The Or t kodox Presbyterian Ch u reh

MINUTES OF THE TH IRTY-TH IRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

MEETING AT OOSTBURG, WJSCONS IN

APRIL 25 - APRIL 28, 1966

Published by The Orthodox Presbyterian Church 7401 Old York Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19126 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 3

MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ORTHODOXPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MEETINGAT OOSTBURG,WISCONSIN APRIL 25 - APRIL 28, 1966 TUESDAY MORNING, April 26 The Thirty-third General Assembly was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by the Rev. Robert W. Eckardt, Moderator of the Thirty-second General Assembly. Mr. Eckardt constituted the meeting with a worship service. The Moderator readhed a sermon on the subject, “A Good Servant of Jesus Christ,” using as his text I .r;Pmothy 4:16b. It was moved and carried that to expedite the roll call, as each name is called, requests in accordance with Standing Rule 58 be voiced and that action on these requests be formulated into a single motion. The roll of the commissioners follows: Presbytery of the Dakotas Ministers: Carl A. Ahlfeldt, Lionel F. S. Brown, Abe W. Ediger, Howard E. Hart, Ronald E. Jenkins, Russell D. Piper, Robert D. Sander, Donald H. Taws, John Vefhage, Reginald Voorhees Ruling Elder: Roswell Kamrath Presbytery of New Jersey Ministers: Jay ,E. Adams, Calvin A. Busch, Edmund P. Clowney, Harvie M. Conn, John Davies, Everett C. De Velde, Richard G. Hodgson, Rollin P. Keller, Gordon D. MOUW,LeRoy B. Oliver, Arthur 0. Olson, Jack J. Pelterson Ruling Elders: Richard A. Barker, H. Robert Keenan, Willard E. Nee1

Presbytery of New York and New England Ministers: Leslie A. Dunn, Theodore J. Georgian, George E. Haney, Jr., Raymond M. Meiners, William E. Moreau, John Murray, Wendell L. Rockey, Jr., Charles E. Stanton, Bernard J. Stonehouse, George J. Willis Ruling Elder: F. Kingsley Elder, jr., Ph.D. I Presbytery of Ohio Ministers: Calvin K. Cummings, Arnold S. Kress, Stanford M. Sutton, Jr., Henry P. Tavares Ruling Elders: Arthur Armour, Lloyd L. Bailey, Perry G. Boermans, R. Melvin Copeland, John C. Smith Presbytery of Philadelphia Ministers: Lester R. Bachman, Ivan J. De Master, Robert W. Eckardt, Charles H. Ellis, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., John P. Galbraith, George W. Hall, Jr., John D. Johnston, Robley J. Johnston, Robert D. Knudsen, Ph.D., John J. Mitchell, William J. Rankin, Laurence C. Sibley, Jr., A. Boyce Sponer, Laurence N. Vail, Paul Woolley Ruling Elders: Newman De Haas, Robert G. De Moss, Clay Duggan, William R. Ferguson, Robert M. Meeker, Lewis W. Roberts Presbytery of the South Ministers: Robert L. Atwell, George W. Knight, 111, John H. Thompson, Jr., Cornelius Tolsma, Robert G. Valentine 4 THIHTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Presbytery of Smithern California Ministers: H. Wilson Albright, William J. Bomer, Ralph E. Clough, Edwards E. Elliott, Lawrence R. Eyres, Robert 13. Graham, Edward L. Kellogg, Calvin R. Malcor, Dwight H. Poundstone, Salvador M. Solis Ruling Elder: Walter Flores Presbytery of the West Coast Ministers: Henry W. Coray, Wilson H. Rinker Presbytery of Wisconsin Ministers: Francis D. Breisch, Jr., Heilry H. Fikkert, George W. Marston, Donald M. Parker, Menry D. Phillips, William A. Shell, Donald F. Stanton Ruling Elders: Earl De Master, Ronald Mentink, Harold P. Rosltamp, Louis J. Voskuil; Alternates: Audley Lemmenes, Adrian Buyze, Howard Le Mahieu, Howard Veldlorst, Henry L. Lemmenes, &win Claerbaut, Herbert Risseeuw On motion ilt was decided that for the purpose of determining full travel fund 1. compensation, attendance through the evening session of Friday, April 29, shall be deemed to fulfill the requirement of attendance at every session of the Assembly. Mr. Donald Stanton, the host pastor, reported for the Committee on Arrangements. The Assembly recessed at 1O:Ol a.m. and reconvened at 10:17 a.m. The report of the Stated Clerk was presented as follows: REPORT OF THE STATED CLERK Thc Minutes of the Thirty-second General Assembly are presented herewith. The Minutes were published on September 22, 1965 and copies were distributed to all ministers and sessions as well as to other churches with whom the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is in correspondence. ’The Clerk has noted a number of typographical errors and calls attention to an omission on page 6 as follows: After the first paragraph #the following motion should be inserted: “On motion this matter was referred to the Committee on Overtures and Communications.” In addition, on page 55 in the Report of the Committee I on Foreign Missions under “Finances” the word “exclusive” in the first sentence should i read “inclusive.” t The Thirty-second Assembly failed to take action to reappoint a Liaison Representa- 5 I tive to the World Home Bible League and News and Missions Correspondents to the 1 Reformed Ecumenical Synod. Lacking good reason to suppose that this was anything I but an oversight, the Clerk requested those who had served in these capacities to continue their service for another year. The Committee on a Thirtieth Anniversary Booklet, appointed by the Moderator after the dissolution of the Thirty-second Assembly resigned en masse and consequently the docket for the Thirty-third Assembly does not include a repoat on a Thirtieth Anniversary Booklet. In past years the Stated Clerk has communicated with churches with whom the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is in correspondence, inviting them ,to send fraternal delegates to our assembly. With the erection of a standing Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations, the Clerk was uncertain whether this practice should be continued and the Committee on Ecumenicity :had not originally envisioned this as a part of its regular activity. As a consequence, no such invitations were sent this year. The Clerk recommends therefore, that the matter of the procedure to be followed in inviting other churches to send fraternal delegates be referred to the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurah Relations for its advice. The Clerk acted as agent for the denorination in endorsing applicants for service in the chaplaincy of the military services. Communications from the several dhaplains’ headquarters are received regularly, but the Clerk has neither the time nor r’he facilities THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 5 to make any effective use of the information provided in these communications. The Clerk has performed such other duties as are required by Rules No. 19 and 20 of the Standing Rules of the General Assembly. The report of the General Assembly Fund is as follows: GEN,ERAL ASSEMBLY FUND Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements July 1, 1965 to April 15, 1966 Balance July 1, 1965 ...... $ 258.82 RECEIPTS Contributions from 87 churches ______$4,826.48

Sale of Minutes L______------378.48 5,204.96 ------$5,46 3.78 DISBURSEMENTS Printing and mailing Minutes $1,688.53 Binding previous Minutes 233.40 Fees - Stated Clerk - 31st G.A. 150.00

Stated Clerk - 32nd G.A. ______r______150.UO

Assistant Clerk ______c______------25.00 Statistician ______------50.00 Stationery, Tele$hone, Postage 434.44 Secretarial expense 267.75 Gereformeerde Kerken - Letters, etc. ______------75.08 Travel - Delegates: Reformed Presby. - Evangelical Synod 1966 - Advance 95.00 Gereformeerde Kerken - 1965 2.33 Fraternal Delegates - 32nd G.A. 10.50 Committee expenses: Stewardship ...... 80.07 Radio and Television ______109.80 Baptism 26.46 Presbyterial Records ______------27.24 To Confer with Christian Ref. Church ...... 14.10 Travel Fund ...... 7.00 Ecumenicity & Interchurch Relations 398.22 Reformed Ecumenical Synod 1966 Assessment ______--$550.00 1966 Regional Conference ______300.00 Misc. Expense ______5.05 855.05 $4,699.97

$5,463.78

The recommendation of the Stated Clerk was adopted as follows: It was moved and carried that the matter of procedure to be followed in inviting other churches to send frater- nal delegates be referred to the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations for its advice. 6 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

On inotion Standing Rule 35 was suspended and the report of adhe Statistician was ordered printed in the Minutes without being read orally. The report of the Statistician is as follows: REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN To assist in understanding the Statistical Report for the year ending December 31, 1965, the following brief summary is presented. MINISTERS AND CHURCHES At the end of 1965 there were 151 ministers enrolled, two more than the year before, returning to the high point of two years ago. The number of churches increased by two, reaching a new high of 103. Churches without a pastor ran about 15% of the total which has been the general level. The number of chapels remained at seven. MEMBERSHIP Total membership at the end of 1965 was 12,867 persons, a net gain of 310 during the year or 2.5%. This compares with a gain in U.S. resident population of 1.2% for the same period. A large part of the gain is attributable to growth in the Presbytery of rhe South with the addition of the church at Harriman, Tennessee in June and in the Presbytery of the West Coast with the addition of the church at Campbell, California in October. A comparison of growth by presbyteries follows: Percentage Change Presbytery 1965 / 1964 Dakotas -1.4% New Jersey -0.8 New York and New England 3.2 Ohio 0.6 Philadelphia 0.3 South 25.2 Southern California 1.4 West Coast 10.2 Wisconsin 0.9 ---- Total 2.5% The percentage of total membership represented by baptized children has increased steadily over the years ,to a 36% level where it has stabilized since 1961. At five-year intervals .the figures are:

Baptized Children CIS a % Year of Total Membership 1950 28 TO 1955 33 1960 35 1965 36 Tthese figures suggest that the future of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Iests in good measure with her youth and that, accordingly, proper instruction is important.

CONTRIBUTIONS Total contributions (tithes and offerings) exceeded $l,609,oOO, an increase of 7.970 over 1964. This gain is the result of the rise in communicant members together with a 5.1 % increase in per member giving. By way of comparison, personal income in the U.S. increased 6.8% during the same period. THIRTY-THIRD GENERALASSEMDLY 7

For the first time, contributions for general purposes exceeded $1 million. Giving for benevolent purposes remained at 2270 of the grand total, a level which has been maintained for each of the past ten-years. A comparison of growth in total contributions by presbyteries follows: Percentage Change Presbytery 1965/1964 Dakotas 6.1 70 New Jersey 3.3 New York and New England -8.1 Ohio 12.4 Philadelphia 2.4 South -., 58.7" Southern California 9.8 West Coast 13.5 Wisconsin 0.6 Total 7.9% ---- "caused by high giving level in the church at Harriman, Tennessee. Giving per conimunicant member has risen steadily and substantially over the years. During 1965 the figure was $194 per person - up from $185 the year before, $156 five years ago and $108 ten years ago. These figures can only be interpreted as an index of giving because the communicant membership which is used to derive them includes all persons on the rolls of the churches regardless of their degree of attendance and support. More refined figures are not attainable. Giving by presbyteries follows: Contributions Presbytery per Comrnwzicant Member Dakotas $177 New Jersey 193 New York and New England 190 Ohio 150 Philadelphia 174 South 303' Southern California 193 West Coast 278 Wisconsin 154 ---- Total $194 *caused by high level giving in the church at Harriman, Tennessee. SUNDAY SCHOOL The figures assembled for the Sunday schools of the churches seem to be cause for serious concern. Both enrollment and average attendance figures, while higher than in earlier years, have tended to show relatively slow upward movement in recent years. Almost all businesses are planning their future operations around the very large number of young people in the population. Presently more than one-third of the U.S. populatioll is between the ages of 3 to 19, the ages at which the Sunday school has its greatest opportunity. Of our 103 churches, about 40 reported a decline in Sunday school enroll- ment and an additional 10 or so reported no change. This area represents the greatest challenge facing the church. EDWARDA. HAUG Statistician 8 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Moderator declared the floor open for nominations for the office of Stated Clerk. Mr. Robley Johnston was nominated. Since there were no further nominations, the Moderator declared Mr. Johnston elected. The floor was opened for nominations for the office of Moderator. The following were nominated: The Rev. Messrs. Peterson, Ahlfeldt, Fikkert, and .Ellis and Elder Barker. The names of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Fikkert were dropped after the first ballot. Mr. Barker was elected on the second ballot. The Moderator requested Mr. Hodgson to escort MI. Barker to the chair. The Moderator welcomed Mr. Barker and Mr. Barker responded with appropriate remarks. The Moderator opened the floor for nominations for the office of Assistant Clerk. Mr. Elliott was nominated. Since there were no further nominations, Mr. Elliott was declared elected.

PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAVEL FUND Mr. Malcor presented a preliminary report of the Committee on Travel Fund as follows: TRAVELFUND RECEIPTS Balance, Previous Report - 1965 ______-______$ 159.39 Received but not included in 1965 Report 191.00 _--__-

Available for 1966 Assembly Travel Fund L______350.39 Received from 79 churches ______------7,312.09

Total $7,662.48

OVERTURES The following overtures were presented: From the Presbytery of the West Coast a5 follows: Overture 1 From .the Presbytery of the West Coast as follows: March 9, 1966 To the Thirty-third Assembly Fathers and Brethren : The Presbytery of the West Coast respectfully overtures tshe Thirty-third General Assembly meeting in Oostburg, Wisconsin, April 1966, that because of the exceptional qualifications of Mr, Wallace Bell for the gospel ministry the language requirement in Hebrew be waived. Cordially yours, Thomas S. Champness, Jr. Stated Clerk Overtures 2 and 3 From the Presbytery of Philadelphia as follows: April 16, 1966 To the Thirty-third General Assembly Fathers and Brethren : At its regular meeting on March 19, 1966, the Presbytery of Philadelphia adopted the following overtures to be proposed to the Thirty-third General Assembly of the Ortho- dox Presbyterian Church: THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 9

1. Whereas the Form of Government states that it is the province of the General Assembly to superintend “the concerns of the whole church” (XI:5), and Whereas a very important concern of the whole church is the training of young ’ men for its ministry, Therefore, the Presbytery of Philadelphia respectfully overtures the Thirty-third General Assembly to erect a standing Committee on Theological Education. The function of the committee shall be to aid and advise the presbyteries with re- gard to ministerial training for those preparing for or enoaoed in the ministry of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. In the discharge of the Function it shall: 1. Communicate with such seminaries as it may deem proper, or as requested by the General Assembly or any presbytery, with regard to the suitability of the training given by such seminaries for service in the ministry of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and 2. Report its findings annually to the General Assembly, together with such ad- vice as it may deem proper for the continuing improvement of ministerial training for service in the church. lThe committee shall be composed of nine members, at least five of whom shall be ministers, and none of whom shall be officially connected with a theological in- stitution; there shall be three members in cach of three classes, one of which shall be elected each year. 2. The Presbytery of Philadelphia respectfully overtures the Thirty-third General Assembly that whereas there exists no policy whereby churches without pastors may be given the names of ministers and candidates who are seeking pastorates, and whereas there is a need for pastors in such churches and in home missions work, the Assembly elect a committee consisting of five members to report to the Thirty- fourth General Assembly on a method of advising churches without pastors re- specting candidates for the pastorate. Respectfully yours, Laurence N. Vail, Clerk Overture 4 From the Presbytery of Wisconsin as follows: April 2, 1966 To the Thirty-third General Assembly Fathers and Brethren : At the Adjourned Stated Spring Meeting of the Presbytery of Wisconsin held on March 18, 1966 the following overture to the Thirty-third General Assembly was adopted: The Presbytery of Wisconsin respectfully overtures the Thirty-third General Assembly to begin proceedings toward ecclesiastical union with the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, Evangelical Synod. By the Stated Clerk, William A. Shell COMMUNICATIONS The following communications were presented: Commacnicath 1 From the Deputies of De Gereformeerde Kerkcn in NederlAnd for Ecumenicity as follows: I 10 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

December 15, 1965 I Tu the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Dcar Brcthren, By order of the General Synod of the “Gereformeede Kerken in Nederland” you will receive a number of copies of the report and conclusions concerning Ecumenicity. The translation of these documents into English has taken much time, since our translator was obliged to give up her work. It appears that translating church documents is not an easy matter. Besides printing took a long time, so that we would kindly request you to excuse us for this long delay. Owing to a misunderstanding the dispatch, in its turn, has not been executed in due time. As you will see in the resolutions, our report and conclusions are offered to your Synod for kind attention. Deputies of the General Synod will be glad to receive your possible reactions to the address of the undersigned. With brotherly regards, for the Deputies for Ecumenicity, P. G. Kunst, Chairman Coinmwwnication 2 Two letters from Mt. Charles S. Apple of First Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Ualtimorc, Md. protesting certain actions of die Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension relative to the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md. Cornnzunication 3 From the Free Church of ScatIand as follows: February 17, 1966 The Stated Clerk, Orthodox Presbyterian Church Dear Sir, The Assembly Arrangements Committee of the Free Church of Scotland instructed me to convey Christian greetings to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in the United States. We pray that your work and witness for Christ may abundantly prosper. I have been asked to mention that the General Assembly of the Free Ohurch of Scot- land meets in Edinburgh from May 24-27. Should it so happen that any Minister of your Church is to be in Scotland at that time we will be happy to welcome him if he is commissioned as a delegate to our Assembly. Otherwise we shall be glad to have from you a letter of greeting which may be >ead to our General Assembly. With Christian regards. Yours fraternally, W. J. Cameron Principal Clerk of Assembly Communication 4 From the General Sccretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod as follows: February 28, 1966 To the Ortliodox Presbyterian Church: The Treasurer of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, Mr. Lester Ippel, has informed mc that he received from you the assessed amount your church agreed to pay to the annual espenditures (1965) of the RES. I wish to express my appreciation for your payment of this money. At the present time I would send you a gentle reminder that the Treasurer would also like to receive, at your convenience, the assessed amount for 1966. Your church is assessed for $550, or 5% of the budget. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 11

I would also bring to your attention that the Interim Committee decided that the employment of the General Secretary should become full time as of January 1, 1967 and asked the member churches to increase their annual contribution accordingly. The total budget for 1967, therefore, will be $17,000 of which your church will be asked to pay $850. There are many signs that the RES is becoming a ready instrument in the Lord's hands to attain its goal. Under his guidance it can become a greater blessing still as the work expands. Sincerely, Paul G. Schrotenboer Communication 5 From the General Synod of the Canadian Reformed Churches as follows: March 19, 1966 To the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Esteemed Brethren : The 1965 General Synod of the Canadian Reformed Churches instructed me to sub- mit to your meeting the following comniunication : The General Synod decided: A. to appoint Deputies to take up contact with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church; B. to kindly request the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church also to appoint Deputies to meet with ours. Synod took this decision after studying a Report concerning the Orthodox Presbyterian Church submitted to her by the Regional Synod of Ontario. On the basis of this Report Synod considered that A. It is our calling to initiate an investigation concerning fihe Orthodox Presbyterian Church since the Orthodox Presbyterian Church: a. as a Presbyterian church originated in the Calvinistic Reformation; b. has confessional standards and a church government of a distinct Calvinistic nature; c. in this century vigorously has opposed the influence of Liberalism in the Presbyterian Church of America; since geographical proximity an? language allow maintaining of correspondence with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church; B. It is also necessary to initiate an investigation concerning the Orthodox Presbp- rerian Church, 1, since the Report indicated that the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and our churches differ in confession and church government; 2. since the Orthdox Presbyterian Church and our churches differ with rcspect to correspondence with other denominations. In view of the above Synod instructed our Deputies as follows: 1. To advise the Orthodox Presbyterian Church via her Deputies conccrning our con- fession and church government, and to enquire whether the Orthodox Presbyterian Church can accept the Canadian Reformed Glurches on the basis of their confession and church . government as true churches of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; 2. To discuss with said Deputies the distinctions in confession and church government existing between the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and our Churches, and to exanline these divergences in the light of the Word of God; 3. To indicate to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church via her Deputies our concept of church correspondence, and to familiarize themselves with the viewpoint of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in this matter; 4. To discuss the correspondence with other denominations presently maintained by the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and our Churches; 12 THIRTY-THIRD GENERALASSEMBLY

5. To keep the Churches abreast of the developments in the discussion with the brethren of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and to submit a report to next Synod. Yours in the Lord, F. Kouwenhoven Second Clerk e,t.

Coiiwtzunication 6 From lthe Korea Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as follows: April 2, 1966

To the Thirty-third General Assembly: The Korea Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church herewith extends its greet- ings to the commissioners of our beloved church gathered in Oostburg, Wisconsin to con- duct the business of the Lord as committed to our denomination. In a few days it will be thirty years since the charter members gathered in Philadel- phia for the first Assembly. The question of faithfulness in the conduct of foreign missions had been one of the factors contributing to the formation of our church and we rejoice that foreign missions as well as home missions were among. the matters of business considered at that first As- sembly. Missions have been a very vital part of the denomination’s work from the be- ginning. As those who represent the church in this particular form of its outreach, we are convinced that the need for an aggressive Reformed missionary testimony is as needed today as it was when our church first came into existence. We believe our church’s testimony has born fruit here in Korea. In a country where there are over 600 missionaries, the 20 missionaries of the Ortho- dos Presbyterian Church, Reformed Presbyterian Church and Christian Reformed Church (only five of them ordained) are the only missionaries who are working, and that by in- vitation, with the two large reformed Presbyterian churches whose combined memberships comprise close to one third of the more than one million seven hundred thousand professed Protestant Christians in Korea. Denominations associated with the World Council are agg-ressively pushing their work with money and personnel. Shall we lose the advantages w‘hich the Lord has given us by default? In sending this greeting we urge that reinforcements be sent to Korea in this time of unusual opportunity. Sincerely yours, Bruce F. Hunt Secretary for the Mission

Coiizmunicatim 7 From the Japan Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as follows: April 11, 1966 To the Thirty-third General Assembly Fathers and Brethren : We from Japan send greetings in the name of our Lord. We are praying that God will guide the deliberations of the Assembly, granting wisdom and understanding to the commissioners, so that the decisions will be made in accordance with his will as revealed in the Scriptures, and thus glorify him. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMELY 13

We rejoice in the witness of our church to the Reformed Faith, and pray that this witness to the truth of God's Word may be steadfast, and that God will be pleased to enlarge the work of our church and extend this witness in the face of increasingly blatant ridicule and hostility. Here in Japan, we are indeed grateful for your continued prayers and support, and are greatly encouraged by the recent news that there is good prospect of the Kress family joining us in September. We call your attention to the special meeting of the Synod of the Reforined Church in Japan on April 28 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its establishment. In con- junction with this, a rally for members is scheduled for that evening with special speakers. Then the greater part of April 29 is to be given over to discussion groups of approximately 40 members each in w'hich criticism of the past and suggestions for the future are called for, particularly on the role of church memlsers in advancing the work of the church. We ask that you pray that these meetings may be a means to, and result in encourag- ing and invigorating both ministers and members, spurring them to greater efforts to wit- ness and to increased effectiveness in reaching out to others as well as in b~ddingup and establishing the faith of the believers. Sincerely in Christ, R. Heber McIlwaine Japan Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Coininunication 8 From the President of Covenant College as follows: April 13, 1966 To the Orthodox Presbyterian Church: Covenant College cordially invites the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to consider the use of the campus of Covenant College for rhe Thirty-fourth General Assembly to be held in 1967. We have made curriculum changes which provides for school ending May 4, 1967. This means that the entire campus should be available at sonie particular time in May if the Orthodox Presbyterian Church were interested. If the Orthodox Presbyterian Churcb is interested, we would be happy to provide any additional information that you might desire. We shall look forward to the opportunity of further discussions on this matter. Sincerely in Christ, Marion D. Barnes Presiclen t Communication 9 From the Presbytery of the South as follows: April 15, 1966 To the Thirty-third General Assembly: The Presbytery of the South at its Stated Meeting, April 12, 1966, in Valdosta, Georgia, voted unanimously to inform the Thirty-third General Assembly meeting in Oostburg, Wisconsin, April 26-30, 1966, that this Presbytery favors the majority report in regard to the revisions of Chapter 18 of The Form of Government and is opposed to both minority reports. Yours in his service, R. G. Valentine Stated Clerk 14 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Cotutnunication I0 From the Eureka Classis, Peter B. Grossman, Stated Clerk, as follows: April 16, 1966 The Orthodox Presbyterian Church Esteemed Fathers and Brethren: We bring you heartiest Christian greetings to the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. It is the prayer of all the members of the Eureka Classis, Reformed Church in the U.S.,that your Assembly will bring forth much fruit to the glory of God Almighty. May the Spirit of Christ work in you both to will and do of his good pleasure. Through the years that we have enjoyed the fellowship of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church we have come to regard you as being closer to our church in teaehing and in spirit than any other denomination. Through the glorious grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the Euueka Classis has profited greatly as a result of this association, It is our hope that our fellows‘hip together will continue to express that true unity and ecumenicity which is grounded on God‘s holy, infallible Word as the only rule of faith and practice. Let us work together toward the goal of making Christ known to the nations. We rejoice in the opportunity that has been ours to work closely together in the mission field through Rev: Harvie Conn, and are thankful as well for the blessings that have been ours through the work of Westminster Theological Seminary. We would have liked to send a Fraternal Delegate to your General Assembly, but this was not possible since we seem to be meeting at the same time this year. The physical absence, ‘however, of a delegate to you does not in any way lessen the sincerity of the greetings we convey nor serve to separate our two bodies, “for there is one bread, and we being many are one body, for we are all partakers of that one bread.” By his grace, Peter B. Grossman Stated Clerk Coitzrnunication 11 From the Rev. Kelly G. Tucker Coittrnunication 12 From the Taiwan Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as follows: April 16, 1966 General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Dear Brethren: We of the Taiwan Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church greet you on thc occasion of the convening of the Thirty-third General Assembly of our beloved denomina- tion. May our Lord Jcsus Christ, the great King and Head of the churc‘h guide you and bless you in all of your deliberations. May all that is decided be conforniable to his will. We recall that it is just thirty years ago since the events transpired that brought into being the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. With a new but similar situation today emerging in thc UYUSA Church, it is our hope and prayer that all of us may rise to meet the new responsibilities and opportunities presented to us. The situation in the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan is very similar to that in the UPUSA Church. We bespeak your prayers that we out here may be given grace to meet our responsibilities and opportunities. We call upon you to pray also that the Lord will raise up froin the young people in om Church additional laborers w’ho will have th(? nccessary qualifications to meet the present situation in Taiwan. Yours, Cordially in Christ Richard B. GafFin Egkrt W. Andrews THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 15

Comwunication 13 From the Ethiopia Mission of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as follows: April 16, 1966 To the Thirty-third General Assembly Fathers and Brethren : The Echiopia Mission wishes the Thirty-third General Assembly to know that It participates wifh the Assembly in spirit, praying for God’s presence with you and for his direction in all your deliberations and decisions. We are grateful for the Church’s lively interest in its Ethiopian field and we ask its continued prayer for encouragement and progress in the work of establishing a true church, and for OLU medical staff in the foc- midable task still ahead of putting the hospital into operation. As sin and unbelief in the professing church assume ever more alarming proportions, and moral and s iritual conditions in our own nation and in the world continue to dc- teriorate we do tl!ank God for keeping our beloved Church faithful to him, and pray rhat he may make her strong to propagate the Word ever more effectively. Sincerely yours, Clarence W. Duff Communication 14 From the Presbytery of Ohio as follows: April 22, 1966

To the Thirty-third General Assembly: At the Spring meeting of Presbytery on April 18, 1966 the following action was adopted : “The Presbytery of Ohio expresses endorsement of the majority report regarding Chapter 18 of the report of the Committee on Revisions to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline.” Indications are that this Presbytery will be well represented at the Thirty-third Gen- eral Assembly. Cordially in Christ, John C. Smith Stated Clerk On amended motion, Overtures 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Cominunication 2 were referred to the Committee on Overtures and Communications; Communications 1, 3, and 5 were referred to the Committee on Date and Place of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly; Communications 9 and 14 were referred to the Committee on Revisions to the Form of Government. The times of convening, recess, and reconvening were adopted as indicated in the proposed docket. The docket was adopted as proposed. Consideration of the following proposed amendment to the Standing Rules of the General Assembly was on motion postponed until the time of the report of the Committee on the Date and Place of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly: Date of the General Assembly 1. Add a new section entitled “Date of General Assembly” with Rule 1: “The General Assembly shall meet on the fourth Tuesday of April, beginning at 9:00 a.m.” 2. Renumber the succeeding rules. 16 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

3. Delete thc words “date and” in Rule 27 and the words “Date and” and “time and” in Rule 56a. On motion the following proposed amendment to the Standing Rules was adopted:

The Statisticim 1. Change the name of the section entitled “Of the Clerks” to “Of the Clerks and the Statistician”; 2. Delete Rule 20e, and reletter the subsequent sections of Rule 20; 3. Add Rule 21a as follows: ‘‘There shall be a Statistician elected annually by the General Assembly whose duties shall be to collect and compile statistical reports from the presbyteries for the church year ending December 31 and the information required by the Form of Government, Chapter X, Section 8 and to prepare them for presentation to the Assembly. The Statistician shall be authorized to draw on the Assembly funds for his normal operation expenses in performing the duties of his office, and shall receive an honorarium of fifty dollars.” The floor was declared open for nominations to the office of Statistician. Elder Edward A. Haug was nominated. There being no further nominations, Mr. Haug was declared elected. The Assembly recessed at 12 noon with prayer by Mr, John Johnston.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON The Assembly reconvened at 1:15 p.m. with the singing of “All hail the power of Jesus’ Name” and prayer by Mr. Bomer. The Moderator announced the appointment of the following committees :

Date and Place of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly The Rev. Messrs. Haney, (convener) and Tavares

Overtures and Communicatwizs The Rev. Messrs. Ediger (convener), Dunn, Eckardt, Graham and Phillips

Presbyterial Records The Rev. Messrs. Albright (convener) and Hodgson, and Elder Armour

Startding Committee Records The Rev. Messrs. Voorhees (convener) and Valentine, and Elder DeMaster It was moved and carried that the Moderator appoint a temporary replacement for XIr. Black on the Travel Fund Committee. Elder Nee1 was appointed. It was moved and carried $hat the Moderator appoint a Committee on Necrology consisting of two members and that this committee be instructed to include in its report a Memorial Tribute to the Rev. R. B. Kuiper. The Moderator appointed Messrs. Galbraith and Clowney. On motion the report of Ithe Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The ieport of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension follows: THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 17

REPORT OF'THE COMMITTEE ON HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION The following home mission fields were supported during part or all of 1965: California New Jersey Chula Vista Stratford Hacienda Heights Vineland (Spanish-speaking work) La Mirada Ohio Colorado Marietta Grand Junction Ok lahoiiia Thornton Oklahoma City Connecticut Oregon

Hamden Eugene , Florida Pennsylvania ' Hialeah Hatboro Miami Viroinia Maine Vienna0. Bangor Wisconsin Lewiston Gresham Massachusetts Hamilton REPORTS ON THE FIELDS

BANGOR Communicant membership in Pilgrim Church increased slightly in 1965 with a small increase in average attendance at morning worship and a sliglit decrease in the evening service. Several families stationed at Dow Air Base attend regularly, as do several couples and individuals from the University of Maine. The pastor, &e Rev. George E. Haney, Jr., cooperates as much as possible with Inter-Varsity Fellowship in working with students. The closing of Dow Air Base in 1968 must be taken into consideration in looking to the future of Pilgrim Church. One of our air force families will leade this June. Significant financial gains were made during lthe year as the indebtedness on the building was reduced by $S,OZS. The pastor has been given opportunities to appear on local TV which helps in getting the church before the community. The congregation is considered as being in its fifth year of aid from the committee.

