Delegates nominated Phil Assink, Dale Buettner, Brad Kautz, and Patricia Sealy for the office of General Synod vice president.
The 2019 General Synod took place June 6-11 on the campus of Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
Resources for General Synod:
Online Resources
- Transformed & Transforming: the RCA's 15-year goal for ministry
- Minutes of General Synod: available online from 1771-2017
- Book of Church Order
Stories
General Synod celebrated the organization of three new RCA churches and 21 new congregation plans
“I promise to serve you, I promise to listen, I promise to speak in truth, obviously in the command of love,” he told delegates.
Affiliated churches get added to the Book of Church Order (pending classis approval), including the possibility of voting privileges at the classis level for ministers ordained in a partner denomination.
An RCA media channel and a paper on postmodernism are on the way, at the request of president James Nakakihara and affirmed by General Synod 2019.