home Missions and Church Extension and the Committee on Foreign Missions, of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. The Committee on Christian Educa- tion assumed liability for payment of a 6010, $22,000.00 mortgage loan, payable in 180 monthly installments of $185.66 including principal and interest, in connection with the purchase of this property on May 31, 1960.

Notes payable, Sunday School Publication Fund, have been issued at various dates to finance the publishing of Sunday school material. At December 31, 1964, the following notes were outstanding:

NOTE 3:

Number Interest Term of Notes Balance Rate

Demand 26 $1 8,148.48 4% 5 yeas 22 18,109.48 4%%

10 year 20 11,453.50 5% -- ---_---

Total 68 $47,711.46

NOTE 4: Printing advances represent funds advanced for special editions of Vacation Bible School publications. The inventory at December 31, 1964, contains special editions valued at $2,031.85.


SCHEDULE OF INCOME YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1964

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$ 1,758.78 3,432.63 1,784.48

11,539.35 2,084.28 2,363.05

179.12 3.00

9,788.28 1,731.18 9,418.71

17,306.97 797.1 1

Total income from sales ____________________________ CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER INCOME:

Orthodox Presbyterian churches: Regular contributions _____________Ic__________________I__ $2 5,049.76 Thank offerings ----_cI__ ______________________________ 5,057.48 Special offerings ________________ ~ 8,192.21

$62,186.94

38,299.45

Total contributions and other income ___________ COST OF GOODS SOLD


Merchandise inventory, January 1, 1964 _____________________r______

Purchased for resale ________ -- ____________________----------------------

9,337.96

21 1.38 4,019.61

165.36 32.99

$52,066.75 -_-----

$ 35,052.23 15,236.16

50,288.39


Cost of goods available for sale __--_I_

Merchandise inventory, December 31, 1964 ______--_-______ 106,s 77.02 43,703.54

Cost of goods sold _--_____ SCHEDULE OF OPERATING EXPENSES


SELLING EXPENSES : . _

Shipping supplies I_

Labor and wages - ---- Postage -- - Loss on foreign exchange _- -- Miscellaneous --- _------I---

ADMINISTRATMI EXPENSES :

General Secretary salary and allowance

Pension premiums ---__I-

Office supplies --__I--

Telephone - ---

Employment taxes ___ -_--I------

Mortgage --- -------

__-- Office salaries --.---- ---I___---

Office rent and administration building maintenance -_

Postage ---- Travel _I_L_________ _____- _----

Interest :

S . S . publication loans _---- Other loans - _-I----I------

$ 62,873.48

$ 667.67 1,023.25 1,027.52

28.59 1,065.62

$ 3,812.65 -__----

$ 7,116.00 9,991.67

395.00 262.38

5,059.94 735.46

1,367.39 118.80 530.68

1,077.1 1 1,750.5 7

370.81


Committee meetings ______-I ---_-----

Office equipment service - Depreciation of furniture and equipment ______________-- Support of The Presbyterian Guurdim __-I_-__-_____-_

Bad debts _____ ~ ___----_-

Legal and auditing _______ ---I_--_- --- . .

263.28 737.00 133.63

1,300.83 750.00 141.67

Miscellaneous _____ ____________--_-__ 222.52

Total ~ $32,324.71 -_-----

PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING EXPENSES :

Magazine advertising: $ 1,541i31 Sunday school ________________________________________-----------

Vacation Bible school _________________I________________I_____ 45.00 Catalogs:

Vacation Bible school ________-____________________ 2,4 12.28 General -__I ----- 2,025.47

Sunday school ______________I_____.-------------_------ 2,218.33 Vacation Bible school ----______ ________ . 146.50

Samples:

Promotion - General ---

Horizon P P -

Convention expense ----- Travel - General Secretary --- I----

Postage -- _- -___---_- Wages ---- -____- Miscellaneous -

3,154.49 29.09

1,264.65 91.92

636.75 927.75 340.05

$14,833.59 -------

On motion the General Assembly directed that henceforth the prayer calendar in the Messenger regularly include the names of the General Secretary of the Committee on Christian Education, the writers of Christian Education materials, the artists, and the Controller as items for prayer.

The following men were nominated to the class of 1968 of the Committee on Christian Education : Ministers - Edmund P. Clowney, Nicholas, Commeret, Hall, Breisch, Malcor, Dortzbaoh; Elders - Howard A. Porter, Leonard G. Brown, William E. Viss, William C. Gooch, JT.

The Moderator announced the election of the following men: the Rev. Mesns. Clowney, Nicholas, Breisch and Messrs. Viss and Brown.

The Assembly recessed at 5:47 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Marston.

FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9

After devotions led by Mr. Keller, the Assembly reconvened at 8:52 a.m. with prayer

The Minutes of the sessions of -July 8 were approved as corrected. The following were nominated to the office of Statistician: the Rev. Mr. Vining and

Elder Edward A. Haug, Jr. Mr. Haug was elected. On motion the report of the Committee on Home Missions and Ghurch Extension

was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows:

by Mr. Clough.


REPORT OF THE COMrVllTTEE ON HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION

The following home mission fields were supported during part or all of 1964: California

Chula Vista Hacienda Heights La Mirada

Grand Junction Thornton

Connecticut . Hamden

Florida M ialeah Miami

Bangor Lewiston

Maryland Baltimore

Colorado

Maine

Massachusetts Hamilton

New Jersey S tr atf or d Vineland (Spanish-speaking work)

Ohio Marietta

Oklahoma Oklahoma City

Oregon Eugene

Pennsylvania Hatboro

Rhode Island Cr ans t on

Virginia Vienna

Wisconsin Gresham

Aid to First Church, Baltimore, was discontinued as of November 1, 1964.

REPORTS ON THE FIELDS BALTIMORE

Financial aid to First Church was discontinued as of November 1, 1964. The pastoral relationship between the Rev. Cromwell G. Rmkamp and the congregation was dissolved as of December 1, 1964. Early in January 1965, the Presbytery of Philadelphia considered the matter of granting further aid and concluded that aid should not be continued. The committee owns the church building on Erdmann Avenue on which the congregation owes the s u m of $32,595.40. Nothing has been paid on this loan since July 1964. The congregation is continuing to meet for worship, with the pulpit being supplied through the cooperation of Calvary Church, Middletown, Pa. and this committee.

BANGOR

Communicant membership in Pilgrim Ghurch increased slightly but average weekly attendance declined in 1964. However, the critical financial sitution that confronted the congregation after the erection of the building in 1960 was somewhat alleviated with the launching of a refinance program. A SAVE team from Memorial Church, Rochester, N.Y., worked in Bangor during the summer. The pastor, the Rev. George E. Haney, Jr., was ill for the greater part of the summer but has regained his health. The phasing out of Dow Air Force Base will undoubtedly affect the economy of Bangm and may also affect the future growth of Pilgrim Church. The congregation is considered as a congregation

I in its fourth year of aid from the committee. CHULA VISTA

The first full year of use of the new building by Bayview Church saw a net increase of 17 new communicant members and 13 non-communicant members. Regular catechism classes were begun and instruction classes for seven families were held. An outstanding

THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY ' 29

feature of the year was a week of special sepkxx led by the Rev. Donald H. Gra.ham, brother of the pastor, the Rev. Robert H. Graham. Average nightly attendance at these services was 100. Two new elders, Lloyd Livermore and Ralph Spring, were elected. Attendances at all services have increased and the congregation has begun payments on t!he principal of the loan from the 6hurch Extension Fund. The congregation is considered as being in its fourth year of aid from the committee.

CRANSTON

This congregation has been without a pastor since June 1964, but during the summer the committee cooperated with the church in securing the services of a seminary student. Candidates are being heard and it is hoped that a pastor will be called in the Spring of 1965. At the time of the writing of &is report steps were being taken to purchase a manse. The committee continues to cooperate with the Presbytery of New York and New England in the oversight of this field, with the Presbytery being responsible for financial aid.

EUGENE

A highlight of 1964 was the purchase by the committee of a house and lot in the most desirable part of Eugene, on Willamette Street, a main arltery of the city. From the time of the first meeting in the house a greater unity and feeling of purpose was evident. A midweek Bible study was begun. Six communicants were received by the First Church of Portland, Ore. from the chapel in Eugene. A class of instruction is now being conducted for others who are interested in membership. Despite the loss of two strong families late in the summer of 1964, the group has grown and attendance has increased substantially at all services. There were also significant financial gains during the year enabling the group to make payments on the mortgage on the property and keep it in repair. The missionary, the Rev. Glenn T. Black, has also had opportunity to work among students at the University of Oregon in Eugene through the IVF.

GRAND JUNCTION

Attendances in this field increased slightly over 1963 but membership decreased as two families moved away. The congregation is still hampered by the inadequate meeting place but is working with an architect on plans for a building. Particularly encouraging is the work among the young people of the community whose parents are not church members. From among these families, one teenager has made a profession of faith. The congregation is in its fourth year of aid from the committee. The Presbytery of the Dakotas is also providing financial assistance. The Rev. John Verhage is the pastor.

GRESHAM

Average weekly attendances at all services both in Gresham and the Menominee Chapel at Zuar have increased over 1963: Some consideration has been given to moving the Chapel from Zoar to Neopit. Neopit is the center of the Menominee community and most of the ,adults and children live in the town w'hich is four and one-half miles from b a r . Contributions to benevolences have increased and the Chapel has determined to contribute a larger portion of the missionary's salary.

The Rev. Henry D. Phillips, missionary, was assisted during part of the summer by students from Calvin College.

HACIENDA HEIGHTS

Progress was made in this field in an increase in average weekly attendances at all services. The financial position of the congregation has also improved and a new Sunday school building has been completed. One new ruling elder was elected and three new


trustees. The area continues to grow in population. Instruction classes are held regularly and a Wednesday morning Bible class has met the need of those who cannot attend the midweek service in the evening. The committee is cooperating with the Presbytery of California in assisting the congregation and aid is continued from year to year rather than by the provisions of the Schedule of Aid. The Rev. H. Wilson Albright is the pastor.

HAMDEN

At the request of the Presbytery of New York and New England the committee assumed oversight of this field with the agreement that the Presbytery would provide financial assistance through the offices of the committee and the committee would provide such other services as it gives to its own fields. Westminster Church entered its new building on Shepherd Road early in 1964 and dedicated the building in October. Attendances have not increased significantly since that time, but the congregation is planning a visitation evangelism program for 1965. The Rev. William E. Moreau is the pastor.

HAMILTON

Aid to First Church was begun in July 1964, when the Rev. Wendell L. Rockey, Jr., began his ministry in Hamilton. This congregation is buying the church building in Hamilton in which it meets. The congregation also has a ministry to Gordon College and Divinity School. A fair number of the students and faculty members attend the services.

HATBORO

"he Rev. Arthur B. Spooner reports that communicant membership in this field showed a net increase of seven and noncommunicant membership a net increase of nine in 1964. Average weekly attendances increased substantially in morning worship and Sunday school and slightly in evening worship. The congregation early in 1965 voted to build a structure for worship and Sunday school which will probably be completed in the fall of 1965. Vacation Bible school was held this year in a tent and in a converted kennel building on the church property. "he road on which the church is to be built is to be widened this year thus enhancing the value of the location. A program of visitation evangelism has been begun. The committee has promised additional aid during the coming year in order to enable the congregation to begin the building program. T h e church is in the eig'hth year of aid from the committee.

HIALEAH

Communicant membership in Sharon Church increased from 126 to 136 and noncommunicant membership from 92 to 103 in 1964. Average weekly attendances increased at all services. Five series of instruction classes were held during the year and the congregation is engaged in a program of visitation evangelism with the goal of every member participation. A full program of activities is conducted for young people. During the year the physical plant was improved with plantings in the medial strips in the parking lot. The congregation also met all its financial obligations, including an increase in contributions to benevolence causes. The Rev. Glenn R. Coie is the pastor. The congregation is in the eighth year of aid from the committee.

LA MIRADA

Communicant membership showed a net decrease of eight and non-communicant membership a net loss of two. Average weekly attendance declined in morning worship and Sunday school but increased slightly in evening service. The congregation has been able to meet its sizable financial obligations. During the year the manse was redecorated


and a new piano for use in the c'hurch auditorium was purchased. An electronic organ was also donated to the church by one of the families. Several communicant classes were conducted during the year. The pastor, the Rev. Dwight H. Poundstone, at the request of the Committee on Home Missions of the Presbytery of California, also conducted bi-weekly Bible classes in Goleta, near Santa Barbara, Calif. during the greater part of the year.

LE WISTON

The Rev. Bernard J. Stonehouse reports that during 1964 there was no net gain or loss in membership. However, two baptized members made confession of faith, two other communicants, and one baptized member were received. The congregation is assisted financially by the Presbytery of New York and New England but is under the oversight of this committee. While during the latter part of the year contributions for general expenses and benevolences increased, the congregation has had financial problems. The building has ;been painted and other improvements made in the fellowship and Sunday school room. The pastor is carrying on an extensive program of evangelistic calling and has also worked with students at nearby Bates College.

MARIETTA

"he committee began regular monthly aid to this field in cooperation with the Presbytery of Ohio in December 1964. Faith Church is now served by Mr. Stanford Sutton, a licentiate of the Presbytery of New Jersey, as Stated Supply, until August 1965. The church meets in a community service club building in the winter and in a school building in-the summer. A lot on the edge of Marietta has been purchased and plans for a building are under discussion.

MIAMI

The outstanding event in the life of Galloway Church in 1964 was the building of the new church building which was dedicated in September. Communicant membership increased from 47 to 63 and noncommunicant membership from 35 to 40. Average weekly attendances increased substantially at all services. Weekday Bible classes and regular instruction classes have been held. A full program of activities for varied groups within the congregation is being provided. A visitation evangelism program is also in operation. The pastor, the Rev. Robert L. Atwell also reports gains in contributions both for general expenses and building program and for benevolences. The congregation is in its fourth year of aid from the committee.

OKLAHOMA CITY

Average weekly attendances increased at morning worship service and Sunday school in 1964. Average attendance at evening worship remained the same. The pastor, the Rev. Carl A. Ahlfeldt, reports that the church is becoming better known in the community and has had opportunities to minister to the spiritual needs of a number who are neither members nor attendants at the worship services. Efforts 'have been made to improve the Sunday soh001 through attendance by the teachers at training classes held in the church and at conferences held jointly by the evangelical churches in the area. Instruction classes for covenant youth and others have been held and an intensive calling program is in operation. A weekly women's prayer fellowship has produced a wholesome interest in missions. The slow but steady growth of the congregation has not been such as to enable the congregation to take on additional financial responsibility. A corner lot and house next to the church is available for purchase and would provide room for possible future expansion. The committee has determined to consider the congregation as being in its seventh year of aid.


STRATFORD

The pastor, the Rev. Jack J, Peterson, reports that slight gains were made in membership and attendance during 1964. “he population of Stratford continues to grow with new homes being built near the church property, but many of the newcomers are Roman Catholic. Instruction classes have been held and a visitation evangelism program is being conducted. One encouraging sign of spiritual growth in the congregation is the consistent attendance at the services by the membership. One newly elected elder has been receiving instruction prior to ordination. Among physical improvements was the purchase of an organ and the seeding of the grounds around t,he church building. The congregation continues to meet its financial obligations on the church building and manse. The congregation is in its eighth year of aid from the committee.

THORNTON

The Rev. Donald H. Taws, pastor, reports that there was a net gain of one communicant member and five nm-communicant members in 1964. Average weekly attendances decliqed in morning worship and Sunday school but increased in evening worship. The weekday program was enlarged with the addition of a “Youth Training Hour,” attended by twenty children. During the summer a “Family Night” was held each Wednes- day beginning wirh a sports program at 3:30 p.m., followed by a fellowship dinner and concluding with a Christian film or other program. A SAVE team from Oostburg, Wisc. joined by one of the young women from Immanuel Church assisted the pastor for three weeks in the summer and canvassed 1500 homes. In an effort to provide more adequate facilities for the Sunday sohool and improve the appearance of the building, tshe congregation has had plans prepared for a small addition. New pews have been purchased and the appearance of the auditorium definitely improved. A new ruling elder was elected, instructed and ordained this year. The congregation is in its sixth year of aid from the commit tee.

VIENNA

Grace Church was organized as a congregation on January 31, 1964. Membership and average weekly attendances remained static during 1964. An evening worship service was begun. However, the need for a building became more apparent. A 3.312 acre piece of land on Cedar Lane in Vienna was purchasd late in the year and the building committee is engaged in making plans for a structure. Morning services and Sunday school are held now in a Seventh Day Adventist school building and the evening service in a fire house. Improvements have been made on the manse owned by the congregation. Two Machen Leagues have been formed. Many evangelistic calls have been made in the ccun- munity. The pastor is the Rev. Laurence N. Vail and the church is in its first year of aid from the committee.

VINELAND (Spanish-speaking Work)

During 1964 the work of Mr. John Perez and Mrs. Liria Manzon flourished as more and more Puerto Ricans came to the Vineland area and more and more were brought to Sunday school and worship services. The 100-year old building (formerly a hospital) used by the chapel has been improved through the work of members. But the building is inadequate for the number of worshipers. Some must stand each Sunday. There are 200 enrolled in the Sunday school and the average attendance is 150. Eighty-five adults have professed their faith and 20 baptized children are on thc roll. Five catechism classes are conducted each week. Giving has improved during this past year. The chapel is now seek-


ing to train its own workers and is sharing in the financial support of the Superintendent, Mr. Perez. Mr. Perez has been elected an elder of the Covenant Church, Vineland. He is making good progress in his study of the English language. A local Vineland radio station has granted Mr. Perez time for a weekly program in the Spanish language.

NEW FIELDS .

The committee began aid to two new fields in 1964: First Churdh, Hamilton, Mass. in July, and Faith Church, Marietta, Ohio, in December. Full support of Marietta will be undertaken in 1965 as funds become available. *portunities for new work have been sought and have been brought to the attention of the committee. New work will be started as funds are provided.

CONTACT WORK

The General Secretary has continued correspendence with inquirers about the Orthodox Presbyterian Churc'h. From time to time personal contacts are made in various parts of the country. T!he Messenger and the Directory of Churches and Chapels are being distributed to many who desire information about the church. With the prospect of the adoption of a new,creed by the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., opportunities for contacts in that denomination should increase. Tahe committee requests the prayers of the church for wisdom and zeal to take advantage of such opportunities.

SUMMER WORKERS

During the summer of 1964 fifteen seminarians were employed in self-supporting churohes and home missions fields assisted by the committee. Twelve students received either all or part of their salary from the committee. The total expended on this program was $5,101.08. The committee continues to cooperate with tthe Department of Practical Theology of Westminster Theological Seminary in making reports on the students' work available to the seminary. At the time of the writing of this report 18 congregations have applied for students and 11 students have applied for appointment.

LITERATURE AND ADVERTISING

At the urging of this committee, the Committee on Christian Education determined to reprint the book Biblical Evangelism Today. The committee urges the churches to secure copies of this work for use in informing the church of principles and methods of evangelism. The committee has engaged the Rev. C. John Miller to assist the General Secretary in the preparation of other materials for evangelism in the summer of 1965. The committee has also cooperated with the Committee on Christian Education in the writing of a tract introducing the denomination.

The Directory of Churches and Chapels was published again this year in an expanded form. The committee hopes to do h i s each year and welcomes suggestions for improve- ment of this publication. Copies have been distributed to ministers in the Christian Reformed church, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, General Synod, and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America as well as to our churc'hes.

The committee has placed advertisements in the Church Herald magazine of the Reformed Church in America and in the Presbyterian Journal offering copies of the Directory of Churches and Chapels to inquirers. There has been a modest response to these ads.


SALARY SCALE AND SCHEDULE OF AID I

The Salary Scale for Home Missionaries was revised effective Januray 1, 1965, as follows (no change in Schedule of Aid):

Salury Scale

2nd 347 3rd 359 4th 37 1 5th 383 6th 395 7th 407 8th 419 9th 43 1

10th 443 Schedule of Aid

1st year of service $335

The committee will pay toward the pastor’s salary the following precentages okthe amount paid by the church toward the salary of the pastor plus the amount contributed to the two Missions Committees:

1 st year following organization 2nd 520% 3rd 28 1 4th 174 5th 115 6th 77 7th 52 8th 33 9th 19

10th 8

Full Salary

Further Provisions: 1.

2.

Salary:

Housing:

The Salary Scale does not apply to ministers who have more than 10 years of service.

a. If a manse is provided either by the committee or the church, $70 will be deducted from the salary.

b. If the minister rents his house, he will receive a rent supplement for rent paid in excess of $70 a month up to a maximum supplement of $30 per month.

c. If a minister owns !his home, he will receive a supplement for interest, taxes, and other charges in excess of $70 per month up to a maximum supplement of $30 per month.

a. All utilities except personal telephone toll calls, and including heat, will be paid by the church and/or the committee in addition to salary.

b. The cost of utilities will be shared by the committee and ohurch in proportion to their respective shares of the minister’s salary.

c. The church will pay utility bills direct to the service companies, and be reimbursed by the committee for the committee’s share.

The church and/or the committee will pay two thirds of the missionary’s pension premium in proportion to their respective shares of his salary.

The church and/or the committee will pay one half of the missionary’s Social Security in proportion to their respective shares of his salary.

3. Utilities:

4.

5.

Pension:

Sociol Security:


FINANCES

Total General Fund contributions in 1964 were $94,313 and were from the following sources :

Orthodox Presbyterian churches _________-_________ $5 3,7 16 Orthodox Presbyterian individuals _______________ 3,374 Non-Orthodox Presbyterian churches 450 Non-Orthodox Presbyterian individuals _____________ 3,347 New York and New England Presbytery 4,862 Thank Offering _______________-_______I_____- 28,564

$94,313 I -____

Regular contributions from Orthodox Presbyterian churches increased $4,378 or 8.8%, while contributions from other churches decreased $1 83 and from individuals increased $470. This committee’s share of the 1964 Thank Offering was $29,785, a 6.5% increase over 1963. This amount includes Thank Offerings which were received after the close of the fiscal year and is therefore greater than the amount listed in the Treasurer’s report.

Average regular contributions from our churches were 13.04~ per week $er member and 20.24~ for regular and Thank Offering combined. This is an average of $10.52 per member per year for home missions.

During 1964 joint contributions for home and foreign missions were divided evenly between the Camnittees on Home and Foreign Missions. Ghecks for undesignated gifts, payable to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church were divided 25% for Christian Education and 37%% each for Home and Foreign Missions.

The committee began t‘he year with a balance of $4,274, received $94,313 or had a total of $98,587 accountable. Disbursements were $101,123 leaving a deficit of $3,536 on December 31, 1964.

The committee also administers the Contingent and Church Extension Funds and serves as fiscal agent for the General Assembly and the operation of the Administration Building. Total receipts involved in these functions were $82,987 and disbursements were $74,774.

.

CONTINGENT FUND

Total net assets of this fund increased $4,152.83 during the year from $174,061.22 to $178,214.05. Of this amount, $66,960.14 is in Loans Receivable; $101,026.43 cost value of real estate, less notes and mortgages outstanding and $10,227.48 cash on hand. The purchase of a house and lot in Eugene, Ore., at a total cost of $13,000 was financed with $5,956.44 from &is fund with the group there assuming payment of an existing mortgage for the balance. Land adjoining the property of the Bayview OPC of Chula Vista, Calif., was purchased at a cost of $4,102.40.

CHURCH EXTENSION FUND

Total loans to the fund on December 31, 1964 were $237,010 and passed the quarter million mark during January 1965. Surplus interest brought the total in the fund to $246,073.61. Of this total $188,849.38 has been loaned to churches; $11,729.50 is set aside as a reserve fund for possible withdrawals and $45,494.73 cash is available for loans. This entire amount, plus an additional $15,000 was needed at that time to fulfill the committee’s commitments to the congregations of Sonora, Calif., and Grand Junction and Thornton in Colorado.

36 . THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

New loans to the Fund during the year were $50,567.49, including accrued interest, while withdrawals were $17,243.15. Loans to churches during the year were: Sonora, Calif.: $1,407; Sunnyvale, Calif.: $36,000; making a total of $37,407.

The established interest rates of 4% on Demand Loans, 4%% on 5-Year Loans, and 5% on 10-Year Loans continue to be maintained. Churches having loans from the committee continue a consistently satisfactory repayment record.

BUDGET 1965

Missionary Salaries and Allowances _______-__ $ 77,219 Office and Administration __________--__ 20,712 Promotion _____ _l_l______________________ 3,725

$101,656 ------

ELECTIONS T O T H E COMMITTEE

The terms of the folllawing members of the committee expire at this Assembly: Ministers-Everett C. De Velde, Jack J. Peterson, George J. Willis Ruling Elders - C p s B. Ferguson, Wilfred R. Moses

REPORT OF THE TREASURER

The report of the Treasurer, as audited by Main, Lafrentz & Co., Certified Public Accountants, is as follows: T;he Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension

Melrose Park, Pennsylvania We #have examined the balance sheet, resulting from cash and certain accrual trans-

actions, of The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. as of December 31, 1964, and the related statement of recorded cash receipts and disbursements for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances, except that we did not verify notes and loans receivable or notes payable by direct correspondence. Our examination of receipts from voluntary contributions was limited to a test comparison of acknowledgment duplicates to cash receipts records, deposit tickets and bank statements. The nature of voluntary contributions is such that further audit procedures are impractical.

Because of the materiality of the items described in the preceding paragraph, we do not express an opinion as to the fairness of the accompanying statements and supplementary information. Accounting practices, however, were applied on a consistent basis with that of the prior year.

of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc.

MAIN, LAPRENTZ & Co. Certified Public Accountants


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STATEMENT OF RECORDED CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1964

GENERAL FUND CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1964 -_____________-____ $ 5,019.74

RECEIPTS :

Contributions : Regular __-___ _____c________ $58,519.80 Thank offering __-_____-___ 28,565.36 Designated _-__-_-_____-__-___ 6,958.37 Designated - special projects _______-___ 269.05 $94,312.58

General Assembly Funds : Regular ~ -_____ __ __-________ Travel ----________ 5,549.87 8,067.97

2,518.10

Administration building operations : Rent :

Apartments _-___-___________________ 2,910.00 Orthodox Presbyterian Ghuroh Committees 4,660.00 7,570.00

Intermediary fund receipts ________________________ 18,230.66 128,181.21

133,200.95 ------ _--- ---

DISBURSEMENTS :

Church extension expenses: Missionary:

Salaries -_-- 59,811.57 Utilities _-_____________ 3,964.00 Pension premiums -_ _________-__ 2,211.00 Social security tax 433.83 Manse expense _--- l_l_ 1,163.20 Moving and travel 1,788.84

69,372.44 Summer workers ___ ___________-____ 5,101.08 Special projects from designated

contributions _I__ __-_______________ 339.07 Travel - General Secretary -__-________ 2,077.94 Tracts _______ -- ________-________________ 17.12 76,907.65

Office and administrative expenses: Salaries and allowances ____________________ 12,5 68.6 1 Pension premiums --________-____ 5 67.00 Social security tax ___________- 336.83 Abington manse __- ______ 622.67 Committee meetings -_______- 1,245.59 Office rent and administration

building maintenance ~ ______________ 1,080.00 Tele$one _________ ____ _________ 5 5 7.5 3


Legal and accounting 71 5.00 Postage and office supplies 764.58 Equipment 282.59 Miscellaneous _____ __ 214.26 18,954.66

------ GENERAL FUND

Promotion expenses: Publicity _~ $ 259.33 Solicitation 180.65 Messenger 3,13 6.2 8 Advertising I______I_ 82.50 Miscellaneous 503.14 $ 4,16 1.90

Reduction of mortgage - Abington manse 67 1.49 Interest on loan 427.74 General Assembly funds:

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Regular -__-_____I 2,363.72 Travel ___- ____________-__________________5,333.00 7,696.72

Administration building operations : Maintenance repairs and upkeep 2,294.70 Maintenance wages 1,264.50 Utilities -___ 2,116.87 Taxes and insurance 508.80 6,184.87

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Intermediary fund disbursements _____-__I_____ 18,183.22 $1 33,188.25

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 ___------- $ 12.70

CHURCH EXTENSION FUND (Note 1)

------ --_----

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1964 ____ RECEIPTS :

Interest on notes and loans receivable -~ Interest on investments and savings accounts -- Reduction of notes and loans receivable Borrowed on notes and loans payable

DISBURSEMENTS : Interest on notes and loans payable Repayment of loans payable _---- Loans to churches -_ ___I-_-_-

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 _____________ CONTINGENT FUND

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1964 RECEIPTS :

Contributions and bequests _________--_---- Interest on notes and loans receivable

$ 41,181.26

$ 9,694.79 1,927.62 '

7,013.85 50,567.49 69,203.75

110,385.01 _____- ---- ---

5,607.9 1 17,243.1 5 37,407.00 60,258.06

$ 50,126.95 ------ -------

$ 10,960.02

$ 660.50 5,002.07


Reduction of notes and loans receivable Received from churches for purchase of

committee owned real estate -______________________

3,627.66

4,493.32 13,783.55 ------ -------

24,743.5 7 DISBURSEMENTS :

Interest on notes and loans payable 1 , 5 09.74 Reduction of notes payable 196.74 Reduction of mortgages payable 1 , 39 3.06 Loans to churches 11,416.55 14,516.09

$ 10,227.48 ------ -__----

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 ANNUITY FUND

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1964 RECEIPTS :

Interest on savings account ________ __ _________ $ 516.66

20.66 -------

537.32

Annuity payment ___l___l_______ll____---- 21.50

CASH BALANCE, Decem'ber 3 1 , 1964 ______-_ $ 515.82 NOTES T O FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 1964

DISBURSEMENTS :

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Nom 1: Church Extension Fund cash is restricted by the committee in the amount of $5,017.02 which, together with the investments in United States Treasury Bonds, $7,097.28, comprises a reserve of 20% of the demand notes outstanding at December 31, 1964.

The committee is contingently liable as guarantor of mortgage loans aggregat- ing $195,500. The appraised value of the related mortgaged church property at December 31, 1964 approximates $383,500.

The financial statements do not reflect operating expenses incurred but not paid at December 31, 1964.