CHULA VISTA Progress has taken place in 1965 all along the line in Bayview Church. The pastor, the Rev. Robert H. Graham, reports that average weekly attendances have increased at all services, and membership is up in church and Sunday school. An emphasis on .tithing and liberality in giving has born fruit enabling ,the congregation to meet its obligations and to make payments on the principal due on the church building. A Faith-Promise plan was inaugurated at the Missions Conference in the spring resulting in increased benevolence giving. Weekly giving to missions increased from $5 to $40. A choir has been formed to assist in the worship services. Needed in this work are qualified men for church offices, teachers for the Sunday school, and leaders for youth work. The congre- gation is considered a5 being in its fifth year of aid from the committee. EUGENE This field is still an unorganized chapel. Membership of the nucleus is in First Church, Portland, Oregon. Average attendances at all services increased during the year and giving increased about .$1,000 over the previous year. The moving of promising 18 ‘Z(HIHTY-THIRD CENEHAL ASSEMBLY families from the area plagued this field as it does other home missions works in urban areas. Nevertheless, new families are receiving instruction and a regular program of Bible classes and discussion groups is being conducted. The physical property of the chapel has been improved by painting and by the renovation of the garage. The garage now houses two Sunday school classes. An adequate church building is a definite need and is now under consideration by the group. The committee provides the entire support of the missionary, the Rev. Glenn T. Black.

GRAND JUNCTION The most significant event in the life of Bethel Church in 1965 was Ithe beginning of the erection of a church building. A modest structure costing approximately $23,000 is expected to be completed in the spring of 1966. Average attendance at all services remained about the same as in the previous year. A loss of several families who moved from the area has hurt the work. Giving by the small nucleus is sacrificial, and there is a determination to reach the community of Orchard Mesa in which the congregation is located. Evangelistic activity includes weekly services conducted by the pastor, the Rev. John Verhage, at the Teller Arms Nursing Home, distribution of Christian literature to homes about the church, and a weekly children’s Bible class. The congregation is in its figth year of aid from the committee. The Presbytery of the Dakotas cooperates in providing financial aid.

GRESHAM-ZOAR Although there was a slight drop in attendance at morning and evening services at Old Stockbridge Church and Menominee Chapel, there was an encouragement in an increase in Sunday school attendance at both places and also in the addition of ten new members and nine covenant children to the church. There has been evidence of spiritual growth and members have assumed greater responsibility in financial support, e.g. a larger share of the pastor’s salary. Cottage prayer meetings have been held in the homes of members, and the pastor, the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, reports that several persons are receiving instruction for church membership and 13 children are receiving catechetical instruction. A Deacons’ Fund has been started. Improvements have been made in the church building and the chapel. MT.Phillips spends much time in counselling and in transporting children and adults to services. Efforts are being made in 1966 to encourage members by their own growth in grace and by word to witness to their neighbors.

HACIENDA HEIGHTS ’ Some progress was made in this field during the past year but not as much as the session and pastor, the Rev. H. Wilson Albrighit had expected. Average attendances increased for morning worship and Sunday school but remained about the same for evening worship. New communicant members were added but there was a drop in non- communicants. Wchile there has been a slackening off in building in the area, there are indications that this trend is being reversed and that new homes will be built in 1966. The pastor has reported &at the financial situation of the congregation deteriorated during ,the year, but refinancing of a loan will enable the church to manage its budget for 1966 which includes assuming a larger share of the support of the work and a corresponding decrease in the amount requested of the commi,ttee. The committee is cooperating with the Presbytery of Southcrn California in support of this field and each year reviews the amount of its aid to the congregation. HABXDEN The past year was a time of encouragemen,t for Westminster Church. The pastor, the Rev. William E. Moreau reports that attendance has increased at all services and that new contacts have been made. Giving for all causes has increased. The vacation Bible THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL AssEMELY 19

school was larger than the previous year. One of the most encouraging signs of spiritual growih is the desire on the part of the congregation to reach out into the community. N,ew homes are being built in the area near the church building. The committee oversees this field at the request of the Presbytery of New York and New England which also supplies financial aid to the congregation.

HAMILTON Progress was made in several areas in 1965. There was a net gain of two communi- cant members and five baptized children. Additional activities started this year are a Women’s Fellowship to stimulate interest in missions and provide Christian service projects, a new Machen League group which has as one of its activities the conduct of an informal service for hospital and nursing home patients, and a Sunday evening Bible class for women which is intended to be evangelistic. While the congregation has a substantial nucleus of persons who are associated with Gordon College, it seeks to minister to both the students and faculty of the college and to the Hamilton community. Some response has come from the community and every effort is being made to reach the unsaved of the area. Improvements have been made to the church building and a I manse has been acquired adjacent to the church property, thus enlarging the area of ground available for church use. The pastor, the Rev. Wendell L. Rockey, Jr., reports that the congregation has increased its giving both to local expenses and to benevolences enabling it in 1966 to decrease the amount of aid necessary from the committee. I HATBORO During 1965 there was a net gain of four communicant members and 10 non- communicants. Average attendance increased in Sunday school. The new building was erected during ,the summer and early fall and occupied late in November. It is hoped that the new building and its location on a main road dividing two communities will enable the congregation to have an outreach to many families. In the first two. months in the new building visitors have been present at the services each week. The congregation is in its ninth year of aid from the committee. The Rev. Arthur B. Spner is the pastor.

HIALEAH With the conclusion of eight years of aid from the committee, Sharon Church in January 1966 determined to become self-supporting. This action followed a year of blessing in which the congregation exceeded its budget by $400 while surpassing its benevolence goal also. Sharon Church was organized in 1957. The congregation now numbers 134 communicant members and 99 baptized children. Since the beginning of the work in Hialeah ,the committee has provided $41,151.29 of denominational funds in support and the Committees on Foreign Missions, Home Missions and Christian Education have received from Sharon Church a total of $26,644.05 in contributions. Sharon Church owns five acres of land, and three units of its building development have been erected with an assessed valuation of $1 12,600. The outstanding indebtedness of $67,500 is to be paid off in nine and one-half years. The congregation has expressed its appreciation to the Church through the committee for its help and asks prayers for God’s continued blessing on its witness. The Rev. Glenn R. Coie is the pastor.

LA MIRADA In October the Rev. Dwight H. Poundstone resigned as pastor of Calvary Church. At the time of the writing of this report the congregation was seeking, a pastor and had determined to become self-supporting on January 1, 1966, ,two years ahead of the time provided in’the Schedule. of Aid. The congregation was organized in 1958 and according 20 THIIITY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY to the latest reports to the committee has 121 communicant members and 70 baptized children. The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension has provided $47,571.96 of denominational funds to Calvary Church and the Committees on Foreign Missions, Home Missions, and Christian Education have received $23,728.74 in contribu- tions from Calvary Church. The congregation has expressed its appreciation to the Church through the committee and seeks the prayers of the Church for God’s blessing on the congregation in securing a pastor and continuing its witness.

LEWISTON During the past year Trinity Church gained one new communicant member and three baptized children. There was, however, a large turnover in the attendance at the services during the year. Lewiston is a center of industrial activity in Maine and is soon to obtain new manufacturing plants. Many of the people are French-speaking Roman Catholics. To these the church has brought the gospel through house-to-house visitation. After a sharp drop in attendance at Sunday school and morning worship in the middle of the year, new prospects brought an encouraging rise in the fall. Church members labored to complete the painting of the church building and the installation of a kitchen. Despite financial difficulties there was also a rise in benevolent giving. The pastor, the Rev. Bernard J. Stonehouse, continues to work with students -at neighboring Bates College. The congregation is assisted by the Presbytery of New York and New England, but at the request of the presbytery is under the oversight of the committee.

MARIETTA During the past year the committee, in cooperation with sthe Presbytery of Ohio, agreed to provide full support to Faith Church. The Rev. Stanford M. Sutton, who had previously been licensed by the Presbytery of New Jcrsey was ordained lto the ministry and installed as pastor in October. Conimunicant and noncommunicant membership increased slightly during the year as did average attendances at the worship services. A vacation Bible school led to a number of promising contacts. The congregation has been able to pay off a loan for the purchase of land and now desires to build a church building. The present meeting place is not well-located and there are few visitors. The pastor has also preached at a neighboring Congregational church, but there is no indication as .to what direction the relationship to rhis group will take.

MIAMI Entrance into the new building enabled Galloway Church to maintain a growing hearing for the gospel in the southern part of Dade County. Increases in average attend- ances at morning worship was 2870, evening attendance 20% and Sunday school 33%. Average weekly offerings were 30% higher than the previous year. The election of new elders and deacons was encouraging, as was growing interest in the young people’s work. An Adult Bible Forum was started, meeting at the same time as the young people’s meetings. Three weekly Bible study and prayer groups for women were instituted and maintained. The Rev. Robert L. Atwell reports that one of the goals for the new year is better attendance at the midweek service and a more effective outreach to the com- munity. The congregation adopted a budget for 1966 which requires it to assume a much larger share of the support of the work and a consequent reduction of aid from the committee. The congregation is in its fifth year of aid from the committee.

OKLAHOMA CITY Spiritual growth in members of Knox Church was evident this past year as the goipel was faithfully ministered. But there was no significant increase in attendance at services. Two communicant members were a-dded by confession of faith and two by THIRTY-THI~D GENERALASSEMBLY 21 reaffirmation of faith. An encouraging increase in average attendance at the vacation Bible school, up from 64 to 72, was evidence of a better community relationship. A new discussion group for Senior Machen League meeting after the Sunday evening service has stimulated interest among that age group. The congregation has had several opportunities to present the gospel over a local television station and regularly conducts services at a city Rescue Mission. Young people'have participated in this latter effort. Twice a month men of the' church call in the community. Through the help of the committee the congregation purchased the property next to the church building, thus providing a corner location, The pastor, the Rev. Carl A. Ahlfeldt, twice a month teaches a Bible class in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is hoped that this may develop into an Orthodox Presbyterian church in the future. The congregation is considered as king in its eighth year of aid.

'" ~ .STRATFORD <- In 1965 total membership of Stratford Church increased from 91 to 100. One entire family was received and baptized. Three of the four adults received were received on confession of faith. Attendance averages at all services rose. But more significant-is the fact that regular attendance by members of the church is high, indicating growth in grace. Encouragements have been a strong choir and a healthy young people's program. Giving has improved as families of the congregation are learning the, grace of stewardship of funds. New homes near the church building have been occupied bj Roman Catholic families, but there have been a few children from this area in Bible school. A physical addition lto this work has been the erection of an attractive brick sign to match the church building. The pastor, the Rev. Jack J. Peterson, reports that one member of the congregation is now under care of the Presbytery of New Jersey as a candidate for the ministry and another young man is seriously considering the ministry. The congregation is in its ninth year of aid from the committee.

THORNTON Immanuel Church in Thornton, Colorado showed gains in most areas during 1965. There was an increase in attendance at the Sunday services from an average of 79 in 1964 to 89 in 1965. The Sunday school also showed a slight increase during the year. The work of the Sunday school continued to be hindered by the lack of space. An addi- tion will be built in 1966. Church membership increased from 81 to 90 during the year. In the first three quarters of 1965 church finances remained about the same as during the same period of the previous year, but showed a marked increase in the closing months. The youth prog-rams of the church continued, catechism classes being held each week and Junior and Senior Machen Leagues on Sunday. Twelve young people attended Bible Camp from Thornton, and an overnight rally was held in August in the Rocky Mountains. Vacation Bible school had an average attendance of about 90, and a large tent was used to supplement the available space. Special evangelistic meetings were held for five days in October, with the Rev. Carl Ahlfeldt as speaker and with an average attendance of 45 each evening. The congregation is in its seventh year of aid from the committee. The pastor is the Rev. Donald H. Taws.

VIENNA Efforts to reach #&is growing area have continued but with the handicap of 'two different meeting-places for morning and evening services. Du5ng the year serious dis- cussions of possible building programs have been held and the building fund increased. Additional new activities of the congregation have been the formation of a weekday morning prayer group for women and a choir. A new program of neighborhood evangelism has been instituted. Letters of welcome and invitation are sent to new families mpving 22 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMELK into Vienna and this is followed by a call from the pastor, the Rev. Laurence N. Vail. Communicant membership increased during 1965 but attendance at services remained constant. It is apparent that a church building is a pressing need. The congregation is in its second year of aid from the committee. VINELAND (Spanish-speaking Work) This field suffered a blow in the defection of Mr. Juan J. Perez and others to the United Presbyterian Church. However, at the end of 1965 Mrs. Liria Manzon, who is a member of Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Vineland, was enabled to con- tinue the work using the building at 8th and Plum Streets, which is owned by Covenant Church. The committee has employed the services of Spanish-speaking ministers and students to conduct preaching services on Sunday evenings. Attendance has been as high as 70 persons. The committee is seeking the services of a Spanish-speaking minister who is committed to the Reformed faith and the Presbyterian form of government to continue this work. NEW FIELDS No new fields were opened in 1965. In cooperation with the Presbytery of Ohio full support of Marietta, Ohio was begun in July. In 1966 che committee plans to open new work in West Palm Beach, Florida and to appoint missionaries to work in Southern California and Maryland. Other fields where there are opportunities are under consideration and will be entered as qualified men and funds become available. CONTACT WORK The committee has cooperated with the Committee on Christian Education in the preparation and distribution of a tract, “Which Faith Shall Presbyterians Confess,” by the Rev. Calvin Knox Cummings and in the preparation and placement of an ad, “The Presbyterian Predicament.” The Rev. Henry W. Coray, at the request of the committee, has spoken to groups and individuals on the West Coast concerning the “Confession of 1967.” Mr. Gray’s expenses are being paid by the committee. The General Secretary has visited ministers and members of the United Presbyterian Church in various parts of the country. There is evidence that there are many individual members of that denomination who are troubled by the unsound theology expressed in the Confession of 1967, but it is not yet clear what will be the outcome of the theological debate now going on. The new tract “An Introduction to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church” and the revision of $thetract “Why the Orthodox Presbyterian Church?” are being used in inform- ing inquirers concerning our denomination. The committee has continued to place advertisements in the Church Herald magazine of the Reformed Church in America and in the Presbyteriavt Journal offering copies of the Directory of Churches and Chapels to inquirers. There has been a continuing response to these ads. LITERATURE In the summer of 1965 the Rev. Jack Miller edited certain materials for evangelism which will be published in mimeographed form this year. The Directory of Churches and Ghapels seems to have met a need in and outside the church. It is being expanded to include addresses of pastors, zip codes, area codes for telephone numbers and other information. The committee has also secured Reformed literature in the Spanish language for the work in Vineland. SUMMER WORKERS During the summer of 1965 twelve seminarians were employed in self-supporting churches and home missions fields. Eight students received either part or all of their salary from the committee. The total expended on this program was $4,129.50. The THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 23 committee continues to cooperate with the Department of Practical Theology of Westminster Theological Seminary in making reports on the students’ work available to those who can counsel with these students. At the .time of the writing of this report fifteen congregations have requested students and nine students have applied for appoint- ment in the summer of 1966.

FINANCES Total General Fund contributions in 1965 were $100,429 and were received from the following sources: Orthodox Presbyterian sources $ 62,101 Presbytery of New York and New England 5,425 Thank Offering 28,769 Non-Orthodox Presbyterian sources 4,134

$100,429 Regular contributions from Orthodox Presbyterian churches increased $7,574 or 12.6%, while contributions from non-Orthodox Presbyterian sources increased $264. This committee’s share of the 1965 Thank Offering was $27,679, a decrease of 7.7% from 1964. This figure includes Thank Offerings received after t.he close of the fiscal year, so it does not coincide with the amount listed in the Treasurer’s Report. The reduction in this committee’s share of the Thank Offering resulted from a change in the division of the T$hank Offering to conform ,to percentages determined by the Combined Budgets of the Committees on Christian Education, Home Missions, and Foreign Missions, Average regular contributions from our churches were 16.09~per week per member and 22.95~for regular and Thank Offering combined. This is an average of $11.93 per member per year for home missions, compared with $10.52 in the previous year. During 1965 joint contributions for Home and Foreign Missions were divided evenly between these two committees. Checks for undesignated gifts, payable to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church were divided according to ‘the percentages established by the Stewardship Committee and approved by the Thirty-first General Assembly. During the year the committee received bequests of $5,582.74. The committee began the year with a deficit of $2,536 in rthe General Fund, received $106,012; so had a total accountable of $103,476. Disbursements were $104,111 leaving a deficit of $635 on December 31, 1965. The committee also administers the Contingent and Church Extension Funds, serves as fiscal agent for the General Assembly and the operation of the Administration Building, and has provided facilities for administering a hospitalization plan established by the Thirty-second General Assembly. Total receipts involved in these functions were $89,428 and disbursements were $98,969.

CONTINGENT FUND Total net assets of the fund increased $3,770 during the year from $178,214 to $181,984. Of this amount $67,393 is in Loans Receivable; $159,585 net cost value of real estate (after subtracting notes and mortgages outstanding of $19,634); and cash on hand, $10,691. During the year under review, $2,500 from this fund was lent to Calvary Church, Cranston, mode Island to assist them in purchasing property for a manse and $6,000 to Knox Church of Oklahoma City for the purchase of a lot and house adjoining their existing church property at a time when the property could be secured at an advantageous price, but when the local congregation was not in position to finance it. 24 THIRTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CHURCH EXTENSION FUND Total loans to the fund on December 31, 1965 were $264,080 compared with $237,010 a year earlier. Earned interest brought the total in the fund to $275,813. Of this total, $220,434 had been lent to churches; $16,616 was set aside as a Reserve Fund for possible withdrawals and $38,763 was available for loans. The total of new loans to the fund, including accrued interest was $37,160 and withdrawals totaled $13,905. Loans made to churches during the year were Community, Sonora, California - $41,893; Hacienda Heights, California - $2,500, and Thornton, Colorado - $300. The committeo, is committed to loans totaling $20,000 for Grand Junction and $14,700 for Thornton. Further new loans to churches will be possible only as additional money is lent to the fund. The established interest rates of 4% on Demand Loans, 4-%% on 5-Year Loans, and 5% on 10-Year Loans continue to be maintained. In addition $to total payments of $13,107 received from churches for reduction of loans, a total of $11,711 interest has also been paid to the fund, and the churches have maintained a consistently satisfactory repayment record.

SALARY SCALE & SCHEDULE OF CHURCH AID Salary Scale for Homc Missionaries and Schedule of Aid to Churches, effective January 1, 1966 as adopted by the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension: Salary Scale 1st year of service $340. 2nd 352 3rd 364 4th 3 76 5th 388 6th ' 400 7th 412 8th 424 * 9th 436 10th 448 Schedule of Aid The committee will pay toward the pastor's salary the following percentages of the amount paid by the church toward the salary of the pastor plus the amount contributed to the two Missions Committees:

_. 1st year following organization ' Full Salary 2nd 5 20% 3rd 28 1 4th 171 5th 115 6th 77 * 7th 52 8th 33 9th 19 10th 8 Further Provisions: 1. Salary: The Salary Scale does not apply to ministers who have more than 10 years of service, THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 25

2. Hoicsirzg: a. If a nianse is provided either by the committee or the church, $70 will be deducted from the salary. 1). If the minister rents his house, he will receive a rent supplement for rent paid in escess of $70 a nionth up to a niasiniuni supplement of $30 per month. c. If a minister owns his home, he will receive a supplement for interest, taxes, and other charges in excess of $70 per month up to a masiniuni supplement of $30 per month. 3. Utilities: a. All utilities except personal telephone toll calls, and including heat, will be paid by the church and/or thc committee in addition to salary. b. The cost of utilities will be shared by the committce and church in proportion to their respective shares of the minister’s salary. c. The church will pay utility bills direct to the service companies,*and be reimbursed by the committee’s share. 4. Peizsion: The church and/or the committee will pay two thirds of the missionary’s pension premium in proportion to their respective shares of his salary. 5. Socinl Security: The church and/or the committee will pay one half of the mission. ary’s Social Security in proportion to their respective shares of his salary. For missionaries not in the Social Security program the church and/or the committee will pay one half the annual investment in an established investment or retirement income plan, on the same basis and in the Same amount as though the missionary were in Social Security. BUDGET 1966 Missionary Salaries and Allowances $ 84,366 Office and Administration 23,200 Promotion 8,160

$11 5,726 ELECTIONS TO TME COMMITTEE The terms of the following members of the committee expire at this Assembly: it4inisters - George W. Knight, 111; George W. Marston Ruling Elders - Hiram I. Bellis; Bert L. Roeber The Rev. John P. Clelland, who was a member in the class of 1966, resigned from the committee late in 1965. REPORT OF THE TREASURER The report of the Treasurer, as audited by Main Lafrentz & Co., Certified Public Accountants, is as follows: To The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. Melrose Park, Pennsylvania We have examined ,the balance sheet, resulting from cash and certain accrual trans- actions, of The Committee On Home Missions and Church Extension of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. as of December 31, 1965, and the related statement of recorded cash receipts and disbursements for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such 26 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered neces- sary in the circumstances. Our examination of receipts from voluntary contributions was limited to a test comparison of acknowledgment duplicates to cash receipt records, deposit tickets and bank statements. The nature of voluntary contributions is such that further audit procedures are impractical. In our opinion, the accompanying statements present fairly the financial position of The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. at December 31, 1965, and the results of imts operations for the year then ended, in conformity with 'generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. MAIN LAFRENTZ& Co. January 14, 1966 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER31, 1965 FUNDS Combined Church ASSETS Balance Sheet Genera 1 Extension Contingent Annuitv Cash - note 1 $ 50,670.81 $ (596.38) $ 40,060.89 $ 10,691.67 $514.63 Notes and ]~ailsreceivable 287,828.72 220,434.73 67,393.99 2 Investments, a: cost - market value $14,890.32 ______15,438.87 15,438.87 m” Real estate, at cost 217,687.96 38,465.74 179,219.22 2 -4 Totals ______I_____$5 7 1,626.36 $37,872.36 $275,934.49 $257,304.88 $514.63 Z L -

LIABILITIES AND RESERVES

Notes payable - note 1 ______I______------$283,714.18 $264,080.02 $ 19,634.16

Designated contributions - special projects ______I______L_ 100.00 !$ 10000

General assembly funds ______I______577.33 577.33 Intermediary funds 17.00 17.00

Mortaaoesab payable ______I______l______l------59,373.08 3,687.1 7 55,685.91 Contingent liabilities - note 2 Reserve accounts - note 3 227,844.77 33,490.86 11,854.47 181,984.81 . 514.63 Totals $57 1,626.36 $37,872.36 $275,934.45 $257,304.88 $514.63- Subject to the accompanying report. The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 28 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

STATEMENT OF RECORDED CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

Administration building_a operations: Rent: Apartments ______-----2,875.00 Orthodox Presbyterian Church Committees 4,667.88 . 7,542.88 --_--- Intcrinedimy fund rcccipts ______' 50,702.89 177,428.12 ------177,440.82 DISBURSEMENTS : Church Extension expenses: Missionary :

Salaries ______I_r____._I______------_-61,456.01 ' Utilities ______4,098.25

Pension premiums ______c__I______I___ 1,910.00

Social security tax ______I610.44 Manse expense ______~___-__1,326 45

Moving and travel ______I______600.00

Summer workers ______I______4,129.50 Special projects from designated

contributions ______l______165.75 Travel - general secretary __-___--______-2,363.45

Books __l______l______------12.3 1 76,672.16 ------Office and administrative expenses: Salaries and allowances ______-______13,299.44

Pension premiums __r______567.00

Social security tax ______I______I 355.41 Abington manse ______-____ 881.64

Committee meetings ______I_____I_1,327.67 Ofice rent and administration

building maintenance ______I____c1,080.00 Telephone ______------5 89.77 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 29

Administration building operations: Maintenance repairs and upkeep 3,239.23

Maintenance wages ______II_1,020.00 Utilities 2,226.69 Taxes and insurance ______- 2,166.25 8,652.44 1 _---__ Intermediary fund disbursements ______50,741.49 $178,037.20 ------CASH DEFICIT, December 31, 1965 ...... $ (596.38) . CHURCH EXTENSION FUND - Note 1 ,

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1965 ______c______$ 50,126.93 RECEIPTS :

Interest on notes and loans receivable c___-__-__ $11,711.74 Interest on investments and savings accounts __ 2,385.17' Reduction of notes and loans receivable ______13,107.65

Borrowed on notes and loans payable r--______-__ 37,160.34 Proceeds from matured U.S. Treasury Bonds--- 5,564.16 69,929.06 ------_-_-_-_ 120,056.01 DISBURSEMENTS : A Interest on notes and loans payable _____------6,49 1.3 1 .

Repayment of loans payable -____-__L------14,905.06

Loans to churches -__-_L___L______L------44,693.00 Purchase of U.S. Treasury Bonds __-_____----_------13,905.75 79,995.12 ------__ CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 ______---__--_--_ !$ 40,060.89 CONTINGENT FUND

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1965 ______c______!$ 10,22748 RECEIPTS :

Contributions ______L__ $ 11700 Interest -on notes and loans receivable __--___-__-_ 5,032.88 I 30 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Reduction of notes and loans receivable _____-___- 5,216.15 Received from churches for purchase of committee owned real estate ______--___ 1,642.73 12,018.76 ------22,246.24 DISBURSEMENTS : Intercst on notes and loans payable ______--_-- 1,389.14 Reduction of notes payable 297.30 Reduction of mortgages payable ______----- ,l,361.33, Loans to churches 8,506.80 11,554.5'7

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 ______$ 10,691.67 ANNUITY FUND CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1965 515.82 RECEIPTS : Interest on savings account 20.31 Annuity payment 21.50 DISBURSEMENTS : CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 ______$ 514.63 Subject to the accompanying report. The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER31, 1965 1. Church Extension Fund cash is restricted by the Committee in the amount of $1,146.82 which, together with the investments in United States Treasury Bonds, $1 5,438.87, comprise a reserve of 20% of the demand notes outstanding at December 31, 1965. 2. The Committee is contingently liable as guarantor of six mortgage loans aggregating $191,884. The appraised value of the mortgaged church property at December 31, 1965 for five of these loans amounts to $384,000. Appraisal value was not available for the sixth loan in the amount of $37,207. 3. The financial statements do not reflect operating expenses incurred but not paid at December 31, 1965. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION GENERAL FUND CASH: Restricted cash : Designated - General Assembly funds: Regular $ (593.52) Travel ...... 989.89 1967 Confession 180.96 $ 577.33 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 31

NOTES AND LOANS RECEIVABLE: Church Extension Fund : Bayview Church, Chula Vista, California ______$ 46,174.95 Hacienda Heights Church, Hacienda Heights, California ____ . 27,15410 Calvary Church, La Mirada, California ______-_-______24,803.91

Brentwood Church, San Francisco, California ______-___~ ______13,000.00 Immanuel Church, Thornton, Colorado ___-______. 792.58 Sharon Church, Hialeah, Florida ...... i 21,238.26 Galloway Church, S. W. Miami, Florida . 2,700.00 First Church, Hamilton, Massachusetts 654.93 Stratford Church, Stratford, New Jersey ______2,O 16.00 Grace Church, Westfield, New Jersey 4,000.00

Trinity Church, Hatboro, Pennsylvania ______I____ 550.00 Winner Church, Winner, South Dakota ______1,000.00 Community Church, Sonora, California 43,300.00 First Church, Sunnyvale, California 33,000.00

$220,434.73

Contingent Fund: Calvary Church, La Mirada, California ______$ 8,267.53 Paradise Hills Church, San Diego, California ...... 8,225.23 Grand Junction Church, Grand Junction, Colorado ____----___- 2,75 8.90 Westminster Church, Hamden, Connecticut ______12,993.90 Sharon Church, Hialeah, Florida 11,512.58 Pilgrim Ohurch, Bangor, Maine ______13,O 12.32 Grace Church, Fair Lawn, New Jersey ______4,473.53 Spanish Evangelical Mission, Vineland, New Jersey 150.00 Knox Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 6,000.00

INVESTMENTS : Market Value December 3 1, Cost 1965 Church Extension Fund: $14,000 U. S. Treasury Bonds, 4-%%, due February 15, 1974 $ 13,426.58 $1,500 U. S. Treasury Bonds, 3-7/8%, due May 15, 1968 1,533.12 1,463.44 ------_--_-_ Totals ______-______---_------~-----$15,438.87$ 14,890.32

REAL ESTATE: General Fund: Manse, Abington Township, Pennsylvania $ 14,923.55 Administration building, Melrose Park,

Pennsylvania (1 /3 interest) ______I______------23,545.19 ------Total $ 38,468.74 32 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Con tingeii t Fund : Iminanuel Church, Thorn ton, Colorado $ 29,978.34

iManse, Thornton, Colorado _____L______I____I______--- 11,834.22 Lot, Thornton, Colorado ______.-______-______7,585 .OO Westminster Church and lot, .Evergreen Park, Illinois _____ 3,467.87 hlanse and lot, Weschester, Illiiiois ______------_- 21,963.23 Manse, Bangor, Maine ______--_-___ __-----_ ----- 13,806.00 First Church, Baltimore, Maryland ___-_L______: ______32,595.40 Chapel, Neptune, New Jersey ____-__-____-L---_: _------3,000.00

Stratford Church, Stratford, New Jersey __ll__-____-__m-l . 30,267.78

Lot, Stratford, New Jersey _____l______r______I---- ' 1,720.00 Lot, Albany, New York ______629.1 7

. Lot, Eugene, Oregon ______I______cI______--- 5,956.44 Lot, Chula Vista, California 4,102.40

Manse, Cranston, %ode Island ______L______------12,313.37

NOTES PAYABLE: Church Extension Fund: Demand notes at 4% per annuni $ 83,079.44 5 year notes at 4-%% per annum 46,831.5 1

10 year notes at 5% per anum ______I______l____l______134,169.07

$264,080.02

I Contingent Fund : Demand notes at 4% per annum $ 600.00

Demand note at 6% per annum ______-______-_____I______1,540.26

Long-term notes at 4% per annum ______I______12,493.90 Long-term note at 4-%% per annum 5,000.00 ------$ 19,634.16

