Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1993

154 1993 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THEb) New Query #9 to read "That you may faithfully perform aU the dutiesof the office to which you have been caUed, do you promise to seekthe guidance of the Holy Spirit, and in His strength to promote thepurity, peace, unity, and progress of the church... (then continuewith the remainder of present Query #8 applying to differentoffices...)?"c) Present Query #9 would become new Query #10.5. That in the event the proposed change above is sent down in overture,Synod's clerk provide to each elder eligible to vote on the overture acopy of this report, and the action of Synod, and that those elderssupporting the cunent view of the church be allowed to circulatematerials in opposition to the proposed change, with the pledge fromSynod that these materials be placed in the hands of aU voting elderswith the strong appeal that no vote be taken until each elder hasprayerfully studied the entire issue.6. That Synod supplement instmctions on overtures in the Book ofDiscipline, Chap. 8, Para. 5 (Page E-14) by declaring the definition ofa "provisional session" for purposes of voting on overtures to be asfollows:a) A provisional session, for purposes of consideration in voting on anoverture, exists only where there are less than 2 resident elected elders.Such sessions do not vote on overtures. One individual resident electedelder may cast a vote to be counted in the overall elder countb) 2 resident elected elders constitute a session entitled to cast votes on anoverture, even though there are provisional elders appointed on thatsession.c) Provisional elders on a session, not active and voting on any othersession, shall be allowed to cast a vote on the session they serve on, bothin determining the session vote, and the individual elder vote.7. That the committee be discontinued.RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES1. 1975 Minutes. Pages 105-110, Report of Committee on OrdinationVows Binding the Conscience.2. 1981 Minutes. Pages 124-129, Report of Committee on the Nature ofOrdination Vows3. 1983 Minutes. Pages 150-155, Majority and Minority Reports ofCommittee on Ordination Vow # 8.4. 1985 Minutes. Pages 39, 86, 97, 111-123, Report of Committee toReview Vow #8.5.1986 Minutes. Pages 151-160,. Report of Committee to Review Vow #8.