Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1993

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 141IQJonathan LeachToshio MasunagaPaul MathewsJ.E. McElroyWaldo MitchelJoseph PaulEd PittsDennis PmtowDean SmithGene SpearWilliam StenettShigem TakiuraHarold ThompsonS. Bmce WillsonMartin WilseyPaul WilsonRenwick WrightSamuel YounFromStanley CopelandRobert McCrackenRoy BlackwoodPhilip MartinDanell ParnellSidney Van CampRay JosephAndy McCrackenKeith MagillPhilip PockrasRobert McCrackenRobert HenningRay HemphillJerry MilroyTim McCrackenBob HemphillEd RobsonBmce BackenstoThe report of the Committee to Resolve the Impasse on OrdinationQuery #8 was taken up. The preface to the issues of concern inrecommendation #2 of the report was taken up and adopted. Thereport as a whole was approved and is as follows:REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEEON QUERY #8 IMPASSEDear Fathers and Brethren,Two RPCNA presbyteries (Alleghenies and St. Lawrence) have withintheir bounds congregations which have ordained officers who have beenunwilling to take ordination Query # 8 in its entirety. These congregationshave not been instmcted by their presbyteries to rescind their actions tobring them into line with denominational standards, and in each case havestated that they did not feel they had the Biblical authority to do so. The1992 Synod, responding to the recommendation of its Judicial Committee,determined the appointment of this committee to help the Church solve the"impasse."In preparation for an on-site meeting, the committee members receivedrelevant materials from the St Lawrence and Alleghenies Presbyteries, or