NOTE: 2

NOTE 3:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION GENERAL FUND CASH:

Regtricted cash: Designated - General Assembly funds:

Regular - ___I______________L_________________ $ 682.29 Travel ___l__l_______l__________________________-- 1,043.1 1 Constitution _________________ ~ 213.37 $ 1,938.77

Designated - special projects I________________c____________I_____

Intermediary funds held _______ __-_____________-___ Administration building - operating funds

104.98 55.60

554.38 -------

2,65 3.73

I 2,641.03 General Fund cash deficit --_----

Total General Fund cash ________________ $ 12.70


NOTES AND LOANS RECEIVABLE:

Church Extension Fund : Bayview Church, Chula Vista, California ____________________________ Hacienda Heights Churoh, Hacienda Heights, California _ _ _ _ Calvary Church, La Mirada, California -______________________________ Brentwood ,Church, San Francisco, California _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Immanuel Church, Thornton, Colorado Sharon Church, Hialeah, Florida Galloway Church, S. W. Miami, Florida First Church, Hamilton, Massachusetts ___-____________________ Stratford Church, Stratford, New Jersey Grace Ghurch, Westfield, New Jersey Trinity Church, Hatboro, Pennsylvania Winner Church, Winner, South Dakota Community Church, Sonora, California _______________________________ First Church, Sunnyvale, California

Total

Contingent Fund : Calvary Church, La Mirada, California ____-______________________ Paradise Hills Churdh, San Diego, California Grand Junction Chych, Grand Junction, Colorado ____________ Westminster Church, Hamden, Connecticut ________________________ Sharon Ohurch, Hialeah, Florida Pilgrim Church, Bangm, Maine Grace Church, Fair Lawn, New Jersey Spanish Evangelical Mission, Vineland, New Jersey ____________

INVESTMENTS :

Cost Church Extension Fund:

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$ 49,194.14 26,98 1.84 26,03 1.99 13,000.00 1,048.5 7

23,148.16 2,700.00

2,287.68 4,000.00

550.00 1,500.00 1,407.00

3 6,000.00

$1 88,849.38

1,000.00

$ 8,677.00 8,982.84 3,077.57

13,500.00 12,574.14 13,784.52 5,264.07

. 1,100.00

$ 66,960.14

Market Value December 31,

1964

REAL ESTATE:

General Fund: Manse, Abington Township, Pennsylvania ____________________________ Administration building, Melrose Park,

$ 14,923.55

23,545.19

Total $ 383468.74

Pennsylvania ( 1 / 3 interest) -------

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Contingent Fund : Immanuel Church, Thornton, Colorado Manse, Thornton, Colorado __________________________I_____________----

Lot, Thornton, Colorado ____________I__-__________c______

Westminster Church and lot, Evergreen Park, Illinois ______ Manse and lot, Westchester, Illinois ---- _______- Manse, Bangor, Maine _____ _I___c__---

First Church, Baltimore, Maryland ____-_-c______c-__

Chapel, Neptune, New Jersey _____ ~

Stratford Church, Stratford, New Jersey ____-____________________ Lot, Stratford, New Jersey _______________________________I________-

Church property, Albany, New York House and Lot, Eugene, Oregon _____________________________________ Lot, Chula Vista, California

$ 29,978.34 11,834.22 7,585.00 3,467.87

22,5 75.69 13,806.00 32,595.40

3,000.00 32,040.44

1,840.00 622.37

5,956.44 4,102.40

$169,404.17 _____--

NOTES PAYABLE :

Church Extension Fund: Demand notes at 470 per annum __________--____________________ 5 year notes at 4?h% per annum ____I___-______L___----

10 year notes at 5 % per annum _____________________I______________

$ 60,647.48 49,824.95

126,537.57

Total __________________c_____________________---------------_----- $237,010.00

Demand notes at 4% per annum ___________-_____________________ $ 600.00 1,68 1.46 Demand note at 6% per annum __________l___l___

Long-term notes at 4% per annum 13,000.00 Long-term note at 4%% per annum ___________l_____l____________ 5,000.00

$ 20,281.46 Total __________________I____I________________---------------_

_____-.-

Contingent Fund:

-c---c-

MORTGAGES PAYABLE : Date of Balance

Annual Final December 31, Mortgaged Property Rate Payment 1964

General Fund:

Contingent Fund: Manse, Abington Township, Pennsylvania -6 76

Manse, Westchester, Illinois 4%% Stratford Church, Stratford, New Jersey -_--6% First Church, Baltimore, Maryland L______________ 4% Manse, Bangor, Maine 6% Manse, Thornton, Colorado 4%% Chapel, Neptune, New Jersey ______----_____- 6%

4/13/71 $ 4,389.30

1/22/63 $ 3,250.53 4/ 1/69 3,781.54

10/ 1/73 19,800.00 2/27/82 10,102.80

12/ 1/84 8,161.41 on demand 3,000.00

$ 48,096.28

Mr. Peterson read the following statement as a supplement to the report of the Committee on Home Missions and Ohurch Extension:


SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION

The Committee on Christian Education joins the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension in proposing the following program of action for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in response to the proposed Confession of 1967 of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. I. OBJECTIVES

The purposes of the proposed program may be summarized as follows: 1. T o reach both ministers and laymen of the United Presbyterian Church in the

U.S.A. who are concerned about the new confession and who may be disposed to take some action in opposing it.

T o convince such people of our common concern and of our common *heritage of faith.

To offer our help and assurance of support for them in their present situation and to encourage them to take a firm and open stand in opposition to the theology set forth by the new confession.

4. To present the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as the logical choice for congregations and individuals who desire to maintain the ,historic Presbyterian faith. 11. MEANS

In order to accomplish the foregoing objectives, the following measures are proposed: 1. The presbyteries and sessions be urged by the General Assembly to sponsor

public information meetings concerning the Confession of 1967. 2. A series of at least six advertisements be prepared for placement in the pages

of Christianity Today beginning in the fall to run over the next year and a half. 3. A series of pamphlets on the issues raised by the new confession. These

pamphlets will be offered to all who respond to the advertisements and one of them will be mailed with a covering letter to every minister in the United Presbyterian Church offering them in quantity for distribution to their people.

Preparation of advertising mats for use in promoting local efforts to reach United Presbyterians.

Organization of follow-up contacts under the supervision of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension. 111. BUDGET

In order to implement the program outlined above, the Committees on Home Missions and Church Extension and Christian Education submit the following budget for approval by the Assembly:

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3.

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5.

Advertising $4,800 Printing 5,000 Postage 5 00 Travel expense for follow-up 3,000

$13,300 -__--

IV. RECOMMENDATION

Church Extension join in requesting the General Assembly to The Committee on Christian Education and the Committee on Home Missions and

( 1 ) “Whereas, the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

meeting in Columbus, Ohio in May 1965 began the process of amending its doctrinal

adopt the following resolution :

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standards, which process may ultimately lead to that denomination’s abandoning rhe Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms as a living and current confession of its faith; and

“Whereas, this proposed change involves a clear and admitted denial of the testimony of Christ and the apostles to the inspired and inerrant character of the written Word of God; and

“Whereas, such denial destroys the only foundation for the basic doctrines of the historic Christian faith; and

“Whereas, the all-important doctrine of the substitutionary atonement of Christ is affirmed to be a mere “image of truth”;

Resolved, That this Thirty-second General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church meeting on July 9, 1965 in Portland, Oregon affirm its continuing commitment to the Bible as the mitten Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice, and to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms as faithfully and fully setting forth the teachings of Holy Scripture; and

Resolved, That the Orthodox Presbyterian Church hereby express its desire to serve those in the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A . who wish to continue adherence to the historic Christian faith as summarized in the Westminster Standards.

recommend that the presbyteries and sessions provide leadership in sponsoring public information meetings concerning the Confession of 1967.

authorize the Committee on Christian Education and the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension to appeal to the churches for the sum of $5,000 to support this program for the remainder of 1965, and in requesting the Assembly to increase the 1966 budget request for contributions to the Committee on Christian Education by $5,000 and to the Committee on Home Missions by $3,000.

The first recommendation was moved. It was moved and carried to substitute the word “declare” for the word “affirm.” It was moved and carried to substitute the words “to the inspired Word of God, written” for the words “to the inspired and inerrant character of the mitten Word of God.”

It was moved and carried that the Moderator appoint a committee of three to consider the recommendations of the supplementary report of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension and report back to this Assembly. On motion Communi- cation 13 (from Mr. Kellogg) also was referred to this committee.

The Moderator announced that the following were appointed to this committee : the Rev. Messrs. Galbraith, Cummings, Eyres.

The following were nominated to the class of 1968 of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension: Ministers - Everett C. DeVelde, Peterson, Willis, and Jay E. Adams; Elders - Lind and Wilfred R. ,Moses.

The Moderator declared nominations closed and announced the election of elders Lind and Moses, there being only two elder nominees. The Rev. Messrs. DeVelde, Peterson, and Adams were elected.

Mr. Shepherd presented a partial report for the Committee on Overtures and Com- munications as follows: The committee recomlnends no action on Overtures 1 and 2. The recommendation was adopted.

On motion Overture 3 was referred to the Committee on Revisions to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline.

With the arrival of the Governor of Oregon, t‘hz Honorable Mark 0. Hatfield, the Assembly recessed at 10:40 a m . to hear his address.

The Assembly reconvened at 11:25 a.m. On motion the report of the Committee on Foreign Missions was ordered to be

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printed in the Minutes, without its being read orally. The report is as follows:


REPORT OF T H E COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSIONS

The following are on the active missionary roll of the committee:

Eritrea The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert S. Bird, Massawa Dr. and Mrs. John G. Den Hartog, Ghinda The Rev. and Mrs. Clarence W. Duff, Ghinda The Rev. and Mrs. Francis E. Mahaffy, Senafe Mrs. James Miner, R.N., Ghinda Dr. and Mrs. Lyle W. Nilson, Ghinda

Formosa The Rev. and Mrs. Egbert W. Andrews, Taipei The Rev. and Mrs. Richard B. Gaffin, Taichung "he Rev. and Mrs. John D. Johnston, Hsinchu

Japan The Rev. and Mrs. R. Heber McIlwaine, Fukushima The Rev. and Mrs. George Y. Uomoto, East Sendai

Korea The Rev. and Mrs. Harvie M. Conn, Seoul The Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Hard, Pusan

. The Rev. and Mrs. Bruce F. Hunt, Pusan

T.he following are on the inactive roll: .Miss Yvonne De aBlaey, R.N. (Eritrea) Miss Anna Strikwerda, R.N. (.Eritrea) The Rev. and Mrs. Donald H. Taws (Eritrea) The Rev. and Mrs. Edwin C. Urban (Formosa)

Sufficient contributions and pledges for the full support of the Nilsons to go to Eritrea were received during the year to enable the committee to make plans to send them to the field on January 13, 1965. Contributions and pledges for Miss Strikwerda's support have been received, but by the end of the year were not sufficient for the committee to make plans for sending !her to the field. She has utilized the waiting time to take specialized medical training for further preparation for field service.

Miss Yvonne De Blaey, R.N., a member of t)he Christian Reformed Church of Oostburg, Wisconsin, was appointed by bhe committee to serve as a missionary nurse in Ethiopia. Funds for her support are being sought. She is at present working as a hospital nurse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and studying at the Reformed Bible Institute.

The Rev. Messrs. Donald H. Taws and Edwin C. Urban have continued serving Orthodox Presbyterian congregations in this country. They remain on the inactive roll until it can be determined if and when they should return to active foreign missionary service.

The committee has approved the Rev. and Mrs. Arnold S. Kress for missionary service in Japan. As in the case of other recent appointments, the committee would send them to the field only when sufficiene support is made available for them above present contributions to the committee. Appointment of Mr. Kress has been postponed until the likelihood of their going to the field is more imminent. Mr. Kress is serving as pastor of an Orthodox Presbyterian congregation.


FURLOUGHS

Two families returned to their fields of service after regular furloughs, and three families came home on furlough.

The Rev. and Mrs. George Y. Uomoto, with seven of their children, left San Francisco by ship on July 30 and arrived in Japan on August 13. Their three eldest children, Lois, Calvin, and Estelle, remain in Seattle, Washington, with relatives, to continue their education. The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert S. Bird and two of their children left New York by ship on August 13 and arrived in Ethiopia on Setpember 10. They left their eldest child, David, with friends in Oost’burg, Wisconsin, for schooling.

The Rev. and Mrs. Richard B. Gaffin and the Rev. and Mrs. R. Heber McIlwainc came home on regular furlough during the summer. The former came by air on July 27, and the latter by ship leaving Japan September 10 and arriving in San Francisco Sep- tember 24. The Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Hard were given furlough a year in advance of the regular time at the request of the Korea Mission. Mrs. Hard and-the children came home by air on June 12, and Mr. Hard also by air on July 27 following the Inter- Mission Conference in Japan.

The Conn family from Korea and the Johnston family from Formosa are scheduled to come home on regular furlough during the summer of 1965.

REPORT ON THE FIELDS

During the summer the General Secretary spent 10 weeks in our three Orient mission fields, and was accompanied by his wife. They were with each of the missionary families for one week and took part in a one-week conference for all our Orient missionaries at Lake Nojiri, Japan. All the missionaries except three wives and one family, which was on furlough, attended the conference. The purposes of the conference were to enable our personnel to discuss problems common to the several fields, to enlighten one another on problems peculiar to each field, and to benefit from the mutual fellowship of those of like faith and goals, all to the end that we might better glorify God through more scriptural and more effective labor in the gospel.

This Inter-Mission Conference was the first such conference in our history, and the first time so many of our missionaries could meet together and with our General Secretary. So successful was it that the conferees adopted a resolution and addressed a letter to the committee expessing appreciation to the committee and the church “for the provision of time and means for the visit on the fields by the General Secretary and for the conference.” They also expressed their appreciation for the oneness of the missions, the committee, and the General Secretary in goals and plans, and for the General Secretary’s insight and grasp “of each field and its own unique problems.” The conferees also stated that such conferences could profitably be held again in the future. The letter to the committee was printed in full in the Messenger for February 1965.

ETHIOPIA

In previous reports we have referred to this field as Eritrea, but with Eritrea having become a province of Ethiopia it is now more appropriate to use the latter designation although our work remains in Eritrea Province.

Pmsonnel. The Den Hartogs, Duffs, Mahaffys, and Mrs. Miner were on the field during the entire year, although the Den Hartogs were at language school in Southern Ethiopia from April through December. The Birds returned to the field from furlough on September 10. On August 21 Miss Bevedy J. Dunn was married to Mr. James Miner, an American soldier stationed at Asmara, with Mr. Duff and Mr. Mahaffy performing the ceremony. Mrs. Miner plans to fulfill her term which ends in July 1965. On August 29, the Den Hartogs’ second child, Steven James, was born.

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Ghinda. Evangelistic worship services are held regularly on the Lord’s Day in a rented meeting room in the marketplace. They are conducted by Mr. Duff, who lives in Ghinda, or by a helper if Mr. Duff must be away. Attendance has been good throughout the year, and many people come regularly though as yet maintaining their religious con- nections. We are thankful for their regular attendance because by it they are gaining 5 better understanding of the Bible’s teaching of salvation by grace and Christian living. The Duffs also evangelize personally in the town and have gatherings in their home. Ghinda being a crossroads town, many people from other areas come through and are reached with the gospel.

Mr. Duff spent a great deal of time during the year dealing with government offices in Asmara and Addis Ababa in matters concerning visas and the hospital. He also had the privilege of ,being a speaker at the annual conference of the Kambata Churoh in southern Ethiopia, attended by several thousand believers. Mr. Duff had helped to initiate the work among these people in 1929. Mrs. Duff sustained a painful back injury in April. Not until November could they find a doctor who was able to give her relief, but she reinjured it in December and at fihe end of the year plans for future treatment were uncertain. Mrs. Duff spent much timc in the clinic, prepared the monthly clinic reports for the government, and kept the financial accounts of the clinic, the Massawa bookroom, and the Mission.

Mrs. Miner was associated with Dr. Den Hartog in the clinic work until he and his family left in April for language study. Because her term was for only two years sh_e did not have formal study in any of thE local languages and therefore has been handicapped in her communication with the people. Nevertheless she has been well received by them and her very competent medical ministrations have been much appreciated. Because of Mrs. Miner’s presence we were able to have the clinic open daily except Sunday throughout the entire year. Medical treatments were given to 16,211 patients, of whom 11,652 were new patients. Both of these figures indicate how many more contacts we 2re able to make with the gospel because of this medical work. W e make the gospel known by means of personal witness by the nlissionaries, tracts, and gospel talks given personally and by recording Medicines were also dispensed for another 3,508 people who were unable to come to the clinic. Mrs. Miner also made 331 house calls, some at great distances. Included in these cases were 34 obstetrical deliveries. She also has developed friendly relationships with some native women and has been able to have social visits with them which she lhopes will be a basis for the nurses who will follow her to evangelize among such women. Mrs. Miner’s husband was released from the U.S. Army in October and obtained a visa whidh gives him permission to remain in Ethiopia so long as his wife works there. He has been of much assistance to the Mission in a variety of ways and the missionaries have enjoyed his Christian fellowship.

The Den Hartogs lived in Ghinda until April. During that time Dr. Den Hartog did medical work, lrhough limited by the clinic facilities. This time, however, served to impress ‘him with the need for the hospital and the additional services which it will make possible. In April the Den Hartogs went to Debre Berhan in southern Ethiopia where they studied the Amharic language at the language school of the Sudan Interior Mission. The course was scheduled to be completed in January 1965. Since the hospital had not yet been built, and since he had ‘had so little opportunity to do any extensive medical practice since going to the field, it was decided that he should accept an invitation to fill a vacancy at a ,hospital of the Sudan Interior Mission until his services would be better used in Ghinda. The hospital is at the leper colony at Sheshemane, Ethiopia.

Throughout the year Mr. Duff and Dr. Den Hartog have been in contact with various representatives of the Ethiopian government seeking all the permits, approvals, and papers needed for the construction of the hospital. Even though the basic permission

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to operate a hospital had been given nearly two years earlier and visas 'had been issued to two doctors to enter the country to conduct the hospital, the final papers had not yet been received by the end of the year. Meanwhile plans for the design of Ithe hospital were completed and bids for its construction were received. We are happy to report that the basic bid of $36,000 was less than anticipated, and the total cost, including all water and electrical facilities, fees, and taxes, Should be between $43,000 and $45,000. It now appears that we shall be able to reduce equipment costs substantially and that the total capital cost of the hospital should be about $68,000 instead of the $80,000 originally budgeted. W e are thankful that costs are headed in this direction rather than the other.

Contributions for the hospital and t'he medical workers have been coming in steadily and from many different sources. Notable among the contributms are the following Reformed churches: Seventh, Immanuel, Fourth, Beverly, and Everglade, all of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Rockford, Michigan and Hospers, Iowa. The full support of Dr. and Mrs. Lyle W. Nilson was completed near the end of @he year, and they were to be placed on salary beginning January 1, 1965, and to fly to Ethiopia on January 13. Support for the nurses, the Misses &na Strikwerda and Yvonne De Blaey, has been slow in coming with the result that we have not been able to make definite plans for sending either of them to the field.

Senafe-A& Caieh. Regular evangelistic worship services and Bible classes are held in these two towns by Mr. Mahaffy. At Senafe the attendance was somewhat less than the previous year, though many Moslems continue to attend. A number of local sohool teachers attend a twice-weekly Bible class. The infant daughters of two believers, Kedani Mariam and Araiah, were baptized. The latter case is in contrast to the baptism of their previous child who was taken secretly by the mother to be baptized by @he Coptic Ghurch; this time she consented to our baptism and stood with her husband at the service. At Adi Caieh the attendance and interest have been good. Reports have been received of some who 'had lheard the gospel in these t o m s and having moved to other areas continue their interest in the gospel.

Mr. Mahaffy has continued his literature work. A number of tracts were written, mimeographed, and distributed. But most notable was the completion of the Gospel of John in Saho, the first book of the Bible ever to be printed in that language. The World Home Bible League contributed the 7,000-copy paperback edition whioh they printed by the photo-offset process.

Because of allergies which become active in the Senafe area, Mr. Bird and his family will not be able to return there on a permanent basis in the future.

Massawa. During the first eight months of the year the bookstore-reading room was operated by Mr. and Mrs. John Hanley who were lent to us by the Red Sea Mission Team. Wihen the Birds returned to the field from furlough in September, they took up residence in Massawa and assumed responsibility for this phase of our work. Sales of the store were approximately the same as in the previous year. The reading room is used daily by numbers of persons, especially young people, and has been a valuable means of presenting Christ in this city.

The rented meeting room in the marketplace, Aduga Berai, was relinquished when the Birds left on furlough in 1963 and no satisfactory replacement for it has yet been found. 'Consequently it has been difficult to resume our evangelistic activities in this part of fihe work, rhough Mr. Bird goes there each Lord's Day and attempts to speak with small groups. Each Sunday evening he holds a service in their home though it is attended at present mainly by believers.


Mr. Bird also is actiye in literature work. He is continuing his work on his commentary on the Gospel of John in the Tigrinya language and has translated a tract on the deity of Christ entitled, “Is It Right to Worship Jesus?”

Izafub. This station on the coast south of Massawa continues to be a part-time work because of its somewhat isolated location, though our shortage of workers has made our time spent there much less than it should be. During the year Mr. Mahaffy spent one month there in two visits; Mr. Duff was there for 12 days, and Dr. Den Hartog three. Bible classes, personal witnessing, Bible pictures, and medical work were all used as means of making Christ known to the Moslem people.

Summary. There were no known conversions during bhe past year, and there has been some active opposition to the gospel. However, there has been much teaching and preaching of the gospel, and there has been a continuing interest on the part of many, with some people attending meetings with considerable regularity. Since God has provided that %is Word will not return to him void we know that the cumulative effect of the witness will in time bear fruit as the Holy Spirit opens the hearts of more and more people. W e are thankful to God not only that some already believe but that they stand fast against opposition and bear faithful witness. One very encouraging development is that during athis year alone our missionaries sold approximately 100 Bibles in the Tigrinya and Amharic languages as well as other Ohristian literature. The Mission requests the prayers of the c‘hurch not only that the Lord will give them more conversions in this difficult field but also that a strong church will arise that may endure through the troubled days whioh may lie a’head in Africa.

FORMOSA W e are- thankful to the Lord that he has granted us another peaceful year in- which

to serve him in Taiwan. This year has also been free from disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes which caused such devastation and suffering last year. On the spiritual front, also, we have not had to face the trials of the previous year when, in Hsinchu, we were engaged in conflict with the local presbytery of the Taiwan Presbyterian Church. However, <this does not mean there has not been spiritual warfare, for the battle for fihe souls of men is an unceasing one and the enemy does not let his captives go free easily. Millions of people on this beautiful island are still held in bondage by superstition, idolatry and sin. W e see evidences on every hand of the power whidh idolatry exerts over these benighted people. The temples are well patronized and new ones are being built. At festival times tremendous sums of money are being spent in worship of the gods.

A number of events occurred during the year which made 1964 a specially significant year. Early in the year a Constitution for the “Presbyterian and Reformed Missigns Council on Taiwan” was adopted by the Council, and by year’s end progress ‘had been made towards its ratification by the approval of the five cooperating missions and their home boards. W e rejoice in the prospect of laboring together with those of dike faith in bhe establishing of one church on Taiwan. There is likelihood, however, that it will be difficult to effect that unity of policy which is highly desirable in an area so small as Taiwan. W e were encouraged by the presence respectively at two of the quarterly meetings of rhe Council of two of the General Secretaries of the cooperating missions.

The second occurrence of significance was the visit to the Orient fields of the General Secretary, the Rev. John P. Galbraith, and his wife, and the subsequent Inter- Mission Conference in Japan of the missionaries from the three fields. Besides visiting our three stations and preac’hing at Lord‘s Day and other services, Mr. Galbraith was able to make our message and position more widely known. On five different occasions in Taipei he spoke to large groups beyond our own constituency.


I Personnel. The Andrewses and Johnstons were on the field during the entire year except for vacations and the Inter-Mission Conference in Japan. The Gaffins left in July on furlough, The Urbans have remained at home on inactive status.

Hsinchu. Work in this area has centered in Hsinchu and three nearby villages and around Kuanshi and Chutung further inland. Evangelistic services, house visitation, the distribution of literature, women’s meetings and the conducting of Sunday schools have all played a part in getting the gospel to the people of these areas. During the first half of the year both Mr. and Mrs. Johnston were active in the work. Mr. Johnston preached regularly in Hsinchu and Kuanshi and once a month at Chutung, and Mrs. Johnston was active in work among the women and children. During the latter part of the year, besides his regular preaching in Hsinchu and Kuanshi, Mr. Johnston also jour- neyed once a month to Taichung to preadh there. Mrs. Johnston commuted daily to Taipei, 50 miles distant, to teach in the Bethany Primary School. She was therefore active in Hsinchu only over the weekends.

Greatest progress has been registered in the work in Chutung and the Hsinchu area. In a large fishing village near Hsinchu there seems to be a real interest. In Hsinchu itself, as a result of evangelistic meetings, a number of people showed an interest in the Christian message and have been coming regularly to the church since then. Of them, two young people are now teaching in the Sunday school. The work that was begun in Chutung in the summer of 1963 !has made good progress. There is now a solid core of over 20 believers and many more attend meetings.

Taichung. The Reformed Bookroom continues, as in former years, to be the working center for the work of nhe Gaffins here. Each weekday it is open from 8:OO a.m. to 1O:OO p.m. On Sunday four meetings are held there regularly: Sunday school in the morning and afternoon, a worship service in the morning in the Mandarin language, and an evening worship service in the Taiwanese language. Mr. Gaffin preac‘hes in the morning, and a helper whom he employs preaches in the evening. The morning Sunday scihool attendance is now about 75, morning worship 25, evening worship 20. There is also a Wednesday evening Bible and prayer class, and on Saturday evening a young people’s meeting. There is visible fruit in conversions and spiritual growth among those who attend the meetings. During the Gaffin’s absence on furlough two Chinese young men are in charge of the work; attendance has continued to grow and a new preaching point near Taichung was opened during the summer. Other regular meetings include an English Bible class which Mrs. Gaffin teaches for Presbyterian girls who attend a Roman Catholic college near the Bookroom. A Mr. and Mrs. Li who are members at the Book room hold a speech correction school there three nights a week, and several of the students have been converted. Mr. Gaffin spent three days a week teaching-at our Theological Training Class in Hsinchu, and English and Bible at a private Christian school in Changhua and at a private technical college just outsidc Taichung. Once a month he ministered in one of the churohes of the Presbytery of Kaohsiung at the invitation of the Presbytery.

Additional work included translation of Christian literature, vacation Bible school, and a young people’s conference. With Mrs. Gaffin now being free from the work at Morrison Academy, she has been able to do more direct missionary work, especially with women and children both in Bible classes and homes.

Taipei. The work in Taipei Bas centered in the Reformed Fellowship, in the Re- formed Reading Room on Rmsevelt Road, and in the farm homesteads located immediately behind the Andrewses’ residence. Activities have been the conducting of a series of evangelistic services, the regular preaching and teaching of rhe Word, prayer meetings, women’s

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meetings, house visitation, sewing classes, the teaching of the romanized Taiwanese to semi-literate women, Sunday schools, English conversation classes, classes in Calvinistic philosophy.

Mr. Andrews preaches an evangelistic sermon every Sunday evening at the Reformed Fellowship, as well as once a month in the morning at both the Taiwancse and Mandarin services. During the latter half of the year he has also conducted the mid-week service of Bihle-study and prayer. At the Reformed Reading Room he spends seven hours a week, most of them in English conversation and Bible classes for high school and college students. During the first half of the year he conducted a conversation class at the leading high schmJ in town; in the latter half of che year, two such classes. He has thus had contact with more than 700 high school and university students, mostly high school. A number of these attencled the summer young people’s conference.

Vlrs. Andrews has concentrated her activities among the women and children, although in the latter part of the year she spent weekday mornings at the Reformed Reading Room. She has engaged in house visitation, and has conducted three Sunday schools, three reading classes, two sewing classes and one prayer meeting each week. As a result of these activities some new women have been coming to church.

We are much encouraged with the progress of our Taipei church this year. There have been 13 accessions; six by reaffirmation of faith from other churches and seven by baptism, four adults and three covenant children. The congregation elected its own committee for the conducting of the affairs of the group, they decided to contribute 40% of the rent of their meeting place, as over against 20% the previous year, as well as the logistics of the young student who comes from Hsinchu to help on weekends. The tithe offering reached a hig’h of US$25.00 one month early in the year.

Reformed Theological Training CZass. This class continues in Hsinchu. During the first half of @he year there were eight regular students and one auditor; during the latter half of the year there were also eight students, though not all of them were the same persons as during the first part of the year. Each of the ordained missionaries gave one day a week teaching in the school. The spirit of the students is excellcnt.

Calvin Theological Instibte. Mr. Andrews again taught in the theological school conducted by the Christian Reformed Mission on Taiwan for the training of workers for their chapels. There were eleven students in- the first half of the year and ten in the second half. Mr. Andrews taught four hours and three hours a week respectively, besides conducting chapel once a week. Much of his time was spent in the preparation and translation of syllabi for his classes. Some of this material is not yet available in Chinese and could later be prepared for publication.

Literature. The Taiwan Mission authorized and oversaw the translation of catechetical literature on a simple level: “What Must I Know?” (Committee on Education, Christian Reformed Church), and “Lord I Believe” (by Andrew Van Der Veer).

MI. Andrews checked the first half of the Chinese translation of the IVF publication, “The Man God Mastered” by Cadier. He also oversaw and checked the translation of two articles whioh were a project of the China Branch of the International Association for Reformed Faith and Action: ‘‘The Merging of Romanist and Protestant Humanism” by Francis A. Schaeffer, and ‘The Sabbath of thc Lord Thy God” by Francis E. Mahaffy.

The China Brunch of ihe international Association for Reformed Faith and Action. As a result of the sending out of 2,000 invitations to our contacts in Taipei and the putting up of more than 100 posters throughout Taipei, more than 200 persons attended the first anniversary rally of the Taiwan branc,h of this international fellowship. The Rev.

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John P. Galbraith, then on a visit to our Taiwan Mission, gave a stirring address on the subject, “God’s Tools for an Unusual Generation.”’The nature and purpose of the association was clearly explained.

The Chinese translation of the article, “The Merging of Romanist and Protestant Humanism” was published in the July 26, 1964, edition of the Christian weekly news- paper, “Heavenly Citizens.”

Young People’s Summer Conference. The third joint summer conference of the Presby- terian and Reformed Missions Council was held this year at Christ’s College between July 7 and 10. One hundred and four young people, mostly high school and college students were in attendance. The conference theme was “Life Abundant” and the Rev.

was the leading of group Bible studies by six of the young people. Two of nhese were from our Taipei Reformed Fellowship and one from the Hsinchu Study Class.

Relief. Mr. Johnston, as Chairman of Taiwan Christian Service for Tao-yuan and Hsinchu counties, spent some time overseeing the distribution of relief supplies. There is a great deal of genuine poverty among the people, the Mayor of Taipei having announced recently that one-hird of Taipei’s population of one million is in dfficult straits. From time to time there are emergency needs among OUT own people. Our Emergency- Relief Fund is now exhausted.

Call for Reinforcements. With 95% of the people on Taiwan still unevangelized and 80% of these, those whose mother tongue is the Taiwanese dialect, we would remind our church at home of the urgent need to send out a young couple to study the Taiwanese dialect and labor among these people.