MORTGAGES PAYARLE : Date of Balance Annual Final December 31, R?ortgagecl Propcrty Rate Payment 1965 General Fund: Manse, Abington Township, Pennsylvania ------6% 4/13/71 $ 3,687.17 Contingent Fund : Manse, Westchester, Illinois ______4% % 2/ 1/69 $ 2,495.09 Stratford Church, Stratford, New Jersey -----6% 4/ 1/69 2,919.15 First Church, Baltimore, Maryland ______-___4% 10/ 1/73 19,800.00 Manse, Bangor, Maine 6% 2/27/82 9,757.81 Manse, Thornton, Colorado __-.______~__-______4-1/2"/o 12/ 1/84 7,899.68 Chapel, Neptune, New Jersey ______-______6% on demand 3,000.00 Manse, Cranston, Rhode Jsland c__----_----__--_---5-%% 4/ 3/85 ------9,8 13.37 $ 55,685.91 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 33

I‘he following were nominated to the class of 1969 of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension : Ministers - Thompson, Willis, Knight, Marston; Elders - Hiram I. Bellis and Bert L. Roeber. The Moderator closed the nominations and declared the elders, Messrs. Bellis and Roeber, elected. While the ballots were being counted, Mr. Breisch introduced Mr. Peter Northrup of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. An informal greeting from the Rev. Robert E. Nicholas was read by the Clerk. The Muderator called up the report of the Missions Correspondent for the Reformed Ecumenical Synod. Mr. Galbraith reported as follows : REPORT OF THE MISSIONS CORRESPONDENT FOR THE REFORMED ECUMENICAL SYNOD Fathers and Brethren, The standing Committee on Missions of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, established by that Synod in 1963, has taken steps to implement the purpose of the committee. .That purpose is “to assist the constituent churches in their endeavor to fill the earth with the knowledge of the Lord.” The functions assigned to this committee for the accomplishment of that purpose are to 1. Gather information on current missionary work, especially that of a Reformed nature. 2. Ascertain what types of missionary work need to be done. . 3. Ascertain where the various types of missionary work are needed. 4. Disseminate to the constituent churches the information it obtains. 5. Assist the constituent churches in solving problems which confront them. 6. Suggest means by which the constituent churdhes may assist one another in the propagation of their common faith. 7. Prepare and publish studies of missionary principles and practices. Your correspondent, as Convener (Chairman) of this committee, and the Rev. Paul G. Schrotenboer, who serves as both Secretary of the committee and General Secretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, have worked together by personal con- ferences and correspondence, to set the committee in motion. Information ‘has been gathered concerning Reformed missionary work throughout the world being done by both RES-affiliated and non-affiliated churches. The information was obtained by means of questionnaires to missionaries and mission executives. In March of this year some of this information, having been organized, was distributed to the mission agencies of the churches. As other parts of the information are organized that, too, will be dis- tributed, and the effort to obtain mme information will be continued. Several matters of a missionary nature have been submitted to the committee. For example, the Reformed Church of Brazil asked about the practices of member churches on baptism by immersion, and called attention to the need for mission work among the Japanese in Brazil. The Reformed Churches of both Australia and New Zealand have sought information concerning plans for their future missionary work, and information and advice was sent to them. In the summer of 1965 the Interim Committee of the RES authorized the committee to “make arrangements for a conference on missions and evangelism to be held in the Netherlands in the summer of 1968 prior to the meeting of the AES” in the Netherlands where the RES will meet. Your correspondent and Dr. Schrotenboer, after corresponding wibh the other members of the committee and receiving their encouragement and approval, are currently engaged in making plans for the conference. This will be the first Reformed conference, on a world-wide basis, ever held specifically to deal with missions. 34 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

The establishment of this committee indicates the importance which the churches of the RES attach to missions. The committee has already been a means of giving both a sense of oneness, importance, and urgency to the churches in their endeavors faithfully to advance Reformed missions, while also being a means of strengthening one another in the very complicated task which is faced in missions today. The Mission Conference is not being designed to take any actions but to enable those particularly concerned wirh missions to meet and consult personally concerning problems which are common to them wherever they work in the world. Consequently, no limit on the number of those who may attend from any one church has been established. It is expected that at least one from each member church will be there. The date presently contemplated for the conference is August 5-9, 1968. The entire program for the Conference has not yet been adopted by the committee, but its tentative form is as follows: It will be for three full days, probably beginning with an evening convocation; a Bible exposition each morning; a study paper each morning and afternoon; and a report concerning missionary activity in difkrent parts of the world eaoh evening; topics should include the goal of missions today, evangelizing amidst growing secularism, ecumenism in evangelism (principles and application of Christian unity), the mission program of the church, the national church and the foreign mission, and consolidating the Reformed witness. Since it would be advisable, for the planning both of General Assembly budgets and the schedules of representatives who might be sent to the missions conference, your correspondent recommends that this Assembly (1) determine the number of representa- tives it wishes to attend the Conference, (2) elect the number determined upon, and (3) include in the budget to be adopted by the Assembly one-half of the approximate cost for the number of representatives to be sent, with the intention that the balance needed will be included in the budget of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly. Respectfully submitted, JOHN P. GALBRAITH Consideration of the recommendations of the report was deferred. The Moderator announced the election of Messrs. Thompson, Knight, and Marston to the class of 1969 of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension. On motion the report of the Committee on Foreign Missions was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report of the Committee on Foreign Missions follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSIONS On December 31, 1965, the following were on the church’s active roll of foreign missionaries : Ethiopia The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert S. Bird, Massawa Dr. and Mrs. John G. Den Hartog, Ghinda The Rev. and Mrs. Clarence W. Duff, Ghinda The Rev. and Mrs. Francis E. Mahaffy, Senafe Mrs. James Miner, R.N., Ghinda Dr. and Mrs. Lyle W. Nilson, Ghinda Formosa The Rev. and Mrs. Egbert W. Andrews Taipei The Rev. and Mrs. Richard B. Gaffin, Taichung The Rev. and Mrs. John D. Johnston, Hsinchu Japan The Rev. and Mrs. R. Heber McIlwaine, Fukushima The Rev. and Mrs. George Y. Uomoto, East Sendai THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 35

Korea The Rev. and Mrs. Harvie M. Conn, Seoul The Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Hard, Pusan The Rev. and Mrs. Bruce F. Hunt, Pusan The committee reported to the Thirty-second General Assembly last year that funds were being sought to send Miss Anna Strikwerda, R.N., to Ethiopia, and that Miss Yvonne De Blaey, R.N., had been appointed to serve in the same field. By September sufficient funds had been contributed and pledged for the support of both these nurses, and their departure was authorized by the committee. Application for their visas was made immedi- ately, but it was not unltil December 18 that these were authorized. Miss Strikwerda received her visa promptly, and arrived on the field shortly after the close of the year, on January 11, 1966; Miss De Blaey arrived on January 21. Both were then placed on the active roll of missionaries as of the first of the year. Miss Strikwerda is a member of the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, and Miss DeBlaey is a member of the Christian Reformed Church. We are deeply grateful to God for providing these two nurses. The Rev. Edwin C. Urban and the Rev. Donald H. Taws continue on the inactive roll, both wishing to return with their families to their respective fields of Formosa and Ethiopia. The Rev. Arnold S. Kress continues to be available to serve in Japan. Lack of funds is Ithe chief factor preventing these families from going to the fields.

FURLOUGHS The three families at home on furlough in 1964-65 returned to their fields on schedule, immediately following the Thirty-second General Assembly. They were the Gaffins to Formosa, the Hards to Korea, and the McIlwaines to Japan. The Harvie M. Conn and John D. Johnston families from Korea and Formosa respectively have been at home in 1965-66. The Johnstons arrived in this country on June 7, 1965, and the Conns on July 2. Both families plan to return to their fields this summer. The Francis E. Mahaffy family is expected home on regulaI furlouih in the summer of 1966.

REPORT ON THE FIELDS ETHIOPIA The year past has seen a significant strengthening of our work in Ethiopia in both staff and facilities. Lyle W. Nilson, M.D., arrived on the field with his family on January 15, 1965; a 22-bed hospital was nearly completed by year-end; the Den Hartogs had returned to Ghinda from temporary duty with the Sudan Interior Mission in Sheshamane, Ethiopia; and two nurses were on the verge of arriving on the field. The Mission maintains evangelistic work on a regular basis in Adi Caieh, Senafe, Ghinda, and Massawa, as well as occasional work in Zula, Irafalo, and other villages. Work in Zula and Irafalo was interrupted toward the end of the year by political disturb- ances which made it unsafe for the missionaries to go there. Personne2. At the end of the year our Mission family numbered 26, with two more arriving shortly after. Of this number 13 are adults. The Den Hartogs were on loan to the Sudan Interior Mission for a large part of the year, but all other members of the Mission were on the field for the entire year. Mrs. Miner, who had been scheduled to leave the field at the end of her two-year term in July 1965 volunteered, with her husband, James, to remain until May 1966. Their purposes were that Mr. Miner could help with construction work, and Mrs. Miner could continue with nursing work until new nuises might arrive. A son, John Burdette, was born to the Miners on December 5. 36 THIRTYTHIRD GENERALASSEMBLY

Hospital. After many delays due to government technicalities, approval of the constTuction of our proposed hospital in Ghinda was given in mid-May. A contract was let immediately and construction begun. On July 3, the cornerstone was laid in which an aluminum container holds a New Testament in English, the Gospel of Mark in Amharic, Gospel of John in Arabic and Saho, Catechisms in Tigrinya and Amharic, a tract, “Way of Life”, in Tigrinya, and a tract, “God Hath Spoken,” in Tigre. A dedication service was scheduled for February 5, 1966, and construction to be completed shortly thereafter. The hospital has been named Mihireta Yesus Hospital, in Amharic, or Com- passion of Jesus Hospital, in English. The contracted price for the construction of the hospital was $34,223. Together with costs for water and electric supplies, fees, and taxes, the cost should be slightly less than $40,000. The cost of equipment for the hospital has been budgeted at $23,500 and virtually all of that was on hand or promised by the end of the year. Places of Witness. The largest number of our missionaries are in Ghinda, the location of the hospital. To the Duffs who have lived there since first going to this field, have been added the Miners, Den Hartogs, Nilsons, and the Misses Strikwerda and De Blaey. Because of this we have had to obtain additional properties, one by purchase, and one by rental. With the coming of these additional missionaries, it has been possible to increase our witness in this town. One particular way in which athis has been done is the opening, on weekdays, of our meeting place as a bookroom where people can come to read the Bible and Christian literature. A meeting is also held there during the week, with the national believers taking an active part. This work has been carried on largely by LMr. and MIS. Miner. Dr. and Mrs. Nilson spent a large part of their time this year in language study. However, much time was also spent in connection with the hospital construction during the latter half of the year, as well as serving at the Clinic for limited periods each week. Mr. Miner, though under no obligation to the Mission has been of very great assistance to the Mission throughout the year preparing the facilities for water and electric supply, in the construotion of the hospital, and in renovating and repairing missionaries’ houses. Because of continuing and increasing pain in Mrs. Duff‘s back and great difficulties in carrying on her activities, the doctors recommended her return to this country for further diagnosis and treatment. She arrived in the U.S. on May 4, 1965 and went immediately to Cedx Rapids, Iowa, and placed herself under the care of Dr. Robert H. Kyle, one of the mid-west’s leading neurosurgeons and a member of our Waterloo Church. He performed a successful operation and the condition has been corrected as far as possible. Mrs. Duff returned to Ethiopia July 17 and is now able to perform all her duties. Senafe, where the Mahaffys live, and A& Caieh, nearby, continue to receive the gospel regularly. Interest in the gospel in these places flows and ebbs, but at the end of the year attendance was at a high level, especially in Adi Caieh where additional benches have had to be obtained to seat all comers. In Massawa a bookroom-store is maintained, and a national helper is employed there. It is a strategic means of witness in this port city. Preaching services are also held ’ regularly. The Birds have been assigned to Massawa, but because of the extreme heat in summer it is not wise for them to remain there year-round. This past year they spent the hot months in Ghinda, and Mr. Bird made periodic trips to Massawa. We do not have a resident missionary in either Zula or Irafalo. Our missionaries go there occasionally during the year for several weeks at a time. Political disturbances have been sporadic in the past, and it is to be expected that the area will again be open for our workers, The Mission had made tentative plans for medical missionaries to make regular visits to the area. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 37

Clinic. Throughout the past year the Clinic in Ghinda has remained open, even during Rhs. Miner’s absence on vacation in the summer and during her confinement in late fall. All the medical missionaries, as well as the Duffs, have had a part in the work at the Clinic, though it has been niaiiily thc responsibility of Mrs. Miner. With the presence of qualified medical personnel on a regular basis more families are seeking the assistance of the missionaries at the birth of children. Last year the number of: deliveries was 32. This has given the missionaries a new opportunity ato take the gospel into homes where they had no entrance before. The Word of God is always brought into these homes both by personal witness and by the gift of Scripture portions. There were 12,236 treatments given at the Clinic this year, which is about 4,000 less than in 1964. The reason for this is that 1964 was an unusually severe malaria year, causing a sharp rise in treatments given. A small charge is made for those patients able to pay, and such fees during the year provided all but $124 of the operating expenses of $the Clinic exclusive of the missionaries’ support.

Siimmary. During the past year it has hecn necessary to spend a large amount of time and funds on the hospital construction. At the end of the year, with the con- struction nearing completion, we can look forward to making use of these facilities for the advance of the gospel over a wide area. The number of souls added to Christ’s kingdom during the year has not been great, but there have been several, and barriers are breaking down. An example is i‘n the village of Minah, in the Senafe-Adi Caieh area, the home of Araiah who was con- verted about six years ago. At first the entire village, without one exception, were in I open opposition to him. His wife even sought to divorce him. But he did not weaken or I flinch in the face of persecution. Now his wife insists that he read the Word of God and pray with ,the family each day, she has accepted Christ as her Saviour, and wishes I to make a public profession of faith. Now, also, others in the village want to be taught the Word of God. To date no Moslems have openly and publicly professed faith in Christ in response to our ministry. Some have seemed very close to the kingdom, only to fall back. A young Moslem has recently told Mr. Mahaffy that he believes, but he is afraid of making such a profession publicly because of what may happen to him. The Moslem law of death for apostacy remains in force. It is evident that conversions are slow in coming. But it is also evident that as our missionaries have persistently made God‘s Word known to an increasing number of people God is opening hearts to it, and the reception of the gospel is gaining momentum. 147, should pray more that the momentum will increase.

FORMOSA The year 1965 was the 100th anniversary of Protestant missions in Formosa. A Reformed denomination is yet to be established there. These facts place our Formosa work in its context: therc are many Protestant missionaries, believers, and churohes in Formosa; yet we have a great amount of work ahead of us. We have continued to have the fellowship of other Reformed missions and missionaries who are associated in the “Presbyterian and Reformed Missions Council on Taiwan.” There are two couples and two single women of the Christian Reformed Church, and one couple each from the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Kosin), Reformed Churches of New Zealand, and World Presbyterian Missions. The Council has been of great assistance in enabling these missionaries to discuss and plan for such things as the establishment of a Reformed church, theological training, the publishing of a hymnal, young people’s conferences, and many matters relating to the mission work which all are trying to accomplish. 38 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Andrewses were our only family on the field for the entire year. The Johnstons left on furlough on June 6, and the Gaffins returned after furlough on July 27. We continue our work in three areas: Taipei, Hsinchu, and Taichung. There were two visitors from the U.S. during the year who helped in our work. In March, April, and May, the Rev. Charles G. Schauffele, an Orthodox Presbyterian minister teaching at Gordon Divinity School, who was accompanied by his wife, con- ducted a special Sunday School Clinic for the teachers and was enabled to speak to many different groups concerning Christian education. The Rev. Charles H. Chao, of the Reformation Translation Fellowship, also was in Formosa, and this visit enabled us to rent space jointly for a reading room in a prominent location. Taipei. The Rev. and Mrs. Egbert W. Andrews are our resident missionaries here. Their evangelistic effort has centered about the “Reformed Fellowship” for some years. We rejoice, however, that this work can now be led by Mr. Daniel Hung, a native Taiwanese, a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary in 1965. The name has been changed to Faith-Peace Church, and MI. Hung leads all the services and does all the preaching. He receives a small salary from the church and obtains the balance of his support by means of tutoring. He refuses any regular foreign assistance. The church also pays half the rent for their place of worship, with our Mission paying the remainder. The return of Mr. Hung to Formosa has relieved Mr. Andrews of all preaching connected with the church. During the first half of the year he preached an evangelistic sermon every Sunday evening there, as well as conducting the mid-week service, in addition to preaching once a month in the morning at both the Taiwanese and Mandarin services. At the reading room, Mr. Andrews conducted seven hours of English conversation and Bible classes for high school and college students and one hour a week taught a conversation class at the leading high school in town. He thus had contact with several hundred high school and university students. Some of these have begun to attend our services. Since August Mr. Andrews has been able to spend more time visiting these contacts. He and Mr. Hung have gone out once a week and he has also gone out with the custodian of ithe reading room. In August, an effort was made to reach people in house- to-house evangelism in an area without a Taiwanese church. This was done with one of the students from the Hsinchu Theological Class, but he was subsequently transferred to Taichung. At the suggestion of ,the reading room custodian, services in Mandarin and Taiwanese were started on Sunday afternoons, beginning on October 24. In the evening there is an English Bible class where Reformed Sunday school materials are used. The attendance during the first few weeks has been on both sides of 20. Mr. Andrews continues to spend six hours a week in the reading room in English conversation and Bible classes for high school and college students. Mrs. Andrews helped with the women’s and children’s work, holding two separate women’s meetings a week part of the time, teaching or helping with from one to three Sunday schools outside of the church, and holding sewing classes during the spring. She has been lteaching near-illiterate women the Taiwanese language in the Romanized script in their homes and has helped with the sick in the neighborhood when asked. This fall she began directing the choir at Christ’s College, going there twice a week. She has been organist at from two to three services each Sunday. During the first part of 1965 Mr. Andrews taught Covenant Theology two hours a week and introduced the students to Logic one hour a week besides taking his regular turn conducting Chapel at Calvin Theological Institute. During the past three years a good deal of time was spent each week in the preparation and translation into Chinese of the syllabi of the courses he has taught - one new one each semester. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 39

During the latter part of the year Mr. Andrews finished checking J. Cadier’s work on John Calvin, The Man God Mastered, with a graduate student in Chinese studies. The book is now ready for publication. Also, during the year, he saw two booklets through the press: “Why I Believe in God” by C. Van Til, and “A Message to Thoughtful Inquirers” by Henry W. Coray, each of them in a 2,000-copy bi-lingual (Taiwanesc- Mandarin) edition. Two young people’s conferences were held this year - one in Hsinchu during the lunar New Year in February - which was sponsored by the Hsinchu church primarily, and the other a summer conference, sponsored by the Presbyterian and Reformed Missions Council, in a place near Taipei. Both of these were well attended. Hsinchu. With the Johnstons having been in Formosa only during ,the first five nionths of the year our report on this station must be very brief. The work of the East Gate Presbyterian Church has been a main responsibility of Mr. Johnston along with the Theological Class in the same building. Mr. Johnston has sought (to have the people of the congregation take more and more responsibility for their work. The Theological class has served to give training in the Reformed faith to young men who desire such teaching. All the missionaries have participated in teaching ax the class. Taichung. During the Gaffins’ furlough absence in the first part of the year, the leadership of the work was given to two young nationals, one who worked among the Mandarin-speaking people and one who worked with those who speak Taiwanese. Mr. Johnston also gave some oversight before he left on furlough. The work had progressed well, but between the Johnstons’ departure on June 6 and the Gaffins’ return on July 27, considerable damage was done to the congregation by the Taiwanese-speaking leader who became influenced by Pentecostalism. The nucleus of the group in Taichung is now four families, but they are zealous and faithful workers. As a result -there is an active Sunday school with about 80 pupils, and the group has an outreaching evangelistic attitude. In addition .to the preaching services and operation of the bookrmm by Mr. Gaffin, and supervision of the Sunday school by Mrs. Gaffin, the following activities are part of !their work: Mr. Gaffin - six Bible classes and chapel and evening vespers one day a week at Pei Yuan Middle School, teaching at the Hsinchu Theological Class two days each week, and a monthly trip to the southern part of the island to keep in touch with Bible-believing pastors, professors, and students in Ithe interest of the Reformed Faith. Mrs. Gaffin works closely with her husband at Pei Yuan and Hsinchu, and once a week she has a women’s meeting for Bible study and prayer and an English Bible class for girls from the nearby Roman Cahtolic English College. The group has recently started a Building Fund and they look forward to having their own buildmg in the future. Siumrzary. The members of the Presbyterian and Reformed Missions Council are persuaded that a Reformed denomination must be formed because it is impossible to work within the framework of the Presbyterian Church of Formosa without compromise and because, humanly speaking, it is impossible to change the character of that church in the direction of the Reformed faith. It is, rather, going in the other direction. The gospel is received in every area where we have preached, there is now one national on the island who is well-grounded in the Reformed Faith, and we believe that with this Faith having now taken root a Reformed church will grow and blossom.

JAPAN Our two missionaries in Japan have worked in the same areas during the past year as in the year before, the McIlwaices in Fukushima and the Uomotos in East Sendai. 40 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Mcllwaines had been on furlough during the first half of the year, and when they returned -they were delighted to see that there had been growth in both spiritual grace and numbers during their absence. On occasion, attendance now nearly fills the room in their how which they use for meetings, and the congregation makes efforts to reach out with the gospel. Special evangelistic services were held at one time during the year, and the congregation was active in advertising the services in various ways in the city. The Uomotos live in East Sendai but Mr. Uomoto also carries on work in Okuma, and has oversight of work in Ishinomaki where his helper is working almost full time. Although the growth in these communities is not spectacular it is steady, and it seems certain now that in all these places there are going to be Reformed churches. A very greet problem in East Sendai, where there is the strongest group, is the cost of property. They want their own property and they have a Bulding Fund, but costs are rising faster than they can accumulate funds. There has been a gradual but constant inflation in Japan over the years, and at the end of 1965 the committee had under consideration the need of a substantial cost-of-living supplement for the missionaries. Such a supplement would require a revision of the budget adopted for 1966. KOREA The 80th anniversary of Protestant missionary work in Korea was marked in 1965. It was a year of continued growth for Bible-believing churches, and a year when the ecumenically-minded foreign churches were considering sending many more “fraternal workers” to this field. The highest estimates place the Christian constituency of South Korea at 10% of the ppulation, so much more work of the right kind must yet be done. At the present time the work of OLU missionaries is not so much aimed at the establishment of new congregations as in evangelizing within the framework of the existing church and assisting churches and the denominations with which we are associated. More missionaries, for whom our missionaries urgently appeal, would enable us to do more direct evangeliza- tion. We are at present, associated with two Presbyterian denominations, known popularly as the Kosin and ‘the Hap Dong. The Hunt family were the only ones of our missionaries who were on the field for the entire year past. The Conns left the field on regular furlough on July 2, and the Hards returned after furlough on July 24. I A notable addition to our Mission this year were a young couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Kortenhoeven, members of our Calvary Church, La Mirada, Calif. They went out completely at their omexpense both as to transportation and living expenses on the field and planned to stay for one year. They have been a tremendous help and encouragement to the Mission since their arrival with the Hards on July 24. They helped in the sorting and acknowledging of relief goods for orphans and lepers, Christmas packages for orphans, scrapbooks, pictures, etc. They have spoken at meetings of different kinds, and taught courses at Peace High School, Calvin College, Koryu Seminary, Yongdo Seminary, and Tong-Ah University. When the committee determined to purchase property and construct a missionary residence in Seoul, Mr. Kortenhoeven, a graduate engineer, gave invaluable advice first in the selection of land and then in the drawing of plans for the house. He oversaw the grading of the land and it is the committee’s hope that the house can be started early enough in the spring so that he can oversee at least the major part of the construction before returning to the United States. The Rev. Charles G. Schauffele and his wife were in Korea for about two months while Mr. Schauffele gave very beneficial lectures on Christian education at the Presby- terian General Assembly Seminary in Seoul and Koryu Seminary in Pusan. The main activities of the Mission are preaching, teaching, and literature work, but of necessity they have also engaged in a considerable amount of relief work. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 41

Preaching. On Christmas Day 1Mr. Hunt preached his thousandth sermon since return from furlough 2% years ago. And it is of interest to note the preaching record of the missionaries while on the field (Mr. Hard and Mr. Conn were each on the field but half a year or less): Mr. Hunt 378 times; Mr. Hard 38 times; and Ah. Conn 115 timcs. These include mostly Korean sermons, but some in English, some given as radio sermons, and some as visual aid showings. The seed was sown in churches, schools, prisons, orphanages, insane homes, leper colonies, youth conferences, army camps, in innrkctplaces and on street corners, and among Western missionarics. Teaching. All the missionaries except Mr. Hard engaged in this activity last year. He did not do so on medical advice. It was done in two seminaries in Pusan (Kosin and Hop Dong) and one in Seoul (Hop Dong), a Christian High School, and a university. Messrs. Conn, Had, and Hunt all now have faculty standing in the seminaries in which they teach, Mr. Conn at the Presbyterian General Assembly Seminary in Seoul, and Mr. Hard and Mr. Hunt at Koryu Seminary in Pusan. Literature. Writing of note by mission members includes a tract by Mr. Hunt, “Where Are You Going?” printed by the Mission; Mr. Hard’s Master’s thesis entitled, “Whalt Is Myth?”; three booklets of radio sermons by Mr. Conn, two new tracts by Mr. Conn printed by TEAM, and two of his tracts reprinted by the Mission; the preparation and distribution of booklets on Philippians issued chapter-by-chapter, which were later combined and printed in book form with Mission funds, also by Mr. Conn. He also edited and mailed out the first edition of “The Reformed Bulletin of Missions.” Mission funds helped print Dr. Laird Harris’ Lectures on Archaeology, and a loan from the Price Memorial Fund made possible the reprinting of Dr. Park, Yune Sun’s com- mentaries which are much in demand. The Korea Society for Reformed Faith and

I Action, in which all three of the ordained missionaries are active participants, published Louis Berkhof’s Principles of BiblicaZ Hermenezttics during this year with the help of a loan from the Mission. Another activity in the literature field has been Mr. Hard’s collection during furlough of 2,885 books and periodicals for distribution to the various institutions with which we work, together with the cataloguing of many of them. The two reading rooms, one in Seoul and one in Pusan, render silent, but valuable service in the spread of the gospel message. They serve as repositories for visual aids and tracts which may be used by church leaders, and have over 2,550 volumes hetween thein of evangelical literature for study by students and ministers or for perusal by those who wish to know more abut Christianity. The rooms are sometimes used also for special. lectures or meetings of Christian groups. The relatively small outlay of Mission funds (about $280 for the Pusan room which our Mission bears alone, and $180 for the Seoul room which is our Mission’s share of the budget borne by three Reformed missions jointly), appears to be money well spent. The Seoul reading room reports 2,643 readers for the year (i.e., those who read for 20 minutes or more), while the Pusan room, in a somewhat poorer location, reports 1,673 readers this year. Relief. During the first half of this year, the I-Iunts were burdened with the major share of the relief chores. Since the return of the Hards with the Kortenhoevens the load of work has once more been spread out. Efforts continue to have the Koreans do what they can in this area; for example, the denominations’ relief committees handle distribution of relief clothing and other goods; school girls are beginning to help in the preparation of cards and pictures for distribution, and church women have been making quilts without pay. However, the work of correspondence and record-keeping alone in this area is great indeed, being especially heavy the last half of this year. Although none 42 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY of the missionaries is entirely free of some of this work, the lions’ share was done by Mrs. Hunt during this year until the arrival of the Kortenhoevens, at which time Mrs. Kortenhoeven’s prodigious efforts lightened the load. A list of relief activities shows a great variety of work undertaken: 478 cases of Multi-Purpose Food received for distribultion 15 bales of used clothing received for distribution $10,000 worth or relief goods (clothing and sewing machines) from an individual $30 a month to subsidize a charity bed at the Gospel Hospital 276 parcels of orphanage Christmas packages, quilts, quilt tops, bandages, and medicines received for distribution 72 quilts distributed, many made up in Korea under Mrs. Hunt’s supervision $1,174 distributed among 26 leper colonies for self-help projects $4,000 channeled through the Mission for purchase of land in Kupo for the relocation of clean lepers $74 1 for student work scholarships Summary. Two things stand out as problems of the work in Korea: Ithe divisions between the Presbyterian churches with attendant doctrinal uncertainties, and the need for more missionaries. Therc are of course many others, not the least of which is the growing preoccupation of Koreans with material things, but there is great encouragement to be receivcd from the relatively large number of Korean Christians and the evidence that certainly thc Spirit of God is working here through the preaching of his Word. In the Presbyterian churches there are Reformed elements, though there are others such as modcrn Dispensationalism. In somc quarters there is also an ecumenicalism of the liberal kind. It is our endeavor, and it has met with no little success in the past, to foster the advancement of the Reformed faith, in contrast with all others, in the churches with which we are associated. NEW MISSIONARIES In the face of many doors providentially wide open to the preaching of the gospel, and of a vast expansion of the non-Christian population of the world, the committee is burdened for large increases in the number of missionaries who will hold forth faith- fully and zealously the Word of God. The Rev. John D. Johnston noted in his furlough report to the committee that there are more non-Christians in Formosa today than when he began his missionary work there. This can be said of every country in which we work, and probably in almost every other country. The committee feels deeply the urgency of working while it is day, before the night comes when no man &all work. In order to send more missionaries to &the fields the committee is keeping new . work before our churches while at the same time seeking new funds from sources which, though outside our church, are nevertheless sympathetic with our goals. There have been notable increases in both these areas during the past year and we urge the church to pray earnestly that our resources continue to increase. Recruits for rhe fields are also a matter of concern to the committee. We wish that more young men and women in our churches would sense the urgency of the world’s need for men and women who are willing to engage in face-teface combat for Christ even if at the sacrifice of normal goals in life. We would urge our pastors and sessions to seek to foster in their young people an enthusiasm for personally taking the gospel to the peoples of the world. ’ One new missionary family went to the field during the past year, Dr. and Mrs. Lyle W. Nilson and Itheir children, Kathryn, Kristine, and Deborah, They spent the first half of the year almost exclusively in the study of the Tig-rinya language. THIRTY-THIHDGENEH AL As s E MB L Y 43

During the last half of the year they prepared a taped language-study program together with Mi. Bird for the use of future missionaries and Dr. Nilson was also involved with the erection and equiping of the hospital. For 1966 the budget includes provision for sending the Rev. and Mrs. Arnold S. Kress to Japan late in the summer. These plans are based on projections of contributions for the year and have been approved by the Stewardship Committee. FINANCES General Fund contributions from living dunors, inclusive of the Thank Offering, increased to $196,344 from the previous year’s $156,721. (For the sake of future cornyari- sons, it should be noted that in the Minutes of the Thirty-second General Assembly, p. 55, in the first line of the report under FINANCES, the word “exclusive” should be :‘inclusive.”) A large part of this 25.5% increase was for the construction of our hospital in Ethiopia, and will not be repeated. We are thankful that God not only provided the large extra amounts needed for that building but also provided an excellent increase in contributions for the regular support of our work. The total of the 17th Annual Thank Offering was $74,434.85, an increase of $9,684. This committee’s share was $30,315 as compared with last year’s $29,785. These amounlts are different from those found in the Treasurer’s section of this report because that section includes amounts received in fiscal 1965 which, though part of the 16th Thank Offering (1964), had not been sent in until after the end of fiscal 1964. The figures above are for the 17th Thank Offering only, and include amounts received in both fiscal 1965 and 1966, and are given for purposes of coinparison of Thank Offerings from year to year. The reason Ithat this committee’s share of the Thank Offering was so little more than last year, in spite of the very large increase in the total, is that the percentages received by each of the participating Committees was changed to approximately lthe percentages of the Combined Budget. This committee’s share was therefore lowered from 46% to 42%. Viewed as a whole, contributions in 1965, including Thank Offerings received in the fiscal year, were: from Orthodox Presbyterian churches $120,271, an increase of 11.1 70 from the previous year’s $108,251; from other churches $47,479, an increase of 100% from the previous year’s $23,706; and from individuals $28,594, an increase of 4.370 from the previous year’s $27,399. It will be of interest to note that for 1966 the Reformed Churches of Australia have pledged to assist us in Bthiopia by contributing $1,100 annually toward the support of Miss Strikwerda. The committee has continually endeavored to avoid allowing Pts new iiiedical work to detract from our churches’ support of the other work of either this committee or the other Standing Commitees. It would appear that we have been successful in this endeavor, and that the new work may even have acted as a stimulus to greater giving for other phases of our church’s work. The following comparison indicates the support given to the medical and to the other phases of our work in 1964 and 1965: Doctors Hospital & Nurses General Total 1964 1965 1964 1965 1964 1965 1964 1965 --L__----- OPC $ 9,877 $ 2,227 $ 5,217 $16,825 $ 97,639 $110,736 $112,733 $129,788 Non-OPC 9,173 29,128 7,154 12,687 17,834 16,927 34,161 58,742 $19,oso $31,355 $12,371 $m$115,473 $127,663 $146,894 $188,530 Non-budget designated contributions --9,827 7,814 Total General Fund contributions $156,721 $196,344 44 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

The average weekly contributions per communicant member rose again, this year, to 21.3~.The average for the previous four years was: 1964 19.oc 1963 17.7~ 1962 16.6~ 1961 15.2~ The Thank Offering adds 6.6~per week to the average, making a ttotal of $14.50 per communicant per year. Memorial gifts, mostly gifts made in lieu of flowers at funerals, were a total of $2,009.84 in memory of the following persons: Charles M. Mayson, Mrs. Thomas R Galbraith, Hyokichi Uomoto, Joe D. Glanzer and daughter, Sandra, Mrs. Mildred Likanchuk, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Davies, Mrs. Cora M, Black, Mrs. Hazel Harris,

Philip E. Deyo, Frank Dahlman, Mrs. Mary Anderson, Mrs Marjorie Bets, A. Slot, I Miss Florencc Handyside, Elmer Bredlow, Wayne Klinge, Mrs. Fredericka NUS, and Jacob Neuharth. Two bequests were received: from Miss Elizabeth Henry $250, and John Le Mahieu $282.47.

