![]() ![]() ![]() We would ask you to approach us with this same humility and desire to confess where you have been wrong.Īt the same time, we cannot confess that we have sinned in the suspension and deposition of Rev. He has graciously exposed weaknesses, which is more than we can get into by way of letter. In the events of the recent controversy and the departure of many families we have humbly reflected on the lessons God is teaching us. In submission and obedience to Christ we attempt to begin a healing of the breach between us. The very gospel of Christ demands that we try to reconcile. When reconciliation is sought and accomplished God is glorified, which is our shared goal in this life and the life to come. Knowing it to be our solemn duty before God, we earnestly seek reconciliation in the biblical way of confession and forgiveness because such reconciliation is a reflection of the very heart of the gospel of reconciliation (II Corinthians 5:18-21). ![]() We write to you out of the sincere love we have for you in our Lord Jesus Christ and the deep grief we have over the division between us. Synod instructed the Stated Clerk “to send the letter to the clerks of our consistories and to leave it for them to decide to distribute as they see fit.”ĭear brothers and sisters who have left the PRCA over the recent controversy, Synod 2021 adopted “an open letter to those who have recently left the PRCA calling them to repentance with the goal of biblical reconciliation.” It is below. Consistories of the Protestant Reformed Churches, ![]()
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