[Editor’s Note. This brief article was also sent to the Reformed Guardian, official publication of the newly organized Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of Australia and New Zealand. It is in protest to an article written by Dr. K Runia of the Theological College of Geelong, entitled “Barth’s Place in History,” which appeared in the Dec. 5, 1969 issue of Christianity Today.]
Rev. H.C. Hoeksema Editor of The Standard Bearer Dear Brother in Christ: As a true Calvinist committed to our Reformed faith, I am deeply disturbed by what happened at the 1968 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church meeting at Grand Rapids, Michigan this June. Its decisions were characterized by (1) increased compromise on doctrinal defection; and (2) increased ecumenical and social involvement. In the area of doctrinal defection there was a refusal to make doctrinal pronouncements and the following overtures were denied:
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