Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1995 - Rparchives.org

128 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THEbranches of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and direct theInterchurch Correspondence and Study Committee to make suchappointments just as often as financial and other considerations will allow.4. That Synod reappoint this Committee.A DECLARATION OF RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE R. P. CHURCHESOF SCOTLAND, IRELAND, NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA ANDCYPRUS AND A STATEMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR THE WORKINGOUT OF THIS RELATIONSHIP"GOD OUR FATHER" in heaven, thank You for rescuing us from thepenalty of our sins and saving us through the work of Your Son for us and inus, and for the power of the Holy Spirit convincing us of our need of holinessand turning our hearts to Your ways."Thank You for the faith You have given us together to recognize theinfallibility and accept the authority of Your written Word and theunderstanding of its teaching as set out in the Westminster Confession ofFaith and in the Larger and Shorter Catechisms."Thank You for the encouragement You have given us to worship Youaccording to Your Word alone, and for the love of Christ You have given usto seek Him to be honoured as Lord in all human relationships."We covenant ourselves by Your grace to encourage Your people to be ofone mind and to work together with those of like faith to bring greaterhonour to You through closer co-operation and confession."AS REFORMED PRESBYTERIANS in Scotland, Ireland, North America,Australia and Cyprus we testify to God's grace preserving a testimonycommon to us and the New Testament church and rejoice together in specialfellowship He has given us deriving from a common historical bond with thecovenanting cause of Scotland, England and Ireland."We commit ourselves to one another's welfare in Christ and to working formore faithful and complete confessional unity among us according to theScriptures."Out of love for the whole church of God we propose to prepare, declareand uphold common statements of the truth which express the things webelieve together and to invite faithful Christians to join us in this task."TO THE WORLD we present a call to believe in Christ as the only Savior ofthe world and the one King over all. We commit ourselves to employingtogether the resources God gives us in a global effort at bringing the goodnews to every land. In order to facilitate these joint tasks we shall endeavor,at least once every year from now until Christ returns, to bring words ofencouragement to one another, to confess our failings to one another, and tostate together God's immediate purpose for us as a part of His covenantedpeople."