MEMBERSHIP The members of the committee, with their classes, are: 1966 - Ministers: Leslie A. Dunn, Charles H. Ellis, Arthur 0. Olson Ruling Elders: L. Fred Baum, R. P. Width 1967 - Ministers: Henry H. Fikkert, Laurence N. Vail, Robert L. Vining Ruling Elders: Newman cle Haas, Willard E. Nee1 1968 - Ministers: Henry W. Coray, John Murray, John C. Hills, Jr. Ruling Elders: Fairvan C. Lenker, Floyd C. Graf The Rev. Henry H. Filtltert of lthe Class of 1967 and the Rev. John Murray of the Class of 1968 have resigned from the committee. B UDG,ETS The budget for 1967 is to be prcsented by the Stewardship Committee. The following budget is being followed as a guide for the year 1966: OPERATING BUDGET

Missionary Support ______I______------$101,037 Field Expenditures 31,150 Office and Administration ___-______22,768 Promotion ______------_---6,800 Reserve Fund ______------500 Repayment - Loans ______------1,500 $163,755 .THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 45

Designated ______24,139 $ 17,148 OP Churches & Individuals Regular ______.___-______87,530

Thank Offering ~ ______33,900 Doctors & Nurses 10,000 131,430

Non-OP Churches & Individuals liegular 20,000

Thank Offering ~ 150 Hospital, Doctors, , & Nurses 25,000 45,150

Loans - Foreign Properties ______20,000 Special Projects - Designated ______1 1,000 $221,728 ------__---_ Anticipated Balance, December 3 1, 1966 ...... 2,873

REPORT OF THE TREASURER .. The report of the Treasurer as audited by Main Lafrentz and Company, Certified Public Accountanlts, is as follows: To The Committee. on Foreign Missions of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. Melrose Park, Pennsylvania We have examined the balance sheet, resulting from cash transactions, of The Committee on Foreign Missions of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. as of December 31, 1965, and the related statement of recorded cash receipts and disbursements for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination of receipts from voluntary contributions was limited to a test comparison of acknowledgment duplicates with cash receipt records, deposit tickets and bank statements. The nature of voluntary contributions is such that further audit procedures are impractical. In our opinion, the accompanying statements present fairly the financial position of The Committee on Foreign Missions of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. at December 31, 1965, and the results. of its operations for the year then ended, in con- formity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. MAIN LAFHENTZ& Go. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 14, 1966 COMBINED BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER31, 1965 FUNDS Combined James W. Handyside Balance Price Memorial Sheet Memorial Student Durling (note 1)' General Li'terature Sponsorship Endowment Trust Annuity ASSETS -- Cash ______------$ 55,991.08 $ 35,740.23 $19,363.25 $ 52.39 $320.56 $514.65 2 Notes and loans receivable - 3,646.87 3,646.87 $6,000.00 Advances to missionaries ______-_-__-10,673.04 10,673.04 1,321.18 ! Investments, at cost, (market value

$5,444.3 1) ______I__4,558.83 3,237.6 5 Real estate, at cost ______-______130,889.33 130,889.33 Totals ------$205,759.15 $180,540.25 $23,010.12 $1,373.57 '$320.56 $6,000.00 $514.65 2 E LIABILITIES AND RESERVES Notes and loans payable $ 7,527.42 $ 13,527.42 Designated contributions - special projects -___ 8,138.82 8,138.82 Intermediary funds ______-______718.00 718.00 Mortgage and note payable : Ardsley manse ______6,857.70 6,857.70

Furlough house ______I____-_I_____ 10,809.40 10,809.40 Reserve accounts - note 2" ______171,707.81 140,488.91 $23,010.12 $1,373.57 $320.56 $6,000.00 $5 14.65 e__-

Totals ______I______I____ $205,759.1< $180,540.25 $23,010.12 $1,373.27 $320.56 $6,000.00 $514.65

"See p. Subject to .the accompanying report. The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. THIRTY-THIRD.GENERAL ASSEMBLY 47

STATEMENT OF RECORD.ED CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS YEARENDED DECEMBER 31, 1965 GENERAL FUND CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1965 ______$ 44,007.44 .

DISBURSEMENTS : Missionary expenses : Salaries and child allowances ______-49,276.42

Pension premiums ______I_____3,894.00

Vacation allowances ______L______1,319.13 Income and social security ,taxes ______1,394.34 Field housing: . . Rent ______~__-__~_-_.______$4,134.01 Utilities ______2,406.77 Repairs ______3,366.76 Interest, taxes and caretakers 1,391.81 11,299.35

Medical and dental 6,259.70 Travel to and from field ______-______13,972.80 Travel at home 3,939.54 Travel on field ______-13,470.67 Equipment and supplies ______21 7.47 Hospital ______5,404.40 Medical licenses ______289.37 Native helpers 2,805.87

Language study ______I______I______56 3.3 3

Meeting rooms - rent, etc. ______L______869.73

Book moms ______I_____----- 1,994.30 Literature 1,019.92 Missionary .candidates ______1,094.79 Furlough housing ______4,4 13.09 Special projects from designated conitributions 7,961.95 Miscellaneous 1,864.55 $133,324.72 ------48 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Office and administrative expenses:

Salaries and allowances ____~ ______13,734.85 Social security taxes ______-______355.41 Pension premiums ______-______584.00 Taxes, repairs, interest, etc. : Ardsley manse ______-_--1,172.23 Postage and supplies -_ 1,189.55 Administration building ____1 ______1,080.00 Telephone and telegraph -______55 6.3 8 Equipment ______~___580.23

Audit and legal ______I______II_692.50 Interest on loans ______180.00 Committee meetings ______777.30 Administrative travel -______726.5 1 Miscellaneous ______-----_162.03 21,790.99 -__---- Proiiiotion expenses: Travel ______1______2,196.5 5 Messenger ______:______3.577.53 Publicity ______-______222.65

Solicitation ______I______I____ 45 6.3 5

Miscellaneous ______I__305.60 6,758.68 ___---- Invested in securities -______2,335.20 Espense advances to missionaries . 6,910.00 Reduction of indebtedness: Ardsley manse ______-- 874.31

Furlough house ______I______429.13

Real estate purchases ______I______- 36,158.71 Payment of individual loan __--____-_-_-----_-- 426.1 8 Intermediary fund disbursements ,-_- 2 5,098.43 $234,106.3 5 ------_----- CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 ______--__‘ $ 35,740.23 JAMES W. PRICE MEMORIAL LITERATURE FUND CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1965 ______-___ $ 20,688.69 RECEIPTS :

Contributions ______I_____---_------$ 232.44

Interest on savings account _l____l______l______740.00

Book sale proceeds - “Eritrea” ______I_____2.12 974.56 ----__------21,663.25 DISBURSEMENTS : Loan - Korea 2,300.00 ------CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 ______$ 19,363.25 I-IANDYSIDE MEMORIAL STUDENT SPONSORSHIP FUND .

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1965 ______I__$ 50.34 RECEIPTS : Interest on investments ______-______---- 2.05 ------

CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 ______I______- $ 52.39 THIRTY-THIHD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 49

ENDOWMENT FUND CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 (unchanged) ______$ 320.50 DURLINCT TRUST FUND CASH BALANCE, December 3 1, 1965 (unchanged) $ -0- ANNUITY FUND

CASH BALANCE, January 1, 1965 ______I______------$ 515.83 KECEIYTS: Interest on savings account 20.32

-----c - DISBURSEMENTS : Annual annuity payment ______------21 .50 ------CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1965 $ 514.65 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER31, 1965 1. Interfund receivables and psyables have been eliminated from the combined balance sheet. 2. The statcments do not reflect operating expenses incurred but not paid at December 31, 1965. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION General Fund cash is comprised of the following: Restricted cash : I Designated: I Special projects $ 8,138.82 32,8 7 8.22 I Eritrea mission ______i__-______Korea car fund ______-______----_------744.93 718.00 Intermediary funds held -_----- 42,479.97 General Fund cash deficit 6j739.74

$ 35,740.23 INVESTMENTS: December 31, 1965 Equity Value Market Per Books Value General Fund: 11 shares - Syntex Corporation $ 1,300.15 $ 2,145.00 _____-______-- 25 shares - Florida Power and Light Company 1,937.50 1,978.13 $ 3,237.65 $ 4,123.13 Handyside Memorial Student Spoilsorship Fund : $1,000 note, The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension of The athodox Presbyterian Church, Inc., 4%%, due January 9, 1969 ------_------_---_----$ 1,321.18 $ 1,321.18

Total ______~ ____-______c____----- $ 4,558.83 $ 5,444.31 50 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

REAL ESTATE, at cost: General Fund: Manse - Ardsley, Pennsylvania ...... $ 16,190.26 Administration building - Melrose Park, Pennsylvania ,( 1/3 interest) ______...... 23,545.17 Missionary properties: Abington, Pennsylvania - furlough house 15,234.86 Sendai, Japan 6,872.33 Ghinda, Ethiopia ...... 10,0j8.96 Pusan, Korea: Taipei, Formosa ______------______-__-5,552.88 Hsinchu, Formosa ...... 11,756.50 Seoul, Korea 4,300.00

Hospital, Ghinda, Ethiopia ______I______------27,023.3 7 __----- $130,889.33

The following were nominated to the Committee on Foreign Missions to the class of 1969 and to fill one vacancy in the class of 1967, and one vacancy in the class of 1968: Minlisters - Dunn, ,Ellis, Olson, Fikkert, Phillips, and Hart; Elders - R. P. Width, L. Fred Baum, B. R. Robinson, and Henry K. Bacon. The Moderator directed that two separate ballots be taken, one for the ministers and one for the elders. Pastor Donald Stanton introduced the fraternal delegate of the Christian Reformed Church, the Rev. John Olthoff, who was on motion enrolled as a corresponding member. Mr. Denvin Hesselink addressed the Assembly as a representative of the World Home Bible League. The Moderator announced that on the first ballot, the following were elected to the Committee on Foreign Missions: The Rev. Messrs. Dunn, Ellis, and Fikkert to the class of 1969; Olson to the class of 1968; Phillips to the class of 1967; and Elder Width to the. class of 1969. Mr. John D. Johnston, missionary to Taiwan, addressed the Assembly. The Moderator announced that on the second ballot, Mr. Bacon was elected to the Committee on Foreign Missions, class of 1969. Mr. Kress, foreign missionary appointee to Japan, addressed the Assembly. The Assembly recessed at 3:15 p.m. and reconvened at 3:33 p.m. The #Moderatorappointed Mr. Clough to the Committee on Overtures and Communica- tions in the place of Mr. Graham. Mr. Galbraith read the three recommendations of the Missions Correspondent for the Reformed Ecumenical Synod. On amended motion it was decided to send two representa- tives to the Missions Conference to be held prior to the meeting of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod in 1968. It was moved that the Assembly elect these representatives. It was decided to defer this election to the Thirty-fourth General Assembly, following the election of delegates to the Reformed Ecumenical Synod. On motion the Assembly determined to include in the budget of the Thirty-third General Assembly approximately one-half the cost of the expenses of these delegates with the understanding that the remainder will be assigned to the budget of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly. On motion the report of the Committee on Christian Education was ordered included in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: THIRTY-THIRDGENenAL ASSEMBLY 51

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION It is with thanksgiving to God for his abundant provision and wise providence thap the Committee on Christian Education reports its activities for the year 1965. In the face of widespread rejection of the historic Christian faith, the God of truth continues to bless our witness to the gospel of his Son with an ever-widening distribution of the materials prepared by the committee. Although no new projects were undertaken during the past year, almost every area of the committee’s activity has produced new evidence of the unprecedented opportunities confronting the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in its ministry of Christian education, not only in this country, but also in many places around the world. As God by his Son has called us to go and teach all men all the things given in his Word, may he by his Spirit grant us the love of true sons, the wisdom of faithful prophets, and the strength of obedient servants to fulfill more effectively this aspect of his great commission. I. ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF The committee held three regular meetings during 1965 and, in addition, an advisory subcommittee met with the General Secretary approximately every other month. No additions or changes were made in the committee’s staff which now includes bhe following personnel : General Secretary - The Rev. Robley J. Johnston Art Director - Ah. John Tolsma Business Manager - Mr. Lewis W. Roberts Writers - The Rev. Messrs. John J. Mitchell and C. John Miller, Mrs. John Pappas and Mrs. Robert W. Anderson. (Mrs. Anderson is employed as a part- time writer and she does not carry on her activities at the offices of the committee.) The office staff includes one full-time secretary, a full-time bookkeeper, and one or more clerical assistants as the occasion demands. The Committee on Christian Mu- cation also shares with the Committees on Home and Foreign Missions the services of a typist-receptionist. In addition to the need for occasional part-time office help, it has been necessary to secure part-time help in the art department also. . 11. PUBLICATIONS Sales of committee publications during the year totalled $80,298 for a monthly average of $6,690. This figure is $18,111 higher than total sales for 1964, an increase of 29%, and it represents gains in almost every category of the committee’s publications. 1. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL MATERIALS The chief exception to the general gain in sales in 1965 was the VBS program as the recent downward trend in sales of VBS materials continued again this past year. Total sales dropped to $15,765 - a decline of $1,542 or 9% - and the number of churches using these materials declined from 360 to 335. This represents a decrease of 2,700 in the total enrollment of the schools supplied. (Total enrollment in 1964 - 33,000; total enrollment in 1965 - 30,300.) ‘This program now returns only a slim profit, and it is increasingly evident that a new, revised cycle will be required to revive the VBS project and to return it to its former effectiveness in aiding the outreach of our ministry. The committee continues #to supply the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America with a special edition of the vacation Bible school materials. The courses of this edition are identical with the regular courses, except for the addition of special instructions inserted in the teacher’s manual and the substitution of metrical psalm selections for the hymns printed in the pupil’s workbooks. This edition bears the 52 THIHTT-THIRD GENERALASSEMBLY following imprint: “Published for the Board of Christian Education of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America by Great Commission Publications.” The name of the Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church appears in the copyright notice. The full three-year cycle is available in this edition. The vacation Bible school materials for 1966, under the trade name Great Coin- mission Publications and bearing the name of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, will include the same courses that appeared in 1963. The course for the year is as follows: Beginner : God’s Helpers - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s coloring book, and worksheets Primary: Missionaries - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s workbook, and Bible worksheets Junior: Our Bible - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s workbook, and Bible game Intermediate: Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ - Teacher’s manual, pupil’s workbook, worksheets, Flan-LMap, Pads Journeys, and flannelgraph, The Christian SoMier 2. CATECHETICAL MATERIALS The distribution of the Sshorter and Larger Catechisms and the Confession of Faith, together with related materials, increased this year by 45%. The total of $3,036 was a gain of $952 over the figure fur the previous year. Bible Doctrine sales rose a modest 8% to $3,701 but failed to reach the high of $4,225 recorded in 1963. There is nothing further to report on the publication of the course for Grade 10 on Old Testament Survey. The pressures of the Sunday school program during this first year of publication of Primary materials were such as to prevent the art department from completing this long delayed project.

3. TRACTS AND CARDS For the first time in eight years the sale of tracts has shown improvement. The gain this year was a dramatic 109% from $1,731 to $3,624. This was undoubtedly due in large part ito the appearance of the tract “An Introduction to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church” and the revised edition of “Why the Orthodox Presbyterian Church?” As reported last year, the committee has been engaged in studying tracts of other publishers to recommend for use in our churches and the first of these recommendations will appear with publication of the committee’s catalog for 1966. Christmas card sales continued to grow in 1965. The tatal of $3,481 was a gain of $1,118 - 47v0 higher than in 1964. The number of cards and tracts sold was 65,122 or 17,322 more than Ithe year before. This significant increase was achieved in spite of the fact that no new cards were offered. For the first time these items were advertised in religious periodicals, using one insertion in Christianity Today and PASS News and two insertions in Eternity and Moody Monthly. Almost 2,000 requests for brochures were received in response to this advertising One significant element was evident in the response to the Christmas card adver- rising this year. There is a widespread dissatisfaction with most of the Christian greetings available elsewhere and many people have expressed appreciation for the distinctly biblical greeting cards published by the committee.

4. CHURCH BULLETINS Sales of the weekly church bulletins remained almost the same as in 1964 with a decline of less than 1%. Weekly distribution thus remains at 11,500 in a total of 133 churches, with 41 of these being churches outside denomination. 5. SUNDAY SCHOOL MATERIALS Beginning with the first quarter of 1965, two departments of the Sunday school curriculum were in publication and were in use in approximately 250 churches. The Primary course was introduced in January in 120 churches - 55 of them outside the THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSSMBLY 53

Orthodox Presbyterian Church. At the end of the year these materials were in use in 163 chuxches, of which 91 were outside the denomination. The materials for this course consist of a 60-page, 8%’’ x 11” teacher’s manual and a wcekly take-home paper. The oatline of the course beginning with the first quarter of 1965 is as follows: 1965 Loving the Saviour - lessons 1;o?n the Gospels (Christmas to Easter) Living in God’s Faitzily - stories from Genesis Growing in Gods Family - stories from Exodus Learning Obedience to the Heavenly Father - stories from the Prophets and the Icings 1966 Learning to Know God’s Son - stories from the Gospels (Christmas to Easter) Telling Others about Gds Son - stories from the Acts Learning to Please our Heavenly Father - lessons on growth in Christian character Worshiping our Heavenly Father - lessons on the joys and duties of worship 1967 Following Jesus - stories from the Gospels (Christmas to Easter) God’s Faithful Workers - stories of obedience and service from the entire Bible Learning to Trust God - lessons from the Bible Learning and Living Gods Word - lessons on die Bible as the Word of God and its place in the life of God’s children The three-year cycle of the Senior course was completed in 1965 and the cycle was begun anew with the fall quarter. The inaterials for this course consist of a quarterly

I teacher’s manual. Publication of the projected monthly student magazine, The Mark (for Junior and Senior high school students), has been postponed indefinitely because of the high cost of producing such a publication. At the end of 1965 the Senior couise I was in use in 172 churches - 102 of them outside the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. (In 3963 when this course was first introduced, it was used in 76 churches, of which only 20 were outside the denomination.) The Senior course is now being repeated in essentially the same form with only minor revisions. The course in its entirety includes the following studies which begin with the fall quarter of 1965: The Disciple and His Lord: Following Jesus Then and Now Learning from the Master Growing in Grace God’s Eternal Purpose The Mission of Gds Church: A Witness to God’s Grace The Missionary Gospel The Spreading Flame God‘s Living TernpEe The Whole Counsel of God: Thy Word IS Truth The Servant of ths Lord By Grace Through Faith The Body of Christ During the year work has proceeded on the development of a course for the Inter- mediate department. At year-end nc definifte decision had been made as to when this course could be published. 54 THIRTS-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Note should again be taken of the contribution to the Sunday school program made by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. In accordance with the action of the Synod of .that church in 1964, its Board of Christian Education has been authorized to cooperate in the planning of the Great Commission Curriculum and to assist the publication program financially. To the end of 1965 a total of $9,545.90 has been received from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and representatives of their Board of Christian Education have met periodically with the staff of the Committee on Christian Education to discuss and formulate plans for fihe development of the curricu- lum. A total of $30,000 in contributions over a period of approximately three years has been approved for this cooperative effort. With three years of publication experience behind it, the Committee on Christian Education was preparing at the end of the year to undertake a review of the progress and prospects of the Sunday school curriculum program. As of the end of 1965, a total of $159,202 had been invested in this project. Of this amount, $21,185 has come from contributions designated for the program. Sales of Sunday school materials have supplied $36,628, the committee’s general funds have provided $44,645, and $50,848 in borrowed funds have made up the difference. An early decision must be made as to whether further development of the Sunday school curriculum can reasonably be undertaken in the near future, and if not, what threat to our investment is posed by OUT delay. It is clear that considerably larger sales in each department would be realized if a full curriculum were available or in immediate prospect. The lack of additional courses holds down sales and thus serves to increase the losses sustained on courses now in publication. However, a decision to proceed now with further development would require a further increase in the percentage of the combined budget guaranteed to the Committee on Christian Education for a three year period from 1967 to 1969 and such a decision can be made only by the General Assembly itself. 6. TRINITY HYMNAL During the year both editions of Trinity Hymnul were sold out. A new printing of 5,000 copies of the non-denominational edition was begun in August and completed in November. This regular Orthodox Presbyterian ediltion was exhausted in December and an order for 5,000 copies of this edition was prepared for placement on January 2, 1966. As the year ended, therefore, more than 25,000 copies of Trinity Hymnal were in use in 87 Orthodox Presbyterian churches and chapels and in 65 churches outside the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. (Of the 31 new churches that purchased Ithe hymnal in 1965, 29 were churches of other denominations.) The committee still carries on its books a total of $1,348.35 in refunds due to churches on their contributions to the original publication of the hymnal. An effort will be made in the coming year to retire all of these obligations. 7. MISCELLANZOUS PUBLICATIONS AND SUPPLIES Sales of audio-visuals, books of other publishers, and miscellaneous items decreased slightly again this year. This decrease was chiefly in audio-visual materials which are for the most part related to the VBS materials. The items in this category are not publications of the committee itself but they represent an indirect contribution &tothe support of the Christian education program of the church. The items that can be obtained from the committee include: audio-visuals, Bibles and books of other publishers, certificates of baptism, marriage and church mem- bership, communion ware, church registers and guest books, CTOSSand Crown award pins, flqnel boards, folding tables, and mimeo supplies. Other items of church supply can be obtained upon request. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ..ASSEMBLY 55

8. YOUNG PEOPLE’S MATERIAL As a result of its study of materials for young people’s groups, the committee has decided to recommend the Youth Kits prepared by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. Although these materials regularly include programs devoted to the distinctive principles of the Covenanters, the committee believes that youth groups would profit from the studies embodied in these materials. In addition, the committee calls to the attention of youth group leaders the Scripture Press publication How To Be a Youth Sponsor. 9. The Presbyterian Gzcardiam Again this year the committee granted a modest contribution to The Presbyterian GziardiEian as a token of its conviction that the publication of a Christian periodical is vital to the Christian education ministry of the church. The committee plans to continue the same arrangement for the coming year. One member of the committee and the General Secretary serve as trustees of #the Guardian Corporation, and the Editor of The Guardian is himself a member of the committee. Thus there exists the framework for very close cooperation in promoting the church’s broad aims of Christian education.

111. PROMOTION I 1. Christian Edwaiion Horizon During 1965 no issues of Horizon were published after the January-February issue. This does not reflect any decision to discontinue publication. Rather, the pressures of other projects have preempted the time and facilities required to publish this paper on a regular basis.

2. ADVERTISING After elimination of almost all space advertising in 1964, a rather extensive adver- tising program was pursued in 1965. Since November 1964 the committee has employed the following space advebtising : Sunday School - 4 insertions in Christian Life, Chrisitianity Today, Eternity, Moudy Monthly, Sunday School Times, World Vision, The Reformed Presbywim Reporter, PASS News, and PresbytRrian Guardian. (725 responses) VBS - 2 insertions in Christiavz Life, Chrisianity Today, Moody Monthly, and World Vision. (250 responses) Trinity Hymnal - 4 insertions in Christianity Today and Moody Monthly. 2 insertions in Christian Life, Eternity, The Reford Presbyterian Reporter, and- The Sunday School Times. (1 85 responses) Christmas Cards - 1 insertion in Christianity Toddy and PASS News and 2 in- sertions in Moody Monthly. (1800 responses) The VBS catalog was mailed in January to 12,680 individuals, churches, and book stores and 12,717 copies of the general catalog were mailed in mid-August. Two advertising folders - one on the hymnal and one on the Christmas cards - were inserted in the general catalog. In addition to the catalogs and space advertising, more than 3,000 samples of the Sunday school materials were distributed during the year. The committee’s publications were exhibited at the Maine Sunday School Convention in April and the Philadelphia Area Sunday School Convention in November. Pastors are again reminded that their local contacts may offer fruitful areas for promoting the church’s publications and that free samples are available for distribution and display. 56 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL AssEMBLY

IV. FINANCES The financial condition of the committee is occasion for both .thanksgiving and sober concern. Income from both sales and contribctions reached all-time highs in 1965. Sales of $80,298 were $15,111 more than a year ago and contributions of $58,369 exceeded last year’s total by $10,734. Nevertheless, the audited treasurer’s report shows a net loss of $3,544 on the year’s operation. The loss can be traced mainly to three factors - (1) the deficiency of $1457 in budgeted contributions to Christian education, (2) rhe resumption of space advertising and (3) additions to the writing staff in preparation for publishing an Intermediate Sunday school course. On a short range view, advertising in the religious periodicals costs niore than it returns in sales and the initial stages of producing a new Sunday school course means increases in salaries with no income from sales to offset the expense, . It may not be amiss at this juncture to call to the church‘s attention the magnitude of the commitment which is involved in the Sunday school program. By the end of 1966 the investment in this program will be approaching a quarter of a million dollars with three courses in publication. In order to produce a complete curriculum of courses for ,the Beginner through the Senior departments and to provide for the necessary revision of courses, an additional $525,000 will be required by 1971. During the period of development, sales will be restricted by our lack of a complete curriculum and so sales can be expected to return no more than $325,000 by 1971. Thus, an average of almost $40,000 for the nest six years must be supplied by contributions for this part of the committee’s program alone. Indeed, unless sales of the Sunday school materials exceed the present distribution of the VBS materials, a subsidy of at least $30,000 a year will probably be required indefinitely. As for a decision respecting the future of the Sunday school program, the pint of no return is approaching and may even have been passed. Therefore, the action of this Assembly with respect to the budget proposed for 1967 is crucial since it commits the committee and the church to an additional step in the development of the Sunday school curriculum. To fail to take this step would jeopardize the present investment of more than $200,000. To delay that move could mean the loss of sales to many churches that are counting on a steady progress toward completion of the curriculum. But if this step is approved at this point, it must be with the determination to provide the financial resources necessary to see it through. .V. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT The Thirty-second General Assembly instructed the Committee on Christian Education to cooperate with the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension in a program to oppose the proposed Confession of 1967 of the United Presbyterian Church. Accordingly, these committees have consulted in the preparation of literature and advertising which was scheduled to appear early in 1966. The Thirty-second Assembly also authorized both the Committee on Christian Education and the Committee on Home Missions to increase their budgets for 1965 and 1966 and to appeal to the churches for the funds to suppomt this program. No appeal for funds was made in 1965 by either committee, although a small amount was received by the Committee on Home Missions for this purpose. The total amount budgeted for the program was $13,000 and contributions for this project will be required in 1966 in addition to the regular support of the two committees. VI. ELECTIONS The terms of the following members of the committee expire with this Assembly: Ministers: Lewis J. Grotenhuis, Robert D. Knudsen, Ph.D., Edward J. Young, Ph.D. Ruling Elders: A. L. LeGro, Stewart W. Sandberg, Jr. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 57

VII. REPORT OF THE TREASURER The report of the Treasurer, as audited by Main Lafrentz and Company, Certified Public Accountants, is as follows: The Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. Melrose Park, Pennsylvania We have examined the balance sheet of The Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. as of December 31, 1965, and the related statement of income for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditin standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records as we consif ered necessary in the circumstances, except that we did not verify accounts receivable by direct correspondence, nor did we supervise or test taking of the opening physical inventory. Our examination of receipts from voluntary contributions was limited to a test comparison of acknowledgment duplicates to cash receipts records, deposit tickets.and bank statements. The nature of voluntary contributions is such that further audit procedures are impractical. Because the accounts receivable and opening inventory enter materially into the determination of the financial position and results of operations, we do not express an opinion on the accompanying financial statements or supplementary information. Accounting practices, however, were applied on a consistent basis with that of the prior year. MAIN LAFRBNTZ& Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 14, 1966 BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1965 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash - note 1: Demand account ______------~-~------~16,650.30 Time account 5,946.50 $ 22,596.50 --_---- Accounts r eceivahle 8,633.40 Intermediary 34.37 Inventories, at lower of cost or market: Merchandise 35,907.43

Office and shipping supplies ______I______I_____- 2,030.43 37,937.56 _------Prepaid expenses 3,689.60 ------

Total current assets ______I 72,894.03 PROPERTYAND EQUIPMENT: Office furniture and equipment, at cost ______13,378.56

Less: Accumulated depreciation ______I__I8,306.47 _-_-_-- 5,072.09

Administration building - note 2 ______L______23,545.1 6 28,617.25 --_------__--_ Total $101,511.28 58 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

LIABILI'T'IES' AND NET WORTH

CURRENTLIABILITIES: .. Accounts payable ______------i_-__-_ $ 5,808.22 Notes payable -____-______----- 21,580.00 Notes payable - Sunday School Publication ' Fund - notes 1 and 6 17,469.93 Advance received for printing --.note 4 ______-______3,499.75 Mortgage payable current portion - note 2 _L-L ____ -.-_____---- 1,297.14 Pennsylvania sales tax ______-______:;.______i_-____ 29.05 Total current liabilities 1--____ 49,684.09 ..