I John D. Johnston gave a clear and incisive series of Bible studies on Jo’hn. A special feature

JAPAN

Persmnel. For two successive years, from mid-1963 to mid-1965 we will have had only one missionary family in Japan. Soon after the Uomotos returned from furlough in July, the McIlwaines began their furlough.

East Send&. During the first half of the year, with the Uomotos on furlough, tthe work here was in the dharge of Mr. Kazumichi Nakashima, a licentiate of the Reformed Church of Japan. Mr. McIlwaine visited the chapel once each month and preached at h e services. Attendance decreased somewhat during the year, but financial gains were made both in working toward support of a minister and in the Building Fund which now stands at $1,784, an increase of $400 for the year.

Okuma. The work in Okuma, begun by Mr. Uomoto, is now shared with the Rev. H. Yasuda, pastor of bhe Watari Reformed Church. An adult Bible class now seems to be firmly established here and the young people’s work has now reached the stage idhere an organization is needed.

Zshinmaki. At the end of the year Mr. Uomoto and Mr. Nakashima shared the work here but it is expected that one of them will assume primary responsibility in 1965.

of the people attending the services here are young people of junior and senior high school age.

Fukushima Morning and evening worship services are the core of the work here and they are reenforced by numerous Bible classes and activities. Morning attendance averaged about 17 and evening about 11. There were three professions of faith and baptisms during h e year. Wlhile the McIlwaines are away on furlough the work is in the charge of the Rev. K. Nagashima, pastor of the Shiroishi Reformed Chapel.

I Mr. McIlwaine also made periodic visits liere while $he Uomotos were on furloudh. Most

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The McIlwaines held other meetings and Bible Classes also: at Yamashita Sanatorium and a school for the blind, an English Bible class for teachers and another for students of a boys’ high sc’hool, and a similar class for students of a medical college and the University of Fukushima, a Bible class for junior high school boys and girls, and a Bible class for senior high school girls. Mrs. McIlwaine has also taught two English classes for the purpose of increasing the scope of their contacts-one for the wives of medical doctors, and another at b e Cultural ‘Center.

Bobh Mr. McIlwaine and Mr. Uomoto have been active in literature work, particularly in connection with fihe Committee on Reformed Publications, which Mr. McI1- waine serves as General Secretary. They have also maintained close contact with the Reformed Church of Japan both in Presbytery and Synod. Altogether the past year witnessed more apparent fruit of our labors than in most years and we are encouraged with the progress made in all the areas where the missionaries have worked.

KOREA

Persovznel. The Rev. and Mrs. Harvie M. Conn and the Rev. and Mrs. Bruce F. Hunt have been in Korea during the entire year except for the Inter-Mission Conference in Japan. The Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Hard left in mid-year on furlough. The Conns are stationed in Seoul, the Hards and Hunts in Pusan.

The Korean Church. The most prominent oharacteristic of Korean Presbyterianism today is its fragmentation. There are at least 12 different groups, though most of t’hese are composed of a very few congregations. “he four largest are the Tong Hop, associated with the World Council of Churches; the Hop Dong, formed after withdrawal from the Tong Hop, by union with the Koryu Pah; the Kichang, outspokenly liberal in theology; and the Kosin, composed mostly of former Koryu Pah churches who withdrew from the Hop Dong. Our Mission works with the Hop Dong and Kosin churches. The Hop Dong church cbntains groups with a variety of outlooks-broadly evangelical, Reformed, pro- WCC, and pro-ICCC-which makes its future character something of an uncertainty. The Kosin church has greater unity in a Reformed outlook but it is confronted with

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problems of sectarianism -and regionalism. There are nevertheless reasons for encouragement in the life of the church. Also,

our missionaries find a ready welcome in both churches, and they are serving as a bridge between the two groups. MI. Hunt was the fraternal delegate from our church to the Kosin General Assembly; Mr. Conn dilled the same function to the Hop Dong Assembly, Mr. Hunt was invited to teach at seminaries of both groups; Mr. Conn teaches at a Hop Dong seminary and Mr. Hard at the Kosin seminary, and all preach in churches of both groups. One evidence of the appreciation which these churches have for our missionaries and our church is that when the Rev. John P. Galbraith, our General Secretary, was there during the summer he was received cordially by both groups, preached in their churches, and was able to cliscuss with them freely problems which face them. The mission felt that “his kindly questioning of the representatives of both sides and #his quiet declaration of $he Orthodox Presbyterian Church’s testimony was extremely constructive for good in t‘he church.” The Hop Dong church, in leaving the Tong Hop, gave up all the subsidies to which t>hey had been accustomed when associated with the missions of the large foreign churches and we are thankful for their willingness to forego such temporal advantages. At present the only missionaries with whom these &urches, which have a total of over 2,000 uhurches, have chosen to associate are six in number and all are Reformed.

Preaching. As always, the predominance of the work has been that which is involved in the preaching of the Word. Mr. Hunt has been free to do more of $his than the others in the Mission, and by spending 174 days away from home gave 453 messages

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during the year, some of them at 31 Bible conferences of three to six days’ duration. He reached seven of Korea’s 10 provinces, 31 towns, and 74 different churches or insti- tuions, and four different denominations. In Mr. Hard’s seven months on the field, he gave 85 messages in a variety of places and circumstances. Mr. Conn gave 143 messages, almost all in the Korean language, and was required to be away from home for 30 days. Mr. Conn’s mastery of the Korean language has been exceptional and ,has been described as “beautiful.”

The preaching of the missionaries continually involves evangelism. When preaching in churches there are almost always present some who have not received Christ, and such preaching engagements are used as opportunities for street meetings and door-to-door evangelism, The missionaries have also engaged in pioneer evangelism in areas where there are no Christian churches. Mrs. Hunt regularly holds Bible classes, for women in a penitentiary in Pusan, and for primary children and junior high school girls in the community where the Hunts live.

_ . Teaching. Most of our teaching activities w a e by Mr. Hard, Mrs. Hunt, and Mr. and Mrs .Conn. Classes were taught by them at these institutions: Calvin College (now re-named Koryu College); Young Kwang (Leper) Seminary, which Mr. Hard served as acting president and faculty chairman; and the Hop Dong Seminary in Seoul. Subjects taught included Greek, English, Evidences, Reformed Thought, Christian Philosophy, Rural Church Problems, Missions, Church History, Korean Theological Thought, and Evangelism.

Literature. Mr. Hard and Mr. Conn have both been especially busy in this work. Mr. Hard concentrated on reference work: a bibliography of all known Christian books in the Korean language, an annotated bibliography of English theological titles recom- mended for Korean readers, and he supervised and helped in the translation of Metzger’s Lexical Aids for Students of the Greek N e w Testament. Mr. Conn wrote four new tracts whidh are being printed by TEAM Mission, syllabi for several seminary courses, articles for church publications, and completed the English manuscript of a commentary on the Messianic prophecies of Daniel.

All the missionaries are active in the Korean Society for Reformed Faith and Action which during the year published What Presbyterians Believe, by G. H. Clark, and prepared for 1965 publication Principles of BibZicaZ Hermeneutics by L. Berkhof. These books are being published with loans from the Mission.

The Reading Room which Mr. Hard started in Pusan now has about 1,000 books, and the Calvin College library, for which he is also largely responsible, has 3,300 books. The library of the leper seminary has acquired 600 books. The Reading Room in Seoul Bas completed its first year with a total of 783 books, 349 of which are lent by the Evangelical Library. During the year there were 2,164 readers at the Bookroom as well as 3,658 who visited but stayed less than 20 minutes. The room also serves as a center for bhe distribution of tracts for use in country churches; over 15,000 tracts were given out in December alone. The room is also used for special lectures, usually by Korean Presby- terian theologians.

Radio. Mr. Conn Bas continued to preach over TEAM Mission’s station HLKX in Inchon. He has a half-lhour program once a week and a 10-15 minute meditation message twice a week. He gave a total of 95 radio messages during the year. These messages are now being printed in booklet form for distribution to listeners on request. These series have been prepared thus far: Lord‘s Prayer; Unity of the Church; Abraham, Father of Believers; and Philippians 1. Distribution totalled 1,500.


Relief. This work was supervised largely by Mr. Hard during the first part of the year, and then by Mrs. Hunt, This work included the acknowledgment and distribution of gifts of money and supplies to orp’hans, widows, lepers, flood victims, students, and a hospital. Over 100 quilts were given out, mostly to leper colonies; 60 of them were completed by needy women under Mrs. Hunt’s supervision, using covers and money sent from our churches in America. Multi-purpose Food was distributed, 6,700 lbs. to students of seminaries and Bible institutes, and 25,800 ibs. to flood victims in the Seoul area. One bed in the Gospel Hospital was subsidized with $33 a month from the Com- mittee on General Benevolence. Some $800 was given out for certain orphans, and at Christmas time the contents of 180 packages were distributed for 2,600 orphans in 29 orphanages. Also 20 sewing machines and 87 trunks of clothing and blankets received from one individual were distributed through the General Assembly Relief Committee of the Korean churches.

Cost of Living. The 35% cost-of-living supplement which was instituted in November 1963 because of great inflation in Korea, was reduced to 20% on September 1, 1964.

FUTURE PLANS

All our fields continue to be ‘beset with shortage of personnel. One family has been withdrawn from each of Eritrea, Formosa, and Korea in recent years and none has been replaced. The committee wants to replace them as soon as possible, as well as to send a new family to Japan where we have our smallest number of missionaries.

For our Eritrea field the committee is also seeking funds to send the two nurses mentioned earlier in this report.

Last spring the financing of a year’s broadcast to Hungary over station TWR, Monte Carlo, was completed. However, material necessary for us to prepare the broadcasts reached us too short a time before the General Secretary’s departure for the Orient, and the broadcasts were not begun before t,he year closed.

As we look at the suffering world in general, and at our own present mission fields in particular, we see not only the fact of paganism but also the fact that there are more unbelievcrs in the world and in our fields than there were when we began. A finger in a fist-sized hole in the dike is inadequate to the task which God has given US to do. It is our prayer that our pastors and elders will experience a great working of the Holy Spirit in their lives to lead the members of our churches to see today’s need and to meet that need today. Nothing short of great prayer and effort, greater than any we have yet experienced, is required to provide rhe sons, daughters, and funds for the fulfillment of plans we may make for the future for building the walls of Zion.

FINANCES General Fund contributions from living donors, exclusive of the Thank Offering

increased 11% over the previous year, to $156,721 from the earlier $140,841. We are most thankful to God for this increase in which all sources of contributions had a part: Orthodox Presbyterian churches 9.8%, from $71,268 to $78,404; other churc’hes 31%, from $18,081 to $23,706, and individuals 9.7%, from $24,966 to $27,399.

The Thank Offering total, shared with the Committees on Christian Education and Home Missions and Church Extension was $64,750. This was an increase over last year’s $63,504, and set a new record. The average of $9.11 per communicant member was also a new high. This committee’s share was $29,785.

Note: The latter amount includes Thank Offerings which were received after die close of the fiscal year and is therefore greater than the amount listed in the Treasurer’s report; it is given merely for information and purposes of comparison with other years.


The average contribution per communicant member from our churches increased to 1 9 . 0 ~ per week. The average for the previous three years was:

1963 1 7 . 7 ~ 1962 1 6 . 6 ~

1961 1 5 . 2 ~

While the average is small we rejoice in the increase, which is 25% in the last three years. The Thank Offering adds 7 . 2 ~ to the average, making the total average 2 6 . 2 ~ per week, or $13.62 for the entire year.

In addition to contributions from living donors three bequests were received: from Mrs. James W. (Elizabeth F.) Price $7,251.18 to the General Fund and her residence, from which the net proceeds were $17,116.69, to the Price Memorial Literature Fund; from David H. Henry, $500; and from Mrs. Margaret J. Young, $211.38.

Contributions to the Price Memorial Literature Fund were $1,413. This included memorial gifts in memory of Mrs. Price, Kenneth R. Moore, Miss Bertha Bergsten, Miss Jane Parks, and Miss Eldora Bentley.

The total of contributions and bequests for all funds was $186,030.78.

MEMBERSHIP

The members of the committee, with their classes, are: 1965 -Ministers:

1966 -Ministers:

1967 -Ministers:

John C. Hills, Jr., John Murray, John H. Skilton, Ph.D.

Leslie A. Dunn, Charles H. Ellis, Arthur 0. Olson

Henry H. Fikkert, Laurence N. Vail, Robert L. Vining

Ruling Elders:

Ruling Elders:

Ruling Elders:

Floyd C. Graf, Fairvan C. Lenker

L. Fred Baum, R. P. Width

Newman de Haas, Willard E. Nee1

BUDGETS

The following budget is being followed as a guide for 'the year 1965:

OPERATING BUDGET

Missionary Support ___ $9 1,3 1 1 Field Expenditures 29,632 M i c e and Administration ______-_- 20,280 Promotion -_-________________-__-____________ 6,800 Reserve Fund ___-___-___ ___ _______________ 500 Repayment - Loans _l______________________I______ 1,500 $150,023

CAPITAL BUDGET

Japan Car -----_-------__-~-_----_----I---_-----__---$ 3,000 Eritrea Car _____-____________________________ 3,500 Formosa house loan repayment 1,000 Eritrea hospital and equipment ___-____-_____ 45,000 Literature Fund ______ -- 1,500 Ardsley Manse, principal I____________________________I_ 532 Abington Manse, principal ________________I________I__ 400 54,932


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Anticipated Surplus December 31, 1965 -_--________ The budget for 1966 has been sumbitted to the Stewardship Committee.

REPORT OF THE TREASURER

"he report of the Treasurer, as audited by Main, Lafrentz and Company, Certified Public Accountants, is as follows:

T o The Committee on Foreign Missions

Melrose Park, Pennsylvania.

W e have examined the balance sheet, resulting from cash transactions, of The Com- mittee on Foreign Missions of the Orothdox Presbyterian Church, Inc., as of DecTmber 31, 1964, and the related statement of recorded cash receipts and disbursements for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of t'he accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances, except that we did not verify notes and loans receivable, advances to missionaries or notes payable by direct correspondence. Our examination of receipts from voluntary contributions was limited to a test comparison of acknowledgment duplicates to cash receipts records, deposit tickets and bank statements. The nature of voluntary contributions is such that further audit procedures are impractical.

Because- of the qualifications in the preceding paragraph, we do not express an opinion as to the fairness of the accompanying statements and supplementary information. Accounting practices, however, were applied on a consistent basis with that of t'he prior year.

of the Orthodox presbyterian Church, Inc.

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STATEMENT OF RECORDED CASH RECEIPTS 'AND' DISBURSEMENTS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 34,- 1964

GENERAL .FUND . .-. - - .- .. , . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1964 -______-_ $ 23,286.42 RECEIPTS : . . . . . .

Contributions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Regular -________ ~ ____-__________________ $70,274.87 Thank offering __- ' -__ 28,565.71 Other . 227.1 1 Designated _____________________I_ 47,826.87.- . . . . . . . . Designated - special projects

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Interest on savings ________________________________I. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.10 . , .

Proceeds from sale of securities __________ . . . . . . . . . . 1,009.15 : . .

Proceeds from .individual loan _______________ ..................... .-35O;OO '

.... 7,962.56 Bequests ___ll___l____________--_---_-_- Intermediary fund receipts 17,090.21 183,207.99

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-. - . - - $206,494.41 - DISBURSEMENTS : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Missionary expenses : - _ Salaries and child allowances .... $43,-6J 8.46 _, - -

Pension premiums __-____________________ T-7-_-y7- .- 3,635.00- Vacation allowances __ - 1,445.98

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Income ,and Social Security taxes _______ f---T_-- 1?652,86.- . . . . . . . . . . . -

Housing expense and disbursements: _ _ _ _ . . . . . . . - . . Rent $3,677.26

Utilities ______________ 1,942.53 Repairs 9 1 8.3 5 . . . . . . . . . .

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Medical and dental ___ _____________________ 4,343..12 Trave1,to and from field 16,431.77

Travel on field ____-________________________ ' 8,443.90 Equipment and supplies 385.12

Native helpers ______________________________I_ 3,148.53 Language study ________-_____________________ 400.2 1 Meeting rooms - rent, etc. 919.47 Bookrooms _________-I_ ____I _______ 2,263;OO . - .

Missionary candidates ____-_______________________ 5 1.75 Conference expense 1,144.05 Furlough housing and expense ___________________ 4,345.16 Special projects from -

Miscellaneous ______-_ ____________ 1 , 1 5 5.73 $1 14,629.63

Travel at home 3,832.99 . . .

Hospital expense 796.5 5 . .

Literature ___________-_________---_-------- 1,099.46 . . . . . . .

. . . . .

designated contributions _________________________ 7,3 5 3.17 .

.60 THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Office and administrative expenses: Salaries and allowances __-__-___________-______ 13,015.60 Social Security taxes ____-______________ 336.83 Pension premiums __________________________I__ 584.00 Taxes, repairs, interest, etc.:

Ardsley manse __I__________________I___________ 880.21 Postage and supplies _________________________________ 1,063.01 Office rent and administration

building maintenance _______________________I_____ 1,080.00 Telephone and telegraph 503.6 1 Equipment _l_________________l___________ 379.84 Audit and legal ______________________________ 670.00 Interest on loans ____l_____________________________ 289.26 bnmi t tee meetings ___________________________I___ 703.24 Administrative travel ____________-_______..____________ 61.78 Miscellaneous ________________________________________----- 294.26 19,861.64

CASH BAJ-ANCE, December 31, 1964 ___________________

4,4 3 3.02

902.45 500.00

837.76 404.18

1,806.61 1,538.47

106.70 17,466.5 1 $162,486.97

$ 44,007.44 -----_- --_----

JAMES W. PRICE MEMORIAL LITERATURE FUND


DISltURSEMENTS : Fire insurance _-________-_______________________________------------------- 5 1.30 Realtors commission on sale 1 , 1 10.00 Utilities __ 21.66 Legal fees 95.35 Real estate tax _______ ~ 105.00 1,383.31

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 ________________________________________-------- $20,688.69 HANDYSIDE MEMORIAL STUDENT SPONSORSHIP FUND

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1964 $ 48.40 RECEIPTS :

Interest on investments 1.94

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 ________________________________________------- $ 50.34 ENDOWMENT FUND

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 (unchanged) _____________________L__ $ 320.56

DURLING TRUST FUND

ANNUITY FUND CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1964 $ 516.67 RECEIPTS :

20.66

537.33

_------

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 (unchanged) ____________________r__ $ -0-

Interest on savings account ..................................................... __-----

DISBURSEMENTS : Annual annuity payment 21.50

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1964 $ 515.83 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 1964 NOTE 1:

NOTE 2:

Interfund receivables and payables have been elimnated from the combined balance sheet. The statements do not reflect operating expenses incurred but not paid at December 31, 1964.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION General Fund cash is comprised of the following:

Restricted cost: Designated:

Special projects -____-____________________________________I

Missionary emergency -_____________-_______I_________

.Eritrea mission -~ _____-_____ __ _____-___________________ Korea car fund _c_____________________________I________------- -

Intermediary funds held ________________________________________-_-------

$ 8,286.35 1,356.55

31,5 50.16 744.93

1,312.35 ___----

43,250.34 757.10

$44,007.43 -_-----


December 31, 1964 Book Market

Value Value

INVESTMENTS :

General Fund: 9 shares - Syntex Corporation ___I_____________________________I $ 902.45 $ 591.75

Handyside Memorial Student Sponsorship Fund: $1,000 note, The Committee on Home Missions

and Church Extension of The Orthodox Pres- byterian Church, Inc., 4?h%, due January 9, 1969 _____________________I_I____c___________-_------------------------_- $1,258.27 $ 1,258.27

REAL ESTATE, at Cost: General Fund:

Manse - Ardsley, Pennsylvania __________________________________l_l_

Administration building - Melrose Park, Pennsylvania ( 1 / 3 interest) __-____-_________-_______-

$16,190.26

23,545.17

15,234.86 6,872.33 5,223.62

955.00 5,000.00 4,400.00 5,552.88

11,756.50

. $94,730.62 Total __________________-__-_______ The folflowing were nominated to the class of 1968 of the Committee on Foreign

Missions: Ministers - John Murray, John .Ha Skilton, John C. Hills, Kellogg, Hart, Gray, Rosenberger; Elders - Fairvan C. Lenker, Ward Heckler, Porter; Graf, Van den Hoek.

MI. Robley Johnston reported as follows for the Committee on a Hymnal:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A HYMNAL The Committee on a Hymnal was continued by the Thirty-first General Assembly

to serve as fiscal agent in financing the third printing of Trinity Hymnal. However, the Committee on Christian Education was able to finance this printing without the aid of the Committee on a Hymnal and as a consequence the committee has had no occasion to function during the past year, As reported to the Thirty-first General Assembly, all assets and liabilities of the Copnjttee on a Hymnal have been transferred to the books of the Committee on Christian Education and in the absence of any financial transactions during the 1964 there is no Treasurer's report.

Inasmuch as the committee has now completed the task of preparing and publishing a hymnal, the committee recommends that it be discharged.

Respectfdly submitted, ROBLEY J. JOHNSTON Chairman


On motion the Committee on a Hymnal was discharged with the sincere thanks of

The request for advice by the Presbytery of the West Coast -concerning the reception

Mr. Meiners reported as follows for the Committee to Draft Rules for Examining

the Assembly for their diligent and excellent work.

of thc Rev. James Austin was made the order of the day at 3:45 p.m., July 9.

Presbyterial Minutes :

REPORT OF T H E COMMITTEE TO DRAFT RULES FOR EXAMINING PRESBYTERIAL MINUTES

The committee regrets that it has not completed work on its task. A suggested, set of rules for examining presbyterial minutes ,has been drawn up as a working paper. These suggested rules embody the points included in the committee’s report to the Thirtieth General Assembly (see Minates of the Thirtieth Gel.teruZ Assembly, p. 86).

The committee leaves to the Assembly the question of whether the committee should be continued or restructured, The geographical distribution and other responsibilities of its members have been problems which might be less troublesome to a new or restructured committee. On the other hand the present committee has some experience and a diversity of viewpoint which could lead to a good and reasonably concise set of rules.

Respectfully submitted, BURTON L. GODDARD LENVILLE L. HAWKES ~

RAYMOND M. $MEINERS RICHARD A. BARKER, Chairman

On motion -the Committee was continued. The Moderator announced the election to the class of 1968 of the Committee on

Foreign Missions as follows: Ministers - Hills, Murray, Gray; Elders - Graf and Lenker. The Assembly recessed at 12:18 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Oliver.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON The Assembly reconvened at 1:48 p.m. and was led in prayer by Mr. Elliott. On motion the report of the Committee on Pensions was ordered to be included in

the Minutes without its being orally read. The report is as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS

During the year ending December 31, 1964, three new participants were enrolled in the Pension Plan and there was one withdrawal, making a net gain of two. The total number of participants is now 84 of whom 81 are ministers.

The amount of insurance in force and the cash value of the policies with the Presby- terian Ministers’ Fund under the Plan are shown in the following table: Anniv. Total Total Ratio of

of Policies Insurance Premiums Cash Cash Value Total Plan in Force in Force Paid Value to Premiums Dividends

5th 79 634,500 143,760 119,757 83.3% 6,445 6th 82 664,500 176,437 148,708 84.3% 8,339 7th 84 687,000 212,110 179,764 84.7% 10,414

1st 69 $537,000 $ 28,656 $ 22,705 79.2% $ -

OFFICERS

The four officers of the committee are: Garret A. Hoogerhyde _____________________-Chairman Harold R. Keenan __________-____________Vice-Chairman Edward A. Haug, Jr. ____________________________Secretary Lewis W. Roberts ___________________________________sTreasurer


DIVIDENDS The committee continued its policy of investing dividends in excess of the amount

required for monthly annuity payments in a savings account, It is anticipated that when a sufficient amount accrues other types of investment will be made.

The total amount of dividends credited to the present policy holders in the Plan is $9,898. Reversions on surrendered policies, dividends, interest received, and other income, have increased the net worth of the fund to $12,288.23, after payment of expenses and annuity commitments to date. This means that for each $1.00 of dividends credited on present policies those in the Plan have a total equity of $1.24 in the net worth of $a Plan. It is t‘he committee’s purpose that the accumulated equity of participants in the Plan shall become available to them either to provide increased benefits at retirement age or to provide retirement at an earlier age.

ANNUITY PAYMENTS Monthly annuity payments of $50 to h e Rev. David Calderwood continue. These

monchly payments are being paid from current dividends. The initial Annuity Reserve of $5,000 is being held intact.

DISABILITY CLAIM CONTINUES The Rev. Edward Wybenga continues on total disability benefits under the Plan.

In addition to making the monthly disability payments of $50, the Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund continues the full insurance coverage under the policy and dividend payments without further payment of premiums.

PARTICIPATION

There continues to be virtually 100% participation on the part of those who have enrolled in the Plan. With one exception those who have withdrawn are either no longer in the denomination or are no longer in the pastorate. There remain a significant number of pastors who are not covered by the Plan and the committee would remind these pastors that they may still enter the Plan, subject to medical approval by the Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund. Policies are now available to provide retirement at either Age 65 or 68 and schedules of benefits and premiums are available at the denominational office, 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19 126.

The committee would urge the presbyteries to encourage the congregations within their bounds to make provision for participation of their pastors in the Plan, both with respect to present pastors and as a part of any calls to new pastors.

ELECTIONS The terms of the following members of the committee expire with this assembly:

Ministers: Everett C. De Velde, John P. Galbraibh Ruling Elder: Edward A. Haug, Jr.

REPORT OF THE TREASURER The Report of rhe Treasurer, audited by James A. Hutton, a ruling elder of the

Mediator Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa., is as follows: SCHEDULE A

BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1964

ASSETS Cash in Bank - Girard Trust Corn Exchange ___________________________ . Philadelphia Saving Fund Society ____________-____ Premiums Due Committee _____________________________________________________ ’Refund due from Pres. Min. Fund - Policy Cancellation _-____-

$ 136.48 20,63 3.25

4,448.90 950.00

$26,168.63


LIABILITIES AND N,ET WORTH Annuity Contract Reserve ____ ~ _______________ Premiums Payable to Pres. Min. Fund _________________-__-

Net Worth, December 31, 1964 ____________________________________I

Total Liabilities and Net Worth -___________________ EXXIIBIT No. 1

RECONCILIATION OF NET WORTH Net Worth, January 1, 1964 ________________L___________I_

CREDITS TO NET WORTH Dividends - Pres. Min. Fund _______I_ ______-_ $ 2,073.72 Interest Rec'd - Savings Account ___________________-____ 536.93 Excess of Premiums Over Premiums Paid _______________________I 5.52 Cash Value - Surrendered Policies -

Net After Refunds 1,204.66 -___---

CHARGES TO NET WORTH Annuity Contract Payments _________________________ ___ ____ $ 600.00 Expenses Paid ________________________________________-_---_ 520.5 1 _-__--_

Net Worth, December 31, 1964 ___-__I_L_________

SCHEDULE B CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

Balance on Hand, January 1, 1,964

Premiums ________________________________________-------------_--_$35,049.06 Dividends - Pres. Min. Fund ___cI_________________________ 2,073.72 Interest Received - Savings Account _______-_______________________ 536.93 Cash Value - Surrendered Policy ___-__-___________ 254.66

RECEIPTS

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DISBURSEMENTS Premiums Paid ~ _______-_________________ $27,259.27

' Annuity Payments _____~_-____I________________I__ 600.00 Office Expense ________I__________-_____I______ 362.25 Meeting Expense ___________ __ ________________________ 1 16.31 Postage, Telephone, etc. I___cI ____-______- 21.95 Stationery ______________L___I______-________I______C_______ 20.00

Balance on Hand, December 31, 1964 _____-____.._______L____________I__

Girard Trust Corn Exchange _______________________________________ Philadelphia Saving Fund Society _____-_-_____________

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BALANCE ACCOUNTED FOR

65

$ 5,000.00 13,880.40

$18,880.40 7,288.23

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$26,168.63

$ 4,587.91

3, 820.8 3

$ 8,408.74 -_--_-4

1,120.5 1

$ 7,288.23 -_-----

$11,235.14

37,9 14.37

$49,149.51 -----_-

28,379.78

$20,769.73

$ 136.48 20,63 3.25

$20,769.73

--_----

--_----

Respectfully submitted, LEWIS W. ROBERTS

Treasurer


Committee on Pensions Orthodox Presbyterian Church Philadelphia, Pa. 19126 Gentlemen:

I have examined the books of the Committee on Pensions of the Orthodox Presby- terian Church, for the period of January 1 to December 31, 1964. The examination included, tracing the receipts to their deposit in the bank, and checking expenditures against authorizations of payment. Balances on hand at the end of the period were recon- ciled to the appropriate bank statement and savings account p a s s h k .

Respectfully submitted,

Auditor JAMES HUTTON

The following men were nominated to the class of 1968 of the Committee on

Mr. Spaan brought fraternal greetings from the Christian Reformed Church. The Moderator announced the election of the Rev. Messrs. DeVelde and Galbraith

It was moved and carried that the report of the Committee on General Benevolence

Pensions: Ministers - DeVelde, Galbraith; Elders - Haug, L. Fred Baum.

and MI. Haug to the class of 1968 of the Committee on Pensions.

be printed in the Minutes without its being orally read. The report is as follows:

W O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL BENEVOLENCE

The committee #holds two regular stated meetings each year, one in February and one in October. All interim business is conducted by the Secretary-Treasurer or the Executive Committee, and special meetings are called when matters of importance require the consideration of the full committee.

The Thirty-first General Assembly re-elected Dr. John H. Skilton and Deacon J. Eric Crowe, of the Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church, West Collingswood, N. J., to the committee, class of 1967.

At its meeting on October 9, 1964, the following officers were re-elected for a term of one year: President, Deacon Irving J. Triggs, of Franklin Square Orthodox Presbyter- ian Church, N. y., and Secretary-Treasurer, Rev. Lester R. Bachman, of Kirkwood, Pa. Deacon John Tolsma of the Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Hatboro, Pa. was elected to the office of Vice-president.

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GENERAL RELIEF PROJECTS

The committee is very grateful for the extensive broadening of church support for its ministries of Christian compassion. Eighty-two churches and chapels have sent gifts during the year. Many of these contribute on a regular monthly basis, and several give through other organizations of the congregation - Deacon's boards, Missionary societies, Machen Leagues, Sunday schools, and even Christian schools - and by gifts from individuals. Several designate their gifts to be divided among a number of the major causes supported by the committee. No better way can be employed to nurture the vital spirit of Christian compassion in the hearts of young and old in the church than regular appeals to them to manifest the love of Christ in helping to share the heavy burdens borne by brethren who are hungry, naked, diseased, homeless or poor.

