Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1997 - Rparchives.org

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The following men are theological students under the care of Atlantic
Presbytery:
1. Mr. Michael Lydon, member of Broomall RPC
2. Mr. Scott Rocca, member of Lancaster RP mission church.
3. Mr. Nicholas Beckwith, a member of Elkins Park RPC.
4. Mr. Caton Tompkins, also a member of Elkins Park RPC.
Atlantic Presbytery continues to maintain fraternal relations with elders of the
American Presbyterian Church.
Presbytery's Family Camp, held jointly with St. Lawrence Presbytery at White
Lake, NY, will be held August 1-9, featuring guest speaker Dr. Edward Robson.
Officers of presbytery are: Moderator-Thomas Fisher; Clerk- Charles Leach;
and Treasurer-Glen Chin. The Ad interim Commission is comprised of the
Broomall Session. Our corrected roster is in the hands of the clerk of synod. Our
membership is accounted for and travel assessment paid in full. Our deacon
delegate to this year's meeting of Synod is Joe Commanda.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles Leach, Clerk of Presbytery
REPORT OF GREAT LAKES-GULF PRESBYTERY
At the end of the "Great Commission", the Lord Jesus Christ said, "Lo, I am
with you alway, even unto the end of the world." In this report we testify to our
Savior's faithfulness to this promise.
The Evansville RPC in Evansville, IN, was organized on December 6. In last
year's report, we mentioned that we hoped that this would come to pass by the
end of the year. The Lord was pleased to bring this to pass. Elkhart, IN, and Iron
River, Ml, are now to the stage of Mission Churches. Presbytery is in different
stages of exploring new work in the Raleigh-Durham, NC, area, the northern
Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati, OH, Mobile, AL, and the Atlanta, GA, area. We
continue to pray for new work in Ocoee, FL. The two Michigan groups have men
currently working on site. Rev. Brian Schwertley is at Lansing, and the Rev. Roger
Adams is at Iron River. Lansing has had a number of trials in the last year, but
things seem to be stabilized now. At the time this report was written, we werestill
looking and praying for a church planter at Elkhart. Belle Center Session has been
given oversight of the group near Cincinnati, and Rev. Pockras is preaching there
monthly.
Again there have been few changes in personnel in the past year. After some
delay, Brian Schwertley was ordained to the Gospel ministry on October 25, and
installed as Associate Pastor at Southfield, with responsibility to minister to the
group in Lansing.
Our membership statistics have been generally good. We record numerical
growth for another year, by the grace of our God. The net total increase for the
Presbytery comes to 56. Average Church attendance is up by 59, Sabbath School
is up by 77, and CYPU membership is up by 5. Generally, we believe that these