LONG-TERMDEBT: 2

Fund - note. .3 ______i ______I______I__ $33,378.08 Notes payable - Sunday School Publication .

Mortgage payable - note 2' ______- ____ ': __c______i______14,803.98 48,182.06 ------_------

Total liabilities ______1 97,866.15 NET 'WORTH:

Balance, January 1, 1965 ______i ______I______c__I 7,189.64' Net (loss) for year ended December 31, 1965 ______(3,544.51) ------Balance, December 31, 1965 ______---3,645.13

Total $101,511.28 Subject to the accompanying report. The accompanying notes are an integraI part of the financial statements.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER31, 1965 1. Cash, $3,494, deposited in a time account at the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, is restricted by agreement as collateral security, 20%, to the demand obligation payable to the Sunday School Publication Fund. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 59

2. The financial statements exclude depreciation expense approximating $35Q).OOon the Committee s one-third interest, $23,545.16, in the administration building property. Title to this property, 7401 Old York Road, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is currently vested in The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension and The Coni- mittee on Foreign Missions, of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Inc. The Committee on Christian Education assumed liability for payment of a 6%, $22,000.00 mortgage loan, payable in 180 monthly installments of $1 85.66 including principal and interest, in connection with the purchase of this property on May 30, 1960. 3. Notes payable, Sunday School Publication Fund, have &en issued at various dates to finance the publishing of Sunday School material. At December 31, 1965, the following notes were outstanding: Number Interest Term of Notes Balance Rate Demand 18 $17,469.93 4 70 5 year 22 18,406.90 4-1, % 10 year 25 14,971.18 5% -- __----_ Total 65 $50,848.01

4. Printing advances represent funds advanced for special editions of Vacation Bible School publications. The inventory at December 3 1, 1965, contains special ediitions valued at $1,769.38.

$ 1,324.53 3,701.17 2,025.44 11,468.48 3,036.21 3,480.8 1 189.26 105.30 18,395.79 3,624.16 16,390.23 15,764.61 - 790.64

$ 80,296.63 60 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEBIBLY

12,857.34

2,438.26 3 96.28 213.37

$ 61,218.10

$ 43,703.54 5,002.95

74,49 7.27

123,203.76 3 5,907.43

$ 87,296.33 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL AssEhiBLY 61

SCHEDULE OF OPERATING EXPENSE YEAR ENDED.DECEMBER 3 1 , 1965 Selling expenses:

Shipping supplies ______I______c______------$ 1,080.96 Labor and wages ______-_-----__--_------_------1,401.55 Postage 1 i 1,111.76 Loss on foreign exchange 47.80 571.45 Miscellaneous ___ ------$ 4,213.52

$ 7,399.92 10,252.46 395.00 1,019.35 2,475.30 770.59 778.92 431.53 582.19

1,006.12 2,013.84 792.45 344.33 789.00 28 1.66 1,198.5 3 750.00 71.34 190.86 ------$ 31,543.70

$ 2,404.39 1,677.95 3,112.02

2,249.77 1,854.86

5,02 1-00 118.50 2,3 30.22 282.20 179.69 377.75 62 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLK

Postage 753.17 Wages ______------1,376.50 Miscellaneous 267.67

Total ...... $ 22,005.69 The following were nominated to the Committee on Christian Education, class of 1969: Ministers - Gagin, Jr., C. John Miller, Knudsen, B.E. J. Young, Adams, and Lewis J. Grotenhuis; Elders - A. L. Le Gro and Stewart W. Sandkrg, Jr. There being only two elder nominees, the Moderator declared elders LeGro and Sandberg elected. The Moderator announccd the election of Dr. Knudsen, Dr. Young, and Mr. Grotenhuis on the first ballot. The following substitute motion was adopted: that the Committee on Christian Education be instructed to publish in separate and/or combined form the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism, and the Shorter Catechism of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and to present to a subsequent General Assembly as soon as possible, prooftexts for these documents for thc purpose of publication with the approvd/or permission of the General Assembly, it being understood that the committee shall be free to obtain any necessary assistance needed in the selection of prooftexts. Mr. Malcor resented an additional report for the Committee on Travel Fund. The Assembb recessed at 5:30 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Tolsma. WEDNESDAY MOANING After a devotional period lcd by Mr. Hall, the Assembly reconvened at 9:03 a.m. with prayer by the Moderator. The Minutes of Tuesday, April 26 were read and approved as corrected. The following communications were read by the Clerk: A telegram from the Rev. Bruce Coie; a letter from Dr. R. Laird Harris - Chairman of the Fraternal Relations Committee of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod; designating the Rev. Max Belz as fraternal delegate from that body. On motion the Report of the Committee on General Benevolence was ordered printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL BENEVOLENCE The regular stated meetings of the committee were held in February and October. At the meeting in October the committee welcomed the Rev. Harvie M. Conn, missionary to Seoul, Korea, and Deacon Irving J. Triggs, of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Franklin Square, N. Y., as members of the class of 1968. Mr. Conn is a new member of the committee, and Mr. Triggs has been returned to the committce as a member of every class since the first, in 1954, when the committee was given Standing Committee status. In the October meeting the following officers were re-elected for one year: President, Irving J. Triggs; Vice President, John Tolsma, Jr; Secretary-Treasurer, Rev. Lester R. Bachman. GENERAL RELIEF PROJECTS A major concern of the committee has always been to provide aid to the aged and infirm ministers and their families. In anticipation of increased needs for such assistance, your committee has, for the past six years, soug’ht gifts from the churches to provide a reserve fund to enable us to meet the growing costs of doctor and hospital bills for unforseen chronic illnesses facing our aging ministers. To date we have been able to lay aside from non-designated funds $4,500 for this reserve fund. TH~HTY-THIH D GENER AL ASs E M B L Y 63

During the past year over $4,000 was disbursed to assist overburdened ministers’ families. Receipts for this purpose were only $1,000. The aid disbursed by the committee more than exhausted these receipts and all of the cash balance from the previous year, plus allocations of $2,300 from general funds, and a deficit of over $500 existed alt the end of the year. This means that the committee, to remove the deficit and provide a working balance of at least $500, will be unable to increase its reserves, and may be required to draw heavily on these reserves in the current year. Committee receipts were $2,400 below last year, with over $1,000 of this total missing from the support of the Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund. Pastors and deacons are urged to arouse greatly increased interest in this cause on the part of the congregations. Brochures have been provided for all members of our churches informing them of our committee’s record in this ministry, and its desire for increased support. Muhi-Purpose-Food. Interest in this project continues to be a special concern of many churches and societies. We are very grateful for this evidence of Christian concern for the hungry. During the past year no shipments of MEALSwere made by the committee, on advice from our Mission in Korea. Changes in shipping arrangements, losses, borrow- ings to supply other agencies, and mix-ups in handling of shipments have made it neces- sary to delay further food purchases until these difficulties are resolved. At present a working arrangement with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee is being sought to overcome some of our problems. Over $1,500 is now on hand to send more MEALSto Korea. Pray that they may soon be on their way. I Leper Patients. Funds for the relief of leper patients in Korea continue to be a major concern of your committee. Monthly compassion offerings for this purpose might well be taken in churches and Sunday schools, with a combined appeal for gifts to provide MEALSfor the hungry, and the monthly receipts divided between these two causes. A number of churches now follow this practice. We urge many more to do so. Colored Slides. At present your committee has five different sets of slides for the use of the churches. Three describe our work among the lepers in Korea; one shows the ministry among the orphans, and one deals with relief work in general by our Korea Mission. Slides may be secured by writing to the Rev. Lester R. Bachman, Kirkwood, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17536. SPBCIAL PROJECTS During the past years appeals have come to us from various sources urging us to aid several very worthy causes outside the scape of our traditional ministries. Your committee has felt a responsibility to respond to some of these appeals, as follows: The Gospel Hospital, Pusan, Korea - $700 - to provide for two charity beds; Deacons’ boards of needy Korean churches - $350 - for their local needs; work scholarihips for needy students in a number of Christian schools with which our Mission is cooperating; Bethesda Hospital, Denver, Cdorado - $250 - for the healing of the mentally ill. Lt is our desire to continue, and increase, our gifts to these causes. It should be a matter of gratitude to God that the committee performs its services each year at an operating cost of less than $500. HECOMMENDATIONS The committee continues to urge upon the churches the recommendations adopted by the Thirty-second General Assembly: 1. That all churches take immediate steps to provide for regular contributions to thc Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund to provide the committee with $1,000 to meet current needs, and an additional $1,000 for its Reserve Fund. 2. That all of our churches and organizations be requested to direct all funds solicited and received distinctly for charitable causes, beyond local diaconate needs, to the Committee on General Benevolence. 64 rrHIRTY-THLKD GENERALASSEMBLY

ELECTIONS The terms of Rev. Lester R. Bachman and Deacon John Tolsma, Jr. expire at this Assembly. BUDGET FOR 1966 Non-Designated (General) Funds ______------$ 2,500 Off ice and Administration --- 350 300 Promotion ______-______------_------_------$ 3,150 Designated (General) Funds : Full Cream Milk Crystals ______I-_--$500

Multi-Purpose-Food ______I______I______------1,000

Leper Patients ______c_------I----- 750 Korean Orphans 250 Gospel Hospi,tal, Pusan, Korea 700 Work Scholarships, ‘needy Koreans _____-______-_-___750 Deacons - needy Korean churches 200 Bethesda Hospital, Grand Rapids ______250 $ 4,400

3,000 ----- $10,550 REPORT OF THE TREASURER BALANCE ON HAND, January 1, 1965 $ 4,662.79 RECEIPTS General Fund Contributions OY churches - Designated $3,276.99 Non-designated 4,984.97 Others 10.25 8,272.21

Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund Contributions - OP churches ____ Interest - Church Extension Fund Loans

DISBURSEMENTS General Fund Office and Adm. Postage $ 30.00 7.00 TeledA on e Ledgers and supplies 35.75 Honorarium (Sec.-Treas.) 250.00 322.75 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 65

Promotion Bulletin inserts - Production 45.15 Printing & mailing 124.26 169.41

Intermediary 12.00 Relief Taiwan Relief 250.00 Bethesda Hospital - Grand Rapids 250.00 Korea - Leper patients 755.00 Orphans 500.00 Leper medicine 243.81 Shipping medicine 304.09 Shipping clothing 228.77 Gospel Hosp., Pusan 700.00 Needy churches (Deacons) 350.00 Student work scholarships . 750.00

3,831.67 4,331.67 4,83 5; 8 3 Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund lwinisterial assistance 4,143.91 Church Extension Fund Demand Note 1,000.00 5,143.91

Total disbursements $ 9,979.74 Balance on hand, December 31, 1965 3,957.17 ------$13,936.91

SUMMARY Cash Balance by Funds: Multi-Purpose Food 1,348.05 General Fund $1,970.1 7 Korean Leper Patients 559.02 Korean Orphans 142.44 Whole Milk 592.97 Used Clothing Shipping - (Deficit) (- 142.72) Aged and Infirm Ministers - (Deficit) (-5 12.76) ------_ $3,957.17 Allocations made from General Fund during year: TO - Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund $2,300.00 , Korean Leper Patients Fund 250.00 Powdered Whole Milk Fund 525.00. Used Clothing Fund 150.00 ------$3,225.00 66 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

ADDITIONAL ASSETS Church Extension Fund Demand Notes A-40 $ 500.00 A-64 1,000.00 A-88 1,000.00 A-95 500.00 A-1 16 500.00 A-124 1,000.00

$4,500.00 Respectfully submitted, LESTERR. BACHMAN, Treasurer Audited and found correct: February 18, 1966 LEWISW. ROBERTS The first recommendation was adopted with the amendment that following the word “churches” the words “be requested to” were inserted. The second recommendation was adopted with the addi~onalwords, “and fhat they be notified that the total budget of the committee amounts to approximately $1.25 per communicant member.” On motion the adoption of the second recommendation was reconsidered. On a substitute motion it was determined that our churches be requested to include in their diaconal interests the work of the Committee on General Benevolence, and that they be notified that the total budget of the committee amounts to approximately $1.25 per communicant member. On motion the Assembly approved the budget submitted by this committee for 1966 as its budget for 1967. On motion it was decided to proceed to the election of the class of 1969 of the Committee on General Benevolence. The following were nominated: The Rev. Mr. Baohman and Elder John Tolsma (Jr.). These being the only nominees, the Moderator declared them elected. Mr. Oliver introduced the Rev. Max Belz, fraternal delegate of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod. On motion Mr. Belz was enrolled as a corresponding member of the Assembly. Mr. Malcor submitted an amended report for the Commlittee on Travel Fund as follows: SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE TRAVEL FUND COMMITTEE Previous Report: Available for 1966 General Assembly (including receipts from 79 churches) : ______$7,662.48 Additional receipts from 5 churches 322.50

Offering from Monday evening service ______5_____1______200.08 ----- $8,185.06 The total amount now available for the use of the Thirty-third General Assembly is $8,185.06. The committee recommends that each conimissioner submitting a valid travel voucher be paid 4% cents per mile, rounded to the nearest dollar. This would amount to a total of $7,290 to be paid to the 73 commissioners who have submitted valid travel vouchers, leaving a balance in the Travel Fund of $895.06. On motion the recommendation of this report was adopted. On motion the report of the Committee on Pensions was ordered recorded in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 67

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS December 31, 1965 marked the completion of the seventh year of the Pension Plan. During the year two new participants were enrolled in the Plan, there was one withdrawal, me removal through death, leaving 'the total number of participants unchanged at 85, of whom 81 are ministers. . The amount of insurance in force and the cash value of the policies with the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund under the Plan are shown in the following table: Anniv. Total Total Ratio of of Policies Insurance Premiums Cash Cash Value Total Plan in Force in Force Paid Value to Premiums Dividends 1st 69 $537,000 $ 28,656 $ 22,705 79.2% $- 5th 79 634,500 143,760 119,757 83.3% 6,445 7th 85 687,000 212,110 179,764 84.7'30 10,414 8th 85 689,500 242,576 207,754 85.770 12,655

OFFICERS The four officers of the committee are: Garret A. Hoogerhyde ______Chairman Harold K. Keenan ______-______Vice-Chairman Edward A. Haug, Jr. ______Secretary

Lewis W. Roberts ______r______Treasurer

DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST Dividend and interest accumulations in excess of the amount required for monthly annuity payments and expenses continue to be invested in a savings account. Total dividends received from the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund during the past year were $2,241.42 and interest of $619.43 was earned on the savings account. The amount reverting to the Plan on the one policy which was terminated was $677.80. The total amount of dividend credit belonging to the present policy holders in the Plan is $1 1,748.91. Reversions on surrendered policies, dividends, interest received, and other income have increased this amount by 26% to a total of $14,862.57, after payment of expenses and annuity commitments. Therefore, for each $100 of dividend credit on present policies, those in the Plan have a total equity of $126. It is planned to invest these accumulations for the benefit of participants on retirement.

ANNUITY PAYMENTS Monthly annuity payments of $50 to the Rev. David Calderwood continue. These monthly payments are being paid from current dividends. The initial Annuity Reserve of $5,000 is being held intact. DEATH CLAIhT The Rev. Edward Wybenga, who had been receiving disability benefits under the Plan, was deceased on May 17, 1965 and a death claim totaling $5,040.28 was paid on June 22, 1965.

PARTICIPATION Of a total of 99 pastors and missionaries, 68 are in the Plan. During the year five pastors were enrolled in the church, only one of whom entered the Plan. The committee would therefore again urge the presbyteries to encourage congregations within their bounds to make provision for participation of their pastors in the Plan and seek to have this made a part of all calls to new pastors. 68 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

ELECTIONS The ternis of the following members of the committee expire with this Assembly: Ministers: Wm. Harllee Bordeaux, Th.D. Ruling Elders: Gafret A. Hoogerhyde, Harold R. Keenan A vacancy exists in the class of 1967 by the transfer of the Rev. John P. Clelland to another denomination.

REPORT OF THE TREASURER The Report of the Treasurer, audited by James A. Hultton, a ruling elder of thc Mediator Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa., is as follows:

REPORT OF THE TREASURER Schedule A '. Balance Sheet .. r December 31, 1965 ASSETS Cash in Bank - Girard Trust Corn Exchange ______$ 986.03 Philadelphia Saving Fund Society ...... 25,561.61 Premiums Due Committee 4,482.24 ------

Total Assets ______~ $31,029.88

LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH Annuity Contract Reserve $ 5,000.00 , Premiums Payable to Pres. Ministers' Fund ______16,167.31 ----___ $21, 167.31 Net Worth, December 31, 1965 9,862.57 ----___ Total Liabilities and Net Worth ______-______$3 1,029.88

EXHIBITNo. 1 RECONCILIATIONOF NET WORTH Net Worth, January 1, 1965 $ 7,288.23

CREDITSTO NET WORTH Dividends - Pres. Ministers' Fund $ 2,241.42 Interest Received - Savings Account 61 9.43 Excess of Premiums Received over Premiums Paid ______-______5.35 Cash Value - Surrendered policies - Net after refunds ______677.80 3,544.00 ------__-_--_ $10,832.23 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEM.BLY 69

Schedule B Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements Balance on hand, January 1, 1965 $20,769.73

$60,098.90

BALAKCE ACCOUNTED FOR Girard Trust Corn Exchange 986.03 Philadelphia Saving Fund Society ______25,561.61 --_---- $26,547.64 Respectfully submitted, LEWIS W. ROBERTS Treasurer Committee on Pensions Orthodox Presbyterian Church Philadelphia, Pa. 19126 I have examined ,the books of the Committee on Pensions of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, for the period of January 1 to December 31, 1965. The examina- tion included a comparison of the recorded receipts with the individual policy records, tracing the receipts to their deposit in the bank, and checking expenditures against authoriza- tions of payment. Balances on hand at the end of the period were reconciled to the appropriate bank statement and savings account passbook. Respectfully submitted, JAMESHUTTON Auditor The following resolution was presented and adopted: “RESOLVED that the Committee on Pensions be and it is hereby authorized to take any and all action and to execute any and all documents and papers w’hich it may deem necessary to protect any interest which the said committee may now or hereafter acquire, by gift, devise, or otherwise, in any property,-real, personal, or mixed, the powers hereby @anted to include ,(but not by way of limitation) the power to employ counsel and to 70 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY incorporate the said committee under the laws of any state. In the event that the said committee shall be incorporated, its charter shall include a provision that the members of rhe incorporated! body and/or its board of trustees or its bard of directors shall be the members of the Committee on Pensions, as elected from time to time by the General Assembly; and any charter acquired by the said committee or any by-laws adopted by it in connection therewith, shall be subject to the review of the General Assembly which reserves to itself the power to direct at any time the dissolution of the said corporation and/or any amendment of the said charter or by-laws. “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said committee be and it is hereby authorized to sell or exchange any of its property, real, personal, or mixed, and to lease any OE its real property, upon such terms, for such consideration and in such way and manner as it may deem necessary; to execute any and all assignments, transfers, deeds, assurances or other papers as may be required in connection therewith; and to invest and reinvest any of its funds or any of the proceeds of the sale of any of its property in such investments as it may choose.” The Assembly recessed at 10 a.m. and reconvened at 10: 16 a.m. On motion it was determined to pay from the General Assembly Fund the costs of the incorporation of the Committee on Pensions to an amount not to exceed $300. The following were nominated to the Committee on Pensions: Ministers - Hodgson, Eckardt, and Bordeaux; Elders - Garret A. Hoogerhyde, Keenan, and Meeker. In the interim Elder DeMoss addressed the Assembly on behalf of Covenant College. The Moderator called for the report of the Liaison Representative of the World Home Bible League. On motion this report was ordered recorded in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: REPORT OF THE LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WORLD HOME BIBLE LEAGUE .Ever since church history has been recorded, the translation and distribution of the Holy Bible has played an important part in the missionary program of the church. From the days of William Carey, the first missionary to the land of India, to the day of th: modern missionary, men who were charged with the responsibility of bringing Christ to the nations have realized that the Bible is a mighty, an indispensable and effective tool of evangelism. In the complex world of 1966, other factors have emerged which have made Bible- distribution a still more important avenue of communication. Among these, are the following : I. Population Explosion News media continue to give all kinds of information on how nations are attempting to control the population growth. The Christian church‘s attitude to the population explosion should be: “Truly the fields are white unto harvest.” 2. Literacy Illiteracy is slowly being wiped out. Great masses of people today can read and write who never were capable of doing this a few years ago. Each of these persons rep- resents open arms eager to accept anything distributed. Our responsibility is the place- ment of the Holy Scriptures in those hands before others distribute their godless doctrines. 3. The Ecumenical Movement To the conservative, the ecumenical movement has presented many problems, but we must also confess that there are blessings too. The attiitude of the Roman Catholic to the Bible years ago was to avoid it at all cost, because it was as loathsome to them THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 71 as a disease. But today, there is a new inlterest among these people as a dialogue has been established in some areas between Protestants and Roman Catholics. The dividing line is not as sharp as it was, and the Roman Catholic feels that it is within his prerogative to explore the Protestant Bible. This is good. These factors spell increased demand for Bible-distribution. The World Home Bible League has discovered this to be true. The best emphasis that we can give concerning the need and the attempt of the World Home Bible League to supply the need is their new program, “Operation Handclasp” During the past year, the League has produced one million four hundred thousand copies of the Scriptures in many languages; among thein Italian, French, Spanish, English and native tongues of Africa and of the Islands of the sea. Through the help of a Christian printer, savings on the publication of materials is about 600/0, or more. In addition to this, solicited volunteer labor represents churches of many denominations. These workers feel that they are making a distinct contribution to the mission program - as indeed they are! Last year, in just this one facet of League operation, $30,000 was invested in this project alone. This year, we are aiming to double the program with an investment of $60,000 and the duplication of close to, if not over, three million copies of Scripture booklets, Testaments and portions. By the time of this Thirty-third General Assembly, the World Home Bible League will have published the entire New Testament in the American Standard edition, working closely with the New York Bible Society, an independent Bible association. The League is exploring new avenues to get the Word to the lost in various translations and revisions which in many areas are sorely needed. The World Home Bible League solicits and deserves the prayers, the interest and the financial support of the Orthodox Presbyterian C7hurch - that together we may sow the seed of the Word of God, confident that his Word shall not return unto him void. In an earnest attempt to improve the support of the League by the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, the Presbytery of Wisconsin met the cost of an appeal letter from your liaison representative to all ministers and congregations in our denomination. It is heart-breaking to your liaison representative to see such meager support of the kague: Gifts from only 13 Orthodox Presbyterian sources in 1964 for a total of $339.71. Gifts from only 12 Orthodox Presbyterian sources in 1965 for a total of $499.08. A large part of the latter was given when the League’s Knickerbocker Chorus gave a recital in Calvary Church, Cedar Grove, Wis. It is clear that the great majority in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church give nothing year after year to the League’s vital work. Brethren, this must, with God’s help, change! We plead for this! Vital programming can be provided all who write: The World Home Bible League 425 W. 107th Street Chicago 28, Illinois Your representative has sought to attend all League functions whenever possible. Residing as he does now in Michigan, it would be his hope that the Rev. Donald M. Parker, pastor of Westminster Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Evergreen Park, Illinois, would be elected as your liaison representative to the League. His area is in close proximity to the main offioe of the W.H.B.L. And, very worthily Mr. Parker would represent our church. ,. Respectfully submitted, WM. HARLLEEBORDEAUX 72 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

On motion the Rev. Donald M. Parker was appointed to be the Liaison Representa- tive to the World Home Bible League. The Moderator announced that Messrs. Hodgson, Hoogerhyde, and Keenan were elected to the class of 1969, and Mr. Eckardt to the class of 1967, of the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Belz brought an address as fraternal delegate of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, to which the Moderator responded with appropriate remarks. Mr. Oliver resented the Report of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations as folpows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECUMENICITY AND INTERCHURCH RELATIONS Fathers and Brethren: The committee has held five meetings since the Thirty-second General Assembly and reports as follows: I. Appointment of Fraternal Delegates to Other Ecclesiastical Bodies 1. Appointed the Rev. Norman Shepherd fraternal delegate to the Synod of De Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland meeting at Lunteren on August 31, 1965. 2. Expressed regret at our inability to be represented by a fraternal delegate and sent greetings to the Reformed Churches in New Zealand, meeting at Christchurdh, New Zealand on October 13, 1965. 3. Appointed the Rev, Bruce F. Hunt principal fraternal delegate and the Rev. Theodore Hard alternate to the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Hap Dong) meeting in September 1965 in Seoul. 4. Appointed the Rev, Theodore Hard principal fraternal delegate and the Rev. Bruce F. Hunt alternate to the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churdh of Korea (KO Sin) meeting in September 1965 at Pusan. 5. Appointed the !Rev. George Y. Uomoto principal fraternal delegate and the Rev. R. Heber McIlwaine alternate to the Synod of the Reformed Church of Japan meeting in October 1965. 6. Appointed the Rev. Edmund P. Clowney fraternal delegate to the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanter) meeting at Northfield, Minnesota August 10-17, 1966. 7. Appointed the Rev. Robley J. Johnston fraternal delegate to the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church meeting in June 1966 at Pella, Iowa. 8. Appointed the Rev. Carl A. Ahlfeldt fraternal delegate to the Synod of the' Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, meeting in May 1966 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. 9. Requested the Stated Clerk to send fraternal greetings to the Reformed Church in (the U.S. (Eureka Classis) meeting on April 26-30, 1966 at Aberdeen, South Dakota. 11. Reformed-Lutheran Conversations The committee determined to release Dr. Cornelius Van Ti1 from any obligation to attend the February 1966 session of the Reformed-Lutheran Conversations, and informed Dr. James I. McCord, Secretary of the Conversations of this action. The Orthodox Presbyterian Church was therefore not represented at this session. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 73

111. Instruction to Confer with the Reformed Presbyterian Chiirch, Evangelical Synod In accordance with the direction of the Thirty-second General Assembly the CO~- mittee conferred with the Committee on Fraternal Relations of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, and reports as follows: The committee has had a very fruitful discussion with rhe Committee on Fraternal Relations of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, covering portions of two days, March 18 and 19, 1966 concerning the possibility of reaching agreement on union between that church and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. It is the conviction of the committee that the divergences in the formal doctrinal standards can be reconciled without undue diff iculty . They concern alniost esclusively the question of the sinfulness of refusing a lawful oath and the fact that the Reformed Presbyterian Church has already acted to make the Larger Catechism explicitly free of commitment to any particular niillennial view. Significantly the Confession of Faith oE the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod is now free from a statement concerning the millennium that differs from that formulated by the Westminster Assembly. The major differences of opinion concern only the form, not the substance, of the official statements of the church concerning the subject of Christian conduct. The committee is encouraged by this meeting because it believes that we ‘have ;I definite mandate in the Scriptures to promote unity in the body of Christ. This can best be done by proceeding on the basis of Scripture toward a preliminary plan for union of the two bodies. The committee hopes to proceed further in this direction through additional meetings in the future. IV. Reformed Ecumenical Synod As liaison between the General Secretary of the lieformed Ecumenical Synod and rhe General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, the committee reports as follows : A. The representatives of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church on the Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Regional Conference of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod reported to the committee that a conference on the theme “Christ or Chaos” had been arranged for July 26-28, 1966 at Calvin Callege, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Information about the program and arrangements has been sent to ministers and sessions of our c‘hurches and the committee urges the churches to publicize the conference and to encourage pastors, elders, and members to attend. B. A communication from the General Secretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod dated August 16, 1965 reported to its member churches that the Interim Committee of the Synod had met at Baarn, The Netherlands on July 13-14, 1965, and had taken the following actions: 1. Upon receipt of official letters requesting membership, the Interim Committee judged that the Reformed Churches of Argentina and he Church of Christ in the Sudan among the Tiv are now regular members of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, 2. The Interim Committee determined to inform the Indonesian Christian Churches that they are still considered members of the Synod and that they will be invited to send delegates to the Reformed Ecumenical Synod to meet in the Netherlands in 196s. A similar determination was made concerning the Christian Javanese Churches of Central Java. 3. The General Secretary of the Synod was instructed to request the Sumbanese Churches to inform the Interim Committee whether they consider themselves still to be members of the Synod. 74 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