General (undesignated) receipts were higher by over $1,200 during 1964, and although disbursements from designated funds were $1,500 less during the year, the committee had over $1,700 on hand to be allocated for distribution at its February meeting this year.


Our Mission in Korea has requested that we consider increasing our gifts to the Gospel Light Hospital in Pusan in order to provide full support for two charity beds for a year. Also, it is desired that a fund be provided so that work scholarships and special grants can be made to enable worthy students to attend the schools served by our missionaries, who are unable to pay the tuition costs. Terrible inflation in the economy, and lack of job opportunities make it increasingly difficult for young people to secure an education. This means that trained native leaders will not be ready to administer the many institutions, and minister to the growing number of churches, unless eager young people are provided with aid in securing proper instruction. Tbe proposed scholarships will enable the schools to provide work for the students, and help both the school and the student.

Our committee ‘has been able to arrange for supplies of vitamins and other needed clrugs to be sent to Korea from the American Drug Companies through the Christian Medical Society. B. Peter Boelens of Seoul is a member of this society and is eligible to receive these drugs for our Mission’s use. Our committee pays only the shipping costs.

Two new sets of colored slides presenting our Mission’s work among the lepers of Korea are being prepared by the Rev. Theodore J. Hard, and will be available for use by the churches. This will bring our su ply of slide series to nine sets, any of which may

A fund of $250 has been set aside for the purchase of clinic supplies for @he Rev. John D. Johnston’s work in Taiwan, as soon as arrangements can be made for their use among the needy on that field.

THE AGED AND INFIRM MINISTERS’ FUND During the past year, four ministers’ families were aided by the committee. Almost

twice the funds were disbursed for the assistance of our brethren this year as were needed last year. One major case of excessive medical expense continues to require our assi_stance at the present time. Careful investigation is made of every appeal for aid which is broug’ht to our attention by pastors, local deacons, or presbyteries. Your committee is most anxious to share the burdens of any ministers who are faced with emergency situa- tions which they and their congregations are not able to bear alone. No one should hesi- tate to inform us of any case which may have a proper claim upon the ministries of our commit tee.

With the purchase of another Church Extension Fund demand note for $500 the committee has been able to increase the reserves in this fund for the care of aged and infirm ministers to $3,500. It is our desire to continue to build up these reserves so that unforeseen necds may be promptly supplied.

A bequest of $500 from the estate of the late David H. Henry, formerly an elder in the Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., was received by the committee in November. Our deep appreciation has been expressed to the family of Mr. Henry for this generous gift. The committee has determined to add an equal amount from its general funds to this bequest, and secure another Ohurch Extension Fund note of $1,000 to add to its reserves.

An appeal has come to us involving assistance for care provided to the family of one of our ministers by the Bethesda Hospital in Denver, &lo. It is the judgment of our committee that our denominational support of this and other Christian Reformed sana- toriums will be of great benefit to any of our Orthodox Presbyterian families needing their services. For this reason we have, as a committee, begun to give support to one of these institutions. We would urge our churches to receive offerings for this purpose to enable our committee to extend its support to others as soon as possible, m to place this cause in their local budgets.

be secured for use by our churches t K, ough a request to the Secretary-Treasurer.

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OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Late in the year the committee was informed of an organization of Korean Christians established to aid in the purchase and development of a land area to provide home! and 1iveli.hood for cured leper patients. These unfortunate people, thou& cured of their affliction, are unable to enter the normal social or business circles, or to return to their families, and are thus faced with severe hardships. They no longer receive the welfare support provided to leper patients with the disease, and must find means for providing their own necessities. This group of Christians has taken the name of The Christian Cooperative League, and has asked our missionaries, the Rev. Messrs. Harvie tM. Conn and Theodore J. Hard, to be members. A project for ohe purchase of a large tract of 580 acres of mountain slope near Pusan has been undertaken, and payments of over $2,700 have been raised and deposited as a down payment. In November and December about one third of the full purchase price of $8,235 was secured in America, including $850 from our committee, and over $1,300 from outside the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. There will probably be need for over $2,000 more in the coming months to pay the costs of title and incorporation, and other expense in re-establishing leper patients who will build homes on the land and cultivate it for personal and commercial uses. Several kinds of nut crops and forage crops can be cultivated for local and foreign markets. The Youngkwang Leper Seminary trustees have expressed a willingness to locate permanently on this land and assume the responsibility for its administration. More information about this bold and gracious venture will be provided as its progress is followed by our committee. Our churc’hes are urged to pray that God may grant success to this project.

ELECTIONS The terms of the Rev. Leonard F. Chanoux and Deacon Irving J. Triggs as mem-

bers of this committee expire at this Assembly. RECOMMENDATIONS

The committee recommends: (1) Tlhat the deacons of all local churches be encouraged to manifest increased diligence in making their congregations aware of the various ministries of this Committee, and that they give all funds not needed for local ministries to strengthen this committee in its work at home and abroad. (2) That the Committee m General Benevolence be authorized to participate as a member of the “International Reformed Agency for Migration,” if the General Assembly shall judge that $he financial obligations of such membership and participation are within the competence of our church and committee.

BUDGET FOR 1966

REPORT OF THE TREASURER GENERAL FUND

The Budget for 1966 will be presented by the Stewardship Committee.

BALANCE ON HAND, January 1, 1964 _____I__L_I_____I____I- $ 1,818.84 RECEIPTS

Contributions 0. P. churches

Undesignated ___I__I_____I_c____Ic_ $5,674.10 Designated ____ ~ -___I___--____--II 2,7 1 1.08

Undesignated 624.00 Designated __-____I_- - ______-_ 252.00

Individuals .

Non-0. P. C. - Designated _____--_-__-_c_ 78.00 9,339.18

$1 1,158.02 -_----- -------

Total Funds Available __c___________I_ ____


DISBURSEMENTS

Office and Administration Postage, Telephone and Supplies --___-____-___ $ Secretary - Treasurer’s Honorarium -___--_____

86.36 250.00

Intermediary - Eritrea Hospital -___-______-__ Relief (Special)

Gospel Light Hospital - Pusan, Korea -__ _______ $ 400.00 Deacons - Korean churches c_I--__-__ 300.00

25.00

700.00

Relief - Designated Multi-Purpose Food (Meals in Millions) ________________________ $1,330.00 Powdered Whole Milk, Korea ________________________ 577.60 Korean Orphans _________ _________________ 235.00 Leper Patients, Korea _____ ____-__________ 1,175 .OO ,Christian Cooperative League (Leper Land) _-__ 770.00 Shipping Used Clothing, Korea _______ __ ______ ~ 170.5 1

Transferred - To Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund _____

BALANCE ON HAND, December 31, 1964 ___________-____________ “Includes Transfers from other Funds:

General Fund To Powdered Whole Milk ______-______ ---$ 200.00 To Multi-Purpose Food -_____ 500.00 To Leper Patients -_-_-__________ 1,125.00 To Taiwan Clinic Fund _________-_________ 250.00

160.00

$2,235.00

Korean Orphans to Powdered Whole Milk __-_____ -------

AGED AND INFIRM MINISTERS’ FUND BALANCE ON HAND, January 1, 1964 ______-___________-

Contributions 0. P. churches $1,596.20 Individuals ______________I___________________II___ 5 14.00 Interest on Demand Notes L______________-_ 120.00

_------ Transferred from other Funds

From General Fund -_______________-_-_-_____ $2,500.00 From Emergency Fund _____________________________ 5.00 -------

Total Funds Available _________l-l_--______I

Ministerial Aid I___-_ -___________ $3,127.15 Gurch Extension F G d Demand Note (A-116) ___-____ 500.00

DISBURSEMENTS

BALANCE ON HAND, December 31, 1964

. 4,258.11”

2,505.00

$ 7,824.47 -------

$ 3,333.55

$ 221.19

2,230.20

2,505 .OO

$ 4,956.39 -------

3,627.1 5

$ 1,329.24 -------


OTHER ASSETS

Church Extension Fund Demand Notes: A-40 ________l___I__I_____-----------Ic- $ 500.00

A- 8 8 __________I_________I______-__ 1,000.00 A-95 ____l________________-_____l_________ll_l__----- 500.00 A-116 ______I______-__c___I___-______- 500.00

Total ____-_________--___ __ ___________ $3,500.00

A-64 _______________I_____________-_I______ 1,000.00

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SUMMARY

Cash Balance by Funds General Fund - _-___-__- ~ ------- ----$3,333.55

Aged and Infirm Ministers Fund __ ___________-_-__-_ 1,329.24 $ 4,662.79

General Fund Cash restricted as follows: Taiwan Clinic Fund _-_- -----$ 250.00 Powdered Whole Milk __-__ ___- 16.97

263.74 Korean Orphans ________________-_-__----_- 213.52 Leper Patients, Korea ___-___-___ --- _-___ 317.56 Shipping Used Clothes (Deficit) 105.25

. Multi-Purpose Food (Meals for Millions) __

Total - Restricted Funds ~_- - -__ - - Unrestricted General Funds ------ Audited and found correct - February 19, 1965.

LEWIS W. ROBERTS

$ 956.54 $ 3,706.25

The first recommendation was moved. On motion consideration of this recommendation was postponed until considera-

tion of item 26 on the docket. The second recommendation was adopted in the following amended form: That the

Committee on General Benevolence be authorized to participate as a member of the International Reformed Agency for Migration and to make a membership contribution of $100.

The following were nominated to the class of 1968 of the Committee on General Benevolence: Ministers - Hall, Parker, Hart, Hard, Conn, and Arthur 0. Olson; Deacon - Irving J. Triggs.

There being only one deacon nominee, the Moderator declared Mr. Triggs elected. On motion Mr. Hard's request that his name be withdrawn was granted. By unanimous consent, the Assistant Clerk read the Minutes of the morning of

July 9. The Minutes were approved as corrected. On the second ballot, Mr. Conn was elected to the Committee on General

Benevolence. On motion the report of the Committee on Correspondence with Other Churches and

the report. of a minority of the committee were ordered to be printed in the Minutes without their being read orally. The reports are as follows:


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE WITH OTHEE CHURCHES

Fathers and Brethren: The committee has met four times since it was made a standing committee by the

Thirty-first General Assembly. In response to authorizations and instructions of the Thirty-first General Assembly:

The committee appointed its chairman, the Rev. LeRoy B. Oliver, to represent the Orthodox Presbyterian Church at a proposed exploratory conference to be held in the fall cf 1964 under the auspices of the National Association of Evangelicals. No such conference was held at that time, and the committee knows of no plans for such a conference in the near future.

The committee prepared a statement of the functions it believes the committee should exercise and judges that the preparation of this statement in effect complies with the Assembly’s request that the committee “study the matter of the appointment of fraternal delegates and report to a future Assembly.”

At the request of the General Secretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, the committee appointed the Rev. John P. Galbraith, the Rev. Robert E. Nicholas, and the Rev. Le Roy B. Oliver to represent the Orthodox Presbyterian Church on a joint committee on arrangements and agenda for a regional conference of churdhes of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod on the North American continent. These Orthodox Presby- terian representatives on the joint committee reported that a regional conference was being planned for late July or early August 1966. A budget of $1,000 for preliminary expenses was proposed, with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to provide $300.

In behalf of the General Assembly the committee made the following appointments of fraternal delegates to meetings of other ecclesiastical bodies :

1 . The Rev. Harvie M. Conn to the General Assembly of the Korea Presbyterian Church (Hap Dong group) meeting in Seoul, Korea, in September 1964. The Rev. Bruce F. Hunt was appointed to be Mr. Conn’s alternate.

The Rev. Bruce F. Hunt to the General Assembly of the Korea Presbyterian Church (KO Sin group) meeting in Pusan, Korea, in September 1964. The Rev. Harvie M. Conn was appointed to be Mr. Hunt’s alternate.

The Rev.‘Glenn K. Coie to the meetings of the synods of the Reformed Presby- terian Church in North America, General Synod and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and to the merging synod of these bodies held in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in April 1965.

4. The Rev. Paul Woolley to the synod of the Christian Reformed Church meeting at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, on June 8, 1965.

5. The Rev. Robert E.-Nicholas to rhe synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America meeting at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., on June 9, 1965.

6. The Rev. Henry D. Phillips to the 55th annual session of the Reformed Church in the U.S. (Eureka Classis) meeting on May 3-6, 1965, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

The committee requested the Rev. Professor Cornelius Van Til, Ph.D., to represent the Orthodox Presbyterian Church at the Reformed-Lutheran Conversations which were held in St. Louis, Missouri, in February 1965. The committee received a written report from Dr. Cornelius Van Ti1 reporting on these Lutheran-Reformed Conversations. Dr. Van Ti1 was requested to represent the Orthodox Presbyterian Church at the next meeting and was asked to take care to make it plain that the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is not responsible for any statement issued by the Conversations.

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The committee authorized the Rev. Robert W. Eckardt, Stated Clerk of t.he Thirty-first General Assembly, to attend a meeting of the-Advisory Council of the American Bible Society on November 37-18, 1964, with a view to securing information about bhe relationship between the American Bible Society and churches. Mr. Eckardt presented the information he had gathered to the committee.

The committee extended invitations to the following Churches to send fraternal delegates to this General Assembly:

Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanter) Christian Reformed Church Reformed presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod Reformed Church in the U. S. (Eureka Classis) Korea Presbyterian Church (Hap Dong and KO Sin groups) Reformed Churches of Australia Reformed Churches of New Zealand Reformed Churches in the Netherlands

The committee replied regretfully in the negative to an invitation of the Synod of the Australian Reformed Churches to send a fraternal delegate to its meeting in Geelong on February 9, 1965.

Written reports from the Rev. George W. Knight, I11 and the Rev. LeRoy B. Oliver, fraternal delegates to the 1964 synods of the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanters) respectively, were received by the committee.

The committee recommends: 1. That the committee be named “The Committee on Ecumenicity and Inter-

2. That the following statement of functions of the committee be adopted by this

a. T o receive from the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly correspondence or proposals from other ecclesiastical and religious bodies between Assem- blies and to act on this correspondence pending ratification of the committee’s actions by the Assembly next following receipt of such correspondence. To appoint fraternal delegates to ot,her bodies with whom the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is in correspondence. To counsel fraternal delegates from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to other bodies as to the procedure such delegates are expected to follow and ensure that they are acquainted with the distinctives of and the situation in the churches to which they are sent. T o receive written reports from our fraternal delegates to other bodies and to transmit appropriate information contained in such reports to the General Assembly.

e. To invite other bodies with whom the Orthodox Presbyterian Church desires to _have correspondence to send delegates to our Assembly.

f. To review relationships with other bodies from time to time and recommend to tshe General Assembly appropriate actions.

g. T o act as liaison between the General Secretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod and the General Assemblies of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

That the Assembly at the present time express no formal approval of the

That the Assembly approve an appropriation of $300 for the preliminary ex-

Churah Relations”

I Assembly :

b.

c.

d.

3.

4. American Bible Society.

penses of the North American regional conference of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod.

THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 73 d

ELECTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE

The terms of the following members expire at this Assembly: The Rev. Calvin K. Cummings and F. Kingsley Elder, jr., Ph.D.

REPORT OF A MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE WITH OTHER CHURCHES

The undersigned dissents from the decision of the Committee on Correspondence with Other Churches requesting one of our ministers to represent the Orthodox Presby. terian Church at the next meeting of the Lutheran-Reformed Conversations.

The undersigned recommends that the Orthodox Presbyterian Church discontinue participation in the Lutheran-Reformed Conversations.

Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. KNIGHT, 111

On motion the first recommendation was adopted. The second recommendation was moved. The Assembly recessed at 3:30 p.m. and reconvened at 3:47 p.m. By common consent the order of the day was deferred that the Assembly might hear

the fraternal greetings of Mr. McBurney of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America.

The order of the day having arrived, the Assembly gave consideration to the request of the Presbytery of the West Coast for the advice of the General Assembly on the matter of the application of the Rev. James Austin for ministerial membership in the presbytery. The presbytery reported that Mr. Austin, while holding Reformed convictions, has certain educational deficiences.

On motion this request was referred by the Assembly to a committee of three, appointed by the Moderator, with instruction to report back to this Assembly with specific recommendations. The Moderator appointed Messrs. Oliver, Marston and G. Coie to this committee.

The Assembly returned to the report of the Committee on Correspondence with Other Churches.

On motion recommendation 2b was amended so as to read: “To appoint fraternal delegates to such churches as shall be designated by the General Assembly.” Recommenda- tion 2 was adopted as amended.

Recommendation 3 was adopted. Recommendation 4 was moved. On motion, consideration of this motion was post-

It was moved to adopt rhe recommendation of Mr, Knight’s Minority Report. The Assembly recessed at 5:47 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Poundstone.

FRIDAY EVENING The Assembly reconvened at 7:30 p.m. with the singing of “Like a River Glorious.’’

Dr. Bordeaux led in prayer. The motion on the floor was lost. At the request of Messrs. Hart, Knight, Peterson,

Bomer, and Latal their affirmative votes were recorded. The following were nominated to the class of 1968 of the Committee on Ecumenicity

(formerly the Committee on Corrrespondence with Other Churches) : Ministers - Cummings and Gaffin, Jr; Elders - F. Kingsley Elder, jr. Ph.D.

By common consent the Minutes of the afternoon session were read and approved as corrected.

The Moderator announced the election of the Rev. Mr. Cummings and Dr. Elder to the class of 1968 of the Committee on Ecumenicity.

poned to item 24a on the docket.


The Clerk read the following report by the Orthodox Presbyterian Representatives on the Joint Committee on Arrangements and Agenda for the North American Regional Conference of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod:

REPORT OF T H E ORTHODOX PRESBYT,ERIAN REPRESENTATIVES ON THE OOMMITTEE O N ARRANGEMENTS AND AGENDA

FOR T H E NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL, CONFERENCE OF T H E REFORMED ECUMENICAL SYNOD

A meeting of the joint committee was called by the General Secretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, the Rev. Paul G. Schrotenboer, and was held in Grand Rapids, Mich., on February 5, 1965. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Christian Reformed Church, the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanters) and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. At this meeting there was preliminary discussion of the desirability and nature of a North American regional conference.

A second meeting of the joint committee was held on March 16, 1965, at our Administration Building in Elkins Park, Pa. At that meeting it was determined to hold a North American Regional Conference from noon, Tuesday, July 26, 1966 through the evening of July 28, 1966 at Calvin College and Seminary, Grand Rapids, Mich., and the following statement of purpose was adopted: The discussion of certain subjects aiming at the enlightenment of rhe members of the churches on these subjects and possible action on them by the churches, and the relating of these discussions specifically to the ways of, and hindrances to, bearing an effective Reformed witness today.

The following program is planned for the Conference under the theme: Christ or Chaos : 1 . Christ the Power of the Gospel - The Bible’s Message to a Lost World. Dr. Joel

H. N e d e r h d 2. Christ the Head of the Church - The Scripture’s Answer to Ecclesiastical Confusion.

Prof. Edmund P. Clowney 3. Christ the Critic of His Church - Testing Our Differences by His Word. Panel: Dr. S. Bruce Willson, Moderator, Dr. J. G. Vos, Dr. Gordon J. Spykman, Prof. Edmund P. Clowney, and Dr. Jerome De Jong Christ the H o p of the World - God‘s Promise for a Disillusioned Age. Dr. G. Aiken Taylor Christ the Key to our Unity - The Bible’s Challenge to Our Common Task. Prof. John W . Sanderson The Conference is to be open to all who may bc interested, whether members of

churches of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod or not, and the joint committee adopted a resolution urging local conpegations to make it possible for their pastors, elders, and others to attend.

Your representatives on the joint committee recommend that this General Assembly approve these plans for the Regional Conference and urge ministers and congregations to make plans to participate in the Conference.

4.

5.

Respectfully submitted, . JOHN P. GALBRAITH ROBERT E. NICHOLAS LEROY B. OLIVER

Thc recommendation of the report was adopted. The recommendation of the Committee on Ecumenicity (No. 4) which had been

deferred to this point on the docket was adopted.


Mr. Roberts presented the report -of the- Committee on Stewardship. On motion Standing Rule 35 was suspended to permit this report 'to be printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows:

REPORT OF T H E STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE I The Stewardship Committee received budgets for 1966 from the committees on

Christian Education, Foreign Missions, General Benevolence, and Home Missions .in the same form that .was developed for submission of the budget for 1965. The Stewardship Committee has examined these budgets, giving particular attention to (1) the amounts to be raised from contributions from Grhodox Presbyterian sources, and (2) the relationship of the budgets to the amounts actually given in 1964 and budgeted for 1965. The Stewardship Committee recommends that OUT church provide $309,650 for the work of the four committees for the year 1966, to be divided as follows:

. - Committee

Christian Education Foreign Missions General Benevolence Home Missions Total

1966 1965 Amount % of total Amount 95 of total

$ 60,400 19.5 $ 52,000 20. 128,400 41.5 105,000 41.

9,300 3. 9,120 3. 36. 11 1,550 - 9 1,000 -- 36. -.

$309,650 100. $257,120 100.

The tom1 of $309,650 is the same total as that in the budgets submitted to h e Stewardship Committee. The committee has, however, changed the division of the total by increasing the amount for Christian Education by $2400 and decreasing the amount for General Benevolence by the same amount. This change reflects the desire of the committee (1) to preserve with but minor changes the same percentage division of the budget among the four committees as the 1965 budget provides, and (2) to encourage the Com- mittee on Christian Education to complete the Sunday School curriculum as soon as possible.

The total of $309;650, to be provided from Orthodox Presbyterian sources, is 20% higher than the approved 1965 combined budget. This increase might appear excessive but for the following considerations:

1) The Stewardship Committee substantially underestimated 1964 contributions when the 1965 budget was under study. Contributions in 1964 actually exceeded the 1965 combined budget. If actual contributions in 1965 exceed those in 1964 by an amount consistent with past history, then the 1965 budget will represent less than a 10% increase over 1965 contributions.

2) The Stewardship Committee reduced budgets of all the committees in preparing the 1965 combined budget. The 1966 budgets in effect restore these cuts.

In accordance with the directions of the Thirty-first General Assembly, the Com- mittee on Radio and Television consulted the Stewardship Committee in June 1964 concerning a desire to solicit $5,000 to support a part-time executive secretary. The Committee on Radio and Television was advised not to implement their program at that time. This decision was based in part on the cuts already ,made in the budgets of the four standing committees for 1965. '

More recently the Committee on Radio and Television requested that provision be made for it in the amount of $250 in h e combined budget for 1966. The commi'ttee was advised to present its request to the Geiieral Assembly.

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In making these decisions, the Stewardship Committee did not intend to reflect unfavorably on the programs of the Comlmittee on Radio and Television. W e believe, however, that the addition of new causes to the combined budget should not be undertaken by the Stewardship Committee on its own authority. Such additions, if they are warranted, should be made by the Assembly itself.

In connection with its responsibility to inform the churches quarterly of progress toward meeting the combined budget, the committee has determined to measure progress by comparing cumulative actual contributions to the cumulative share of the combined budget which would have been received if one twelfth of that budget were received each month. This method ignores the Thank Offering and other factors that conspire to cause receipts in one month to differ from those in other months. The committee believes that regular month by month support of the work of our committees is the goal toward which we should strive, and that it is appropriate that the means for measuring progress toward the budget should be consistent with that goal.

The comlmittee has begun work under section B. 7. of the “Plan for the ,Establishment and Operation of a Combined Budget” (Minutes, Thirtieth General Assembly, p. 75), namely, “the encouragement of the practice of biblical principles of financial stewardship in the church.” The committee has adopted a statement of “Basic Requirements for a Program of Stewardship” which it has sent to the Sessions and submits also to the Assembly for its consideration. This statement maintains that the prerequisite for faithful financial stewardship is full and consistent preaching of the Word of God. The committee in the course of time hopes to implement this basic statement with further and more specific aids, but reminds the church rhat the usefulness of such aids depends upon the effective preaching of the Word.

The following tables summarize (1) the budgets of the four committees for 1966 as presented to the Stewardship Committee, together with the amounts to be raised by contributions from Orthodox Presbyterian churches and from other sources, and (2) the amounts approved by the Stewardship Committee.

COMBINED BUDGET ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH COMMITTEES

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1966

Christian Foreign Home General Education Missions Missions Benev. Totals

A. DISBURSEMENTS

Administration Salaries & Allowances $ 21,307 $ 16,988 $ 16,817 $ 250 Office 10,100 3,880 3,130 100 Committee Meetings 400 700 1,200

800 - - Legal and Audit 750 700 32,557 22,268 21,947 350 77,122

Promotion Travel 1,000 500 Messenger or Horizon 1,300 3,000 3,000

3,300 1,480 150 - - Publicity & Advertising - 2,300 6,800 4,480 150 13,730

Missionary Expense

Salaries & Allowances Field Expense & Equip. Field Travel Furlough Travel Furlough Housing Itineration Miscellaneous


Special Projects - Desig.

Production Expense Writing-Salary & Contracted 21,400 Artwork-Salary & Contracted 15,500 Printing Supplies & Misc. Soc. Sec. & Pensions

Purchases for Resale

Selling Expense Shipping - Wages

- Supplies Postage, Ins., etc. Advertising - Magazine

- Catalogs - General

General Benevolence Foreign Relief

Orphans & Lepers Food & Clothing Deacons, Hospitals, etc.

Aged & Infirm Ministers

Repayment of Loans Interest Paid Reserve Fund Capital Expenditures BUDGET APPROVED

B. RECEIPTS Contributions

Or&. Presby. Church Designated - Budget Designated - Medical

57,000 550

1,500 7,600

103,5 50

3,000 1,500 1,490 8,500 4,100

10,100 28,690

2,600

1,630 $1 71,327

$ 60,400

7 1,402 22,335

5,400 15,460 3,150 2,400 1,400

85,020 3,850 2,000

700 121,187 1 1,000

1,500 5 00 5 00

16,300 $180,05 5

$1 13,400

15,000

91,570

5 00

753 $1 19,250

$1 06,850 4,700

60,400 128,400 11 1,550

77

2,500 3,000 3,000 2,000

10,500

1,000

$12,000

$ 9,300

9,300

212,757 1 1,000

103,550

28,690 .

10,500 1,500 3,600 1,500

18,683 $482,632

$289,950 4,700

15,000 309,650

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Others - Budget

Special Projects Hospital & Medical

Interest Sales - Materials

Other Income

;. Funds on Hand

Services

~ !. Total

Anticipated Surplus

15,500

rn 175

92,950 5,000

10 $1 74,035

$174,035 $ 2,708

2 1,400 16,000

9,000 $174,800

$174,800 8,600

$183,400 $ ' 3,345

5,000 100

- - $116,550 $ 9,400

220

200 - - $116,750 $ 9,620

2,s 00 2,s 40 $1 19,250 $12,160 $ 0 $ 160

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CONTRIBUTTONS To BUDGETS OF COMMITTEES Actual 1963-64

Budgeted 1965-66

Revised Proposed Approved Actual Actual Budget Budget Budget

1963 1964 1965 1966 1966 From Orthodox Presbyterian Church Chr. Educ. $ 32,305 $ 43,291 $ 52,000 $ 58,000 $ 60,400 For. Miss. 102,528 112,753 105,000 128,400 128,400 Home Miss. 77,893 90,516 91,000 111,550 111,550

8,767 11,371 9,120 1 1,700 9,300 Gen. Ben. $221,493 $257,931 $257,120 $309,650 $309,650

- - --

. 42,000 16,000 9,000

395 92,950

5,000 210

$376,650

$475,205 13,640

$488,845 $ 6,213

% of Total OPC Cont. to Budget

1966

19.5% 41.5% 36%

3% 100%

F t - m Others Chr. Educ. $ 5,363 $ 4,344 $ 5,000 $ 15,500 For. Miss. 43,047 33,913 100,600 46,400 Home Miss. 5,991 3,779 1 1,000 5,000

902 78 1,300 100 Gen. Ben. $ 55,303 $ 42,114 $117,900 $ 67,000

TOTALS $276,796 $300,045 $375,020 $376,650

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The Cornmitttee draws to the attention of the General Assembly that the Thirtieth General Assembly did not assign to separate classes the members which it elected, as provided in Section A,3 of the Plan (see Minutes pp. 75, 79).

The committee recommends that: 1. The General Assembly approve the total budget of the four committees amounting to $488,845 and recommend to our churches that they provide a minimum of $309,650 toward

2. The Assembly commend the committees, their work, and their representatives to the churches for faithful support by prayer and gift; and 3. The committee be continued and that this General Assembly assign to separate classes the three members of this Committee Who have been elected by the General Assembly.

On separate motions the recommendations of the Committee on Stewardship were adopted.

The Assembly recessed at 9:35 p.m. with prayer by Mr. De Master.

t

. this budget;


SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 10 After a devotional service led by Mr. Taws, the Assembly reconvened at 8:55 a.m. The Minutes of the evening session of July 9 were approved as read. In accordance with the third recommendation of the Committee on Stewardship,

the Assembly on motion assigned Mr. Barker to the class of 1968, Mr. Keenan to the class of 1967, and Mr. Metzger to the class of 1966.

On motion the Committee on General Benevolence was removed from the jurisdiction of the Stewardship Cbmmittee as of January 1, 1966; and the 1966 budget of this committee was ordered separated from the combined budget.

On motion it was determined that the Committee on General Benevolence should present its annual budgets to that General Assembly immediately prior to the beginning of the fiscal year covered by the budget.

Mr. Oliver reported as follows for the committee on the request of the Presbytery of the West Coast concerning the application of the Rev. James Austin for admission to the ministry of the Orthodox Presbyterian Ghurch:

In the opinion of the committee, Chapter XIV, Section 7 of the Form of Government is not germane to the present case because that section is dealhg with candidates for licensure.

2. It is the judgment of the committee that Chapter XV, Section 16 states the grounds on which an ordained minister of another denomination may be admitted into the ministry of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. According to this section the presbytery shall require such an ordained minister to give evidence of possessing the qualifications, in regard to piety, faith and learning, which are demanded 01 candidates for ordination (See Chapter XV, Section 11). However, the presbytery does have the right to waive any of these requirements except the examination in theology on the floor of the presbytery. The committee recommends that the Assembly adopt this report as its answer to the request of the Presbtyery of the West Coast.

1.

3.

Respectfully submitted, GLENN R. COIE GEORGE W. MARSTON LEROY B. OLIVER

The recommendation of the committee was moved. The Assembly recessed at 10:30 a.m. and reconvened at 10:SO a.m. The Assembly recessed at noon with prayer by Mr. Woodruff.

MONDAY MORNING, JULY 12

After a devotional service led by Mr. Poundstone, the Assembly reconvened at 9:38

The Minutes of the meeting of July 10 were approved as read. On motion the Rev. Nelson K. Malkus, fraternal delegate of the Reformed

Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, was enrolled as a corresponding member and given the privilege of the floor.

