In a letter published in the previous issue of this magazine, a correspondent in Liverpool, England asked for clarification of an earlier editorial on “The Binding Decisions of a Reformed Synod” (cf. the Standard Bearer, June 1, 1991). Aware of the attack on synods (or general assemblies) in Reformed circles in our day, he was really asking for a further defense of churches banding together in synodical union. Reformed and Presbyterian churches have always grounded synodical union in the unity of the church of Christ. The spiritual unity of the body of Christ must come to visible, institutional manifestation. This...