4. The comniittee took note of thc fact that the Reformed Churches of Indonesia has been dissolved as a denomination. 5. Correspondence is being continued with respect to the membership of the following churches : The Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod; The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanter); The Free Christian Reformed Church; The Canadian Reformed Churches; and the Independent Presbyterian Church of Mexico. 6. The Interim Committee determined to recommend to the Reformed Ecumenical Synod in 1968 that an application for membership from the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hap Dong) be approved. 7. The General Sccretary was instructed to correspond with the Presbyterian Church of Korea (KO Sin) and the Reformed Church in the U.S. (Eureka Classis) and tc acquaint .these churches with the basis and aims of the Reformed ,Ecumenical Synd. 8. In a discussion of the work of the General Secretary it was determined “that the constituent churches of the WS be informed that the proper execution of the work of ,the RES requires the employment of the General Secretary on a full-time basis, that it is the intention of the Interim Committee to put this into effect on January 1, 1967 and that the member churches be urged to increase their contributions so as to make this practicable.” 9. It was also decided to inform the member churches that within die budget adopted by the RES of 1963, the Interim Committee has increased the amount of money aIlocated for office supplies and help from $1,500 annually to $2,500 and that in order to make allowance for the increase plus the employment of the General Secretary on a full-time basis after January 1, 1967, the total budget of the RES should be increased by $6,000 for the years 1967 and 1968. 10. The General Secretary was authorized to solicit contributions towards the establishment of a trust fund for the support and promotion of the RES and also contribu- tions for defraying of current expenses. Information concerning reports of study committees appointed by he 1963 Synod ~7aspresented by the General Secretary. It is expected that these reports will be received in ample time for circulation prior to the Synod of 1968. A conference on missions and evangelism is to be held in the Netherlands in the summer of 1968 prior to the meeting of the Synod, and a report on Evangelism has been submitted for publica- tion and distribution to nieniber churches. V. Reports from Fraternal Delegates to Other Ecclesiastical Bodies Written reports were received from thc following fraternal delegates to other ecclesi- astical bodies: The Rev. Glenn R. Coie to the 1965 Synods of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, General Synod. The Rev. Henry D. Phillips to the Fifty-fifth Annual Session of the Reformed Church in thc U.S. (.Eureka Classis). The Rev. Paul Woolley to the 1965 Synod of the Ghristian Reformed Church. The Rev. Norman Shep’hcrd to the 1965-1966 Synod of De Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland. The Rev. Bruce F. Hunt to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea ((Hap Dong). The following information contained in reports of these fraternal delegates is transmitted to the Assembly: THIH'I"Y-THIRD GENERALASSEMBLY 75

The Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, General Synod and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church were formally united as one church on April 6, 1965. The united church now numbers some' 10,000 members in 102 congregations. In answer to an overture from a presbytery of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church proposing ex- ploration of the possibility of union with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church the Synod replied that "union with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is not in view at the present time since our energies are dcdkated to thc consummation on the local ancl presbyterial level of the union achieved this year." One of the first actions of the new church was the adoption of a resolution on the relevance for our day of Reformed theology affirming the Synod's adherence to &he emphasis on the sovereignty of God and its stand on the Westminster standards as being faithful to Scripture. The Rev. Glenn R. Coie judged from his observation of the two Synods functioning separately and subsequcnt to merger that there is a conscious effort on the part of the large majority of the ministers and elders of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, to be truly Reformed in doctrine and Fresbyterian in polity. The Rev. Henry D. Phillips reported on his representation at the meeting of die Reformed Church in the U.S. (Eureka Classis) that the fraternal relationship of that body to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is quite favorable now. The Rev. Paul Woolley reported that a major acconiplishnient of ohe 1965 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church was the adoption of a revised Church Order. The Rev. Norman Shepherd reported on his representation at the Synod OF the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands that our communication concerning member- ship in the World Council of Churches had been referrcd to a committee of the Synod and that it was questionable ðer a decision would be made by this Synod on the matter. It is clear that there are tensions in this church and that this denomination is sensitive to the opinions of sister churches abroad. The concern by this church for evangelism at home and abroad is most heartening. The Rev. Bruce F. Hunt reported that the Fiftieth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churah of Korea (Hap Dong) was marked by youth, a spirit of pay-as-you-go independence and a gowing zeal for the spread of the gospel. In 80 years the Presbyterian Church in Korea has grown to a constituency of between 1,025,000 and 1,100,000 in over 5,000 congregations and served by more than 5,000 ministers. The Hap Dong has a total constituency of 508,722. Twenty-two of 261 Chaplains of the Korean Army were from the Hap Dong Church, including one serving in Vietnam. The Seoul Seminary reported that it has 24 professors and lecturers and 168 students, and the Pusan Seminary has 17 professors and lecturers and 65 students. Mention was made of the lectures given by the Rev. Carl G. Schauffele of Gordon Divinity Sdhool and an Orthodox Presbyterian minister and of the teaching of the Rev. Harvie M. Conn in the Seminary in Seoul. The Assembly withdrew its representative from an "advisory committee" for the revision of the Korean translation of the Bible sponsored by the British and Foreign Bible Society for the reason that the revision showed the influence of liberal theology but the advisers were powerless to do much abut it. VI. Elections to the Committee The terms of the following members of the committee expire at this Assembly: Ministers: Jay E. Adams and George W. Knight, I11 Respectfully submitted, LEROY B. OLIVER, Chairman 76 TEII~TY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLS

Mr. Oliver presented also a supplementary report as follows: SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE COM.MITTEE ON ECUMENICITY AND INTERCHURCH RELATIONS 1. Concerning the matter of the procedure for inviting other churches to send fraternal delegates to general assemblies of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church the com- mittee advises the Assembly that this particular task is the province of the Committee on Ecuinenicity and Interchurch Relations. 2. Concerning Cumiiiunication 3 the committee informs this Assembly that it has determined to request the Rev. Norman Shepherd to serve as fraternal delegate to the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland meeting May 24-27, 1966 at Edinburgh, Scotland and if hc is unable to serve to request the chairman of this committee to send a warm fraternal greeting to tlhat Assembly. 3. Concerning Communication 1 the committee recommends that the Assembly thank the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland for its communication of December 15, 1965 and indicate that its action at the General Assembly of 1965, which has already been communicated to the Gereformeerde Kerken, took into consideration the Dutch text of txlie documents referred to in thcir above-mentioned communication and constitutes our response to it. 4. Concerning Communication 5 the committee requests the General Assembly to authorize die Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations to meet with the deputies of the Canadian Reformed Churches to discuss matters of mutual concern. Respectfully submitted, LEROYB. OLIVER Chairman The recommendation of the committee was adopted. The request of the committee was granted. It was moved that the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations be instructed to take steps to correct, insofar as possible, the misrepresentations of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in the press releases concerning the Reformed-Lutheran Conversations, should the committee determine that suc‘h misrepresentations originated with the Reformed-Lutheran Conversations. The Assembly recessed at 12 noon with prayer by Mr. Fikkert. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON The Assembly reconvened at 1:16 p.ni. with the singing of “Jesus lives and so shall I” and prayer by Mr. Brown. The motion on the floor was amended to replace “the” with the word “any” - so as to read, “any misrepresentations.” The amended motion was adopted as follows: that the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations be instructed to take steps to correct, insofar as possible, any misrepresentations of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in the press releases concerning the Reformed-Lutheran Conversations, should the committee determine that such mis- representations originated with the Reformed-Lutheran Conversations. Ah. Clough, as chairman of the Committee on Overtures and Communications introduced, in connection with the discussion on the floor, the report regarding Overture 4 ;Is follows: In the light of the present activity of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations regarding consultation with the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, the Committee on Overtures and Communications recommends no action on Overture 4. This recommendation was moved for adoption. THIRTY-TTIIRD.GENERAL -ASSEMWY 77

The following prevailcd as a substitute for- this recommendation: That in the light of the present activity of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations regarding consultation with the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, this Assembly judges that no further action is required at this time. Permission was granted to Mr. Galbraith to present a motion later on this subject, prior to Miscellaneous Business. The following were nominated to the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations: the Rev. Messrs. Peterson, Knight, Adams, and Samuel van Houte. Elder Audley Lemmenes addressed the Assembly in behalf of Trinity College, Palos Heights, Illinois. The Moderator announced the election of Messrs. Knight and Peterson to thc class of 1969 of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations. ’ By common consent the Moderator called for the Report of the Committee to Confer with Representatives of the Christian Reformed Church. On motion this report was directed to be printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: *r

I REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH The Conunittee to Confer with Representatives of tlie Christian Reformed Church held a meeting with the corresponding committee of the Christian Reformed- Church in Princeton, New Jersey on January 24, 1966. All of the members of the Christian Reformed committee and all but one of the Orthodox Presbyterian comfnittee were present. A fruitful discussion was held. YOUT committee recommends: 1. That the General Assembly -call attention to the advantages of supporting the Back to God Hour and of using Back to God Hour materials in the families; 2. That the General Assembly encourage, wherever practicable, (a) pulpit exchanges, (b) joint youth activities, (c) joint home missionary activities, (d) cooperative publishing, (e) mutual exchange of publications and the holding of common conferences, (f) rep- resentation at existing conferences and meetings; 3. That the General Assembly urge the reporting to church courts of successful activities of the above mentioned categories; 4. That the General Assembly request the Committee on Revisions to the Forin of Government and Book of Discipline to invite to a joint meeting the Church Order Revision Committee of the Christian Reformed Church, the Committee on Closcr Relationship with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church of the Christian Reformed Church, and the present committee to determine whether progress cannot be made in the immediate future toward agreement between the two Churches on principles of church government; 5. That the General Assembly declare its opinion that the present committee should work toward the definite goal of organic union between the Orthodox Presbyterian and the Christian Reformed Churches. 6. That the committee be continued. Respectfully submitted, CALVINA. BUSCH EDMUNDP. CLOWNEY BERT L. ROEBER PAULWOOLLEY, Chairman 75 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

The first recommendation was adopted. Recommendation 2 was adopted. Recommendation 3 was adopted. Recommendation 4 was moved. The Assembly recessed at 3: 16 p.m. and reconvened at 3: 31 p.m. Recommendation 4 was adopted. Recommendation 5 was moved. It was moved as a substitute that the General Assembly declare its opinion that the present committee should examine the advisability of union between the Orthodox Presbyterian and Christian Reformed Churches. This substitute as amended was defeated. Messrs. Rankin, Galbraith and Hodgson requested the recording of their affirmative votes. Recommendation 5 was amended so as to read, “that the General Assembly declare its opinion ,&at the present committee should work toward the ultimate goal of organic union between the Orthodox Presbyterian and the Christian Reformed Churches on 3 scriptural basis. By common consent, Mr. Oltlroff was invited at this time to address the Assembly. He brought the fraternal greetings of the Christian Reformed Church. The Moderator responded on behalf of the Assembly. Recommendation 5 was adopted as amended. Recommendation 6 was moved. The previous question was moved and carried. Recommendation 6 was adopted. On motion the committee was directed to include in reports to future General Assemblies a summary of its discussions with the representatives of the Christian Reformed Church. The Assembly recessed at 5:30 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Davies. WEDNESDAY EVENING The Assembly reconvened at 7:OO p.m. with the singing of Psalm 121 and prayer by Mr. Charles Stanton. ”he Moderator called Mr. Eckardt to the chair. On motion the Report of the Stewardship Committee was directed to be printed in the LMinutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows:

REPORT OF THE STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE A brief review of 1965 from the standpoint of the committee appears to be in order. It was obvious to the committee early in 1965 that month-by-month Contributions were falling far short of meeting month-by-month expenses of our committees. The com- mittee promoted and received a Pay-As-You-Go Offering in June 1965, in an attempt to draw closer to its goal of meeting expenses of our committees month by month. Although 58 churches joined in the special offering, the amount received did not begin to make up.the deficits existing at the time. When the committee met on October 9, 1965, the prospect was that if fourth quarter regular contributions and Thank Offering followed the previous year’s pattern, our com- mittees would end the year with a composite deficit of some $13,000. The committee felt it had no choice but to appeal for a generous Thank Offering. God gave us not only a generous Thank Offering but also generous regular contri- butions in November and December. As a result, the Home and Foreign Missions Com- mittees exceeded their budgeted contributions and the Christian Education Committee came within $1500 of its budgeted contributions. THIRTY-THIRD GENERALASSEMBLY 79

The committee recognizes that in encouraging regular, month-by-month support of our committees, and appealing also for a Thank Offering, it is involved in a logical inconsistency. We have spent hours wrestling with this and closely related problems. A fully satisfactory solution has not yet been found. In the meantime, the committee has approved a request of the Christian Education Committee to receive a June Offering for Christian Education this year (1966), and has determined to receive a Thank Offering both this year and next year, patterned after the 1965 Thank Offering. The Stewardship Committee received and approved the 1967 budgets of the Com- mittees on Christian Education, Home Missions, and Foreign Missions. These budgets in summary form are presented below. In approving these budgets, the comnlittee took account of projections presented by the Committee on Christian Education which show a need for substantially greater contributions to that committee each year for the next five years in order to bring the Sunday school materials program to a satisfactory conclusion. While these increases are large, they are not unthinkable in terms of percentages of the total combined budget. If contributions to the combined budget increase by only 8.3% per year on the average for the next five years, the percentage of the com- bined budget going to the Committee on Christian Education would have to rise from 19.7% of the present (1966) budget, to 23.5% of the 1970 combined budget. Giving from Orthodox Presbyterian sources to the work of the committees has actually increased an average of 11.3% per year for the last three years. COMBINED BUDGET Orthodox Presbyterian Church Committees For Calendar Year 1967 Christian Foreign Home Education Missions Missions Totals DISBURSEMENTS Administration

Salaries & Allowances __c______!$ 23,550 $ 17,377' $ 16,892 Office.. ______------.. 9,830 4,380 3,355

Committee Meetings _____ iL______-______75 0 750 1,200 Legal and Audit ______900 ,750 1,000 35,030 23,257 22,447. $ 80,371 Promotion Travel ______------1,000 500 - '67 Confession .- - 3, 000 Messenger or Horizon L+ 1,300 3,800 3,800 Publicity '& Adveftising' ______1______. - 3,000 1,800 ,. . 2,300 7,300 8,600 18,200 Missionary .Expense Salaries & Allowances ______I____ 70,876 72,500

Field Expense & Equipment __L______. 25,400 4,000 Field Travel ______------6,500 . 2,500

Furlough Travel ______r______7,000

Furlough Housing ~ . . 3,000 Itinera tion ______------2,000 . Miscellaneous ____:______2,150 700 New Fields and/or Missionaries ______12,144 15,000 129,070. 94,700 223;770 . _. " 80 THIRTY-THIRD GENERALASSEMBLY

Special Projects - Desig. ______:______8,000 - 8,000- Production Expense Artwork - Salary & Contracted ___-______16,800 Writing - Salary & Contracted ______20,900

. Printing ______I______.: ______65,800 Supplies & Misc. ______>__ 700 SOC.Sec. & Pensions ______2,000 . Purchases for Resale ______-.7,500 113,700 113,700 Selling Espense 'Shipping - Wages i______3,200 Supplies ______1,700 Postage, Ins., etc. 1,600

Advertising - Magazine ______I__7,300 Catalogs ...... 4,600 General 9,950 -* 28,350 28,350 Repayment of Loans ______2,000 1,500 - 3,500 Interest Paid ______------3,000 250 5 00 3,750 Reserve Fund ______------500 - 5 00 Capital Expenditures ______2,000.--- 14,360 775 17,135 $186,380 $184,237 $127,022 $497,639 RECEIPTS Contributions Orth. Presby. Church 70,000 $131,000 $124,500 $325,5 00 Designated - Medical ...... 10,000 10,000 --I___ 70,000 141,000 124,500 335,500

Others - Budget I_____-______-_------12,000 20,200 4,500 36,700 Hospital & Medical ______10,000 10,000 Special Projects ---8,000 8,000 82,000 179,000 129,000 390,200 Interest ______------200 200 Sales - Materials ______. 98,050 98,050 Services ______4,500 4,500 Other Income ______I_-- ---50 50 Total ______184,800 179,200 129,000 49 3,000 Funds on Hand ______1,573 8,200 880 10,653 ---186,373 187,400 129,880 503,653 Anticipated Surplus ______$ - 7 $ 3,163 $ 2,858 $ 6,014 CONTRIBUTIONS TO BUDGETS OF COMMITTEES Actual 1964-65 Budgeted 1966-67 Fno~ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Revised Proposed Actual Actual 1966 1967 % of 1964 1965 Budget Budget Total Chr. Educ. $ 43,291 $ 50,543 $ 60,000 $ 70,000 20.9 For. Miss. 112,753 129,788 131,430 $141,000 42. Home Miss. 90,516 96,295 - 113,195 1243500 37.1 $246,560 - $304,625 . $335,500" THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 81

FRON OTHERS Chr. Educ. $ 4,344 !$ 7,826 $ 10,000 $ 12,000 For. Miss. 33,913 58,742 45,150 38,200 I-Iome iMiss. 3,779 4,082 4,000 4,500 $ 42,036 $ 70,650 $- jFzpKi Totals $288,596 $347,276 $363,775 $390,200 *Includes Thank Offering which will be divided in the Same manner as regular contribu- tions to the Combined Budget. The Stewardship Committee informs the Assembly rhat in view of the resignation of the members of the Committee on the 30th Anniversary Booklet, and the consequent lack of plans for such a booklet, the Stewardship Committee was not able to formulate a budget for this project as requested by the Thirty-sccond General Assembly. The term of elder Frederick C. Metzger expires with this Assembly. The committee presents rhe following recommendations: 1. That the General Assembly approve the total budget of the three committees amounting to $497,639 and recommend to our churches that they provide a minimum of $335,500 toward this budget. 2. That the Assembly commend the committees, their work, and their repre- sentatives to the churches for faithful support by prayer and by gifts to the combined budget. 3. That in view of the action of the Thirty-second General Assembly removing the Committee on General Benevolence from the jurisdiction of the Stewardship Com- mittee, the Plan for the Combined Budget (cf. Minutes, Thirtieth General Assembly, pp. 75-76) be amended by the deletion of the words “General Benevolence,” from Section A, 1, of the Plan. 4. That the committee be authorized to meet at the call of its chairman on the request of two or more of the General Secretaries of the comnlittees under its juris- diction, to review the budgets of the committees and to revise them as it deems necessary in the light of current contributions and needs, provided that 60% of the members present approve such revisions. 5. That the committee be continued. On amended motion recommendation 1 was adopted as follows: That the General Assembly approve the combined budget of the three committees amounting to $497,639, and recornmelid to our churches that they provide a minimum of $335,500 toward this budget. Recommendation 2 was adopted. Recommendation 3 was adopted. Recommendation 4 was adopted. Recommendation 5 was adopted. The following were nominated to the Stewardship Committee: Elders Meeker and F. C. Metzger. Mr. Clowney addressed the Assembly in bchalf of Westminster Theological Seminary. The Moderator announced the election of Mr. Metzger. On motion Mr. Barker was appointed chairman of the Stewardship Committee. The Moderator resumed the chair. On motion the Report of the Chmmittee on Revisions to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline was directed to be printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: 82 ‘1-HIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISIONS TO THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND BOOK OF DISCIPLINE

The committee respectfully submits to the Thirty-third General Assembly a Second Revised Version of Chapters XIX and XX of the Form of Government to be substituted for Chapters XVII and XVIII of the Revised Version submitted to the Twenty-second General Assembly. The committee has also revised its Second Revised Version as follows: in Chapter 11, Section 3 the words “throughout the world” have been added after the word “covenant”; in Chapter 111, Section 1 the last sentence has been revised and broken up to make two sentences: “The power of believers in their general office includes the right to acknowledge and desire the exercise of the gifts and calling of the special offices. The regular exercise of oversight in a particular congregation is discharged by those who have been called to such work by vote of the people”; in Chapter 111, Section 3, the word “practice” has been substituted for “manners” in the first sentence; in Chapter XI, the words “the compassion of” have been inserted after the words “show forth” in the second sentence.

CHAPTERXIX OF LICENSING CANDIDATES TO PREACH THE GOSP,EL

1. The holy Scriptures require that some trial be previously made of those who are to be ordained to the ministry of the gospel, in order that this sacred office may not be degraded by being committed to weak or unworthy men and that the churches may have an opportunity to form a better judgment respecting the talents of those by whom they are to be instructed and governed. For this purpose candidates for ordination shall first be licensed by presbyteries to preach the gospel as probationers. After a period OF probation sufficient to make trial of their qualifications and service, and having received reports that their services are edifying to the church, the presbyteries may in due time proceed to ordain such probationers or licentiates to the sacred office. In exceptional cases a presbytery may judge that a candidate for the gospel ministry has so clearly demonstrated his qualifications and service in the edification of the church that a further probationary period is unnecessary. In such cases licensue may be waived, but this action shall not set aside any of the other requirements specified for licensure and ordination.

2. Prior to licensure candidates shall be taken under care of a presbytery. In applying to be taken under care, a candidate must be a communicant member of B particular church of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and must come with a written recommendation from the session of the church of which he is a member, certifying that in its judgment he is qualified to be taken under care of the presbytery with a view to ordination to the gospel ministry. It is the duty of tthe presbytery, for its satisfaction with regard to the piety of the candidate, to examine him respecting his personal Christian faith, experience, and service and the motives which influence him to desire the sacred office. The presbytery must show continuing concern for the progress of all the candidates under its care, and shall lend them its guidance, counsel, and help as they further prepare themselves for the work of the ministry.

3. Every candidate shall normally be taken under care by that presbytery within the bounds of which .he has ordinarily resided. In case any candidate should find it desirable to transfer to the care of another presbytery, he may be received by that presbytery on his producing a letter of dismissal as a candidate for licensure from the presbytery under whose care he has been. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 83

4. It is highly reproachful to religion and dangerous to the church to entrust the preaching of the gospel to weak and ignorant men. The presbytery shall therefore license a candidate only if he has received a bachelor of arts degree, or its academic equivalent, from a college or university of reputable academic standing, and has success- fully pursued an adequate course of study for at least one year and a half in a theological seminary. 5. T’he candidate for licensure shall be examined by the presbytery, or by a committee appointed for that purpose, in the English Bible, theology, and in the original languages of the Scriptures. If the examination of candidates is referred to a committee, an examination at least in theology shall also be held before the presbytery; and if one fourth of the presbyters present at the meeting are dissatisfied with the examination in theology, the candidate shall be required to undergo an examination in the subject again at a future meeting of the presbytery. If at the outset of such a meeting one fourth of the presbyters present so request, a written record of this examination shall be made and filed with the presbytery. 6. In order. to make trial of his talents to explain and vindicate, and practically to enforce, the doctrines of the gospel, the presbytery shall further require that the candidate prepare (1) a sermon, which the presbytery may ask to be delivered in its presence, and (2) an exegesis of the Hebrew or Greek text of a passage of Scripture. 7. That the most effectual measures may be taken to guard against the admission of unqualified men into the sacred office, no exception shall be made to any of the educational or other requirements for licensure outlined above unless the presbytery, after reporting the whole matter to the general assembly and weighing such advice as it may offer, shall judge, by a three-fourths vote of the members present, that the exception is warranted by the manifest qualifications of the candidate in question for the holy office of the gospel ministry. 8. If the presbytery is satisfied with the trials of a candidate for licensure, it shall then proceed to license him in the following manner. The moderator shall propose to him the following questions: (1) Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice? (2) Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and Catechisms of this church, as setting forth the system of doctrine taught in the holy Scriptures? (3) Do you promise to study the purity, the peace, and the unity of the church? (4) Do you promise to submit yourself, in the Lord, to the government of this presbytery, or of any other presbytery under the jurisdiction of which you may come? 9. After the candidate has answered these questions in the affirmative the moderator, having offered up a prayer suitable to the occasion, shall address himself to the candidate to the following purpose: “In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by that authorit); which he hath given to the church for its edification, we do license you to preach the gospel, wherever God in ‘his providence may call you; and for this purpose, may the blessing of God rest upon you, and the Spirit of Christ fill your heart. Amen”; and record shall be made of the licensure in the following or like form: At on the day of the presbytery of having received testimonials in favor of , of his having gone through a regular course of literature, of his good moral character, and of his being in the communion of the church, proceeded 84 THIRTY-THIIIDGENERAL ASSEMBLY to the usual parts of trial for his licensure; and the presbytery, having been satisfied as to his accomplishments in literature, as to his personal Christian faith and experience, and as to liis proficiency in divinity and other studies, did, and hereby does, e.upress its approbation of all these parts of trial; and he having adopted the Confession of Faith of this church, and satisfactorily answered the questions appointed to be put to candidates to be licensed, the presbytery did, and hereby does, license him, the said , to preach the gospel of Christ as a probationer for the holy ministry within the bounds of this presbytery, or wherever else he shall be orderly called, 10. When any candidate for licensure shall have occasion, while .his trials are going on, to remove from the bounds of his own presbytery into those of another, it shall be considered as regular for the latter presbytery, on his producing proper testimonials from the former, to take up his trials at the point at which they were interrupted, and conduct them to a conclusion. 11. When any licentiate shall, by the permission of his presbytery, remove without its limits, an extract of the record of his licensure and a statement of his service as a licentiate, signed by the clerk, shall be his testimonials to the presbytery under whose jurisdiction he shall come. 12. When a licentiate shall have been preaching for a considerable time and his services do not appear to be edifying to the church, the presbytery may, if it think proper, recall his license.

CHAPTERXX OF CALLING MINISTERS 1. No minister or licentiate shall receive any call to ministerial service Lut by the permission of the presbytery of which he is to be a member; nor shall any minister or licentiate accept a call without the permission of the presbytery which has jurisdiction over him. Neither shall any minister be transferred to another charge by a presbytery without his own consent previously obtained. 2. Wlten a congregation appears disposed to call a pastor the session shall convene a meetiiig of the Congregation for this purpose; and it shall always be the duty of the session to convene them when a majority of the niembers entitled to vote in the case request that a meeting be called. 3. When such a meeting is intended the session shall solicit the presence and counsel of the minister who has been serving with them in terms of Chapter XIV, Section 5, or of some other minister of the Church, to preside and assist in conducting the election contemplated. If, however, the services of such a minister cannot be secured the session may proceed without this assistance. 4. On a Lord's day, in conjunction with public worship, it shall be announced to the congregation that all the members of the congregation are requested to meet at 3 suitable time and place, then and there, if it be agreeable to them, to proceed to the eleotion of a pastor for that congregation. 5. On the day appointed, the call of the meeting having been found in order, the congregation shall first determine by vote whether or not it wishes to proceed to the calling of a pastor. If a majority be in favor, the moderator shall proceed to conduct the election. In this election only those persons shall be entitled to vote who are communicant members in good and regular standing of that particular church. 6. When the votes are taken, if it appear that a large minority of the people are averse to the person who has received a majority of the votes, the moderator shall seek their concurrence in the call. If a large minority remain unwilling to concur, thc THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 85 moderator shall endeavor to dissuade the congregation from prosecuting the call further. But if the people be nearly, or entirely, unanimous, or if the majority shall insist upon their right to call a pastor, the moderator shall proceed to draw a call in due form. 7. The call shall be in the following or like form: The congregation of Church being, on sufficient grounds, well satisfied with the ministerial qualifications of you, 7 and having good hopes that your ininistrations in the gospel will be profitable to OUT spiritual interests, do earnestly call and desire you to undertake the pastoral office in said congregation; promising you in the discharge of your duty all proper support, en- couragement, and obedience in the Lord. And that you may be free from worldly care and avocations, we promise and oblige ourselves to pay you the sum of in regular payments during the time of your being and continuing the regular pastor of this church, together with free use of a house and vacation each year. 8. The call shall be subscribed by the electors or their duly authorized representa- tives and shall be certified by the moderator of the meeting. If any congregation shall choose to subscribe their call by elected representatives the minister or other person who presided shall fully certify to bhe presbytery that the persons signing have been appointed for that purpose by a public vote of the congregation, and that the call has been, in all other respects, prepared as above directed. 9. When the call has been prepared, the congregation may appoint commissioners to represent it at the next meeting of the presbytery to which the congregation belongs for the purpose of having the call found in order and its terms approved; and the clerk of the session shall present the call to the clerk of the presbytery, who shall present it to a meeting of the presbytery at the earliest practicable time. 10. When a call has been presented to a presbytery the presbytery may find it in order, approve its terms, and place it in the hands of the person )to whom it is addressed, whether or not he be of the same presbytery; may refer the call back to the congregation with recommendations either to amend or desist from the call; or may, for reasons which it shall communicate to the congregation, decline to place the call in the hands of the person to whom it is addressed. 11. If the call bc to a minister or licentiate of another presbytery of this chuxch, the clerk of the presbytery to which the congregation belongs shall, if that presbytery has approved the call, forward the call to the person concerned and inform the clerk of his presbytery regarding it. If the call be to a minister or licentiate of another denomination he shall be notified of the call and its terms by the clerk of the presbtyery to which fihe calling con- gregation belongs. The presbytery may approve the call and place it in his hands only after lie shall have been examined and approved by the presbytery in accordance with Chapter XXI, Section 14. 12. Wlhen a call is placed in the ,hands of a nlinister or licentiate, he shall indicate within a reasonable time whether or not he intends to accept it. If he desires to decline the call he shall return it to the congregation and notify both the presbytery to which the congregation belongs and the presbytery to which he belongs. 13. A licentiate or a minister without charge or denominational appointment who. desires to accept a call that has been placed in his hands, shal! indicate his intention to the congregation and its presbytery. This indication shall be regarded as a request for ordina- tion and installation in the case of a licentiate, or for installation in the case of a minister, and the presbytery shall proceed as soon as convenient to act upon his request in the terms of Chapter XXI, Sections 3 through 10. 86 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

14. A minister who is the pastor of another congregation of this Churoh and who desires to accept a call that has been placed in his hands, shall inform the congregation which he is serving, and shall forward to the clerk of his presbytery a request that the existing pastoral relationship be dissolved. A meeting of the congregation shall then be called at which the minister shall seek their concurrence in his request; at this meeting commissioners may be ohosen to represent to the presbytery the judgment of the congrega- tion in the matter. A meeting of the presbytery of which the minister is a member shall be held subsequent to the meeting of the congregation for the purpose of acting upon his request. The calling congregation shall be informed of this meeting and invited to send commissioners to represent its interests. Having heard the parties concerned, the presbytery may dissolve the pastoral relationship, require the pastor and his congregation to give the matter further consideration, or require the continuance of the relationship. 15. A minister laboring under the auspices of a presbytery or the general assembly who desires to accept a call that has been placed in his hands shall request the judicatory or its agency under which he is laboring to release him. If the request is granted he shall be free to accept the call. If the request is denied by an agency of a presbytery or of the general assembly he may carry the request to the judicatory which the agency represents. If the request is denied by a judicatory the parties concerned shall be informed and the call shall be returned to the calling body. 16. If a minister accepts a call to a field of service which is under the jurisdiction of another presbytery he shall, at the earliest practicable time, place himself under the jurisdiction of that presbytery in order that he may he installed in his new charge. 17. It is proper that a minister or licentiate be extended a call to engage in the work of an evangelist or a teacher of the Word of God, rabher than to be the pastor OF a particular congregation. 18. A minister or licentiate may be called not only by a congregation but also by a presbytery or the general assembly, either directly or through their agencies, for work not related to any one particular congregation. Such a call shall be extended in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, mutatis mutadis. A minister or licentiate may also receive a call to ministerial service under auspices other than those of this Church provided that his labor is approved by the presbytery. It is a requisite that such calls shall be to the regular preaching or teaching of the Word of God. The committee recommends: (1) that these revisions be submitted to the presbyteries and sessions for study; (2) that the committee be continued. On behalf of the committee Respectfully submitted, Chairman JOHN MURRAY