On motion the report of the Committee on Overtures and Communications with respect to Overture 4, from the Presbytery of the West Coast, was made the order of the day at 7: 30 p.m., July 12, immediately upon the reconvening, of the Assembly.

The following motion was substituted for the motion to adopt the report of the Com- mittee Concerning the Reception of the Rev. James Austin: That the General Assembly advises the Presbytery of the West Coast that i€ that Presbytery is satisfied with the faith, piety, learning, and theological examination of Mr. Austin, the Presbytery might receive him as a licentiate and afford him the opportunity

a.m. with prayer by Mr. Conn.


to preach the Word as a Stated Supply, and continue in that capacity until he is able to satisfy the Orthodox Presbyterian requirements for ordination (Form of Government XV, 11), at which time he may be received as one already ordained.

The Assembly recessed at 10:31 a.m. and reconvened at 10:47 a.m. T.he motion on the floor was adopted. Mr. Edwards requested that his negative

Mr. Vining reported for the Committee on Administration of Medical Missions. On motion the first portion of this report was ordered printed in the Minutes

On motion standing Rule 35 was suspended and the second portion of this report

The reports are as follows:

vote be recorded.

without oral reading.

was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being read orally.

REPORT OF T H E COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL MISSIONS

Fathers and Brethren: The Thirty-first General Assembly erected a committee to present a report to this

Assembly “dealing with the proper administration of” “the work of medical missions.’’ Your committee reports that it deems it most practical for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to carry on this work through its Committee on Foreign Missions for the following reasons :

1. There is no Scripture principle which would make it improper for the foreign missionary agency of the church to conduct tihe churoh’s medical missionary work.

2. Multiplication of alien organizations in foreign mission fields obscures the identification and relationship of these organizations in the minds of the government authorities.

3. The conduct of medical work as an integral part of the evangelistic enterpri!e gives to government authorities, who otherwise simply tolerate our presence, more reason to favor our whole work as a benefit to their people.

4. Medical work conducted as a part of our evangelistic task enables the national people to see our personnel as one group and to apply to all our missionaries their good will which results from the medical care they have received from “the missionaries.’’

5. Were medical workers in a category and organization separate from the evangelistic Mission they would not be regarded by the government as “missionaries.” They might therefore easily, even probably, not be permitted to propagate the Christian faith freely, and they would be subject to government interference which would obscure the Christian character of the work.

6. Placing the medical work under separate administration would duplicate the serious difficulties encountered in obtaining permission for the entrance of a new organization as well as the great amount of time and energy required to maintain good relations with authorities so that any work at all can continue.

7. Administering the medical work separately from the Mission would require separate administration at home, with the attendant duplication of personnel, time, and expense, not to mention the difficulty of avoiding conflicting policies.

8. The evangelistic purposes of our churc‘h’s work on the foreign field will be coordinated better, and serious conflicts either avoided or resolved, if all the workers are part of one organization which sees the work as a whole and has one objective.

ROBERT L. VINING Ohairman


SUPPLEMENT TO THE REPORT OF

THE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL WORK

The Thirty-first General Assembly referred the second recommendation of the Com- mittee on General Benevolence to this committee, namely, “That all of our churches be requested to direct all funds solicited and received distinctly for charitable causes, beyond local diaconate needs, to the Committee on General Benevolence” (Minutes, p. 87).

In the opinion of this committee diaconal funds for use beyond local needs may be solicited, received, and distributed properly by presbyteries, by the missionary arms of the General Assembly, and by the Committee on General Benevolence.

It is proper that presbyteries be concerned with, and ,minister to, the relief needs within their bounds if they desire. And it would be proper in emergencies, since the church is one, for the presbyteries to seeJ the help of the whole church.

In the missionary activities of the church occasions may arise in which relief assistance is desirable or necessary for the people in the area of their ministry, whether within or outside the church. Since such assistance normally should be given in association with the missionmy work as far as possible, and since the information concerning the nceJ as well as the means of administering it is through the missionaries, diaconal funds for use in home and foreign mission fields should be sought and distributed by, or with the approval of, the missionary agencies.

Inasmuch as the Committee on General Benevolence is a committee of the General Assembly, it is concerned with matters relating to the whole church. These matters have been defined by the General Assembly to include assistance to aged and infirm ministers, ministers’ widows and orphans, and “relief work of the church which is outside the purview of diaconates and presbyteries” (20th G.A. Minutes, p. 68). The latter definition of the committee specifies (1) its work is that of relief, (2) it is intended to function where more localized authority does not reach.

Your committee believes it wise, at least for the present, Ln rhe absence of reasons for the broadening of its work, to continue the sphere of activity of the Committee on General Benevolence as originally intended, as “relief work,” not “charitable causes” in general.

With respect to the question of where the Committee on General Benevolence shall function, your committee would make the following observations : 1. Authority and responsibility for carrying out relief work properly lies first with those

most closely associated with the need. They know most about rhe need itself and the best means and pitfalls involved in ministering to it; they are held responsible by those who have the need, and it is they who have to administer the distribution of the relief.

2. Although those who are living and working on the scene of the need for relief have th? proximate responsibility, the whole church also shares in rhat responsibility.

3. It is proper to have a committee which can express the corporate responsibility of the church by marshalling the resources of the whole church in support of a local need which may require larger resources than those available locally. It is also proper that such a committee serve rhe church upon its own initiative, in times of emergency or catastrophe, in places where the church is not otherwise represented.

4. When the church or its representatives in an area see a need for relief which they deem too large for their resources they may call for the assistance of the whole church. Ordinarily this assistance might be sought through the Committee on General Benevolence, although a sudden emergency might require a direct appeal by diaconates, presbyteries, or mission agencies; in either case those with whom the appeal originates should administer and distribute the supplies received to provide the need.


Your committee therefore recommends that the Committee on General Benevolence : 1 . Be commended for its desire to serve Christ more and more fully; 2. Be informed that its concern should be that of relief, as originally provided, not

“charitable causes” in general; 3. Be encouraged to assist the diaconates, presbyteries, and orher agencies of the church,

when requested by them, in providing relief for those in need; and to rhat end be authorized to solicit and disburse funds for such purposes;

4. Be further authorized to solicit contributions of funds which local diaconates may have on hand which may not be needed locally, and to distribute such funds at their discretion where the church is not otherwise represented.

Respectfully submitted, ROBERT L. VINING Chairman

On separate motions the four recommendations were adopted. Recommendation 1 of the Committee on General Benevolence which had been deferred to this point was amended by the deletion of the word “all” before the word “funds.” The recommendation as amended was adopted.

The report of the Committee on Revisions to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline, with its minority reports, was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. These reports are as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISIONS TO THE FORM OF GOVEnNMENT AND BOOK OF DISCIPLINE

The committee respectfully submits to the Thirtysecond General Assembly a Second Revised Version of Chapter XVIII of the Form of Government to be substituted for Chapter XVI of the Revised Version submitted to the Twenty-second General Assembly. The committee has also revised Chapter XIV, Section 6 of its Second Revised Version to substitute for the words “including the supervision of all organizations within the church” the form: “to supervise h e work of the deacons and the trustees and all the organizations of the congregation.’’ Minority reports on Chapter XVIII, submitted by the Rev. Edmund P. Clowney and the Rev. John P. Galbraith, are appended. The committee recommends: (1) that this revision together with the minority reports be submitted to the presbyteries and sessions for study and (2) that the committee be continued.

CHAPTER XVIII Of Electing and Ordaining Ruling Elders and Deacons

1. Every congregation shall elect persons to the office of ruling elder and, in ordinary circumstances, to bhe office of deacon, in whatever manner it may approve. In all cases the persons elected must be male members in full communion in the church in which they are to exercise their office.

2. Nominations of persons to be elected to these offices may be made by members of the congregation who are qualified to vote. To assist in insuring that the persons who may be chosen possess the requisite qualifications, however, the session may make nominations for election to fihese offices. It is proper that all nominations shall be announced on the two Lord’s days preceding the date appointed for the election; the session shall make provision for such announcement. The session shall proceed to the ordination of the persons elected only when it has assured itself by examination that they possess the necessary qualifications and are willing to serve.

3. The person elected shall be put in actual possession of his office only by ordination whereby he is solemnly set apart by prayer and the laying on of hands for the ‘labor to which he has been called.

4. The person to be ordained shall be set apart, in the presence of the congregation, in the following manner.

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' The minister shall state the warrant and nature of the office of ruling elder or deacon, together with the character proper to, be sustained, and .the duties to be' fulfilled by bhe officer-elect. He shall then propose to the candidate the following questions:

(1) Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice?

(2) Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and Catechisms of this church, as setting forth-the system of doctrine taught in the holy Scriptures?

(3) Do you approve the government and discipline of the Orthodox .Presby- terian Church?

(4) Do you accept the office of ruling elder (or deacon) in this congregation, and promise, in reliance on the grace of God, faithfully to perform all the duties thereof?

(5) Do you promise to study the purity, the peace, and the unity of the church? When these questions have been answered in the affirmative, the minister shall address

to the members of the congregation the follcwing question: Do you, the members of this church, acknowledge and receive this brother as a ruling

elder (or deacon), and do you promise to yield him all that honor, encouragement, and obedience in the Lord, to which his office, according to bhe Word of God and the constitution of this churdh, entitles him?

Wchen the members of the church have answered this question in the affirmative, by holding up their right hands, the candidate shall kneel and be ordained with prayer and the laying on of the hands of the session to the office of ruling elder, or deacon, and the minister shall give to him and to the congregation an exhortation suited to the occasion.

5. Sessions and boards of deacons may arrange for the distribution or rotation of particular duties in accord with the circumstances of the congregation and the number of officers available.

6. The offices of ruling elder and deacon may not be lightly laid aside. If a ruling elder or deacon desires to resign from office, he shall be asked to state his reasons to the session. Unless it is apparent that these are valid the session shall request him to wait three months, and, if he accedes to this request, the session in the meantime shall inquire with all diligence into the validity of the reasons. If at the end of this period his desire is unchanged and the session is satisfied as to the sufficiency of his reasons, the session shall record the facts in its minutes, erase his name from the roll of office-bearers, and inform the congregation of the action. If rhe reasons be deemed insufficient and he cannot be dissuaded from !his course the session shall determine whether further action should be taken.

7. A ruling elder or deacon may be deposcd from office by the session for offense. The provisions of the Book of Discipline for judicial process shall be observed in such a case. Moreover, a ruling elder or deacon, though chargeable with neither heresy nor im- morality, may be divested of his office because of his inability to serve the ohwch in this position. Sudh divestment may take place when the office-bearer is prevented by infirmity from exercising his office, and should be carried out when the office-bearer manifests a lack of the requisite gifts. In such cases action leading to divestiture may be taken in response to a request of the congregation or upon the initiative of the session. In no event may the session proceed to divestiture unless the office-bearer in question has been duly informed and given an opportunity at a subsequent meeting of the session to defend his continuance in office or to resign.

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On behalf of the committee, Respectfully submitted, JOHN MURRAY, Chairman


REPORT OF A MINORITY OF T H E COMMITTEE ON REVISIONS TO THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND BOOK OF DISCIPLINE

Fathers and Brethren: The undersigned respectfully submits bhe following as a substitute for Chapter XVIII,

Sections 3, 4, and 5, of the committee’s Second Revised Version, constituting retention of the form of the committee’s Revised Version, Chapter XVI, Sections 3, 4, and 5:

3. A particular church may determine to elect ruling elders and deacons to serve either for life or for a limited time. If the election is for a limited time the term of office shall be not less than three years, and the session or board of deacons shall be divided into classes, one of which shall be elected eaoh year.

4. The person elected shall be put in actual possession of his office only by ordination whereby he is solemnly set apart by prayer and the laying on of hands for the labor to whidh he is called. When election is for a limited time a person re-elected shall be ordained to office at the beginning of each new term.

5. The person to be ordained . . . (as in committee’s Section 4). Respectfully submitted, JOHN P. GALBRAITH

REPORT OF A MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISIONS TO THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND BOOK OF DISCIPLINE

The undersigned minority presents the following alternative second revised version of chapter XVIII of the Form of Government: Sections 1, 2 Same as committee version

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Delete “and the laying on of hands” from committee version Last paragraph, substitute the following:

When the members of the church have answered this question in the affirmative, by holding up their right hands, the minister shall proceed to set apart the candidate by prayer to the office of ruling elder (or deacon, as the case may be), and shall give to him and to the congregation an edhortation suited to the occasion.

m e r e fihere is an existing session, it is proper that the members of that body, at the close of the service, and in the face of the congregation, take the newly ordained elder fby the hand, saying, in words to this purpose, “We give you the right hand of fellowship, to take part of this office with us.”

Section 5 Insert present section 4:

Sections 6, 7, 8 (Renumber these sections) Respectfully submitted, EDMUND P. CLOWNEY

The first recommendation of the Committee on Revisions to the Form of Government

The second recommendation was adopted. On motion the report of the Committee to Confer with Representatives of the

Christian Reformed Church was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

and Book of Discipline was adopted.

Your committee has, as is customary, held one meeting with the corresponding committee of the Christian Reformed Church. This joint meeting convened in Morristown, New Jersey on November 27, 1964. The membership of the committee of the Christian


Reformed Church was different in its entirety from that of the previous committee. The meeting was, therefore, (largely spent in discussing matters previously considered and in mutually informing one another concerning procedures and practices in the respective churches. It is the conviction of your committee that a certain amount of misinformation was in this manner corrected,

Your committee understands that in accordance with its hopes as previously expressed, the Committee on Ohurch Order Revision of the Christian Reformed Church met on ’January 4 and 5, 1965 with the Committee on Revision of the Form of Govern- ment of the Ort‘hodox Presbyterian Church. No formal report of this meeting has yet reached your committee. When such a report is made to us it may be possible to provide the General Assembly with a supplementary report.

The committee is willing to be continued, if the Assembly so desires. Respectfully submitted,

CALVIN A. BUSCH EDMUND P. CLOWNEY BERT L. ROEBER PAUL WOOLLEY, Chairman

March 17, 1965

On motion the committee was continued. Mr. Galbraith reported for the committee of three to consider the recommendations

of the supplementary report of the Committee on Home Missions and Church ,Extension concerning the Confession of 1967. The report is as fallows:

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONFESSION OF 1967

The Committee appointed to consider the joint report of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension and the Committee on Christian Education relative to the proposed “Confession of 1967” has reviewed the report of these committees on this matter together with Communication 13. The committee recommends:

That the General Assembly approve the following statements of Objectives and Means as guides for a program directed to members of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

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A. Objectives 1. To reach both ministers and laymen of the United Presbyterian Church

in the U.S.A. who are either unaware of the meaning of the new confession or are concerned about it.

2. To convince such people of our common concern and of our common heritage of faith.

3. To offa our lhelp and assurance of support for them in their present situation and to encourage them to take a firm and O p e n stand for the *Chdstian faith and in opposition to the theology set forth by the new confession.

To present the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as the logical choice for congregations and individuals who desire to maintain the historic Paresbyterian faith.

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B. Means 1.

2.

The presbyteries and sessions be urged to sponsor public information meet-

A series of at least six advertisements be prepared for placement in the ings concerning the Confession of 1967.

religious press beginning in the fall to run over the next year and a half.


3. A series of pamphlets on the issues raised by the new confession. These pamphlets will be offered to our churches and to all who respond to the advertisementq, and one of them will be mailed with a covering letter to ministers and others in the United Presbyterian Church offering them in quantity for distribution.

4. Preparation of advertising mats for use in promoting local efforts to reach United Presbyterians.

5. Organization of follow-up contacts under the supervision of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension.

11. , That the General Assembly adopt the following resolution: Whereas, the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the

U.S.A. meeting in Columbus, Ohio in May 1965 by vote of an overwhelming majority began the process of amending its doctrinal standards, which process is intended to lead to that denomination’s abandonment of the Westminster Confession of Faith and Cate- chisms as the current and authoritative confession of its faith; and

Whereas, this proposed change is based upon a clear denial of the Bible as the infallible Word of God; and

Whereas, such denial destroys the only foundation for the basic doctrines of the historic Christian faith; and

Whereas, the all-important doctrine of the substitutionary atonement of Christ is stated to be merely an “image of a truth,” not the truth itself;

Therefore be it resolved, That this Thirty-second General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church declares that the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is completely committed to the Bible as the written Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice, and to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms as faithfully and fully setting forth the teachings of Holy Scripture; and

Be it further resolved, That the Orthodox Presbyterian Church hereby express its desire to sewe those in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. who wish to continue adherence to the historic Qhristian faith as summarized in the Westminster Standards.

That the General Assembly recommend to the presbyteries and sessions that they sponsor public information meetings concerning the proposed “Confession of 1967.”

That the following budget be adopted for the implementation of this program:

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Advertising $4,800 Printing 5,000 Postage 500 Travel Expense for follow-up 3,000

$13,300

and that to obtain the necessary funds these committees be authorized to appeal to the churches for the sum of $5,000 to support this program for the remainder OP 1965, and to increase their budgets for 1966 by $5,000 for the Committee on Christian Education and $3,000 for the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension.

Tahat Communication 13 be referred to the- Committees on Christian Education and Home Missions and Church Extension for their use in assisting presbyteries and sessions in sponsoring public in_formation meetings, and request these committees to consider the preparation of a covenant, or statement of faith and action, by which members of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. couldlcommit themselves to the preservation and propagation of the historic Presbyterian faith.

V.


The first recommendation was adopted. The second recommendation was moved as a Resolution of the Assembly. On motion the recommendation was amended by the deletion of the words f‘and

fully” from the fifth paragraph. It was moved to amend the fourth paragraph of the resolution by substituting the

following words after thc words “doctrine of”: “vicarious satisfaction of a legal penalty is stated to be merely an image of the truth of ‘God’s reconciling act i n , Jesus Christ’ and not that truth itself. ”

On motion the docket was amended to reconvene at 1:30 p.m. The Assembly recessed at 12: 16 p.m. with prayer by Ms. Churchill.

MONDAY AFTERNOON

The Assembly reconvened at 1 : 31 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Dortzbach. By common consent, the following report of the Travel Fund Committee was presented

by Mr. Malcor:

REPORT OF T H E COMMITTEE ON TRAVEL FUND

The Travel Fund Committee reports that, in addition to the previous balance of $7,432.56, six churches have contxibuted an additional $302.83, bringing the total available for distribution to $7,735.39.

It has been determined that if $.026 per mile (rounded to the nearest dollar) be paid for each mile traveled over 400 miles round trip for each valid travel claim, the balance in the General Assembly Travel Fund will be $159.39.

RECOMMENDATIONS

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2.

That $.026 per mile (rounded to the nearest dollar) be paid for each mile traveled over 400 miles round trip for each valid travel claim.

That the Rev. Edward L. Kellogg, who traveled to Portland for the General Assembly but was called home before enrollment because of an emergency, be granted full travel allowance on the same basis as stated in recommendation NO. 1.

That the distributim of the Travel Fund shall not be made before the reading of the Minutes of the final session of the Thirty-second General Assembly.

3.

Respectfully submitted, GLENN T. BLACK ‘CALVIN R. MALCOR THOMAS MILLARD

On separate motions the recommendations of the Travel Fund Committee were adopted.

On motion the second recommendation of the Committee on a Resolution concerning the Confession of 1967 and the motion to amend it were sent back to the committee for later report to this Assembly.

The third recommendation was adopted. The fourth recommendation was adopted. The fifth recommendation was adopted with the inclusion of the words “that this

General Assembly” between the words “and” and “request.” On motion Standing Rule 35 was suspended and the report of the Committee on

Radio and Television was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being orally read. The report is as follows:


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RADIO AND TELEVISION

The committee has met four times since the last General Assembly. In order to define objectives in the light of its mandate, the following description of objective and goals has been adopted:

GENERAL OBJECTIVE The encouragement, coordination, and service of the ministry of the Orthodox Presby-

terian Church in the United States and Canada through the use of mass media of communication.

SPECIFIC IMMEDIATE GOALS 1. Conduct a survey of the Orthodox Presbyterian churches to determine what use

is now being made of these media, and what further outlets are now available. 2. Compile a working bibliography and a brief manual for the help of pastors and

sessions seeking to establish or expand such a ministry. 3. Compile and maintain a selective library of recorded materials to indicate the

kinds of programs now being aired by Orthodox Presbyterian sponsors. 4. Analyze current opportunities and evaluate program formats with a view to recom-

mending workable approaches to the use of radio on the part of local churches or missionary pastors.

5. In the light of such studies, !eek to secure the necessary means and personnel for the production of several series of radio programs for use in radio stations with sponsor identification by local Orthodox Presbyterian churches. If usable programs already exist, the distribution of these should be expedited.

6. Develop an advertising and literature distribution program to be coordinated with a radio or television ministry. Correspondence courses should be considered.

7. Establish one or more institute or workshops for the instruction of pastors in the use of these media.

The committee requested the advice of the Stewardship Committee on the wisdom of seeking to raise funds for employing an executive secretary and was advised by the Stewardship Committee that they did not think this was wise at this time. Consequently, the committee has determined to move toward these same goals using what time and ability its members may have for these tasks.

A survey of churches is being undertaken in 1965. I(See goal No. 1 above.) It is estimated that the committee will need about $250 to do its work during 1966. These fun& will be used to begin work on goals Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 7. PSans are being discussed for a workshop prior to the Thirty-third General Assembly if the other committees of the church plan to hold a pre-Assembly conference.

Mr. J. Paul Hunsberger has informed the committee of his desire to resign from service on the committee, thus the committee informs the General Assembly of the need for the election of a member to replace Mr. Hunsberger.

Recommendations 1. The committee recommends that it be continued. 2. The committee recommends that it be allowed to draw on General Assembly

funds in the amount mentioned above in the report.

Submitted for the committee LAURENCE C. SIBLEY Secretary


On separate motions the recommendations of the committee were adopted. On motion, MI. Hunsberger’s resignation from the Committee on Radio and Tele-

vision was accepted. On motion it was decided to elect an additional member to the Committee on Radlio

and Television. The following were nominated: Ministers - Conn, Georgian, De Velde Miller; Elders - Viss.

Mr. Georgian was elected on the second ballot. Dr. Bordeaux reported as Liaison Representat,ive to the World Home Bible League

as follows:

REPORT OF T H E LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE TO T H E WORLD HQME BIBLE LEAGUE

Serving God so near the home office of the World Home Bible League, it has been a pleasure to be the liaison representative of our denomination to the W.H.B.L. I have attended the Board Meetings of the League as a fraternal delegate; also, the Annual Conference held over Labor Day weekend in 1964. It is my plan to be present at Winona Lake, Indiana, for part of the Annual Conference scheduled for Labor Day weekend of this year.

The most qualified person to offer a report to this Assembly is not your li$son representative, but the Director of W.H.B.L., William A. Ackerman, who regrets his inability to be with us in person on this occasion. I, therefore, glad’ly submit his report especially prepared for this Assembly :

REPORT OF T H E WORLD HOME BIBLE LEAGUE

Two and one half years ago, the World Home Bible League participated in a mission conference held in South Holland, Illinois. At this time one of the speakers addressing a group of men stated, “Tomorrow you are going to go to your particular job, some of you in the office, others in the factory, but wherever you go I am sure you are going to do everything you can to help advance your particular vocation. What we need in the Kingdom of God today are men and women who are willing to show that sensitivity for the advancement of Christ’s cause.” He went on to explain that there must be total consecration of talents, abilities and possessions, and that we must be willing to use all of these and have them at the disposal of the Lord.

About a week later, the director of the World Home Bible League sat down wihh a local printer who had summoned him. This printer explained that the Lord had been very good to him .and that now he owned one of the fastest high speed offset presses available, and he was willing to produce Scriptures on this press at the lowest possible figure for he wanted the cause of Christ to advance too.

As a result of this, a relationship sprung up which opened up wide avenues of service which were hardly dreamed of a few years ago. Among the projects undertaken wexe the following: - The printing of 15,000 copies of the Gospel of John in the Italian language to be

- The printing of 25,000 Arabic Scripture portions for distribution in Jordan. - The printing of 33,000 Gospels of John for distribution by the Rev. Roger Greenway

- The publishing of 176,000 Tiv booklets for distribution in Nigeria. - The publishing of 10,000 Bulu Gospels of Matthew for distribution in the Camerouns. - The publishing of 15,000 Swahili Scriptures for distribution in the Congo. - The publishing of 100,000 copies of “God Speaks” in the Sinhalese language to be

distributed among Italian-Canadian immigrants.

through the Juan Calvin0 Seminary in Mexico.

distributed in Ceylon.

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- The Orthodox Presbyterian Church also benefited when it was OUT privilege to print and process ’an edition of the Saho Scriptures of Eritrea, copy of which is on display at this Assembly.

- Other Scriptures also were published.

It was possible under the new system to bring down the cost of an indivdual unit of Scriptures to a fiantastically low figure, so low that even the postage and transportation added brought the figure down to lower than it could be produced in a foreign country.

A volunteer headquarters was set up to handle the processing of this material which involved cutting, stapling, etc. It was reasoned that if our young people could devote weeks of service to Summer Workshop In Missions (SWIM) and to Students As Volun- teers in Evangelism (SAVE), perhaps the older people could be encouraged to invest volunteer hours in the production of Christian literature for overseas distribution. The response was most encouraging, and we are thankful to report to the General Assembly that by the time this month ends, almost one million copies in some twelve different languages will have been processed through this volunteer effort which we have called “Operation Handclasp.”

As this report is being given to you, concrete is being poured for the floor of a building which will house three times the operation of the present Handclasp effort. W e intend to explore this volunteer help situation to the extent that it will be saving the League from $10,000 to $15,000 a year in printing costs, and at the same time multiply our efforts to distribute God‘s Word.

Other interesting projects during the past year were the following:

Wayside C h p e l s - Working together with Christian laymen, thc League has offered to supply a complete Scripture packct with every Wayside Chapel opening. So far such a shipment of Scriptures was made initially to every chapel. Some of thesc are in Canada, others are in the United States. An outstanding example of the effectiveness of the chapel program with League cooperation, is the Chapel at Luverne, Minnesota, where in a few months time they have asked for and distributed more than 15,000 units of Scriptures; Bibles, Testaments and portions.

Migrant Work - The League has been privileged to have a part in the Spanish migrant work. Each year tens of thousands of Scriptures go out. As a service organization, the League is thankful for the privilege of serving in our Mexican migrant ministry.

Foreign Work I would like also to report on some of the interesting statistics that have now been

realized in our foreign work. The League’s work extends to Japan, Ceylon, Australia, Nigeria, and many other fields.

Nigeria - In Nigeria we have distributed 167,000 portions in the Tiv language. We-have also made available to the fields 6200 Bibles. With humbleness before God, we also report 1200 people are using our Bible reading outlines in the Tiv language, approximately 400 in Hausa, while more than 4,000 are enrolled in the English outlines which are corrected in Chicago. The field has now requested several other Bible reading outlines which have been sent to them for subsequent translation.

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- In Japan we are actively engaged in Scripture distribution and also involved in what will eventually be the placement of one million copies of the Gospel of John on those Islands. - Before the year of 1965 closes, the League will be commemorating two milestones; the reaching of two one million placement goals. Both of these are very closely associated with the moral and financial support which the churches have extended to the League. Both are monuments to the wonderful cooperative spirit which has existed. The first will occur one-half a world away from Grand Rapids and Chicago. It will be pn the Island of Ceylon where the Rev. Clarence Van ,Ens, who attended Westminster Seminary, has faithfully represented OUT work for a numbr of years. In a report submitted to us on ;May 26, Vlan Ens states that since they have landed on the Island they have distributed no less than 915,529 Bibles, Testaments -and portions. As this report is being written 100,000 copies of Sinhalese “God Speaks” are on the way to Ceylon. Before the year ends the one millionth copy of the Scriptures will have been distributed in Ceylon. Everyone of these was placed under the supervision of the missionaries there. W e cannot refrain from including in this report one sentence of a letter written to us by the Rev. John Van Ens, “Daily, leaders in the Buddhist Temples are sending in requests for the Scriptures. One thousand of these monks who have received the Scriptures have been contacted personally and are vitally interested in the gospel and a great number of them have come to a saving knowledge of the Lard Jesus Christ.”

In 1956, friends in Michigan raised the sum of $6,250 for the purchase of Spanish New Testament plates. This was done under the sponsorship also of the World Home Bible League Chapter in that area. W e have now printed from these plates a total of 850,000 Spanish Testaments. An order is at the printers right now for 500,000 Spanish Testaments, a part of which will be delivered this year. This also gives us the figure of more than one million Testaments which will have been printed from these plates by the end of the year 1965.

Last year in our reports we submitted for your consideration the following suggestions. We would like to repeat them again this year. 1. That every church within the Orthodox Presbyterian denomination study the possi-

bility of encouraging a Bible canvass in its area. 2. That representatives of the World Home Bible League be invited to present a program

in every Orthodox Presbyterian church throughout the country. 3. That encouragement be given to the setting up of _conferences between Home Bible

League personnel and your Home and Foreign Department secretaries, so that your already effective mission work might become more effective, and that your mission effort might be multiplied through the use of Scripture distribution. That a qualified representative be invited to lecture at least once each year to the Seminarians attending Westminster Theological Seminary. That each Orthodox Presbyterian church pray and give toward the cause of spreading the Word of God throughout the world.

In looking back over the wonderful blessings God has given to us in our cooperative effort for him, contemplating the interest shown in the great task of Bible distribution, and lxholding the hand of our God who in his sovereign pleasure has given us so many victories, we exclaim in praise, “Truly God moves in a marvelous way his wonders to perform; he plants his feet upon the sea and he rides upon the storm.”

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Respectfully submitted, William A. Ackerman, Director


Mr. Moderator, it is my pleasure to recommend to this Assembly adoption of all I five suggestions offered by Mr. Ackerman in the concluding portion of his report to us.

Respectfully submitted, WM. HARLLEE BORDEAUX, Liaison Representative to . The World Home Bible League

The first recommendation was moved. . On motion the following was substituted for the first recommendation: that the

Orthodox Presbyterian Church commend the World Home Bible League to its constituency and urge the invitation of its representatives into our churches; that all our churches be encouraged to study the possibility of conducting a Bible canvass in their areas. The motion as substituted was carried.

On amended motion it was determined that the Acting President of Westminster Theological Seminary be informed that the World Home Bible League has communia cated with the Thirty-second General Assembly requesting an invitation to send a qualified representative to lecture at least once each year to the seminarians.

Mr. Malkus, fraternal delegate of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, brought greetings from that body.

Tohe Assembly recessed at 3:30 p.m. and reconvened at 3:45 p.m. It was moved and carried that, pursuant to Mr. Malkus’ suggestion, the Committee

on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations be directed to confer with the Eraternal Relations Committee of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod.

Mr. Galbraith brought to the floor a committee revision of the fourth paragraph of the resolution concerning the Confession of 1967 as follows:

Whereas, in the Confession of 1967, expressions of Scripture which set forth rhe all-important doctrine of the substitutionary atonement of Christ are stated to be merely

I “images of a truth” and not the truth itself; oh motion the amendment proposed by the committee was adopted. On motion the resolution as amended was adopted. The final text of the resolution

is as follows: Whereas, the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

meeting in Columbus, Ohio in May 1965 by vote of an overwhelming majority began the process of amending its doctrinal standards, which process is intended to lead to that denomination’s abandonment of the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms as the current and authoritative confession of its faith; and

Whereas, this proposed change. is based upon a clear denial of the Bible as the the infallible Word of God; and

Whereas, such denial destroys the only foundation for the basic doctrines of the historic Christian faith; and

Whereas, in the Confession of 1967 expressions of Scripture which set forth the all-important doctrine of the substitutionary atonement of Christ are stated to be merely “images of a truth”, and not the truth itself;

Therefore be it resolved, That this Thirty-second General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church declares that the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is completely committed to the Bible as the written Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice, and to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms as faithfully setting forth the teachings of Holy Scripture; and

Be it further resolved, That the Orthodox Presbyterian Church hereby express its desire to serve those in the United Presbyterian Church in $he U.S.A. who wish to continue adherence to the historic Christian faith as summarized in the Westminster Standards.


On motion it was determined to record the fact that the resolution concerning

Dr. Knudsen reported for the Committee to Study the Doctrine of Guidance as the Confession of 1967 was adopted unanimously.

follows:

REPORT OF T H E COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE DOCTRINE OF GUIDANCE, ETC.

During the past year additional work has been done on individual assignments given to members of the committee. A manuscript on the Communion of the Spirit is nearing completion and should be ready for presentation to the next General Assembly.

The committee recommends that it be continued. At present the following are the members of the committee: Meredith G. Kline, Leslie W. Sloat, Edward J. Young (alternate), and Robert D. Knudsen, convener. ’

Respectfully submitted, ROBERT D. KNUDSEN

On motion the committee was continued. On motion the resignation of Dr. Meredith G. Kline from the Committee to Study

the Doctrine of Guidance was accepted. On motion it was decided to elect an additional member to this committee. The

following were nominated: the Rev. Messrs. Sibley, S. van Houte, Conn, Cummings, Adams.

By common consent the Minutes of the morning meeting, July 12, were read. The Minutes were approved as corrected.

The Moderator announced the election of Mr. Sibley on the third ballot to the Committee to Study the Doctrine of Guidance.

011 motion Mr. Conn was named as alternate on this committee. Mr. Eyes reported for the Committee to Draft a Resolution concerning National

On motion the committee was requested to have the resolution duplicated and dis-

Mr. Reitsma presented fhe report of the Committee to Formulate a Communication

On motion this report was ordered to be printed in the Minutes without its being

Elections on the Lord’s Day.

tributed to the Assembly.

to de Gereformeerde Kerken.

orally read. The report is as follows:

REPORT OF T H E COMMITTEE TO FORMULATE A COiMMUNICATION TO DE GEREFORMEERDE KERKEN

The Thirtieth General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church reaffirmed the action taken by t.he Twenty-seventh General Assembly disapproving the membership of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands (De Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland) in the Netherlands Missionary Council (Minutes of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, p. 113; cf. also Minutes of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly, pp. 93f.) and elected a committee of three “to formulate a thorough and well-documented communication to De Gereformeerde Kerken setting forth from the Scriptures the principles of separation from unbelief and their bearing upon the relation of Reformed churches to churches and church councils in which unbelief is clearly manifested and submit this communication to the Thirty-first General Assembly for its approval prior to its being sent” (Minutes of the Thirtieth General Assmbly, p. 79).

A proposed communication was presented by this committee to the Thirty-first General Assembly, The Assembly expressed appreciation for the work of the committee, continued the committee, and recommitted the proposed communication to the committee with


instructions to report to the Thirty-second General Assembly, Messrs. John Murray and Norman Shepherd were added to the original committee (Minutes of the Thirty-first Gen- eral Assembly, pp. 107-1 15).

Since the Thirtieth General Assembly in 1962 there has been an important action on the part of the Reformed Churches with respect to the World Council of Churches which radically affects the work of the committee. The Synod of GroningedLunteren (1963-1964) has stated that it is satisfied with the character of the basis formula of the World Council and that it finds no decisive hindrance to membership in the World Council in the way in A i c h this basis formula functions.

We may observe, therefore, that there has been a significant step taken toward greater involvement of the Reformed Churches in the World Council. Whereas the action of the Thirtieth General Assembly dealt with the question of membership in the Nether- lands Missionary Council, the issue has now become that of membership in the World Council itself.

The action of Synod together with an abbreviated form of the report of the committee to study the question of pluriformity and ecumenicity and other pertinent materials has been made generally available in a booklet, Gemeenschap der Heiligen (Kampen: Kok, 1964), published by order of the Synod. The official record of relevant reports and actions is found in the Acta vm de Generale Synode van Grmingen 1963 en 1964 van de Gerefomeerde Kerken in Nederlmd (Kampen: Kok n.d.) and in the BijZagen pertaining to it.

This committee recommends that the Thirty-second General Assembly send the following communication to the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands : Dear Brethren :

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Head and King of the church.

Out of a deep concern for the purity and integrity of the church, the body of Christ, the Twenty-seventh General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church expressed to the Synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (De Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland) its disapproval of Synod's membership in the Netherlands Missionary Council (Minwtes of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, p. 11 3 cf. also Minutes of the Twenty ei,ghth General Assembly, pp. 93f.) In view of fihe relationship which the Netherlands Missionary Council sustains to the International Missionary Council and thus to the World Council of Churches, the Assembly judged that fellowship with the Netherlands Missionary Council in the proclamation of the gospel - a task committed to the churoh by its Head - necessarily involves fellowship with the World Council of Churches.

The Twenty-seventh General Assembly, in effect, asked the Synod of the Reformed Churches to continue the position taken by previous Synods in rejecting membership in the World Council of Churches and thus to maintain common witness with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to the unity and purity of ahe body of Christ. While taking full account of a communication from the Synod of Apeldoorn (1961), the Thirtieth General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Churc'h reaffirmed the position taken by the Twenty-seventh General Assembly and authorized the preparation of a document setting forth more fully the church's position in the light of Scripture. (Minutes of the Thirtieth General Assembly, p. 79; cf. Minutes of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly, pp. 68f.)

necent pronouncements by the Synod of the Reformed Churches meeting in Gronin- gen/Lunteren make it now imperative that the General Assembly address itself to a new and more serious situation which has been created. Whereas the General Assembly thought it possible to proceed on the common assumption that fellowship in the World Council of Churches was not possible for either the Reformed Churches or for the


Orthodox Presbyterian Church, it now appears that the Reformed Churches do not share this conviction. The heart of Synod’s position is found in the seventh pronouncement (Acta, art. 495): “that, when the special character of the World Council as an attempt to cause the fallen and divided church in the whole world to answer more fully to her essence and task is kept in view, the Basis of the World Council of Churches, i.e., in its form as modified at New Delhi in 1961, can serve as the Basis of this particular ecumenical relationship, and that in the way in which its Basis functions according to the information furnished to the Synod, there lies no decisive hindrance for the Reformed Churches to join the World Council of Churches.” That is to say, Synod is satisfied both with the character of the basis formula, and with the way it functions in the World Council.

The General Assembly addresses itself to this situation, first of all, at the invitation of the Reformed Churches. The Reformed Churches desire to take account of the opinion of other churches lholcling membership in the Reformed Ecunienical Synod in their own deliberations and ‘have accordingly made a report of the action of Synod available to this Assembly .

Secondly, and of greater importance, this Assembly is compelled to take part in these deliberations by virtue of the sisterly relationship which the two churches sustain to one another. That relationship creates an ecclesiastical fellowship approaching organic union. For the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands to consider membership in the World Council of Churches is tantamount to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church considering membership in the World Council of Churches. It is not possible for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to by-pass this issue so directly laid before it by the pronouncements of the Synod of GroningedLunteren. Central to this issue is the fact that membership in the World Council of Churches involves ecclesiastical fellowship. It is necessary, therefore, to examine first of all the biblical teaching with respect to fellowship and then to apply this teac’hing to the issue before the churches.

BIBLICAL TEACHING

1. The Criterion of Fellowship In the life of the Christian, fellowship (koinonia) is an essential element. The

Apostle John writes, for example, in I John 1:3, “. . . that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and OUT fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. . .” (compare also I Cor. 1:9, 10 and I J&n 1:6, 7). In the life of the church, also, fellowship is indispensable. All cooperation in the functions assigned to the church is bascd upon it. In Acts, we read that the believers “continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42). In the context of division of labors in missionary work, Paul assumes that the right ihand of fellowship is contingent upon faith- fulness to the gospel: “. . . when they saw that I had been intrusted with the gospel . . . and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me. . . they. , . gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that wc should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision” (Gal. 2: 7-9). In the Acts 2:42 passage fellowship and stedfast adherence to the message and teaching of the apostles go hand in hand. And in the Galatians context the very ground for the right hand of fellowship, for the harmonious division of missionary labors, and for cooperation together is the mutual commitment to h e truth of the gospel.

It is not merely commitment to the truth of the gospel that comes to the forefront in the Galatians passage; it is also the proclamation of the same. Paul’s entrustment with the gospel alludes to his commission to proclaim it as the ambassador of Christ, a fact borne out by the purpose stated, namely, “that we should go unto the Gentiles.” It needs no


demonstration that to the church is committed the proclamation of the gospel. Hence the same criterion must apply to the giving of the right hand of fellowship in ecclesiastical cooperation. There must be the delivery of the truth of the gospel in proclamation and the truth of the gospel is nothing less than the apostolic teaching.

W e have in the New Testament examples for the application of this criterion. The Apostle John writes: “If any one comes unto you, and brings not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting” (I1 John 10). The situation en- visioned is one in which the person contemplated comes as a preacher or teacher and the criterion for acceptance and confidence in the bond of fellowship is “the teaching of Christ” (vs. 9). This standard cannot be understood in any restricted sense but must be as embracive as the apostolic teaching exemplified in the Gospel and Epistles of John. In view of what has been stated above, that the church is the preaching and teaching institute, tahe criterion John establishes with respect to a preaching or teachin? person must apply all the more in rhe collective sphere to the preaching and teaching institutc. Unmistakably the requirement for acceptance, confidence, and fellowship is the preaching and teaching of apostolic doctrine.

John provides us with another example for the application of this same criterion (I John 4:l-3). T h e heresy particularly in view was of docetic character. In this connection the criterion of orthodoxy and heterodoxy was that Jesus Christ was come in the flesh. Every one confessing this truth was of God and every one not confessing was not of God. In a word, we have here a positive requirement respecting the faith taught by and centering on Jesus. I t was mandatory to apply this test because false prophets were abroad. W e are again concerned with what takes place in the sphere of proclamation. If an individual is to be judged as not of God when he fails to confess the full manhood of Jesus, we cannot suppose that similar failure on the part of the professing church may be ignored in the exercise of ecclesiastical fellowship and of the judgment that underlies such fellowship. The fact is clear that the basis of favorable judgment is confession of the ‘Ghristian faith in its integrity and even silence or failure to confess requires the damning judgment.

2. Principles of Separation Separation is the opposite side of the truth of fellowship and where there is

fellowship in this sinful world, there must be, of necessity, separation as well. Separation is, thus, also an essential element in the life of the Christian and of the dhuroh and is, likewise, most relevant to the criteria by which fellowship among churches is to be determined.

Our fellowship is with God and also with other Christians. In both relationships fel- lows‘hip requires separation from sin and from fihe works of darkness (c f . I John l :6, 7). This is so obvious that i t needs no argumcnt. With equal clarity the Scripture requires that believers individually and collectively separate themselves from unbelievers in all that concerns the fellowship of faith. This is the import of I1 Cor. 6:14-18 and failure to observe this separation would be tantamount to having fellowship with demons (I Cor. 10:20). “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot be a partaker of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons” (I Cm. 10:21; cf. Eph. 5 : 11, 12).

The Scripture, however, goes further in applying this principle of separation. It applies not only to separation from professed unbelievers but also from professing believers under certain conditions and circumstances. Perhaps most notable is Paul’s teaching in I Cor. 5:9-13. From any one named a brother guilty of any of the sins enumerated, either ethical or religious, believers, and also by implication the fellowship of believers, are to separate themselves even to the extent of refusing to eat with such a person. T h e separation in this case is to be more thorough and complete than that from the sinful and


unbelieving world; it extends to the company involved in participation together in an ordinary meal, a prohibition that does not necessarily apply to the courtesy that may be conferred on the fornicators and idolators of the world. We may not suppose that Paul’s list of sins is exhaustive. In I1 Thess. 3:6-14 he gives the same kind of charge with reference to a sin not mentioned in I Cor. 5, namely, that of idleness and its accompanying vice of being a busybody (vs. 11). Significant also, in accord with what has been noted earlier, is the emphasis that falls in this context upon the criterion by which separation is to be determined. It is the apostolic tradition - “The tradition which ye received from us” (vs. 6) , and obedience to the word of the epistle (vs. 14). Those who do not .follow that tradition and do not obey the apostolic word are marked as those who are excluded from the fellowship of the saints and those from whom the saints must separate.

Of particular relevance to the question at issue is the severity of apostolic attitude and injunction in reference to the proponents of error within the sphere of the church. Most notable is Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians and his condemnation of the Judaizers. These could undoubtedly confess “the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Savior according to the Scripture.” There is no evidence that they were heterodox on the doctrine of Scrip- ture, t‘he Trinity, or the deity of Christ. But they “would pervert the gospel of Christ” (Gal. 1:7). At stake was the truth of justification by grace alone. Against any guilty of this perversion of the gospel, the apostle proncwnced his anathemas (Gal. 1:8, 9). He calls the Judaizers “false brethren w!ho had crept in” (Gal. 2:4). It is inconceivable that to these the right hand of fellowship could have been extended or that the apostle would have cooperated in any way with them in the furtherance of the gospel. W e have an e x ample of the rigidity that must be observed when Paul says: “TO whom we gave place by subjection not for an hour, t’hat the truth of the gospel might continue with you” (Gal. 2:5). The express injunction to “turn away” from certain persons in Rom. 16:17 is to rhe same effect’and again illustrates the criterion by which “divisions and occasions of stumbling” requiring separation are to be judged; they are such as are contrary to the doctrine learned, namely, the apostolic teaching.

The separation exemplified and demanded in the foregoing instances cannot be restricted to the practice of the individual believer in the discipline he exercises with reference to t’he erring. It would be impossible to suppose that the church would be at liberty to extend its fellowship and cooperation to persons from whom the believers as individuals were required to separate. And not only so, the exhortations to separation, implied or express, are directed to churches. The churches of Galatia (Gal. 1:2) are addressed and @he separation from Judaizing error which Paul’s teaching demands must apply to the churches as such (cf . Gal. 1:6, 11; 3: l ; 4:12; 5:7-10). Rom. 16:17 is addressed to t’he church or churches at Rome, as is apparent from the context (cf. 16:5, 19). And the discipline exercised by the whole church in the case of the incestuous person (I G r . 5:4, 5) exemplifies what obligations devolve upon tahe whole church in cases of separation and discipline.

This obligation to separation from error, and from its proponents, devolving upon the whole church cannot be thought of as relaxed or suspended when those espousing and promoting the error constitute an organization that assumes the role of the church. Indeed, the more organized and institutionalized the error becomes, tlhe more necessary becomes opposition and separation on the part of the believing ohurch.

Biblical Christianity ‘has always realized that one of the marks of the church is that of discipline, and it has particularly recognized the need to reprove and rebuke error and to exclude errorists from its fellowship. This is inherent in Christ’s gift of.’ the keys to his church I(Matt. 16: 19) and is specified in Matt. 18 : 15-1 8, especially verses 17 and 18. This action of rebuking and excluding the wicked brothers is also clearly evident from 1 Cor. 5:9-13. “I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a

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brother be a fornicator . . . or an idolator . . . with such a one no, not to eat . . . Put away the wicked man from among yourselves” (1 Cor. 5: 11,13). And the very fellowship which they have demands this action (verses 1, 2, 6-8). This passage and the Matt. 18 passage set forth the approach not only for the church but also for the individual believer. That which is demanded both of the church and of the individual believers is surely demanded of any organization which claims to be a fellowship of churches. To eliminate the ability to rebuke error and to exclude errorists is to remove an element which is essential to fellowship as it is taught in the Scriptures.

It is apparent, therefore, that the principle of separation, as well as the criterion of fellowship, applies to the relations of the church to other professing churches and must guide inter-church fellowship no less than the fellowship the church extends to individuals.

BIBLICAL PFUNCIPLE AND MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES In order to appreciate the relevance of the biblical teaching on fellowship and sepa-

ration, it must be observed tmhat the World Council is an ecclesiastical fellowship. The Basis revised in 1961 in New Delhi declares: “The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches whic’h confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Savior according to the Scriptures and, therefore, seek to fulfill together their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” If Christ is confessed according to the Scriptures, the fellowship established is nothing less than the fellowship described in the exposition of biblical principles. It is analogous to fellowship between the particular congregations of a synod or between churches holding sisterly relations.

It is futile to argue that the World Council is nothing more than a forum for theological discussion providing opportunity for witness to the Reformed faith. In fact, the World Council itself claims to be much more than just a forum for discussion. The World Council is not even simply an organization to expedite or perform the work of churches. Tlhe World Council claims to be a fellowship of churches. It claims to be “one in Christ.” This is the basic assumption required of all its members and it is this basic premise upon which all its work is carried out. The 1948 report on “The Universal Church in God‘s Design” publis’hed in Man’s Disorder and Gods Design, p. 204, puts the World Council on record as saying, “God has given to his people in Jesus Christ a unity which is His creation and not our achievement. W e paise and thank Him for a mighty work of His Holy Spirit, by which we have been drawn together to discover that, notwithstanding our divisions, we are one in Jesus Christ.” (Cf. G.K.A. Bell, Document on Christian Unity, Fourth Series, 1948-57, London, 1958, p. 235, and The New DeZhi Report, ed. by W. A. Visser ’t Hooft, 1962, p. 116 - The Report on Unity.)

Surely, such a claim as this goes far beyond the assumptions necessary to participate in a forum of discussion. Discussion permits the parties to remain uncommitted to each other except for the rules of ’common courtesy. Indeed, in order to present the gospel, Christians should always be willing to enter into discussion with others and even with those who deny the gospel. But, the World Council of Churches, by its own admission, is far more than a forum for discussion. In spite of the fact that it is a council including dhurches that tolerate denial of cardinal trut.hs of the Christian religion and even honor and promote those that espouse such denial, the Council, nevertheless, claims to be a fellowship of faith whose members are “one in Christ” (Cf. Acts of Reformed Ecumenical Synod, 1963, “Ecumenicity Report,” Recommendation 4, p. 48). It is obvious therefore, that by obtaining membership in the Council, a church concedes at the very outset that the differences between member churches of the Council are not of a fundamental nature and admits that all member churches may be endorsed as true churches of Jesus Christ. Membership in the Council amounts to surrendering the battle for truth before it is even fought.

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The seventh pronouncement of Synod recognizes “the special character of the World Council as an attempt to cause the fallen and divided church in the whole wmld to answer more fully to her essence and task.” That objective is sought not only throu+ dialogue but also through the fellowship which gives expression to the unity of the body of Christ. Repeated use of the terms “ecumenical relationship” and “ecumenical organization” must not obscure the fact that the relationship of the organization in view is one which expressly lays claim to being a fellowship of churches.

The Bible requires that the Church of Jesus Christ seek to identify itself as a fellowship in Christ by teaching and proclaiming sound doctrine and thus by bearing witness against false doctrine. The basis of ecclesiastical fellowship in the World Council by its very brevity is shown to be too meager a bond of fellowship for churches. A church or a fellowship of churches which confesses Jesus Christ as God and Savior according to the Scriptures and does so in truth, demands a confession embracive enough to exclude errors rampant within the professing church of Christ which deny the faith of Jesus.

The failure of the World Council to go further than it has gone in formulating the basis of fellowship proves how divergent within this professed fellowship must be the beliefs respecting cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith.

This Assembly is therefore of the opinion that the revised basis formula of the. World Council cannot serve as the confession of a fellowship of churches seeking to cause the fallen and divided ohurch in the whole world to answer more fully to her essence and task.

The Bible also requires that the Church of Jesus Christ seek to maintain the purity of the fellowship in Christ by separation from false doctrine. In addition to the fact tihat it is meager and inadequate, the basis formula cannot be effectively applied by the World Council as a test of membership. The World ‘Council at the Evanston Assembly declared that “the Wmld Cbuncil would overstep the limits it has set for itself if it should seek to pronounce judgment as to whether any particular dhurch is in fact taking the Basis seriously.” (The Evanston Report, p. 307). This position was reaffirmed by the New Delhi Assembly. (The New Delhi Report, p. 159).

The World Council refuses to determine whether deviation from the Basis is being tolerated. From a Reformed point of view, not only is the World ‘Council ready to tolerate deviation from its Basis, but toleration is guaranteed (cf. the fourth pronouncement of Synod). The emphasis of the Belgic Confession of the Reformed Churches (Articles 27-29) does not fall on the relative purity or impurity of the church (cf. the third pronouncement of Synod), but on the distinction between the true church and the false church. The Confession requires separation from the false dhurch and fellowship in the true church; but the World Council allows for fellowship with the false church by its refusal to evaluate the genuineness of subscription to its Basis.

Tlhis Assembly concludes, therefore, that there is a decisive reason for not joining the World Council to be found in the way in which the Basis functions in the Council.

While having sympathetic respect for the desire of the Reformed Churches to be obedient to the Scriptures in the fulfillment of their ecumenical calling and to do more in the areas of mission and service on a world-wide basis than is possible through the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, this Assembly would point out that these legitimate ends cannot be achieved through the World Council of Churches without violation of biblical principle.

The Reformed Churches are respectfully urged to reject membership in the World Council of Churches and to maintain common witness with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to the unity of the body of Christ.

Fraternally yours, THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


(1) The committee recommends that the Thirty-second General Assembly send the foregoing communication to the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands.

(2) The committee further recommends that the official English text of the communication be accompanied by the translation into the Dutch language and that the committee be directed to provide such a translation.

(3) The committee further recommends that the communication be released to the press after August 31, 1965.

Respectfully submitted, F. KINGSLEY ELDER, JR. GEORGE W. KNIGHT, I11 JOHN MURRAY CARL J. REITSMA NORMAN SHEPHERD

The first recommendation was adopted with the deletion of the article “a” before the word “decisive” in the third paragraph from the end of the communication. This recommendation was adopted by unanimous vote of the Assembly.

The second recommendation was adopted. The third recommendation was adopted. Mr. Oliver presented the following report of the Committee on a Permanent Date

for the General Assembly:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A P,ERMANENT DATE FOR T H E GENERAL ASSEMBLY

A few months ago the committee sent out a questionnaire to sessions and ministers requesting their opinions on the matter of a permanent date for the General Assembly. Of the 75 replies received, 50 indicated preference for a permanent date and 25 indicated preference for flexibility in setting the date. Of the 50 who preferred a permanent date, 22 indicated late April as their first choice for the time of the General Assembly, 15 indicated May, and 11 June or July. Two indicated a preference for a permanent date, but chose no particular time.

The committee recommends that, without prejudice to the question of how often the General Assembly shall meet, this Assembly propose to the Thirty-third General Assembly that the Standing Rules of the General Assembly be amended as follows:

1. Add a new section entitled DATE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY with Rule 1: “The General Assembly shall meet on the fourth Tuesday of April, beginning at 9:00 a.m.”

Delete the words “date and” in Rule 27 and the words “Date and” and “time and” in Rule 56a.

2. Renumber the succeeding rules. 3.

Respectfully submitted, NEWMAN DE HAAS EVERETT C. DEVELDE LE ROY B. OLIVER

Recommendation 1 was moved. The Assembly recessed at 5:45 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Kress.

The Assembly reconvened at 7:30 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Male. The order of the day having arrived, the Assembly turned to consideration of a

report from the Committee on Overtures and Communications concerning Overture 4 from the Presbytery of the West Coast. Mr. Shepherd reported the following recommenda-

MONDAY EVENING


tion of &e committee:’ That the Assembly elect a committee of three to consider the matter proposed by the Presbytery of the West Coast and that the Assembly now enter the Committee of the Whole for a period of one hour for open discussion of this question.

The recommendation was moved and seconded. On motion the question was divided. The first part of the divided motion was carried as follows: That the Assembly elect a comm’ittee of three to consider the matter proposed to the Assembly by the Presbytery of the West Coast.

The following were nominated to this committee: the Rev. Messrs. Murray, Edwards, Hodgson, Vail, S. Van Houte, Charles H. Ellis.

At Mr. Edwards’ request his name was on motion withdrawn. The Moderator announced the election of Messrs. Murray and Hlis on the first ballot.

On motion the second part of the divided motion was amended by the substitution

The Assembly entered the Committee of the Whole for a period of thirty minutes

MI. Willis was appointed Chairman of the Committee of the Whole. The Assembly returned to consideration of the Report of the Committee on a

Recommendation 1 was adopted. On motion recommendations 2 and 3 were adopted. Dr. Bordeaux reported for the Committtee on Hospitalization Insurance. On motion Standing Rule 35 was suspended and this report was ordered printed in

Mr. Vail was elected on the second ballot.

of “thirty minutes” for “one hour.” The amended motion was carried.

for open discussion of this question.

Permanent Date for the General Assembly. The previous question was ordered.

the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE Preliminary :

tion

1. 2. 3.

4.

5.

6.

For nearly three years, the men on this committee have endeavored to find some Group Plan for hospitalization, major medical and surgical benefits for the families of all ordained ministers in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. . In our search since the Thirty-first General Assembly we have been greatly assisted by Dr. Franklin S. Dyrness, Director of ‘the Quarryville Presbyterian Home. Through his offices, we have been put in touch with The Inter-County Hospitalization Plan, Inc. which Group Plan that Presbyterian Home has had for eleven years.

The following considerations compel your committee to believe that this Plan, especially designed for us, would be highly beneficial and would offer the maximum protec-

for a minimum .of cost:

Insurance of the Plan is guaranteed if as few as forty families desire it. The Plan is non-cancellable. The Plan offers far more than basic individual hospitalization plans for it will pay all hospital costs for each admission up to 120 days for the semi-private rate, whatever that rate is for any single illness. It offers to our foreign missionary families the same protection as to those residing in the United States. It further offers coverage to others in the Lord’s work in which we are engaged, such as: secretaries, office staff, custodians, etc. At your committee’s request, this Plan is being offered to all ruling elders and deacons and their families - with the same benefits and costs. This is desirable to provide a broad base for the Plan and thereby further strengthen it.

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7.

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9.

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I 11.

12.

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Ministers, ruling elders and deacons of all ages may enter this Plan. Furthermore, once in the Plan, by reason of age no one may be dropped. It offers coverage without medical examination to all who enter the Plan as charter members within sixty days. And in addition, it requires no “waiting period” to receive benefits. For instance, maternity is irnmediateZy covered. Benefits for Operating Room, X-Rays, Laboratory charges, etc. would be unlimited . . . regardless of age, and anywhere in the world. Should claims paid to our people be far beneath premiums paid to Inter-County, then, we are assured of reduced premiums, even if we wish it on a cost plus 10% basis. Of five hundred such Group Plans, Inter-County now has in force, this Plan is demonstrably superior to any one of them. Consider the following illustration of such a case ,as could occur in your family:

IO-DAY STAY - APPENDECTOMY Room & Board at $22.50 per day (semi-private) $225.50 Operating Room ____- __ 35.00 X-Rays ___________l__l____________________I____ 15.00 Laboratory 23.00 Drugs l____________l__________________________-- 12.50 Anesthesia ___________________________________-___ 20.00

Total $331.00 Surgeon’s Fee - $150.00 (and would be paid up to $300.00 for such a proper charge)

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Consider the following comparative tabulation, contrasting a. b. c.

The individual family contract with such protection in a group p h ; The measure of those benefits; and, The cost of procuring such benefits.

Inter-Canty/Blue Shield Another Large Co. (Group) (Individual)

I. HOSPITAL BENEFITS Room and Board Special Services Unlimited!

120 days - Full semi-private cost

(See Inter-County Hospitalization Plan brochure

11. SURGICAL BENEFITS $300.00 schedule Unlimited (when administered by a full time employee of the hospital; otherwjse, 20% of benefit for sur-

anesthesiologist :

&eon)

111. MATERNITY Full hospital benefit plus $90.00 to doctor for normal delivery, $1 50.00 for Caesarean.

COST ‘ per month: $16.31

45 days, $20.00 $200.00 maximum

$250.00 schedule $25.00 (or 10% of benefit for surgeon)

$200.00 maximum benefit to hospital. Nothing to doctor. $16.01


NOTE: The original Group Plan offered to the last General Assembly was a Hospitaliza- tion, Medical-Surgical, and $Major Medical program of another large company at $25.55 per month for the family plan. This plan failed to g o into effect for want of a high enough percentage of participation. That Company then offered an individual family contract with far less benefits for $21.14 per month. A still less beneficial plan at $16.01 per month is illustrated above. The above plan of Inter-County and Blue Shield speaks loudly for itself. It is a tremcndous program and opportunity.

Endorsement of the proposed Plan and its recommendation to all within our denomination who are eligible to obtain it. Inclusion of all ruling elders, deacons, and their families who desire such participation. That, if members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod SO

desire, we are in hearty accord with the merging of their Group and our own, thereby providing additional broad based strength for both. That it be understood that immediate application is sought, and that all who are to qualify for charter membership must apply within the next sixty days . . . between August 1 and September 30, 1965. That a Committee on Hospitalization be vested with authority to proceed with the implementation of this Plan, looking to solicitation of applications, the collection of premiums and regular monthly payment of one premium to Inter-County for all participants.

In view of the above considerations, your committee unanimously recommends : 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Respectfully submitted, Committee on Hospitalization, Insurance DONALD M. PARRER HAROLD R. KEENAN WM. HARLLEE BORDEAUX

The first recommendation was adopted. The second recommendation was amended by adding a’ comma between “elders”

and “deacons”; eliminating “and” between elders and deacons; inserting after the word “deacon” the words “church employees.” The amended recommendation was adopted.

On motion the order of the day was extended to allow completion of action on the report.

On motion the third recommendation was amended by placing a period after the word “own” and by deleting the remainder of the sentence.

On motion recommendation 4 was adopted with the change of August 1 to September 1 and September 30 to October 31.

On motion recommendation 5 was amended so as to begin as follows: “That the present Committee on Hospitalization be continued and . . ,,’ The recommendation as amended was adopted.

The Assembly recessed at 9:52 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Eyres.

TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 13 After a devotional period led by Mr. Commeret, the Assembly reconvened at 8:53

The Minutes of the afternoon and evening sessions of July 12th were approved as a.m. and was led in prayer by Mr. Smith.

corrected.


Mr. Eyres reported for the Committee to Draft a Resolution concerning NationaJ

After a series of amendments, the resolution was on motion sent back to the com-

Mr. N,icholas reported as follows for the Committee on a Thirtieth Anniversary

Elections on rhe Lord’s Day.

mittee and Mr. Galbraith was added to the committee.

Booklet :

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET

The committee recommends with some regret that the proposal be dropped and the committee dismissed.

At least three reasons lead to this decision: 1) The cost of a “booklet” large enough to include all the desired material would likely come to $5,000 or more with a sale price of $2 or higher. 2) Members of your comniittee are already burdened with more publishing projects than they can satisfactorily handle. 3) In our judgment, the more pressing need, both financial and in the use of our time and energy during the coming two years, lies in the direction of greatly intensified e&rts arising out of the controversy over the proposed “Creed of 1967.”

JOHN MITCHELL JOHN TOLSMA ROBERT E. NICHOLAS, Convener

The recommendation of the committee was moved. By vote of the Assembly the following motion was substituted for the recommendation

of the committee: That the committee proceed to the preparation of a thirtieth anniversary booklet.

The motion was amended to read “that a new committee of three be elected to proceed to the preparation of a thirtieth anniversary booklet.”

The Assembly recessed at 10:31 a.m. The Assembly reconvened at 10:47 a.m. The motion was amended to substitute the words “be appointed by the moderator”

for the words, “be elected.” The amended motion was adopted as follows: That a new committee of three be

appointed by the Moderator to proceed to the preparation of a thirtieth anniversary booklet. The Stewardship Committee was directed to present a budget for the publication of

this booklet to the next Assembly. Mr. Shepherd concluded the report of the Committee on Overtures and Communi-

cations as follows: The committee recommends that in view of the complicated circumstances surround-

ing the ecclesiastical situation in Korea, Communication 9 from the Koryu Presbyterian Church be referred to the Committee on Foreign Missions for action. On motion this recommendation was adopted.

The committee recommends the adoption of the following motion: That this General Assembly propose to the Thirty-third General Assembly the following amendment to the Standing Rules:

Change the name of the section entitled “Of the Clerks” to “Of the Clerks and the Statistician”; Delete Rule 20-e, and reletter the subsequent sections of Rule 20; Add Rule 21-A as follows:

1.

2. 3.

THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1 Of

“There shall be a Statistician elected annually by the General Assembly whose duties shall be to collect and compile statistical reports from the presbyteries for the church year ending December 31 and the information required by the Form of Government, Chapter X Section 8, and to prepare them for presentation to the Assembly. The Statistician shall be authorized to draw on the Assembly funds for his normal operating expenses in performing the duties of his office, and shall receive an honorarium of fifty dollars.”

Respectfully submitted, NORMAN SHEPHERD Chairman

On motion this recommendation was adopted.

Mr. Roberts reported as follows for the Committee to Examine Presbyterial Records:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PRESBYT,ERIAL RECORDS

1. The committee recommends that following minutes be approved without exception: Presbytery of PhiladeZphia Presbytery of N e w Jersey

2. The committee recommends that the following minutes be approved with exceptions noted :

Presbtery of the South (1) Minutes of meetings of April 20-21, 1964, May 18, 1964, June 22, 1964, and

August 15, 1964 are not signed. (2) Pp. 76, 79 - The Moderator resumed the chair before conclusion of the matter

under consideration. (3) Elder Calvin Duff recorded as assuming the chair for part of the meeting

. and later as presenting the treasurer’s report without being enrolled as a member of that meeting of presbytery.

(4) P. 83 - No formal action transferring the Rev. Henry P. Tavares to the Presbytery of Ohio is recorded.

(5) Sec. 20 of the “Rules for Keeping Presbyterial Records” is not being observed. Presbytery of N e w Yorlz and N e w England (1) Pp. 227 and 238 - Sec. 8 of the “Rules” relative to indicating names of absent

ministerial members and churches not represented by elder comniissioners is not observed. P. 237 - Minutes not signed. Sec. 20 and 21 of “Rules” are not observed.

Sec. 20 of the “Rules” is not observed.

The minutes covering the period between the Twenty-eighth and Twenty- ninth General Assemblies, which had not been presented previously have been presented to this Assembly.

(2) P. 160 - Minutes do not include financial report of Elim Bible Camp as determined on motion.

(3) Pp. 163, 164 - Sec. 9 of the “Rules” which provides ’that “The poTtion(s) of the call for a special meeting stating the purpose of the meeting shall be recorded verbatim in the minutes” is not observed. Sec’s. 20 and 21 of the “Rules” are not being observed.

(2) (3) Presbytery of Ohio

Presbytery of the Dakotas (1)

(4)


Presbytery of Wisccmsin ( 1 ) ( 2 )

Pp. 307, 308, 315 - Sec. 9 of the “Rules” not being observed. P. 308 - Regarding the call of the congregation of Santee, California, to the Rev. Bruce A. Coie, there is no record of the call being found in order b e h a being placed in his hands. P. 314 - Minutes record a request from a pastor for advice concerning a discipline problem, with no indication of the nature of the request and nothing is recorded as to the disposition of this request. P. 230 - Minutes record the adoption of the proposed amendment to the Standing Rules pertaining to the “Pressing of a call received from a church of another Presbytery,” without any reference to the source or form of the amendment. P. 231 - Minutes of special meeting for the purpose of ordaining licentiate William Shell do not record that the call for the meeting was either read or found in order.

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Presbytery of the W e s t Caast

P. 14 - ‘Minutes record action concerning a request of a Mr. and MIS. Nilson without any prior indication of the request being received or the manner in which the request came to the presbytery. P. 15 - In connection with enrollment of Mr. D. Robert Lindberg as a ministerial member of the presbytery there is no record in the minutes that he was examined in theology on the floor of presbytery. Pp. 34, 39 - The Moderator resumed the chair prior to the conclusion of the matter under consideration. P. 36 - Mr. Wallace Bell was seated as a corresponding member althou& he was not an ordained member of any church. Sec. 20 of the “Rules” is not being observed.

minutes of the Presbytery of Southern California were not presented for review. Respectfully submitted, LEWIS W. ROBERTS DONALD P. STANTON SAMUEL VAN HOUTE

On separate motions, the recommendations were adopted: that the Minutes of the Presbyteries of Plhiladelphia and New Jersey be approved without exception; that the Minutes of the Presbyteries of the South, New York and New England, Ohio, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, and West Coast, be approved with exceptions noted.

Mr. Smith reported for the Committee on Standing Committee Records. Tche’ report is as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDING COMMITTEE RECORDS Your committee has examined the minutes and records of the following Standing

The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension. The Committee on Foreign Missions. The Committee on Christian Education. The Committee on General Benevolence. The Committee on Pensions. The Committee on Correspondence With Other Churches.

Commit tees :


Your committee finds both the actions of these committees, and the recording of

That these records be approved without exception. That a committee of two be appointed to draft rules defining the objectives of examining and reporting of all records. That the minute books of’ The Committee on Foreign Missions and The Committee on General Benevolence include the use of numbered pages. That all reports be included within the minutes prior to the signature of the Clerk or Secretary. That permanent type loose leaf record binders be used exclusively.

those actions, in order; and recommends: 1 . 2.

3.

4.

5 . Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. SMITH, Convener

On separate motions these recommendations were adopted. It was moved that all records of the Standing Committee be accessible to the in-

On motion, the matter was laid on the table. Mr. Hart reported for the Committee on Date and Place of the Next Assembly as

follows: The committee recommends that the Thirty-third General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church meet at Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church of &stburg, Wisconsin on Tuesday, April 26, 1966 at 9:00 a.m.

spection of any members of the Orthodox Presbyterian General Assembly.

The recommendation was adopted. The Stated Clerk made the following recommendations for the Budget for General

Assembly Purposes: That the budget for the General Fund of the General Assembly be set at 75c per communicant member, and that the Travel Fund for the Thirty-third General Assembly be set at $1.25 per communicant member.

On motion the recommendation was adopted. Mr. Coray reported as follows for the Committee on Necrology:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY Whereas it has pleased God in his providence to take from our midst two of our

brethren during this past year, we give thanks to our Lord for their years of stewardshiip of the gospel in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and express ow continuing sympathy to those who have been bereaved. We rejoice with them in the sure hope of the resurrection of those who now sleep in Jesus who is himself the firstfruits of life from the dead.

,Edwin Lynne Wade (1908-1965) labored in Orthodox Presbyterian pastorates in Pennsylvania and California. After some fifteen years in the chaplaincy of the U.9. Navy, he concluded his faithful service of his Savior in untiring missionary labors on Guam until, released from suffering, he entered into the presence of his Redeemer.

Edward Wybenga (1905-1965), after several years of teaching in Christian schools, entered Westminster Seminary and, in due course, the ministry of the Orthodox Presbyteri- an Church. He served pastorates in Iowa, the Dakotas, and in Oregon until failing health brought about his retirement. In his final years he continued his ministry through the writing of a series of studies on the Gospel of Luke, until his Savior called him home.

Mr. Coray led in prayer for the families of the deceased. On amended motion the funds from the Committee on a Constitution were designated

for the use of the Committee on a Christian Education. On motion the Stated Clerk was instructed to provide for a minimum of thirty-five

hours of debate in the docket for the Thirty-third General Assembly and the time for dissolution of the Thirty-third General Assembly was set for no later than Saturday, April 30 at 12 o’clock noon.

108 THIRTY-SECOND GENGRAL ASSEMBLY

It was moved and carried that the Tshirty-second Gcneral Assembly express its hearty thanks and grateful appreciation to the congregation of the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon and to the members of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Newberg, Oregon for their gracious hospitality and thoughtful concern for the comfort and pleasurc of the commissioners and visitors to this Assembly; and that this Assembly particularly commend the Committee on Arrangements for the excellent provision which they have made for the sessions of this Assembly, especially in providing the capable typing services of Miss Gwen Becktell.

The Assembly recessed at 12:20 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Gaffin, Jr.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

The Assembly reconvened at 1 :47 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Meiners. On motion it was ordered that the balance due on the bill for bedding supplied to

commissioners and visitors to the Assembly be paid from the balance in the Travel Fund Mr. Malcor gave a final report for the Travel Fund as follows:

FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAVEL FUND

A total of $7,576 for travel expenses is being paid to 76 commissioners of the

Mr. Eyres reported for the Committee to Draft a Resolution against Holding Elections Thirty-second General Assembly, leaving a balance of $159.39 in the Travel Fund.

on the Lord’s Day as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION CONCERNING NATIONAL ELECTIONS ON THE LORD’S DAY

The Thirty-second General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, meeting in Portland, Oregon, July 8 through 13, 1965, respectfully calls the attention of the Senate of the United States to Senate Bill 1211 which would require that federal elections be conducted on Sunday, which is commonly called, by the Ghristian church, the Lord’s Day or the Sabbath.

Although this General Assembly recognizes that the intended purpose of this measure is for the wider exercise of our cherished right of franchise, we would respectfully inform your honored body that activities such as political elections on the Lord’s Day are contrary to the Constitution of this church and of many other Christian churches in our land, and as such the passage of this legislation would constitute, regardless of considerations of expediency, an intrusion of government into the affairs of religion.

As evidence that this legislation would interfere with religion are the following facts: 1. It would place a great number of God-fearing American citizens who cherish

their privilege to participate in free elections in the tragic position of being cornpalled to decide whether they would, by use of the ballot box, serve their country, or in all good conscience serve their God according to his moral law. They could not, in the nature of the case, do both.

2. I t would work great hardship upon thousands of Christian Americans who act as election officials whose. consciences would not permit them to serve in that capacity on Lord’s Day.

3. It would cause the disruption of the quiet and religious observance of that holy day with respect to all who cherish the sacred observance of the Ghristian Sabbath.

4. Finally, and of equally great importance, the passage of this legislation would place the nation in the position of breaking, by force of law, the Fourth Commandment (“Remember ths sabbath day, to keep in holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God . . .” .Exodus 20:8-11).


Therefore this Thirty-second General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church humbly petitions the respected Senate of the1 United States to reject Senate Bill 1211.

- Your committee recommends: 1) 2) That copies of this resolution be sent by night letter to Senators

3) 4) And that the Stated Clerk be instructed to send a personal copy of this

resolution to each of the other United States senators and to the Governor of the State of Oregon.

That this resolution be adopted.

Everett Dirksen, Wayne Morse and Maurine Nueberger. That this resolution be released to the press.

The recommendations were adopted. On motion the General Assembly requested the Committee on Home Missions as

fiscal agent of the Assembly, to administer the Hospitalization Plan and to provide the personnel necessary to do this; and that the Committee on Hospitalization Insurance be authorized to collect a quarterly charge of $1.00 from each participant in the Plan to help defray administrative costs.

On motion the Committee on Radio and Television was instructed to give serious study to the feasibility of obtaining the services of a radio minister for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

By common consent the Moderator was granted permission to name the Committee on a Thirtieth Anniversary Booklet after the dissolution of the Assembly and to have their names recorded in the Minutes at this point. The Moderator made the following- appointments : D. Stanton, convener, Bordeaux and Breisch.

The Moderator made appointments to the Committee to Define the Objectives of Examining Standing Committee Records: The Rev. Mr. Knight and Elder Willard E. Neel.

The Minutes of July 13th were approved as corrected. On motion the *Moderator was authorized to appoint a Committee on Arrangements

for the Thirty-third General Assembly. The Moderator named the Rev. Mr. Stanton and the session of the Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Oostburg, Wisconsin to serve as the Committee on Arrangements for the Thirty-third General Assembly.

On motion the Minutes as a whole were approved. On motion it was determined that the Assembly be dissolved. The Moderator made the following declaration: By virtue of the authority delegated

to me by the church, let this General Assembly be dissolved, and I do hereby dissolve it, and require another General Assembly chosen in the same manner, to meet at Oostburg, Wisconsin, on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1966.

The Moderator led the Assembly in prayer and pronounced the Apostolic Benediction. The Assembly closed at 2:55 p.m., Tuesday, July 13, 1965.

Respectfully submitted, ROBLEY J. JOHNSTON Stated Clerk


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CHANGES IN PRESBYTERIAL STATISTICS (Since December 31, 1964)

Presbytery of the Dakotas Minister received:

Robert Dodd, pastor-elect of Bethel, CARSON; First, LARK; and First, LEITH N. D., from the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, 9-65 (pending final action of the Presbytery at its September meeting).

V. Robert Nilson, to the Reformed Churches of New Zealand, 3-65

Trinity, BRIDGEWATER, S . D., 8-1-65

Samuel van Houte

Minister dismissed:

Vacant Pulpit :

Minster not in Pastoral Charge

Presbytery of N e w Jersey Minister dismissed :

Licensure :

Ordination:

Vacant Pulpit:

Minister installed:

Licentiates removed from roll:

George W. Knight, 111 to Presbytery of the South, 7-8-65

Cornelius Tolsma, 2-27-65

Gordon D. MOUW, 1-8-65

Immanuel, WEST COLLINGSWOOD, 6-30-65

Gordon D. ~MOUW installed as pastor of C m m u n i t y , GARFIELD, 1-8-65

Cornelius Tolsma, dismissed to Presbytery of the South, 5-5-65 Stanford 1M. Sutton, Jr., dismissed to Presbytery of Ohio, 6-7-65

Presbytery of Ohio Licentiate received: \

Stanford M. Sutton, Jr., pastor-elect of Faith, MARIETTA, Ohio, received from Presbytery of New Jersey, 9-7-65.

Presbytery of Philadelphia Minister received :

Ordination :

Licensure :

Ministers not in Pastoral Charge :

C. John Miller, from the Presbytery of the West Coast, 5-17-65

Richard B. GafPin, Jr., 6-15-65

Albert W. Steever, 5-17-65

Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. C. John Miller

Presbytery of South Minister received :

Congregation received, 6-29-65 Conservative Presbyterian Church of Harriman, Tenn. Inc.

Minister received:

John H. Thompson, Jr., received, 6-1-65

Presbytery of Southern California

Stanley P. Allen, received 2-1 1-65

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Vacant Pulpit:

Ministers not in Pastoral Charge: Westminster, Los ANGELES, Calif., 1-3-65

Stanley P. Allen Michael D. Stingley

Presbytery of W e s t Coast Ministers received:

Melvin B. Nonhof, received from the Reformed Church in the U.S., 4-28-65 Wilson H. 'Rinker, received from the Reformed Church in America, 4-28-65

Herbert W. Butt, removed-from roll at his reqquest, 3-25-65 C. John Miller, dismissed to Presbytery of Philadelphia, 4-29-65

Brentwood, S. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 7-31-65

Melvin B. Nonhof, installed as pastor of the OPC of SANTA CRUZ, Calif., 5-6-65

Wilson H. Rinker Edwin C. Urban

Ministers dismissed:

- Vacant Pulpit:

Minister installed:

Ministers not in Pastoral Charge:

Presbytery of Wisconsin Ordination:

Minister not in Pastoral Charge: William Anthony Shell, 3-12-65

William A. Shell

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SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF

THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

COMMITTEE O N ARRANGEMENTS FOR T H E THIRTY-THIRD ASSEMBLY Donald F. Stanton and the Session of Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church,

Oostburg, Wis.

COMM.1TTE-E T O CONFER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Paul Woolley (Chairman), Calvin A. Busch, Edmund P. Clowney, Bert L. Roeber, Robert L. Vining (alternate)

COMMITTEE T O CONSIDER T H E MATTER PROPOSED TO THE ASSEMBLY BY THE PRESBYTERY OF THE WEST COAST

John Murray (Convener) Charles H. Ellis, Laurence N. Vail

COMMITTEE T O DEFINE OBJECTIVES OF EXAMINING STANDING C0M.MITTEE RECORDS

George W. Knight, 111, (Convener), Willard E. Nee1

COMMITTEE T O DRAFT RULES FOR EXAMINING PRESBYTERIAL MINUTES

Lenville L. Hawkes, Raymond M. Meiners Richard A. Barker (Chairman), Burton L. Goddard, Th.D.,

COMMITTEE ON HOSPTALIZATION INSURANCE Wm. Harllee Bordeaux, Th.D. (Convener), Harold R. Keenan, Donald M. Parker

COMMITTEE ON RADIO AND TELEVISION Ivan J. DeMaster (Convener), Calvin A. Busch, Theodore J. Georgian

Maurice Penn, Laurence C. Sibley

tCOMMITTEE ON REVISIONS T O THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND BOOK OF DISCIPLINE

John Murray (Chairman), Edmund P. Clowney, John P. Galbraith

MEMBERS OF STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Richard A. Barker (Chairman), Class of 1968; Harold R. Keenan, Class of 1967; F. C. Metzger, Class of 1966

COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE DOCTRINE OF GUIDANCE, ETC. Robert D. Knudsen, Ph.D. (Chairman), Laurence C. Sibley, Jr.,

Leslie W. Sloat, Harvie M. Conn (alternate)

COMMITTEE ON THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET Donald F. Stanton (Convener), Wm. Harllee Bordeaux, Th.D., Francis D. Breisch, Jr.


SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIM SUPPLIES FOR CHURCHES WITHOUT PASTORS

Garret A. Hoogerhyde (Chairman), Calvin A. Busch, LeRoy B. Oliver

STATISTICIAN Edward A. Haug, Jr.

NEWS CORRESPONDENT FOR REFORMED ECUMENICAL SYNOD Robert E. Nicholas

MISSIONS CORRESPONDENT FOR REFORMED ECUMENICAL SYNOD John P. Galbraith

LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WORLD HOME BIBLE LEAGUE Wm. Harllee Bordeaux


STANDING COMMITTEES

O F THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION

Class of 1968-MINISTERS: Jay E. Adams, Everett C. DeVelde, Jack J. Peterson

Class of 1967-MINISTERS: Calvin A. Busch, Robert L. Atwell, Robert W. Eckardt

Class of 1966-MINISTERS: John P. Clelland, George W. Knight, 111, George W.

RULING ELDERS: C. Stewart Lind, Wilfred R. Moses

RULING ELDERS : Garret A. Hoogerhyde, Ronald Murphy

Marston RULING ELDERS: Hiram I. Bellis, Bert L. Roeber

General Secretary: The Rev. LeRoy B. Oliver, 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19126

FOREIGN MISSIONS

Class of 1968-MINISTERS: Henry W. Coray, John C . Hills, Jr., John Murray

Class of 1967-MINISTERS: Henry H. Fikkert, Laurence N. Vail, Robert L. Vining

CZass of 1966-MINISTERS: Leslie A. Dunn, Charles H. Ellis, Arthur 0. Olson RULING ELDERS: L. Fred Baum, R. P. Width

G m m a l Secretary: The Rev. John P. Galbraith, 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa.

RULING ELDERS: Floyd C. Graf, Fairvan C. Lenker

RULING ELDERS: Newman de Haas, Willard E. Nee1

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Class of 1968-MINISTERS: Francis D. Breisch, Edmund P. Clowney, Robert E. Nicholas

Class of 1967-MINISTERS : Calvin K. Cummings, Charles G. Schauffele, Laurence

RULING ELDERS: Leonard G. Brown, William E. Viss

C. Sibley, Jr. RULING ELDERS: Daniel E. McElwain, Jr., Edward A. Haug, Jr.

J. Young, Ph.D. RULING ELDERS: A. L. Le Gro, Stewart W. Sandberg, Jr.

C h s of 1966-MINISTERS: Lewis J. Grotenhuis, Robert D. Knudsen, Ph.D., Edward

General Secretary: The Rev. Robley J. Johnston, 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19126


PENSIONS

Class of 1968-MINISTERS: Everett C. DeVelde, John P. Galbraith

CZass of 1967-MINISTER: John P. Clelland

CZass of 1966-MINISTER: William Harllee Bordeaux, Th.D.

RULING ELDER: Edward A. Haug, Jr.

RULING ELDERS: William C. Colsnian, Lewis W. Roberts

RULING ELDERS: Garret A. Hoogerhyde, Harold R. Keenan

GENERAL BENEVOLENCE

Class of 1968-MINISTER: Harvie M. Conn; DEACON: Irving J. Triggs Class of 1967-MINISTER: John H. Skilton, Ph.D.; DEACON: J. Eric Crowe Chss of 1966-MINISTER: Lester R. Bachman; DEACON: John Tolsma, (Jr.)

ECUMENICITY AND INTERCHURCH RELATIONS

Class of 1968-Calvin I<. Cummings, F. Kingsley Elder, jr., Ph.D. Class of 1967-LcRoy B. Oliver, Paul Woolley Class of 1966-Jay E. Adams, George W. Knight, I11

TRAVEL FUND

Class of 1968-Edward L. Kellogg Class of 1967-Calvin R. Malcor Class of 1966-Glenn T. Black

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CLERKS O F SESSION

Number Ruling Elders

PRESBYTERY OF T H E DAKOTAS COLORADO Denver, Park Hill - Arthur F. Johnson, 415 S. Gaylord St., Denver Grand Junction, Bethel - John A. Crosby, 189 Thompson Drive, Grand Junction Thornton, Immanuel - Audra M. Parrish, 9340 Cedar Ct., Thornton NEBRASKA Lincoln, Faith - Robert Schreiner, 4035 Adams, Lincoln

Omaha, OPC - R. G. Deems, 4514 Hascall St., Omaha NOFITH DAKOTA '

Carson, Bethel - Ernest J. Danzeisen, Carson Lark, First - Burton Havens, Flasher Leith, First - James Em&

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OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, Krzox - E. Myers Bearden, 2104 Churchill Way, Village,

SOUTH DAKOTA 3 Bancroft, Murdock Memorial - Don Wilkins, Bancroft 57316 3 Bridgewater, Trinity - Calvin D. Hofer, Bridgewater 4 Hamill, Westminster - Lynus A. ,Carlson, Hamill 3 Manchester, OPC - Fred Rittersbusch, De Smet 7 Volga, Calvary - Lester' Kleinjan, R. R., Bruce 1 Winner, OPC - Blain Fenenga, Winner 2 Yale, OPC - Glenn Foote, Route 3, Huron 57350

3 Oklahoma City 73120

PRESBYTERY OF NEW JERSEY

6 Bellmaw, Immanuel - Edward M. Shindle, 2 Albert Rd., Glendora 8 08302 2 4 Fair Lawn, Grace - William Wilkens, 4-40 Summit Ave., Fair Lawn 4 3 Morristown, Emmanuel - Oscar S . Sterner, 376 South St., Morristown 3 3 2 2 8 7

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Bridgeton, Calvary - Carlisle Gale, 12 Holly Lane, Bridgeton East Orange, Covenant - Malcolm L. Woodruff, 91 Hamilton St., E. Orange

Garfield, Cmmwnity - William A. De Jonge, 22 Normal Ave., Montclair

Pittsgrove, Faith - Floyd C. Graf, 23 Second St., Elmer Ringoes, Calvary of Amwell - Adonis Stryker, Ringoes Stratford, OPC - James G. MacDonald, 13 Elinor Ave., Stratford Trenton, Grace - George A. Hurley, 83 Reeder Ave.,Trenton Vineland, Covenant - Ralph H. Ellis, 37 S. State St., Vineland West Collingswood, Immanuel - Willard E. Neel, 3 11 Sloan Ave., W. Collingswood

08 107 Westfield, Grace - Edward A. Haug, Jr., 430 Washington St., Westfield Wildwood, Calvary - Thomas A. Jorgensen, 136 W. Lavender Rd., Wildwood

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PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND

CONNECTICUT Hamden, Westminster - Albert H. Squires, 103 Lawncrest Road, New Haven

MAIN.E Bangor, Pilgrim - Paul S . MacDonald, Box 365, Corinna Cornville, OPC - Myron C. Moody, R.D. 2, Skowhegan Lewiston, Trin i ty - Charles R. Greenwood, 414 Lisbon St., Lewiston Ludlow-Smyma, Bethel - Allen Moody, R.F.D. 1, Houlton Portland, Second Parish - Lenville L. Hawkes, Cumberland Center MASSACHUSETTS Fall River, Grace - Arthur S. Reseigh, 693 Read St., Somerset 02726 Hamilton, First - Hillis M. Partington, 494 Washington St., Gloucester NEW YORK Franklin Square, OPC - Ralph Spiller, 36 Virginia Drive, Elmont, L.I. Lisbon, OPC - Delmer Putney, R.R. 2, Lisbon Rochester, Covenant - John Garland, 27 Holmes Road, Rochester 26

Schenectady, Calvary - Robert Y. McCullough, 242 Union St., Schenectady RHODE ISLAND Cranston, Calvary - Chester E. Browning, 47 Packard St., Cranston

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Memorial - C. Stewart Lind, 229 Hillside Ave., Rochester 14610

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PRESBYTERY OF OHIO OHIO Marietta, Faith - James D. Davidson, 906% Colegate Rd., Marietta, Ohio PENNSYLVANIA Branchton, New Hope - David L. Bovard, R.D. 4, Slippery Rock Edinburg, Nashua - Wendell Miller, R.D. 1, Edinburg Grove City, Wayside - Paul W. Northcott, 314 College Ave., Grove City Harrisville, Faith - William H. IGester, R.D. 1, Boyers Pittsburgh, Covenant - John C. Smith, 341 Maple Terrace, Pittsburgh 15211

PRESBYTERY OF PHILADELPHIA

DELAWARE Middletown, Grace - W. R. Weldon Burge, 11 E. Redding St., Middletown Wilmington, Emmanuel - A. E. Haynian, Jr., 1408 Marsh Rd., Wilmington 19803 MARYLAND Baltimore, First - L. Fred Baum, Jr., 425 Haslett Rd., Joppa 21085 Silver Spring, Knox - Maurice E. Fox, 4129 Warner St., Kensington PENNSYLVANIA Center Square, Cmmunity - Win. E. Brown, 243 W. Valley Forge Road, King of

Prussia Fawn Grove, Faith - Daniel E. McElwain, Fawn Grove 17321 Glenside, Calvary - Richard C. Zebley, R.D., Chalfont Hatboro, Trin i ty - William Viss, 701 Lincoln Ave., Willow Grove Kirkwood, OPC - Wm. R. Ferguson, 132 Pine St., Oxford Middletown, Calvrrry - Ronald T. Murphy, 523 Cattell St., Middletown

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5 Nottingham, Bethany - Leonard G. Brown, R.D. 2, Box 100, Oxford 19363 3 Philadelphia, Gethsemane - Edwin C. Urban, Sr., 46 Albert Ave., Aldan 3 5 Mediator - James Hutton, 6924 Large St., Philadelphia 19149

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Knox - Robert H. English, 116 W. Hillcrest Ave., Havertown

VIRGINIA Fairfax, Trin i ty - Clyde G. Miller, 1269 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax Vienna, Grace - Bernard T. Harlow, Jr., 203 Oak Street, McLean

PRESBYTERY OF T H E SOUTH FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale Bsthl - John E. Evers, 833 Fairway Dr., Fort Lauderdale Hialeah, Sharon - Calvin A. Duff, 8180 S.W. 106th St., Miami 56 Miami, G a l l o w q - Dan A. Hames, 5835 S.W. 100th Terrace, Miami 56 Ocoee, Emwzanuel - Ronald Gump, 571 1 Lawndale, Orlando GEORGIA Valdosta, Westminster - J. A. Durrenberger, Ph. D., 206 Brookwood Place,

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CALIFORNIA Chula Vista, Buyviav - Lloyd H. Livermore, 25 “H” St., Chula Vista Garden Grove, O P C - Andrew Mitchell, 10721 Vickers Ave., Garden Grove Hacienda Heights, O P C - T. W. Spencer, 741 N. Hacienda, La Habra La Mirada, Calvary - Preston Ban-, 111, 14259 Grayville Dr., La Mirada Long Beach, First - Delbert E. Schowalter, 3650 Poppy St., Long Beach Los Angeles, Beverly - Herbert F. Pink, 129 N. Bleakwood, Los Angeles

Manhattan Beach, First - Norman E. Byer, M.D., 5302 Via Del Valle, Torrance San Diego, Paradise Hills - Hiram I. Bellis, 2591 Calk Tres Lomas, San Diego 14 Santee, Valley - Philip R. Conrad, Sr., 206 Joyce St., El Cajon Torrance, Greyfrzars M m i a l - Wm. Martin, 22610 S. Orchard Ave., Torrance

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CALIFORNIA Berkeley, Covenmt - David L. Neilands, 1601 Cedar St., Berkeley Modesto, First - Clarence Westra, Route 3, Box 720, Manteca San Francisco, First - Roy 0. Young, 1391 14th Ave., San Francisco Santa Cruz, OPC - J. W. ‘Marius, 524 Hanover St., Santa Cruz Sonora, Calvary - Fred Vanderplaats, Box 184, Groveland S. San Francisco, Brentwood - ‘Clarence P. Bush, 809 Hillside Blvd.,

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95062 94122

S. San Francisco

97701

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PRESBYTERY OF WISCONSIN ILLINOIS Evergreen Park, Westminster - James S . Nicol, 10120 S. Spaulding St.,

Evergreen Park 42 Westchester, Westminster - Wallace E. Nygren, 141 3 Heidorn Ave., Westchester Wheaton, Bethel - H. L. Brinks, 923 N. Scott St., Wheaton IOWA Waterloo, First - James Singbusch, 212 Baltimore, Waterloo WISCONSIN Cedar Grove, Calvary - Willard Harmelink, 769 S . Main St., Cedar Grove Gresham, OM Stockbridge - John Tousey, Jr., R.D. 1, Bowler Oostburg, Bethel - Earl DeMaster, R.D. 1, Oostburg

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MINISTERS OF THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Status and addresses as of September 1, 1965)

Abbreviations:

Status as follows: I

Presbyteries as follows: FM - Foreign Missionary H M - Home Missionary P - Pastor PI - Pastor, Non-Orthodox Pres. Ohurch

Ret. - Retired Tea. - Teacher W - Wisconsin

D - Dakotas J - New Jersey 0 - Ohio Phi - Philadelphia

SC - Southern Cdifornia Prof. - Professor S - S o ~ ~ t h

I SS - Stated Supply WC - West Coast I Y - New York

(0) - indicates number of churches served.