Recommendation 1 was adopted. Recommendation 2 was adopted. The Moderator called Mr. Eckardt to the chair. Mr. Barker presented the Report of rhe Committee to Draft Rules For Keeping Presbyterial Minutes: - THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 87

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO DRAFT RULES FOR KEEPING PRESBYTERIAL MINUTES The committee recommends that this Assembly propose to the next Assembly that Standing Rule 56 c. be amended by substituting all of the following for that part of the Rule preceding the Rules For Keeping Presbyterial Minutes, and that the latter become section C. of Rule 56 c.: Presbyterial Records A. Committee Structure 1. The committee shall consist of six members appointed by the Moderator. 2. The Moderator shall normally appoint at least three persons from the membership of the similar committee of the previous Assembly. 3. The Moderator shall normally not appoint more than two persons from the same presbytery. 4. The Moderator shall normally appoint at least three persons having broad knowledge of presbyterial procedures and of the deliverances of past Assemblies. B. Rules for Examining Presbyterial Minutes 1. Presbyterial minutes shall be examined for conformity to (a) the primary and secondary standards of the church, as to the substance of the actions recorded, (b) the Assembly's Rules for Keeping Presbyterial Minutes, as to form, structure, and minimum content, and (c) appropriate standards as to use of the English language. 2. Eac'h set of presbyterial minutes shall be read by at least two members of the committee. 3. The committee may divide its work so that two or more members examine minutes primarily as to form and two or more members examine them primarily as to substance. 4. The findings of the committee, with respect to the minutes of each presbytery, shall be reported under the following categories, as appropriate : a) Notatians. Typographical errors, misspellings, improper punctuation, non- prejudicial misstatements of fact, etc., may be reported undcr this category. b) Exceptions, Class 1. Violations of the Assembly's Rules for Keeping Presbyterial Minutes, failures to provide proper or sufficient information or identification, prejudicial misstatements of fact, etc., may be reported under this category. c) Exceptions, Class 2. Actions which in substance appear not to conform to the standards of the dhurch or to be out of accord with the deliverances of General Assemblies may be reported under this category. d) Comments. Actions of presbytery which may be useful to the whole church, or which for any reason the committee judges should be brought to the attention of the Assembly, may be reported under this category. 5. The committee shall prepare a report concerning the minutes of each presbytery. The filling out of a form designed for the purpose, for each presbytery, shall meet the requirements of this scction. Each report shall be prepared in triplicate. After action by the Assembly, one copy of the report shall be sent by the Stated Clerk to the presbytery. A second copy shall be retained by the Stated Clerk in a permanent file. A third copy shall be kept in the records of the committee, which shall be maintained in a suitable binder. The custody of the records of the committee shall be the responsibility of the Stated Clerk in rhe period between General Assemblies. 6. Notations, exceptions, and comments in tehe committee's reports shall be disposed of as follows: a) Notations and Exceptions, Class 1, shall normally be sent to the presbyteries by the Stated Clerk without being read before the Assembly or recorded in its minutes. 88 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

b) Such Exceptions, Class 2, and Comments as the committee determines, shall be read before the Assembly, recorded in its minutes, and disposed of as the Assembly determines. Exceptions, Class 2, and Comments that are not read before the Assembly shall be handled as in a) above. c) The Assembly shall adopt an appropriate motion with respect to the minutes of each presbytery, the following forms being examples: (1) That the minutes of the Presbytery of be approved without exception. (2) That the minutes of the Presbytery of be approved with the exceptions noted by the Committee on Presbyterial Records. (3) That the minutes of the Presbytery of be approved with the exceptions noted by the Committee on Presbyterial Records and by the Assembly. d) When exceptions are taken, it shall be clearly indicated to the presbyter): whether the exceptions are those of the committee only, or of both the committee and the Assembly. 7. The presbyteries shall take note in their minutes of exceptions taken by the Assembly or the Committee on Presbyterial Records, together with the corrections or ex- planations adopted by the presbytery to rectify them. The presbyteries shall advise the next General Assembly of the disposition they have made of the exceptions. 8. Reports to the Assembly from rhe presbyteries concerning disposition of exceptions taken by past Assemblies or Committees on Presbyterial Records shall normally be referred to the committee without being read before the Assembly. The committee shall examine suoh reports and shall report to the Assembly its judgment as to the suitability of the disposition that has been made. The committee shall1 also present recommendations concerning all exceptions taken by previous Assemblies or committees, that ‘have not been disposed of suitably. (,End of proposed amendment to Standing Rules) The committee further recommends, in the event its first recommendation is adopted, that it be continued in order to complete development of the form referred to in B. 5. above. Respectfully submitted, BURTONL. GODDARD LHNVILLEL. HAWKES RAYMONDM. MEINERS RICHARDA. BARKER,Chairman The first recommendation was adopted, proposing to the Thirty-fourth General Assembly this change in Standing Rule 56c, with tlhe deletion of the words, “Each report I shall be prepared in triplicate” from Section B-5. I The second recommendation was adopted, con tinuing the committee. On motion the clerk was instructed to inform the presbyteries of this proposed change and provide them with copies. On motion the Report of the Committee to Define Objectives of Examining and Reporting Standing Committee Records was directed to be printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO DEFINE OBJECTIVES OF EXAMINING AND REPORTING STANDING COMMITTEE RECORDS The Thirty-second General Assembly constituted this committee “to draft rules defining the objectives of examining and reporting all records” of standing committees (Minutes, 1965, pp. 107, 109). THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY s9

The broad basic objectives which are operative in rhe reporting of all records of standing committees and in the examining of them by the General Assembly are ex- pressly defined in the subordinate standards OF the Church, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced froni them. The Westminster Confession of Faith, XXXI:II, says that “It belongeth to synods and councils . . . to set down rules and directions for the better ordering of the . . . government of his Church . . . which decrees and determina- tions, if consonant to the Word of God, are to be received with reverence and sub- mission, not only for their agreement with the Word, but also for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his Word.” The F~rmof Guvmnmient, XI:5, declares that “To the general assembly also belongs the power . . . of superintending the concerns of the whole church . . .” Thus the General Assembly has not only the right but also the duty of determining the rules for reporting and examining the records of its own committees, and approving OT censuring them as it does in the case of every presbytery (XI:4). The general biblical requirement that “all things be done decently and in order” (I Cor. 14:40), coupled with the powers and responsibilities of the General Assembly, delineate the general objectives. That the foregoing objectives may be carried out in relation to the recording of the records of standing committees, this committee recommends to the General Assembly the following changes in the Standing Rules: Section 27: insert “, a committee to cxamine standing committee records,” after the word “records.” Section 56:d: Change to read “Standing Committee Records, composed of one member from eadh presbytery, none of whom shall be a member of a standing committee, at least two of whom shall be ruling elders and at least three ministers, whose duty shall be to examine the minutes of each standing comniittee and report to the Assembly con- cerning them. The records of each standing committee shdl be read by at least two members of the Standing Committee Kecords Committee. “Rules for Keeping Standing Committee Records :

“( 1) The minutes of the standing committee shall be kept in lock-type record books with numbered pages. (((2) The minutes shall be typewritten or printed, or reproductions from type- written or printed masters, and shall be neat and legible. “( 3) The minutes shall state the date and place of each meeting, and the times of convening and adjourning. “( 4) If a meeting is held at a date, time, or place other than that for which it is called, such facts shall be recorded in the minutes, together with a statement of rhe reason(s) therefor. “( 5) The name of the person serving the meeting as Chairman shall be determi- nable from the minutes. “( 6) If the Secretary (Clerk) is not present, a Secretary (Clerk) pro tem shall be selected, and his selection shall be indicated in the minutes.

‘I( 7) The minutes shall state the names of those present at each meeting, using the following categories: (a) Ministers (b) Ruling Elders (with indication as to churches they serve) “( 8) The names of absent members shall be indicated in the minutes of the stated meetings. 90 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

“( 9) The prtion(s) of the call for a special meeting stating the purpose of the meeting shall be recorded verbatim in the minutes. “(lo) The minutes shall identify those who have offered opening and closing prayer at each particular session. “(11) The minutes of each meeting shall bc approved by thc committee at the same or a subsequent meeting, such approval being recorded in the minutes. When minutes of a previous meeting (or meetings) are approved, the date(s) of said meeting(s) shall be given. “(12) The minutes shall statc that which is required to describe intelligibly the motions adopted and business transacted, together with such additional inEormation as the committee deems desirable for historical purposes. “(13) Each main motion shall normally be recorded in a separate paragraph. Subsidiary and procedural motions may be recorded in the same paragraph with the main motions to which they pertain. Main motions may be recorded in the same paragraph if hey are closely related and pertain to the same item of business. “(14) The minutes of the meetings of the committee shall appear in the minute book in the order in which the meetings occur. When a previous action of of the committee is referred to, the date of the meeting in which the action occurred &all be given and the volume and page number(s) on which it is recorded shall be designated. “( 15) Insofar as possible, erasures, interlineations, and footnotes shall be avoided. “(16) Documents and their specific location may be referred to in the minutes, and filed separately in a file maintained by the General Secretary, if there be one, and if not, by the Chairman. However, suoh documents shall be included in the minutes only by transcription, with the exception of financial reports and annual reports. “(17) The General Secretary, if there be one, and if not, the Chairman, shall be responsible for rhe custody of the minutes of the committee, and he shall be responsible for the presentation of the minutes at each stated meeting. “(18) The minutes of each meeting of the committee shall be signed by the Secre- tary (Clerk) of the meeting. “(19) The General Secretary, if there be one, and if not, the Chairman, shall be responsiblc for the presentation to the General Assembly for approval of all minutes of the committee whidh have been,approved by the committee and not previously approved by the General Assembly. All other minutcs of the committee and other records and correspondence to which specific reference is made in the minutes submitted to the General Assembly for approval shall be submitted for the purpose of information. “(20) A copy of the Rulcs for Keeping Committee Records shall be kept with the minutes of the committee. “(21) A copy of the by-laws of the committee, if there be such, corrected as amended, shall be kept with the minutes.” The cornmittee has not yet completed its task of determining the objectives and rules for examining standing committee records, believing that the work of the Committee to Draft Rules for Keeping Presbyterial Minutes is germane in l&is particular area, and ‘hence would await the committee’s report and the action of the General Assembly thereupon. GEORGEW. KNIGHT WILLARDE. NEEL THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 91

It was moved that this Assembly propose to the Thirty-fourth General Assembly the changes in the Standing Rules under Section 27 and Section 56-d. On motion the words after the word “meeting” were deleted from item 7. On motion the last sentence of item 16 was deleted. On motion the word “(clerk)” was deleted from items 6 and 18. The Assembly recessed at 9: 15 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Sutton.

THURSDAY MORNING After a devotional service led by Mr. Rinker the Assembly reconvened at 8:OO a.m. with prayer by the Moderator. The Minutes of April 27 were read and approved as corrected. The motion to delete the last sentence of item 16, was reconsidered. On reconsidera- tion the motion was lost. By common consent the words “and other records and correspondence” were deleted from item 19. On motion this proposal to the Thirty-fourth General Assembly was adopted as amended. On motion the comrnittce was continued and instructed to report to the Thirty-fifrh General Assembly. On amended motion the General Assembly declared its opinion that the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations should work towdrd the ultimate goal of organic union between the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, on a scriptural basis; and that the coninlittee be instructed to inform the next General Assembly, and any succeeding Asscmblies to which it may report, as to the subjects discusscd in the conversations and the committee’s evaluation of those discussions. The report of the Committee on Radio and Television was on motion directed to be printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follo~: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RADIO AND TELEVISION The Committee has met twice since the last General Assembly. The second meeting was held at Grace Church, Westfield, New Jersey. Some of the members of that congre- gation were present and helped prepare several tapes presenting differcnt types of programs. To date the committee has not been able to meet and evaluate the results of those recordings. The conimibtee is endeavoring to compile a selective library of recorded materials which are now being broadcast by Orthodox Presbyterian sponsors. They are also working on a bibliography of materials that will be helpful to the committee as well as to the pastors and sessions. A complete survey of the churches concerning their present use of these media and what funther outlets are now available will be undertaken before the meeting of the Thirty -t hir d Gener a1 Assemb1 y . Recommendations : I. The committee recommends that it be continued. 2. The committee recommends that it again be allowed to draw on General Assenibly funds up to $250 for its work in 1967. Respectfully submitted, IVANDE MASTER Recommendation 1 was adopted. Recommendation 2 was adopted. 92 THIRTY-THIHD GENERALASSEMBLY

The Committee to Study the Doctrine of Guidance reported as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE DOCTRINE OF GUIDANCE Tlhe committee has met several times during the year. Together with this report it is presenting to the members of the Assembly a preliminary draft of a paper on the communion of the Spirit, in order to benefit from their reactions. The present members of the committee are Laurence C. Sibley, Leslie W. Sloat, Harvie M. Conn (Alternate) and Robert D. Icnudsen, convener. The Committee recommends that it be continued. Respectfully submitted, ROBERTD. KNUDSEN The Assembly recessed at 1O:OI a.m. and reconvened at 10:17 a.m. On motion the committec was continued. On motion the report of the Committec to Consider the Matter Proposed to the Assenibly by the Presbytery of the West Coast was directed to be printed in rhe Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: REPORT OF TH.E COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE MATTER PROPOSED TO THE ASSEMBLY BY THE PRESBYTERY OF THE WEST COAST - . The Presbytcry of the West Coast overtured “the Thirty-second General Assembly to render a decision in the following matter: Does the Constitution of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church permit church sessions to receive into communicant membership those who refuse to present their children for baptism on account of scruples concerning infant baptism?” (Minutes of the Thirty-second General Assembly, p. 7). The Assembly elected “a coinmittee of three to consider the matter proposed to the Assembly by the Presbytery of the West Coast” (ibid., p. 101). The committee has complied with the directive of the Assembly. Although no request was included in the action of the Assembly that the committee should report to the Thirty-third General Assembly, yet the committee respectfully submits to the Assembly the report that herewith follows. It is not a matter of dispute in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church that the baptism of the children of believers is a divine instituition and that, therefore, it is the obligation of believing parents to present their children for baptism. This is clearly stated in the subordinate standards (cf. Confession of Faith, XXI, v; XXVIII, iv-vi; Larger Catechism, Q. 166; Shorter Catechism, Q. 95; The Directory for the Public Worship of God, IV, B, 2 and 4) and it is Ithe belief and profession of the Church that the position enunciated in these standards is grounded in the teaching of Scripture as the primary and infallible rule of faith and practice. The only question, therefore, that is posed in the directive given to the committee is the character of the offense of which believing parents are guilty when they “refuse” to present their children for baptism. The consideration of this question requires a study of the place of baptism in the New Testament institution. In addressing itself to this question the committee takes for granted the interpretation given in the subordinate standards as the biblical position, namely, ‘that baptism is the sign and seal of covenant grace, more spccifically, the sign and seal of union with Christ, of the remission of sins, and of regeneration by the Spirit and must not be construed as the means of imparting the grace signified. The question then is: what importance is attached to this ordinance in the institution of Christ? It is not apparent that Hebrews 6:2 may properly be appealed to in support of the thesis that Christian baptism is here stated to be one of the first principles of the doctrine of Christ. The precise term used as well as the plural ‘Fbaptisms” would suggest that other THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 93 baptisms may be in view (cf. Atark 7:4; Heb. 9: 10). But other passages clearly show how significant in the esteem of our Lord and of his apostles was this ordinance in that church which Christ came to build and in the kingdom of which the church is the expression. The original institution (Matt. 28:19) certifies to us that baptism is basic in and integral to the commission which Christ gave to his disciples on the eve of his departure to the right hand of the Majesty on high. The construction of the text cited indicate5 that baptism is a necessary part of the process of discipling the nations. But perhaps of greater significance for our present interest is the coordination of baptism with discipling the nations and teaching them to observe all that Jesus had commanded. Recoil from sacerdotalist conceptions of baptism is too liable to becloud our thought and we fail to appreciate the all-important locus of baptism in the commission of our Lord to the church. It is Ithis lesson that Peter applies on the day of Pentecost when men wcre pricked in their heart and said “what shall we do?” Peter’s reply was: “hpent, and be baptized each one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins” (Acts 2:38). Here again the coordination points to the central place which baptism occupies in the response of the believing heart to God’s testimony in the overtures of saving grace (cf. vs. 41). The history of the apostolic church and the many allusions to baptism show the continuance and confirmation of the precedent established by Peter on the day of Pentecost (cf. Acts 8:12, 13, 16, 36, 38; 9:18; 10:47, 48; 16:15, 33; 19:s; 22:16; Rom. 6:3, 4; Gal. 3:27; I Pet. 3:21). There is one other passage that should not be overlooked. It is Ephesians 4:5. “One baptism” has been interpreted as referring not to the ordinance of baptism but to the cross of Christ as that to which our Lord referred when he said “I have a baptism to be baptized with” (Luke 12:50; cj‘. Mark 10:38). There is not sufficient reason for this view and there are decided objections to its adoption. It might appear that the context in which the reference to “one baptism” occurs would require sonicthing inore central to the Christian confession than the ordinaiice of baptism. The passages already noted show the fallacy of such an assumption. These passages, demonstrating the ini- portant place occupied by baptism in the institution of our Lord and in apostolic practice, provide the pattern by which we should be prepared for the coordination found in Ephesians 4: 5. The analogy derived from other New Testament data, while poinlting us to the proper interpretation of the “one baptism” of Ephesians 4:5, should not, how- ever, obscure the striking character of the reference to baptism in this context. For this passage, perhaps more than any other, points Lip the cardinal place of the ordinance in apostolic doctrine. This lesson is emphasized by those tenets of the faith with which it is coordinated - one My, one Spirit, one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one God and Father of all (cf. Eph. 4:4-6). What needs to be appreciated is that baptism is the sign and seal, of God’s covennnt paz. It is the certification and confirmation which he adds to his grace, the seal of his faithfulness to the covenant. As circumcision was God‘s covenant in the flesh of Israel (cf. Gen. 17: 10, 11, 13) so baptism is the covenant in New Testament covenant realization. It is this concept of the significance of baptism that alone explains and validates the place assigned to it in Christ’s original institution (Matt. 28:19) and in apostolic teaching and practice. It needs to be reiteriated that right- ful reaction against sacerdotalist conceptions and tendencies must not be allowed so to eclipse our thinking that we fail to accord to baptism its meaning and intent as the seal of God’s faithfulness, d x. Y The question now is: what is the relevance of the thesis propounded above to the directive given to the committee by the General Assembly? In the esteem of the committee the implications should be apparent. Since the Orthodox Presbyterian Church takes the 94 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY position that infant baptism, that is, the baptism of the children of believers, is a divine institution, it is not proper to make any differentiation in respect of meaning, intent, and obligation between adult baptism and infant baptism. There is one baptism. And the sanction belonging to baptism, established above from the biblical evidence, applies to infant baptism as truly as to adult baptism. It is taken for granted that the person who refiises to be baptized would not be admitted to communicant membership and that a baptized communicant member who declares his renunciation of the propriety of baptism \voulCI immediately become subject to discipline. It is the judgment of the committee that the question posed in the overture from the Presbytery of the West Coast and passed on to the committee for consideration arises only when the place of baptism in the Christian institution is not duly appreciated and a sharp line of differentiation is drawn, perhaps not explicitly but yet in effect, between adult baptism and infant baptism. The committee has deep sympathy for those who have been subjected to anti- paedobaptist arguments and who find it difficult to accede to the necessity and validity of infant baptism. Lt is also aware of the appeal of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to earnest Christians who for many reasons wish to become members of a denomination which in all other respects bears a corporate witness to what they believe to be the truth of the gospel. Church sessions should be sensitive to the desires and needs of such persons and be ready to offer them to thc fullest extent compatible with OUT constitution the fellowship of the church including the privilege of participating in the Lord’s supper with the com- municant members of the congregations over which they exercise oversight. The committee considers, however, that to admit to communicant membership those who “refuse” to present their children for baptism would constitute a weakening of the witness the church bears to the ordinance of infant baptism as one of divine warrant, authority, and obligation. Of greater weight is the fact that infant baptism is the way in which God conttinues to remind and assure us of that which belongs to the administration of his redemptive, covenantal purpose. The defect of the person not persuaded of this aspect of God‘s revealed counsel is not concerned with what is peripheral but with what is basic in the Christian institution. And the person who resolutely refuses to present his or her children for baptism is rejecting the covenant promise and grace which God has certi- fied to his people from Abraham’s day till now. It is this perspective that lends gravity to the offense. It is this estimate of baptism that underlies the statement of our subordinate standards when the Confession says that it is “a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordi- nance” (XXVIII, v) and the Directory for Worship that the children of the faithful “are holy in Christ, and as members of his church ought to be baptized” (IV, B, 4). It cannot be denied that the person refusing baptism for his children is delinquent in doctrine. It is the obligation of the session (in the case envisioned in this study) to apprize him of this. It is scarcely compatible with honesty, therefore, for such a person to answer in the affirmative such a question or any other form of question of similar purport as must be asked of those being received into communicant membership, namely, “DO you agree to submit in the Lord to the government of this church and, in case you should be found delinquent in doctrine or life, to heed its discipline?” (ibid., V, 5, 4). .In support and confirmation of the foregoing position thie following additional con- sidcrations are offered. (1) God has revealed his great displeasure with those who refuse or neglect the administration of the sign of the covenant (Gen. 17: 14, Exod. 4:24-26). (2) To refuse the covenant sign to the children of believers is to deny God’s covenant claim upon them, and thus to withhold from him those who are rightfully his. Such denial provokes him to anger (Exod. 4:22-26; Mark 10: 13, 14). THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 95

(3) The riches of God’s grace are most clearly seen in his covenant mercies and to deny baptism to the children of the church prevents the grace of God from being seen in all its richness and manifestly detracts from its fulness. This cannot help but weaken th? sense of gratitude in both parents and children and consequently rob God of the praise and thanksgiving that is due to him. (4) Those professing parents who refuse )to present their children for baptism thereby deny their solemn obligation to keep God’s covenant by raising their children in the knowledge and fear of the Lord, and deprive their children as well as themselves of the comfort of God’s covenant promise. (5) Professing parents who refuse to present their children for baptism withhold from the church of Christ the holy seed which God in his goodness has provided for it, and consequently deprive their children of the nurture and discipline which the body of Christ imparts to its members.

x ?(. Y In answer to the objection that the scriptural evidence for the ordinance of infant baptism is not of such clarity as to command our obedience, it may be conceded that there is no express command in Scripture to baptize infants. Nevertheless, what by good and necessary inference can be deduced from Scripture is to be received as authoritative (Confession of Faith I, vi) and the scriptural evidence for infant baptism clearly falls within this category .It may be further objected that in order to establish this doctrine such a closely reasoned and complicated process of inference and deduction is demanded that it is not reasonable to require those to conform to this ordinance who are unable to exert such powers of logic. In answer to this objection, it must be affirmed rhat the doctrine of the covenant of grace is all-pervasive in Scripture and lthat it talccs no great powers of reasoning to find the rightful place of the children of believers within its fold. Y * x The committee also incorporates in its report the following qualifying considerations of one of its members. This member entertains no hesiltation as to the importance of the baptism of the children of believing parents. The glory of the unity of the covenant of grace throughout Scriptures must be constantly proclaimed. The privilege as well as the duty of Christian parents to present their infant seed for the sacrament of baptism must often be set forth. The Bible and our secondary standards make this altogether plain. On this there can be no disagreement, The question is whether sessions may “receive into communicant membership those who refuse to present their children for baptism on accounlt of scruples concerning infant baptism.’’ The contention of this member of the committee is that our General Assembly ought not to declare that under no circumstances may a session receive into communicant membership one who refuses to present a covenant child for baptism. There may be occasions when a session ought to receive a Christian brother into its fullest fellowship even though that brother be unable in good conscience to appreciate the privilege that is his to present his child in Christian baptism. A believer belongs in the church. The believer ought to be in the most faithful church to be found. While the Orthodox Presbyterian Church properly insists that its officers subscribe fully to the system of doctrine taught in the Westminster Standards, it has of members required a credible confession of faith in Christ. And has not the ministry of the church been appointed “for the perfecting of the saints . . . for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Eph. 4:12, 13). 96 THInTY-THIRD GENERALASSEMBLY

Thcre may well be situations where it would be highly unwise to receive as communi- cant members those who refuse to present their children for baptism. It would hardly make for harmony in the church to receive a brother who determinedly opposes the espressed doctrinal position of the church. In a home mission situation the admission of several families refusing to present their children for baptism might represent such a proportion of the entire congregation as to threaten the very character of the church as a Reformed communion. But one can also conceive of circumstances in which it would amount to undue severity and harshness not to welcome a brother Christian desirous of beaming a communi- cant member, though unable from thc view point of his own convictions, poorly grounded though they be, to present his infant child for Christian baptism. Shall we allow such a believer to seek his fullest spiritual fellowship in a communion less faithful to the gospel than ours? Or shall we welcome him as a Christian brother indeed and trust that the ministry of the Word and the blessing of the Spirit will bring him in time to see that his whole family should bear the sign and seal of covenant grace? This, of course, indicates that all the circumstances must be taken into account as best we are able It0 do. This member would refrain from making a blanket statement as to the reception into communicant membership of those refusing to have their children baptized. The decision may in some instances be affirmative, in others not. And this just puts the problem where it belongs, back .to the session of the local church. This is not sidestepping the issue but placing the responsibility where, according to the genius of Presbyterianism, it belongs. Historically such questions have been left with the local session. It is noteworthy that in J. Aspinwall Hodge’s What Is Presbyterian Lnw? it is asserted again and again that it is the session that must resolve such matters. For instance, on page 143, of the 8th edition we read: “And in 1872 the Assembly asserted ‘that the admission of persons to sealing ordinances is confided by the Form of Government really and exclusively to the church Session’.’’ On page 140 of the same volume Hodgc says: “Parents declining to present their children for baptism are not to be refused on accounlt of scruples concerning infant baptism, yet in every such case the Session must judge of the expediency of admitting them.” On behalf of the committee RespectfulIy submitted, JOHN MURRAY Chairman On motion the General Assembly declared that the admission to membership of those who cannot in good conscience present their children for baptism is a matter for judgment by sessions. On amended motion the report of the committee, including also the qualifying considerations in the remainder of the report, was ordered sent to the sessions for study. On motion rhc report of the Committee on Hospitalization Insurance was directed to be printed in the Minutes without its being read orally. The report is as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOSPITALIZATION Immediate steps were taken to implement the decision of the Thirty-second General Assembly approving the Inter-County Hospitalization and Blue Shield Medical Insurance Plan for ministers, elders, deacons, and other persons regularly employed by the churches and denominational agencies. It became apparent that, while the action of the Assembly established an initial enrollment period beginning September 1, a number of men were desirous of having coverage at an earlier date. Inter-County agreed to provide coverage beginning August 1 for those desiring it at that ltime, while still permitting us to retain THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMRLY 97 the October 31 deadline for entering the plan with immediate, full protection and without any waiting period for conditions existing at the time of application. Twenty participants were enrolled in the plan as of August 1, with a total enrollment of 131 by October 31. Since that time, there have been five additional persons enrolled and two have with- drawn, leaving a net enrollnient of 134 at the end of January. The plan now includes 56 non-ministers; 10 employees of the denominational offices, and 14 in the Westminster Seminary group. The Inter-County organization has given us the finest cooperation imaginable both with respect to launching the plan and handling of claims. Between August 1 and December 31, fifteen hospital claims representing 56 days of hospitalization for a total of $2,120.30 were paid. The largest single claim was for 30 days, totaling $530. Nine Blue Shield claims were paid during that period, for a total of $317.50. There were additional claims filed during Ithat period which were in process of settlement and the figures were not available on these. On the basis of the first five months the plan was in operation it would appear that we should develop a favorable claim experience. The Committee on Home Missions has provided the personnel and facilities necessary to administer the plan as requested by the Thirty-second General Assembly. 'This has been done at no direct expense to the committee beyond the actual time this involved for office personnel. Inter-County has approved opening our group to organizations related to but not directly connected with the church, such as the Christian schools and other organizations associated with the church and in which our ministers or elders are involved. This enabled us to offer the coverages to Westminster Seminary employees of whom nine professors and six other employees are now enrolled in the plan. Also, with approval of Inter-County, the plan has been reopened for a second initial enrollment period from April 1 to May 30. This has been clone to make it possible for those who did not enroll during the first enrollment period to do so without Ithe normal 12-month waiting period for existing conditions, other than pregnancy. The Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, has in operation a plan identical to ours and Inter-County has combined the two plans to provide a broader base for rating purposes. In other respects these plans are being administered separately. The committee feels that with the establishment of the plan completed it has fufilled its purpose and therefore, recwmmends: That the present Committee on Hospitalization be dissolved and that the respon- sibility for administration of the Hospitalization Plan be assigned to the Committee on Pensions of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The Statement of Controller is as follows: HOSPITALIZATION PLAN Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements July 28, 1965 to December 31, 1965

e RECEIPTS Subscriptions received ______-______$7,38 1.SO Service charges ______15 3.9 1

_-Me-- Total ______------$7,5 35.7 1 98 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Respectfully submitted, The Committee on Hospitalization WILLIAMHARLLEE BORDEAUX HAROLDR. KEENAN DONALDM. PARKER On motion the recommendation of the committee was adopted. Mr. Clough reported for the Committee on Overtures and Communications as follows : Concerning Overture 1: The Committee on Overtures and Communications recommends that the Assembly advise the Presbytery of the West Coast that the language requirement in Hebrew be not waived unless it judge that such a requirement would involve extreme hardship. On motion this recommendation was adopted in the following form: The Assembly advises the Presbytery of the West Coast that the language require- ment in Hebrew may be waived, if it judge that such a requirement would involve extreme hardship. Concerning Overture 2: The Committee on Overtures and Communications recommends that a special Committee on Theological Education be elected. The function of the committee shall be: 1. To secure information from seminaries as requested by the General Assembly or any presbytery with regard to the suitability of the training given by such seminaries for service in the mininstry of the Or,thodox Presbyterian Church; and 2. To report its findings to the General Assembly or any presbytery, together with such advice as it may deem proper for rhe continuing improvement of ministerial training for service in the church. The committee shall be composed of five members, a majority of whom shall be ministers. The committee shall be free, if it deem it wise, to recommend to the General Assembly bhe establishment of a standing Committee on Theological Education. The recommendation was moved. By common consent debate was interrupted to permit Pastor Donald Stanton to introduce the Rev. Theodore Engstrom, alternate delegate from the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod. On motion Mr. Engstrom was enrolled as a corresponding member and given the privileges of the floor. By common consent the time of recess was advanced. The Assembly recessed at 11:47 a.m. with prayer by Mr. Vail. TI-IIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 99