Adams, Jay E., P., J. - 1125 Summit Ave., Westfield, N. J. Ahlfeldt, Carl A., P., D. - 3221 N.W. 39th Terrace, Oklahoma City, Okla. Albright, H. Wilson, P., SC. - 2805 La Plata Ave., Hacienda Heights, Calif. Allen, Stanley P., SC. - 1217 Dorset Lane, Costa Mesa, Calif. Anderson, Robert W., Tea., Y. - Rogers Rd. off Emerson Lane, Berkeley Heights, N. J. Andrews, Egbert W., FM., Phi. - Box 53, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Atwell, Robert L., P., S. - 9775 S.W. 87th Ave., Miami, Fla.,33156 Bachman, Lester R., P., Phi. - Kirkwood, Lancaster County, Pa. Balcom, Curtis A., Ret., D. - 663 Crocker Ave., Daly City, Calif. Beech, Thomas A,, W C - 1060 Gaylord, Denver, Colo. Benson, W. Lee, P., J. - Rte. 69, Ringoes, N. J.

73112

80206

I Betzold, John W. (Chaplain), Phi. - 97th General Hospital, APO 757, U.S. Forces, N.Y., N.Y.

Eritrea, Ethiopia Bird, Herbert S., FM., D. - American Evangelical Mission, Box 26, Massawa,

Black, Glenn T., P., WC. - 2453 Harris St., Eugene, Ore., 97405 Bomer,William J., P., SC. - 21835 Kinard Ave., Torrance, Calif. Bordeaux, William Harllee, Th.D., P., W. - 1817 Balmoral Ave., Westchester, Ill. Breisch, Francis D., Jr. - P., W. - 1415 E. Forest Ave., Wheaton, Ill. Brown, Lionel F.S., P., D. - 3rd & Astrachan, Volga, S. Dak., 57071 Busch, Calvin A., P., J. - 38 Macculloch Ave., Morristown, N. J. Calderwood, David, Th.D., Ret., SC. 2931 Luana Dr., Oceanside Calif. Casey, Thompson L., Jr., S. - 2913 Sheringham Rd., Orlando, Fla. Champness, Thomas S., Jr., P., WC - 1817 Debonaire Drive, Modesto, Calif., 95350 Chanoux, Leonard F., Tea., J. - 104 N. Lincoln Drive, Wenonah, N. J. Childs, W. Hobar.t, S. 104 Buena Vista St., Greenville, S. C. Christian, George S., J. - 11 Ramapo Road, Pompton Plains, N. J. Churchill, Robert K., P., WC. - Box 446, Sonora, Calif. Clelland, John P. Exec. Sec., Phi. - Res: 2889 Joyce Road, Roslyn, Pa., 19001

32801

Office: Westminster Theological Seminary, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 1 1 8

Clough, Ralph E., P., SC. - 500 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach, Calif. 90266 Clowney, Edmund P., Prof., J. - 520 Grant Ave., Willow Grove, Pa., 19090


Coie, Bruce A., P., SC. - 9539 Frascati Way, Santee, Calif., 92071 Coie, Glenn R., P., S. - 699 W. 69th Place, Hialeah, Fla., 33012 Commeret, Raymond .E., P., J. - 564 Fair Lawn Parkway, Saddle Brook, N. J. Conn, Harvie M., FM., J. - First Class Mud Only: APO 301, c/o Postmaster

San Francisco, Calif. Package Mail: 3-88 Chung Jhong Rho 3 Ga,

2 Sah Day Moon Gu, Seoul, Korea Furlough Address: 2152 Keith Road,

Abington, Pa. Cooper, Thomas M., Tea., Phi. - 908 E. Hampton St., Tuscon, Ariz. Coray, Henry W., HM., WC. - 162 Laurel Ave., Menlo Park, Calif., 94025 Cummings, Calvin K., P., 0. - 1608 Graham Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa., 15235 Davies, John, P., J. - 308 E. Hand Ave., Wildwood, N. J., 08260 Davis, Danial C., Th.D., Tea., W. - 726 North Cherry, Wheaton, Ill., 60187 De Master, Ivan J., P., Phi. - 897 De Kalb Pike, Center Square, Pa. De Velde, Everett C., P., J. - 1029 Landis Ave., Vineland, N. J. Dorman, Harold, P., Y. - Route 2, Skowhegan, Me., 04976 Dortzbach, Elmer M., P., D. - 2878 Ash St., Denver 7, Colo. Duff, Clarence W., FM., Phi. - American Evangelical Mission, Ghinda, Eritrea,

Dunn, Leslie A., P., Y. - 38 Lowell St., South Portland, Maine Eckardt, Robert W., P., Phi. - 1811 Gravers Lane, Wilmington, Del., 19803 Ediger, Abe W., P., D. - 333 Polk St., Winner, S. Dak. Edwards, Albert G., 111, P., WC. - 10118 N.E. Campaign St., Portland, Ore., 97220 Elliott, Edwards E., P., SC - 9826 Luders Ave., Garden Grove, Calif., 92641 Ellis, Charles H., P., Phi. - 120 Normandy Drive, Silver Spring, Md. Evans, F. Clarke, P., Phi, - 202 N. Broad St., Middlctown, Del., 19709 Eyres, Lawrence R., P., SC. - 500 E. San Antonio Drive, Long Beach, Calif. Fikkert, Henry H., P., Phi. - Fawn Grove, Pa., 17321 Freeman, David, Ph.D., P., Y. 154 Mt. Hope Ave., Tiverton, R. I. Gaffin, Richard B., FM., W. - 72 Chung Hsiao Rd., Taichung, Taiwan,

Gaffin, Richard B., Jr., Tea., Phi. - 2160 Keith Road, Abington, Pa. Galbraith, John P., Gen. Sec., Phi. - Res.: 2723 Jenkintown Rd., Ardsley, Pa.

Office: 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa., 19126 Georgian, Theodore J., P., Y. - 243 Malden St., Rochester 15, N. Y. Goddard, Burton L., Th.D., Lib. Dir., Y. - 255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham, Mass., 10984 Graham, Robert H., P., SC. - 775 Monserate Ave., Chula Vista, Calif., 92010 Grilli, Eugene, P., Y. - Box 96, Lisbon, N. Y., 13658 Grotenhuis, Lewis J., PI., J. - Belvidere Road, R.D. 2, Phillipsburg, N. J. Hall, George W., Jr., P., Phi. - 37 N. Race St., Middletown, Pa. Haney, George E. Jr., P., Y. - 113 Fruit St., Bangor, Maine Hard, Theodore J., FM., J. - 2338 Old Welsh Road, Willow Grove, Pa. Hart, Howard E., P., J. - 11 Park Drive, Bellmawr, N. J. Hills, John C., Jr., P., Y. - 882 Garfield St., Franklin Square, L.I., N. Y. 11010 Hodgson, Richard G., P., J. - 501 Park Ave., East Orange, N. J. Hunt, Bruce F., FM., SC. - Orthodox Pres. Mission, APO, San Francisco, Calif.; 96259

Package Mail: Box 184, Pusan, Korea Jenkins, Ronald E., P., D. - Hamill S. Dak. Johnston, John D., FM. Phi. - 84 Min Tsu Road, Msinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Furlough Address: 3022 W. Colorado Ave., Denver, Colo.

E. Africa 04106

20901

90807

Republic of China

19038


Johnston, Robley J., Gen. Sec., Phi. - Res., 115 Spring Ridge Road, King of Prussia, Pa., 19406

Office: 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa., 19126 Keller, Rollin P., P., J. - 16 Denbo Drive, Neptune, N. J., 07753 Kellogg, Edward L., P., SC. - 3056 Windy Lane, Bonita, Calif., 92002 Kline, Meredith G., Ph.D., Prof., J. - 255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham, Mass., 01984 Knight, George W., 111, P., S. - R. 2, Box 790, Naplles, Fla. Knowles, Louis E., Tea., SC. - 1365 St. Louis Ave., Long Beach, Calif., 90804 . Knudsen, Robert D., Ph.D., Prof., Phi. - 1341 Osbourne Ave., Roslyn, Pa., 19001 Kress, Arnold S., P., 0. - R.D. 1, Edinburg, Pa. Kuschke, Arthur W., Jr., Lib., Phi. - 522 Kingston Road, Oreland, Pa. Latal, Gerald G., Th.D., P., W C - 1695 West Lane, Stockton, Calif., 95205 Lewis, Richard M., P., WC. - 1623 Tacoma, Berkeley, Calif. Lindberg, D. Robert, P., WC. - 2320 41st Ave., S.W., Seattle, Wash. Long, L. Craig, Ph.D., Phi. - 406 University Ave., Selinsgrove, Pa. Lucas, Robert M., Tea., S. - 511 S.W. 18th Ave., Apt. 1, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. McIlwaine, R. Heber, FM., Phi. - 16-5 Shinhama-cho, Fukushima-shi, Japan Mahaffy, Francis E., FM., W. - American Evangelical Mission, Senafe, Eritrea; Ethiopia Malcor, Calvin R., P., SC. - 112 N. Roscommon Ave., Los Angeles 22, Calif. Male, Jonathan D., P., S. - Route 1, Box 6, Maitland, Fla., 32751 Marston, George W., Field Rep., W. - 3902 Rose Ave., Western Springs, Ill. Meilahn, Kenneth J., Tea., Phi. - 319 N. Union St., Middletown, Pa. Meiners, Raymond M., P., Y. - 1138 Parkwood Blvd., Schenectady, N. Y. Miller, C. John, Phi. - 415 Walnut St., Jenkintown, Pa. Mitchell, John J., Editor, Phi. - 2450 Norwood Ave., Roslyn, Pa. Moreau, William E., P., Y. - 239 Sherman Ave., New Haven, Conn. Morton, George F., P., 0. - Box 55, Harrisville, Pa. (2) MOUW, Gordon D., P., J. - 39 Marsellus Place, Garfield, N. J. Murray, John, Prof., Y. - Westminster Theological Seminary, Chestnut Hill,

Newson, Robert D., P., WC. - 375 Tennessee Ave., Mill Valley, Calif., 94941 Nicholas, Robert E., Editor, Phi. - Res.: 1322 Osbourne-Ave., Roslyn, Pa.

Nonhof, Melvin B., P., WC. - 2324 Mattison Lane, Santa Cruz, Calif. Nuermberger, Robert M., W. - Box 313, Perry, Mich. Oliver, LeRoy B., Gen. Sec., J. - Res.: 1074 Wynnewood Ave., Abington, Pa., 19001

Office: 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa., 19126 Olson, Arthur O., P., J. - 65 Hitchner Ave., Bridgeton, N. J. Parker, Donald M., P., J. - 3 Jamaica Way, Trenton, N. J., 08610 Petersen, Herman T., Tea., SC. - 1410 E. 17th St., National City, Calif., 92050 Peterson, Jack J., P., J. - 21 Bryn Mawr Ave., Stratford, N. J. Phillips, Henry D., P., W. - R.D. 1, Gresham, Wis., 54128 Piper, Russell D., P., D. - 3935 Randolph St., Lincoln 10, Neb. '(2) Poundstone, Dwight H., P., SC. - 12132 S. Luitwieler Ave., La Mirada, Calif., 90638 Rankin, John, Ret., Y. - 18 Water St., Worcester, N. Y., 12197 Rankin, William J., P., Phi. - 1323 Friendship St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19111 Reitsma Carl J., P., W. - 152 W. Union Ave., Cedar Grove, Wis, Riffel, Arthur G., P., WC. - 319 Cabrillo Ave., Santa Cruz, Calif. Rinker, Wilson, WC. - 871 Menker Ave., San Jose, Calif. Rockey, Wendell L., Jr., P., Y. - 20 Rust St., Hamilton, Mass. Rosenberger, H. Laverne, Phi. - 2979 Sunnycrest Road, Willow Grove, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa., 191 18

Office: 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 95062


Roskamp, Cromwell G., Phi. - 3552 Elmley Ave., Baltimore 13, Md. Rushdoony, R. J., WC. - 880 University Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. Sander, Robert D., P., D. - Bancroft, S. Dak., (3) 57316 Schauffele, Charles G., Prof., Y. - 260 Chebacco Road, Hamilton, Mass., 01936 Shell, William A., Tea,, W. - 15 W256 Forest Lane Elmhurst, Ill. Shepherd, Norman, Tea., Phi. - c/o Westminster Theological Seminary, Phila., Pa. 191 18 Shriver, Adam G., WC. - 702 W. Musser St., Carson City, Nev. Sibley, Laurence C., Jr., P., Phi. - 333 Cherry Lane, Glenside, Pa. Skilton, John H., Ph.D., Prof., Y. - 920 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 Sloat, Leslie W., Phi. - Box 101, Mt. Holly, N. J. Snyder, Dale N., Y. - Barnsteenhorst 206, The Hague, The Netherlands Solis, Salvador M., P., W. - 2146 Norwalk, h s Angeles 41, Calif. Spooner, A. Boyce, P., Phi. - 151 W. County Line Road, Hatboro, Pa., 19040 Stanton, Charles E., P., Y. - R.D. 2, Houlton, Maine Stanton, Donald F., P., W. - 629 Center Ave., Oostburg, Wis. Stingley, Michael D., SC. - 506 Joe Morse Drive, Copperas Cove, Texas Stonehouse, Bernard J., P., Y. - 17 Webster St.,, Lewiston, Maine Tavares, Henry P., P., 0. - 311 State St., Grove Qty, Pa. Taws, Donald H., P., D. - 9161 Vine St., Thornton, Colo. 80229 Thoburn, Robert L., P., Phi. - 200 University Drive, Fairfax, Va. Thompson, John H., Jr., P., S. - P.O. Box 601, Harriman, Tenn., 37748 Tucker, Kelly G., Y. Uomoto, George Y., FM., WC. - 116 Otachiba-machi, Sendai, Japan Urban, Edwin C., WC. - 10827 Second Ave., Fairfax, Va. Vail, Laurence N., P., Phi. - 917 Timber Lane, Vienna; Va., 22180 Valentine, Robert G., P., S. - 1300 McRee Drive, Valdosta, Ga. van Houte, Daniel, Ph.D., SC. - 10506 Cedar Ave., Fairfax, Va. van Houte, Samuel, D. - 10506 Cedar Ave., Fairfax, Va. Van Til, Cornelius, P*h.D., Prof. Phi. - 16 Rich Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., 19118 Verhage, John, P., D. Vining, Robert L., P., Phi. - Box 75-A, R.D. 2; Oxford, Pa., 19363 Voorhees, Reginald, P., D. - 1925 S. 49th St., Omaha 6, Nebr., 68106 Welmers, William E., Ph.D., Prof., SC. - 2272 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Willis, George J., P., Y. - 563 Melville St., Rochester, N. Y., 14609 Woolley, Paul, Prof., Phi. - 505 E. Willow Grove Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., 19118 Young, Edward J., Ph.D., Prof., Phi. - 2540 Edgehill Road, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.

60126

76522

- 197Y2 Glory View, Grand Junction, &lo.

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ASSEMBLY

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st

32nd


MODERATORS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

YEAR PLACE OF ASSEMBLY

1936-J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Litt.D. -_______Philadelphia, Pa. 1936-J. Oliver Buswell Jr., D.D. I____________-..---,--Philadelphia, Pa. 1937- John J. De Waard _________-------Philadelphia, Pa. 1938-R. B. Kuiper l-l-l_-----_-l---__--- Quarryville, Pa. 1939-Alexander K. Davison, S.T.D. __-______I_ Glenside, Pa. 1939-Everett C. De Velde _____________cI_____I_I_ Glenside, Pa. 1940-Paul Woolley _________________~----Cincinnati, Ohio 1941-Robert Strong, S.T.D. ____l______l_______-c___ Glenside, Pa. 1942-John P. Clelland ______-____________---__Rochester, N. Y. 1943-Oscar Holkeboer _____-______ -Willow Grove, Pa. 1944-Edwin H. Rian __-- __ _________ ---Glenside, Pa. 1945-Robert S . Marsden -__ --_-Glenside, Pa. 1946-Ned B. Stonehouse, Th.D. _____- Glenside, Pa. 1947-John P. Galbraith ___ ____ Cedar Grove, Wis. 1948-Edward L. Kellogg ___________I___ Wildwood, N. J. 1949-Dwight H. Poundstone _____________-____ L o s Angeles, Calif. 1950-Leslie W. Sloat ___________I________ cI__ __-__ Glenside, Pa. 195 1 -Lawrence R. Eyres _________ ~ ____ Glenside, Pa. 1952-Calvin K. Cummings ___ _-_ . -Denver , Colo. 1953-John H. Skilton, Ph.D. -- Glenside, Pa. 1954-Robert K. Churchill ~-___-___I___ Rochester, N. Y. 1955-Robert L. Vining ~ _____________ _c Glenside, Pa. 1956-Edward J. Young, Ph.D. _________________Denver, &lo. 1957-Bruce F. Hunt _________________-- W. Collingswood, N. J. 1958-Edmund P. Clowney __________-___ __ _____________ Oostburg, Wis. 1959-Leslie A. Dunn ___________________l____________________---- Glenside, Pa. 1960-David L. Neilands, Esq. ____________-__Manhattan Beach, Calif. 1961-John Murray _--_____________________________________ Glenside, Pa. 1962-Robert L. Atwell _____l______l------_-Cedar Grove, Wis. 1963-Le Roy B. Oliver _______ _______________ Vineland, N. J. 1964-Glenn R. Coie _____________________-----_________ Silver Spring, Md.

1965-Robert W. Eckardt -____________________________________II_-_-- Portland, Ore.

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ASSEMBLY

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10th 1 Ith 12th 13th 14t.h 15th 16th 17th 1 8 tph 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd

24th

25th

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27th

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29th

30th

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CLERKS O F GEN'ERAL ASSEMBLY

147

STATED CLERKS

Paul Woolley Leslie W. Sloat Leslie W. Sloat John H. Skilton Leslie W. Sloat Leslie W. Sloat John P. Galbraith Paul Woolley Robert E. Nicholas Leslie W . Sloat Edward Heerema Eugene Bradford Eugene Bradford H. Wilson Albright Robert W. Eckardt Robert W. Eckardt Robert L. Vining Robert L. Vining Henry D. Phillips Raymond M. Meiners Raymond M. Meiners Robert S. Marsden Robert S. Marsden

Robert S. Marsden

Le Roy B. Oliver

Le Roy B. Oliver

Le Roy B. Oliver

Le Roy B. Oliver

Le Roy 8. Oliver

Robert W. Eckardt

Robert W. Eckardt

Robley J. Johnston

ASSISTANT CLERKS

Edward L. Kellogg Le Roy B. Oliver

Charles H. Ellis Arthur W. Kuschlte, Jr.

Robert L, Vining Raymond M. Meiners

Edwards E. Elliott Le Roy B. Oliver Ralph E. Clough

Theodore J. Georgian F. Kingsley Elder, Jk., Ph.D.

. Elmer M. hr tzbach ' Le Roy B. Oliver

Le Roy B. Oliver

Raymond 0. Zorn

Henry D. Phillips

C . Herbert Oliver

Riohard A. Barker

Richard A. Barker

Richard A. Barker

Richard A. Barker

Laurence N. Vail

Edwards E. Elliott


INDEX

Administration of Medical Work, Committee on Report, 80ff. Recommendations adopted, 82

American Bible Society, 72 bis American Evangelical Mission (Eritrea)

Arrangements for 33rd Assembly, Committee on Greetings from, 12

Appointed, 109 Membership, 134

Assistant Clerk, election, 6 Assistants Clerks of previous General Assemblies, listed, 147 Austin, Rev. James, 7, 63, 73, 79f. Budget, Combined (See Stewardship Committee)

Christian Education, Committee on Elections, 27 Membership, 136 Report, 16ff. Staff, names included in Prayer Calender of Messenger, 27

Committee to Confer with Representatives of (See in Zoco)

Fraternal Delegate from . Addresses Assembly, 66

Fraternal Delegate to (See Report of Committee on Ecumenicity)

Christian Reformed Church

I Seated, 6

Clerks of Sessions, listed, 138ff.

Combined Budget (See Stewardship Committee)

Committees, Special See in loco:

Administration of Medical Missions Arrangements for the T,hirty-third Assembly Confer with Representatives of the Christian Reformed Church Consider the Matter Proposed to the Assembly by the Presbytery of rhe

Define Objectives of Examining Standing Committee Records De Gereformeerde Kerken, to Formulate a Communication to Draft Rules for Examining Presbyterial Minutes Hospitalization Insurance Hymnal Permanent Date for General Assembly Radio and Television Revisions to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline Stewardship Committee Study the Doctrine of Guidance, etc. Thirtieth Anniversary Booklet

West Coast

Listed, with Membership, 134f.


Committees, Standing See Christian Education

Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations Foreign Missions General Benevolence Home Missions and Church Extension Pensions Travel Fund

Listed, with Membership, 136f. Committees, Temporary, 32nd Assembly

See in loco: Date and Place of 33rd Assembly Elections on Sunday, to Draft a Resolution on Necrology Overtures and Communications Presbyterial Records Request of Presbytery of West Coast for Advice on Application of

Rev. James Austin Standing Committee Records Supplementary Report of Committee on Home Missions, to Consider

Communications, texts, 7ff.

Confer wirh Representatives of Christian Reformed Church, Committee to Actions on, 15, 104

Continued, 85 Membership, 134 Report, 84f.

(See Supplementary Report of Committee on Home Missions) Confession of 1967 of United Presbyterian Church

Constitution, Committee on a, 107 Correspondence with Other Churches, Committee on

I( See Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations, Committee on) Covenant College,

Communication from, 8 Date and Place of 33rd Assembly

Date and Place of 33rd Assembly, Committee on Communications in re, 8

Appointed, 16 Communications referred to, 15 Recommendation adopted, 107 Report, 107

Communication from, 14f. Communication to, 94ff.

Recommendations adopted, 100 Report, 93ff.

De Gereformeerde Kerken

De Gereformeerde Kerken, Committee to Formulate a Communication to

Devotional services, 3, 27, 79 bis, 103 Dissolution of Assembly, 109 Docket, adoption of, 15


Doctrine of Guidance, Committee to Study Continued, 93 Election, 93 Membership, 134 Report, 93

Communication referred to, 1 5 Election, 73 Instructed, 92 Membership, 137 Recommendations adopted, 73, 74 Report, 71ff. Report of a Minority, 73

Appointed, 16 Report, 93, 104, 108f.

Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations, Committee on

Elections on Sunday, Committee to Draft a Resolution on, 6

Eritrea Medical Work (See Medical Missions) Eureka Classis

Communication from Stated Clerk of, 10 Fraternal Delegate to (See Report of Committee on Ecumenicity)

Excuses, requested and granted, 4 Foreign Missions, Committee on

Elections, 62, 63 Membership, 136 Report, 45ff.

Discipline, Committee on)

See Christian Reformed Church

Form of Government (See Revisions to Form of Government and Book of

Fraternal Delegates

Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanters) Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synad

See also Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations, Committee on

Committee on Arrangements for (See in Zoco) Date, 107 Docket, instructibn in re, 107 Place, 107

Arrangements for 33rd Assembly (See in loco) Date and Place of 33rd Assembly (See in loco) Docket of 33rd Assembly, instruction in re, 107 Fund (See in loco) Permanent Date for (See Permanent Date for General Assembly,

Committee on)

General Assembly, 33rd

General Assembly

General Assembly Fund Budget set, 107 Report, 4f.

Elections, 70 Instructed, 70 Membership, 137

General Benevolence, Committee on

~ THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 151

Recommendations adopted, 70, 82 Removed from Combined Budget, 79 Report, 66ff.

Gereformeerde Kerken (See De Gereformeerde Kerken) Guidance, Committee to Study Doctrine of

Hatfield, Gov. Mark 0.

Home Missions and Church Extension, Committee on

(See Doctrine of Guidance, Committee to Study)

Addresses Assembly, 44

Elections, 44 Membership, 136 Report, 28ff. Requested to administer Hospitalization Plan, 109 Supplementary Report, 43f.

Authorization to collect service charge, 109 Continued, 103 Membership, 134 Recommendations adopted, 103 Report, lolff.

Discharged, 62 Report, 62

Listed, 135

Hospitalization Insurance, Committee on

Hymnal, Committee on a

Interim Pastors for Vacant Churches, Committee on

International Reformed Agency for Migration, 68, 70 Japan Mission, greetings from, 12f. Kellogg, E. L., Communication from, 13f.

Korea Mission, greetings from, l l f . I h y u Presbyterian Church

Communication from, 1 Of. Medical Missions (See Administration of Medical Work, Committee. on) Messenger, The

Ministers of the church, listed, 142ff. Minutes, 32nd Assembly, approved, 109 Moderator, 31st Assembly, sermon, 3 Moderator, 32nd Assembly, election, 6 Moderators of previous General Assemblies, listed, 146 Murray, Prof. John, communication from, 8f. Necrology, Committee on

Referred, 44, 86, 87

Instruction in re, 27

Appointed, 16 Report, 107

Overtures, text, 6f. Actions on, 15, 44, 79, 100f.

Overtures and Communications, Committee on Appointed, 16 Erected, 16 Instructed, 1 5 Report, 44, 79, lOOf., 104


Pensions, Committee on Elections, 66 Membership, 137 Report, 63ff.

Recommendations adopted, 101 Report, 100

Presbyterial Records, Committee on 32nd Assembly

Permanent Date for General Assembly, Committee on

Appointed, 16 Report, 105f.

Presbyterial Records, Committee to Draft Rules for Examining Continued, 63 Membership, 134 Report, 63

Dakotas Presbyteries

Minutes approved, 105, 106 Overture from, 7

Action in re, 44 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 112f.

Minutes approved, 105, 106 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 114ff.

New York and New England Minutes approved, 105, 106 Overture from, 6

Action in re, 44 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 11 7f.

Minutes approved, 105, 106 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 1 19

Minutes approved, 105, 106 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 12Off.

Minutes approved, 105, 106 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 123f.

Southern California Minutes not presented, 106 Overture from, 6

Action in re, 44 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 125f.

New Jersey

Ohio

Philadelphia

South


West Coast Communication from, 7

Minutes approved, 106 Overture from, 7

Action in re, lOOf. Roll of commissioners, 4 Statistics, 127f.

Minutes approved, 106 Roll of commissioners, 4 Statistics, 129f.

Action in re, 63, 73, 79 his, 80

Wisconsin

Radio and Television, Committee on 0

Continued, 89 Elections, 89 Membership, 134 Recommendations adopted, 89 Report, 88

Recess, times set, 15 Reformed Church in Japan

Communication from, 9f. Reformed Church in the United States (See Eureka Classis)

Reformed Churches of Australia Communication from, 14

Reformed Churches of New Zealand Communication from, 9

Reformed Ecumenical Synod Communications from, 7f. Contribution to, 4 Missions Correspondent, listed, 135 News Correspondent, listed, 135 North American Regional Conference, 72, 74

Report on, 71, 73

Communication from,. 8 Fraternal Delegate from

Reformed-Lutheran Conversations

Reformed Presbyterian .Church, Evangelical Synod

Addresses Assembly, 92 Seated, 79

Fraternal Delegate to (See Report of Committee on Ecumenicity)

Delegate from Addresses Assembly, 73 Seated, 4

Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America

Fraternal delegate to (See Report of Committee on Ecumenicity) Request of Presbytery of West Coast for Advice on Application of Rev. James Austin, Committee on

Appointed, 73 Report, 79 bis, 80

154 THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY . . I

Revisions to thc Form of Government and Book of Discipline, Committee on Continued, 84 Membership, 134 Minority Reports, 84 Recommendations adopted, 84 Report, 82f.

Roll of Assembly, 3f. Standing Committees

Membership, 136f. Reports of

Christian Education

Foreign Missions General Benevolence Home Missions and Church Extension Pensions Travel Fund See in l o w

. Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations

Standing Committee Records, Committee on Appointed, 16 Report, 106f.

Erected, 109 Membership, 134

Amendments, action on, 15f. Amendments proposed, 5f., 100, 101, 104f. Suspended, 5, 75, 80, 87, 101

Stated Clerk, 31st Assembly report, 4f. Stated Clerk, 32nd Assembly

Communication rekrred to, 15 ,Election, 6 Instructed, 107

Stated Clerks of previous General Assemblies, listed, 147 Statistical Reports, 1 1 2ff.

Standing Committce Records, Committee to Define Objectives of Examining

Standing Rules

Change in statistics since December 31, 1964, 132f. Summary of statistics, 131

Election, 27 Listed, 135 Report, 5

Stewardship Committee Continued, 78 Instructed, 104 Membership, 134 Recommendations adopted, 78f. Report, 75ff.

87 passim, 92f.

Statistician

Supplementary Report of Committee on Home Missions, Committee to Consider, 44, 85f,

Thanks, Resolution of, 108


Thirtieth Anniversary Booklet, Committee on a Membership, 134 New members appointed, 109 Report, 104

Elections and appointments, 16 Made a Standing Committee, 15 Membership, 137 Reports, 5, 87, 108

Elected, 101 Membership, 134

Westminster Theological Seminary, 92 World Home Bible League

Li aiwn Represent a tive Listed, 135 Recommendations, adopted, 92 Report, 89ff.

Travel Fund, Committee on

West Coast, Committee to Consider the Matter Proposed by Presbytery of

155

Documents

OPC Minutes - 32nd General Assembly - July 1965 · thirty-second general assembly 3 minutes of the of the orthodox presbyterian church meeting at portland, oregon thirty-second general