THURSDAY AFTERNOON

The Assembly reconvened at 1 : 15 p.ni, with the singing of “Give to our God immortal praise” and prayer by Mr. Sander. No action was taken on the recommendation of the Committee on Overtures and Communications concerning Overture 2. Mr. Clough continued the Report of the Committee on Overtures and Communi- cations. Regarding Overture 3 : The committee recommends the adoption of Overture 3. This recommendation was adopted. The following were nominated to serve on the Committee to Advise Churches without Pastors: Ministers - Mitchell, Oliver, Eyres, Raymond E. Commeret, Olson, Kellogg, Coray; Elders - Meeker, D. Neilands, Bellis, Haug, Barker. The Moderator called Mr. Eckardt to the chair. On motion nominations were reopened. On motion the names of Messrs. Haug and Barker were removed from the list of nominess. Nominations were again closed. On motion it was decided that if on the first ballot there is no election, the names of the lowest three nominees be dropped. The Moderator resumed the chair. Messrs. Eryes and Kellogg were elected on the first ballot. MI. Clough continued the Report of the Committee on Overtures and Communications. Concerning Communication 2 from Mr. Charles S. Apple, concerning activities of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension relative to First Church, Baltimore: Since it is the committee’s understanding that the matter is not concluded (there is to be a meeting on May 3 between representatives of the General Assembly’s Committee 1 on Home Missions and Church Extension and Mr. Apple) and since the committee feels that any action on the part of this Assembly would be premature, the Committee on Overtures and Communications recommends no immediate action and that the Assembly urge the parties concerned to exercise love and forebearance in order to the glorifying of Christ the Head of the church in preserving the unity of his people. On motion this recommendation was adopted. On motion the times of recess and reconvening were advanced fifteen minutes. The Assembly recessed at 3:Ol p.m. and reconvened at 3: 17 p.m. T-he Moderator announced the election of Messrs. Coray, Neilands, and Bellis to the Coinmittee for Advising Churches without Pastors, on the second ballot. Ah. Eyes was appointed convener. Mr. Voorhees reported for the Committee on Standing Committee Records as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITT(EE ON STANDING RECORDS Your committee has examined the minutes and records of the following Standing Committees of the General Assembly: The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension The Cumnlittee on Foreign Missions The Committee on Christian Education The Committee on General Benevolence The Committee on Pensions The Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations The Committee on Travel Fund, constituted a Standing Committee at the Thirty- 100 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY second General Assembly, had not held an oEicial meeting in 1965 and did not submit any minutes or records to your comnlittee for examination. Minutes and records of this committee will be submitted in the future. Your committee finds the actions of these committees and the recording of these actions in order and recommends that these minutes and records be approved and the secretaries be commended for their excellent work in an arduous task. Respectfully . submitted, R. VOORHEES,Convener On motion the recommendation was adopted. Mr. Galbraith of the Committee on Necrology moved the adoption of the following resolution : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY We ‘humbly give thanks to God for blessings bestowed upon us through two faithful ministers of the Word who have fmished their course. The Rev. Glenn R. Coie, who was born on December 31, 1905, was taken from this life in a water accident on March 5, 1966. His fruitful ministry as pastor and home missionary was an example to all in zeal for the Kingdom of Christ, love for lost men, diligence of labor, and devotional spirit, for all of which we praise our sovereign and gracious God. The Rev. Professor R. B. Kuiper, M.A. preacher of the gospel and teadher of the truth as it is in Christ Jesus was called into the presence of his Lord on April 22, 1966 in his eighty-first year. Zeal for the holy church, the glorious body of Christ, brought him to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and to leadership in its formative years. His ministry deepened the commitment of the church to the whole counsel of God. Through two decades he prepared men for the gospel ministry at Westminster Theological Seminary, teaching a theology of the ministry that was biblical and practical. In teaching and preac‘hing he exalted with eloquent simplicity the gospel of sovereign grace. We thank God that his memory continues to point us to Jesus Christ. “Blessed are the dead which die in $he Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them” (Rev. 14:13). This resolution was adopted. The Moderator called on Mr. DeVelde to lead the Assembly in prayer. Ah. Malcor made the final report for the Travel Fund Committee as follows:

FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAVEL FUND A tatal of $7,290 for travel expenses is being paid to 73 co&ssioners of the Thirty-third General Assembly, leaving a balance of $895.06 in the Travel Fund. T+he following were nominated to serve on the Travel Fund Committee, class of 1969: Ministers - Graham, Willis, Poundstone, and Black; and Elder Neel. Mr. Albright reported as follows for the Committee on Presbyterial Records: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PRESBYTERIAL RECORDS The committee recommends that the following minutes be approved without exception: Presbytery of Nav Jersey The committee recommends that the following minutes be approved with the escep- tions noted: Presbytery of Ohio (1) The call of special meetings should be placed in quotation marks. (2) Greater attention should be given to the mechanics of typing and spelling. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 101

Presbytery of the South (1) Pp. 87 and 93 - Minutes which cannot be signed by the clerk pro tern should be attested by the Stated Clerk, Presbytery of Southern California (1) P. 8 - Meaning of paragraph 2 is not clear. (2) Pages following page 8 are not numbered correctly. (3) Minutes of April 18, 1964 - Correction of date is made in pencil. (4) Presbyters are not named who led in prayer. (5) Minutes of special meeting of Aug 4, 1964 are not signed by the clerk po tenz. (6) Page 15 - Incorrect identification of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod. (7) P. 21 - Typographical error in last word. Presbytery of the Dakotas (1) P. 53 - Minutes are not signed. (2) Pp. 53 and 64 - The call of the special meeting should be quoted verbatim. (3) P. 61 - Lost motion should not be recorded (14th and 15th line from bottom of page). (4) P. 61 - The time of adjournment should be given. Presbytery of Philadelyhia. (1) Pp. 137 and 138 - The minutes Should be signed by the clerk pro tern. Presbytery of New York and New EnglmMd b (1) Rules for the keeping of presbyterial records and the by-laws of presbytery (if any) should be included. Presbytery of West Coast (1) P. 64 - Minutes not signed by clerk pro tern. Presbytery of Wisconsin (1) Rules for keeping presbyterial records and presbytery by-laws (if any) should be included. (2) Pp. 323, 333, 334, 338, 344 - The call of special meetings should be quoted verbatim. (3) P. 325 - Sessions not represented should be listed. Absent ministers should be listed. Absentees excused are not named. (4) P. 337 - Minutes are not signed. Terms of call to Mr. Parker are not indicated. (5) P. 338 - The time of adjournment should be stated. (6) P. 341 - Items 31 to 36: Although Mr. Fikkert’s credentials are accepted as being in order, there is no motion to receive and enroll Mk. Fikkert as a member of presbytery. (7) P. 343 - Item 71: No details of Mr. Fikkert’s installation are given. (8) P. 345 - Item 77: It is improper to welcome a licentiate “into the gospel ministry.” Recommendation 1 was adopted. Recommendation 2 was adopted. On the second ballot Mr. Graham was elected to the Committee on Travel Fund. - Mr. Haney, reporting for the Committee on Date and Place of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly, recommended that the Assembly meet at Long Beach, California on Tuesday, April 25, 1967 at 9:OO a.m. The question was divided as between place and time. ’ It was decided to meet at Long Beach, California on Tuesday, April 25, 1967, at 9:00 a.m. The proposed amendment to bhe Standing Rules concerning the date of the General Assembly was defeated. 102 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

It was moved and carried that this Assembly elect a Committee on the Date and Place of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly. The following were nominated: Messrs. Rockey, Haney, Stonehouse, Hall, Moreau, Oliver, Roberts, Jenkins, Ediger, and Mahaffy. It was moved and carried that the Moderator appoint a Committee on Arrangements for the Thirty-fourth General Assembly; that the Committee on Arrangements investigate possible methods of expediting elections, and if possiblc institute improvements next year; and that the Committee on Arrangements be requested to suppIy, if possible, elders who are not commissioners to the General Assembly or deacons, or both, to act as tellers throughout the sessions of the General Assembly. The Moderator appointed the entire session of the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church at Long Beach, including its Moderator, as the Committee on Arrangements for the Thirty-fourth General Assembly. MI. Eyres was appointed convener of the committee. Mr. Galbraith presented the following protest: PROTEST The undersigned protest the refusal of this General Assembly either to adopt the overture from the Presbytery of Philadlphia relative to a Committee on Theological Education or to take any action similar in nature. This protest is made for the following reasons: The Form of Government, Chapter XI, Section 5, provides that “to the Ceneral Assembly belongs the power . . . of superintending the concerns of the whole Church,” which certainly includes the preparation of young men for the dhurch’s ministry, and the GeGeral Assembly has thereby hindered the church‘s fulfilling its responsibility in this area of the church‘s life and activity. Signed - JOHN P, GALBRAITH LESTERR. BACHMAN LAURENCEC. SIBLEY,JR. JOHN J. MITCHELL GEORGEW. KNIGHT, I11 On motion it was decided that the budget for the General Fund of the General Assembly be set at 75 cents per communicant member, and rhat the Travel Fund for the Thirty-fourth General Assembly be set at $1.25 per communicant member. On motion it was decided that the Stated Clerk be instructed to provide for a minimum of 33 hours of deliberation in the docket of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly and that the time of dissolution of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly be set for no later than Friday, April 28, 1967, at 9:00 p.m. It was moved and carried that this Assembly commend Trinity Christian College to the churches for their prayer support, and that the Assembly invite the churches through their pastors and sessions, to call $he attention of prospective college students to the Christian higher education opportunities available at Trinity. It was moved and carried that the Thirty-third General Assembly express hearty thanks and grateful appreciation to the congregation of Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Oostburg, Wisconsin for their warm and gracious hospitality and their thoughtful concern for the comfort and pleasure of the commissioners to this Assembly; and that this Assembly particularly commend the Committee on Arrangements for providing secretarial. services throughout the sessions of the Assembly. It was moved and carried that the Assembly elect a committee of five to consider methods whereby the churah might be able to aid and advise presbyteries with regard to the oversight and training of ministerial candidates and of the relationship of the church to theological seminaries and to report to the Thirty-fourth General Assembly. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 103

The following were nominated to serve on the Committee to Study the Oversight bf Ministerial Candidates: Galbraith, Oliver, Knight, Eckardt, Mitchell, Sibley. Clowney, Woolley, Willis, Georgian, Elder, and Meeker. The Moderator announced that Messrs. Haney and Rockey were elected to serve as the Committee on the Date and Place of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly. Mr. Haney was appointed convener. By common consent the order of the day was extended. The Moderator announced the election on the first ballot of Messrs. Galbraith, Eckardt, Meeker and Elder to the Committee to Study rhe Oversight of Ministerial Candidates. It was moved and carried that the time of reconvening be at the Fall of the Moderator. The Assembly recessed at 5:37 p.m. with prayer by Mr. Thompson. THURSDAY EVENING The Assembly reconvened at 7:32 p.m. with the singing of “With broken heart and contrite sigh” and prayer by Dr. Elder. The Moderator announced the election of MI. Clowney to the Committee to Study the Oversight of Ministerial Candidates on the fourth ballot. The Minutes of the Thursday sessions were read and approved as corrected. On motion the Minutes as a whole were approved. On motion it was determined that the Assembly should be dissolved. The Moderator made the following declaration: By virtue of the authority delegated to me by the church, let this General Assembly be dissolved, and I do hereby dissolve it, and require another General Assembly chosen in the same manner, to meet at Long Beach, California on the 25th day of April, A.D., 1967. The Moderator led the Assembly in prayer. Mr. Gkardt, Moderator of the Thirty-second General Assembly, pronounced the Apostolic Benediction. The Assembly closed at 8:35 p.m., Thursday, April 28, 1966. Respectfully submitted, ROBLEYJ. JOHNSTON Stated Clerk 104 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY APPENDIX

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OHIO 4 MARIETTA,Faith 11;7:30 21 24 14 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 31 10 20 S 4,005 $ 225 $ 310 $ 4,543 $325 The Civitan Club (No Mail) !I Stanford Sutton, Jr. PENNSYLVANIA .. BRANCHTON, New Hope 9:45 '70 68 46 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 50 -4 25 3,403 670 338 4,411 96 f? George F. Morton EDINBURG,Naslztta 11:30;8 72 84 47 37 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 7 93 0 58 6,169 2,360 3,2i3 11,802 251 R.D. No. 1 =; Arnold S. Kress > GROVECITY, Wayside 9:45;7:30 127 129 83 46 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 62 0 60 6,702 1,931 741 9,374 113 rn Mercer Rd. $ Henry P. Tavares E HARFUSVILLB,Faith 11:15;7:30 156 149 97 52 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 -7 86 11 57 5,229 2,700 1,332 9,261 95 m George F. Morton 2 PITTSBURGH,Cwenant 11;7:30 228 224 129 95 3 3 7 2 1 5 6 -7 194 -8 127 15,212 6;976 1,002 23,190 180 1604 Graham Blvd. Calvin K. Cummings TOTALS 671 678 416 262 7 6 15 5 6 10 9 -4 516 9 347 $40,723 $14,862 $6,996 $62,581 $150

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Ordination: Stanford M. Sutton, Jr. 10-15-65

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MANHATTANBEACH, First 11;7 342 356 253 103 8 0 11 0 0 4 1 0 457 30 246 25,357 9,479 2,250 37,086 147 500 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Ralph E. Clough SAN DIEGO,Paradise Hills 11;7 234 252 156 96 5 4 6 5 3 0 .4 5 300 -20 220 19,525 2,825 11,100 33,450 214 3 6374 Potomac St. jl Edward L. Kellogg SANTEE, Valley 9:45;11;7:30 72 65 50 15 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 75 25 50 10,169 1,039 208 11,416 2 10735 Prospect Ave. 228 b Bruce A. Coie TORRANCE,aeyfriars Mem. 11;7:30 116 99 72 27 8 3 2 0 1 0 23’ --6 134 32 95 12,835 2,412 2,440 17,687 246 22511 S. Figueroa William J. Bomer TOTALS 1,900 1,926 1,304 622 33 23 65 23 8 23 71 -16 2,243 92 1,576 &172,440 &45,262 $33,825 $251,553 $193 f Average Contribution per Communicant Member $132 $35 $26 $193 a Included with Garden Grove b Figures not available Minister Received: Salvador M. Solis 10-31-65 Minister Removed From Roll: E. Lynne Wade Deceased 2-18-65 Ministers not in Pastoral Charges: Stanley P. Allen Herman T. Petersen David Calderwood Dwight H. Poundstone Bruce F. Hunt Daniel van Houte Louis E. Knowles Michael D. Stingley William E. Welmers Total Number of Ministers - 19 Total Number of Churches - 11 Total Number of Chapels - 2 O\ W00 KeTotal Mem. 12-31-64 c w ww PP P VIVI to 00 03- PW W PwTotal Mem. 12-31-65 2 N wwComm. Mem. ul wm 12-31-6 5 8

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1 18. Newport (Wallace A. Bell, Supply) EUGENE, OPC ChapeZ 11;7 20b 22b 15b 713 0 0 0 2b 0 2b 0 2b 29 10 24 3,923 675 69 4,667 311 2 3350 Williamette St. ji Glenn T. Black !-I NEWBERG,Trinity, V. 11;7:30 45 66 42 24 1 0 0 9 0 1 1 13 35 5 30 10,486 1,552 602 12,640 301 619 E. Sheridan 2 PORTLAND,First 11;7 197 234 136 98 3 3 14 5 1 3 2 18 258 44 163 22,516 3,600 8,908 35,024 280c El 8245 N. E. Fremont St. Albert G. Edwards WASHINGTON k SEATTLE,Pzcget Sound Chapel 11;7 32 43 24 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 12 39 -2 29 5,402 909 3,607 9,918 413 5003 12th Ave. N.E. (No Mail) b D, Robert Lindberg TOTALS 948 1,045 610 405 25 9 49 57 4 48 40 49 1,018 53 776 $135,671 $20,472 $21,508 $177,651 $278 Average Contribution per Communicant Member $212 $32 $34 $278 m 3 Based on 99 communicant members b Included with Westminster, Bend and First, Portland i5 c Based on 125 communicant members I4 * Received 10-23-65 Licensure: James L. Austin 9-23-65 Ministers Received: Melvin B. Nonhof 4-28-65 Wilson H. Rinker 4-28-65 LUnisters Removed From Roll: Herbert W. Butt 3-25-65 C. John Miller Dismissed to Presbytery of Philadelphia 4-29-65 Edward Wybenga Deceased 5-1 7-65 Congregation Received : Covenant, Campbell 10-23-65 Roll of Licentiates: James L. Austin Ministers not in Pastoral Charges: Thomas A. Beech Arthur C. Riffel Adam G. Shriver Edwin C. Urban Robert W. Newsom R. J. Rushdoony George Y. Uomoto Total Number of Ministers - 17 Total Number of Churches - 12 Total Number of Chapels - 2 c1 t3 PRESBYTERY OF WISCONSIN t3 Stated Meetings - First Monday and/or Tuesday of March; Second Friday and Saturday after Labor Day The Rev. Wm. Harllee Bordeaux, Stated Clerk

Added Removed Conf.

ILLINOIS EVERGREENPARK, Westminster, V. 77 68 33 35 110 0 0 2 4 -5 39 0 31 $ 5,193 $ 630 $ 1,074 $ 6,897 $209 2 9544 S. St. Louis Ave. 11;7 E WESTCHESTER,Westminster 11;7 139 128 70 58 2 100 155 -3 75 -13 77 10,880 2,920 1,731 15,531 222 1625 S. Mannheim Rd. Wm. Harllee Bordeaux P W~ATON,Bethel 11;7 121 157 88 6910 0 0 4 0 3 0 25 149 17 90 14,954 2,562 4,759 22,275 253 315 E. Union Ave. B Francis D. Breisch, Jr. I0WA WATERLOO,First, 17. 10:30;7 84 81 43 38 0 4 2 0 2 3 0 -4 51 -18 46 11,221 2,898 1,152 15,271 355 2 810 Byron Ave. WISCONSIN B CEDAR GROVF~,Calvary 9;7:/15 594 576 380 196 0 7 0 2 ..1 10 0 -16 232 0 203 18,301 18,977 6,832 44,110 116 136 W. Union Ave. Carl J. Reitsma GRESHAM,Old Stockbridge 10:30; 138 155 78 77 8 110 0 0 1 8 52 2 41 2,522 910 0 3,432 50b R.D. No. 1 7:30 Henry D. Phillips ZOAR, Menominee Indian Chapel 32a 34a 10a 24a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2a 45 1 28 343 94 0 437 44 (No Mail) 3 p.m. Henry D. Phillips OOSTBURG,Bethel 9:30;7:30 463 465 293 172 0 10 2 1 7 3 0 -1 193 3 180 16,135 26,723 1,367 44,225 151 629 Center Ave. Donald F. Stanton TOTALS 1,616 1,630 985 645 21 24 5 7 11 26 10 4 8 36 -8 696 $79,549 $55,714 $16,915 $152,178 $154 Average Contribution per Communicant Member $8 1 $56 $17 $154 a Included with Old Stockbridge, Gresham b Based on 68 communicant members Licensure: Donald J. Duff 11-13-64 Ordination: William A. Shell 3-12-65 Minister Dismissed: Salvador M. Solis 8-31-65 Roll of Licentiates: Donald J. Duff Ministers not in Pastoral Gharges: Daniel C. Davis Francis E. Mahaffy Robert M. Nuermberger Richard B. Gaffin George W. Marston William A. Shell Total Number OF Ministers - 11 Total Number of Churches - 7 Total Number of Chapels - 2 vf -33 fl3 tft te NW 0W 0N G)l c. c rJ wW wW wN P W ul m c N m m m Special "W "W r cW "W VI 00 VI W 00 VI Receipts W VI 0W ul 0 0.a W Q\ 0 0W W c N m 0 m THIRTY-THIHDGENERAL ASSEMRLY 125

CHANGES IN PRESBYTERIAL STATISTICS SINCE DECEMBER 31, 1965 as of July 1, 1966

Presbytery of the Dakotas Minister received : Howard E. Hart from the Presbytery of New Jersey, 1-14-66 Minister installed Howard E. Hart as Pastor of Triniry, Bridgewater, S.D., 1-20-66

Presbytery of New Jersey Minister- received: William J. Rankin from the Presbytery of Philadelphia, 6-7-66 Ministers dismissed : Donald M. Parker to the Presbytery of Wisconsin, 3-6-66 Everett C. DeVelde to the Presbytery of Philadelphia, 4-15-66 Jack J. Peterson to the Presbytery of the South, 6-7-66 Churches without Pastors: Covenant, Vineland, 2-12-66 Grace, Trenton, 3-6-66 Grace, Westfield, 7-1-66 OPC, Stratford, 7-1-66 Ministers installed : William J. Rankin as Pastor of Grace, Trenton, 6-24-66 Rollin P. Keller as Pastor of Good Shepherd, Neptune, 5-11-66 Congregations received: Good S~~d,Neptune, made a particular congregation by division from Grace, Westfield, 3-13-66 Calvary Commuvtity, Phillipsburg, received 4- 15-66 Minister not in Pastoral Charge: Jay E. Adams Licensures: Ridhard L. Horner, 6-7-66 Ronald L. Shaw, 6-7-66 Andrew E. Wikholm, 6-7-66

Presbytery of Ohio Congregation received : , Covenant, Grove City, Pa., received 5-16-66 (formerly Covenant. Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod) Congregations merged : Faith, Harrisville, Pa. and New Hope, Branchton, Pa. united as Calvary, Hamsville, Pa., 2-1 4-66 Wayside, Grove City, Pa. and Covewant, Grove City, Pa., united as Covenant Church, Orthodox Presbyterian, 5- 16-46. The merged congregation meets in the building of the former Covenant Church at 140 E. Poplar St., Grove City, Pa. Henry P. Tavares is the Pastor. Church without Pastor: Nashua, Edinburg, Pa., 6-19-66 126 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Ministers not in Pastoral Charge: Arnold S. Kress Presbytery of Philadelphia Ministers received: Everett ,C. DeVelde from the Presbytery of New Jersey, 5-16-66 Edwin C. Urban from the the Presbytery of the West Coast, 5-16-66 Ministers dismissed : Henry H. Fikkert to the Presbytery of Wisconsin, 1-17-66 William J. Rankin to the Presbytery of New Jersey, 5-16-66 Churches without Pastors: Faith, Fawn Grove, Pa., 2-28-66 Mediator, Philadelphia, Pa,, 5-16-66 Minister installed: Edwin C. Urban installed as Assistant Pastor of Trinity, Fairfax, Va., 6-12-66 Minister not in Pastoral Charge: Everett C. DeVelde. ((Note: By action of the Presbytery and the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension Mr. DeVelde has been called to serve as Stated Supply of First, Baltimore, Md.) Presbytery of the South Minister received: George W. Knight, I11 from the Presbytery of New Jersey, 4-12-66 Minister deceased: Glenn R. Coie, 3-5-66 Church without Pastor: Sharon, Hialeah, Fla., 3-5-66 Luder G. Whitlock will serve as Pastorelect, beginning in June. Licensure : Luder G. Whitlock, 6-2-66 Minister not in Pastoral Charge: George W. Knight, 111

Presbytery of Sauth.ern California Licensures : Carl E. Erickson, 2-9-66 Eugene C. Saltzen, 2-9-66 Ordination : Eugene C. Saltzen, 6-4-66 Ministers installed: Eugene C. Saltzen installed as Pastor of Calvary, La Mirada, 6-4-66 Dwight H. Poundstone installed as Presbytery Home Missionary at Goleta, 5-27-66 Presbytery of the West Coast . Minister dismissed: Edwin C. Urban to the Presbytery of Philadelphia, 3-29-66 Licensure : Wallace Bell, 5-26-66 Ordination: Wallace Bell, 6-17-66 Ministers installed : Robert W. Newsom installed as Pastor of Trinity, Newberg, Ore., 3-8-66 Wallace Bell installed as Pastor of Westnzinster, Bend, Ore., 6-1 7-66 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 127

Presbytery of Wiscovlsin Ministers received: Henry H. Fikltert from the Presbytery of Philadelphia, 3-7-66 Donald M. Parker from the Presbytery of New Jersey, 3-18-66 Ministers dismissed: Carl J. Reitsma .to the Reformed Churches of New Zealand, 1-31-66 Licensures: James L. Bosgraff, 4-1 1-66 Stephen L. Phillips, 5-14-66 Churdhes without Pastors: Westwinsto-, Westchester, Ill., 1-31-66 CaZvury, Cedar Grove, Wis., 1-31-66 Ministers installed: Henry H. Fikltert installed as Pastor of Cahry, Cedar Grove, Wis., 3-7-66 Donald M. Parker installed as Pastor of Westminster, Evergreen Park, Ill., 3-18-66 William A. Shell installed as Pastor of First, Waterloo, Iowa, 7-66 Minister not in Pastoral Charge Wm. Harllee Bordeaux 128 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLP

SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE THIRTY-FOURTH ASSEMBLY Lawrence R. Eyres and the Session of First Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, Calif. COMMITTEE ON DATE AND PLACE OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ASSEMBLY George E. Haney, Jr. (Convener) and Wendell L. Rockey, Jr. COMMITTEE TO ADVISE CHURCHES WITHOUT PASTORS Lawrence R. Eyres (Convener), Hiram I. Bellis, Henry W. Gray, Edward L. Kellogg, David L.Neilands COiMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Paul Woolley (Chairman), Calvin A. Buscli, Edmund P. Clowney, Bert L. Roeber, Robert L. Vining (alternate) COMiMI'TTEE TO DEFINE OBJECTIV,ES OF EXAMINING STANDING COMMITTEE RECORDS Georgc W. Knight, 111, (Convener), Willard E. Nee1 COMMITTEE TO DRAFT RULES FOR EXAMINING PRESBYTERIAL MINUTES Richard A. Barker (Chairman), Burton L. Goddard, Th.D., Lenville L. Hawkes, Raymond M. Meincrs COMMITTEE ON RADIO AND TELEVISION Ivan J. DeA'fastcr (Convener), Calvin A. Busch, Theodore J. Georgian, Maurice Penn, Laurence C. Sibley COMMITTEE ON REVISIONS TO THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND BOOK OF DISCIPLINE John Murray (Chairman), Edmund P. Clowney, John P. Galbraith MEMBERS OF STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Richard A. Barker (Chairman), Class of 1968; Harold R. Keenan, Class of 1967; F. C. Metzger, Class of 1969 COR/IMITT.EE TO STUDY THE DOCTRINE OF GUIDANCE, ETC. Robert D. Knudsen, Ph.D. (Chairman), Laurence C. Sibley, Jr., Leslie W. Sloat, Harvie M. Conn (alternate) COiMiMITTEE TO STUDY THE OVERSIGHT OF MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES John P. Galbraith (Convener), Edmund P. Clowney, Robert W. Eckardt, I;. Kingsley ,Elder, jr., Ph.D., Robert M. h4eeker SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIM SUPPLIES FOR CHURCHES WITHOUT PASTORS Garret A. Hoogerhyde (Chairman), Calvin A. Bush, LeRoy B. Oliver STATISTICIAN Edward A. Haug, Jr. NEWS CORRESPONDENT FOR REFORiMED ECUMENICAL SYNOD Robert E. Nicholas MISSIONS CORRESPONDENT FOR REFORMED ECUMENICAL SYNOD John P. Galbraith LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WORLD HOME BIBLE LEAGUE Donald M. Parker THIRTY-THIRD GENZRALASSEMBLY 129

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION

Class of 1969-MINISTERS: John H, Thompson, Jr., George W. Knight, 111, George W. Marston RULING ELDERS: Hiram I. Bellis, Bert L. Roeber Chss of 1968-MINISTERS: Jay E. Adams, Everett C. DeVelde, Jack J. Peterson RULING ELDERS: C. Stewart Lind, Wilfred R. Moses Class of 1967-MINISTERS: Calvin A. Busch, Robert L. Atwell, Robert W. Eckardt RULING ELDERS: Garret A. Hoogerhyde, Ronald Murphy General Secretary: Thc Rev. LeRoy B. Oliver, 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19126

FOREIGN MISSIONS Clnss of 1969-MINISTERS: Leslie A. Dunn, Charles H. Ellis, Henry H. Fikkert RULING ELDERS: Henry I<. Bacon, R. P. Width Class of 1968-MINISTERS: Henry W. Gray, John C. Hills, Jr., Arthur 0. Olson RULING ELDERS: Floyd C. Graf, Fairvan C. Lenker Class of 1967-MINISTERS: Henry 'D. Phillips, Laurence N. Vail, Robert L. Vining RULING ELDERS: Newman de Haas, Willard E. Nee1 General Secr.etary: The Rev. John P. Galbraith, 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19126 I CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Chss of 1969-MINISTERS: Lewis J. Grotenhis, Robert D. Knudsen, Ph.D., Edward J. Young, Ph.D. RULING ELDERS: A. L. Le Gro, Stewart W. Sandberg, Jr. Class of 1968-MINISTERS: Francis D. Breisch, Edmund P. Clowney, Robert E. Nicholas RULING ELDERS: LeonarG G. Brown, William E. Viss Class of 1967-MINISTERS: Calvin K. Cummings, Charles G. Schauffele, Laurence C. Sibley, Jr. lRULING ELDERS: Daniel E. McElwain, Jr., Edward A. Haug, Jr. General Secretary: The Rev. Robley J. Johnston, 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19126

PENSIONS Class of 1969-MINISTER: Richard G. Hodgson RULING ELDERS: Garret A. Hoogerhyde, Harold R. Keenan Class of 1968-MINISTERS: Everett C. DeVelde, John P. Galbraith RULING ELDER: Edward A. Haug, Jr. Class of 1967-MINISTER: Robert W. Eckardt RULING ELDERS: William C. Colsman, Lewis W. Roberts 130 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

G.ENERAL BENEVOLENCE Class of 1969-MINISTER: Lester R. Bachman; ELDER: John Tolsma, (Jr.) Class of 1968-MINISTER: Harvie M. Conn; DEACON: Irving J. Triggs Class of 1967-MINISTER: Jahn H. Skilton, Ph.D.; DEACON: J. Eric Ctowe

ECUMENICITY AND INTERCHURCH RELATIONS Class of 1969-Jack J. Peterson, George W. Knight, I11 Class of 1968-Calvin K. Cummings, F. Kingsley Elder, jr., Ph.D. Class of 1967-LeRoy B. Oliver, Paul Woolley

TRAVEL FUND

Chs of 1969-Robert H. Graham Class of 1968-Edward L. Kellogg Class of 1967-Calvin R. Malcor THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 131

CLERKS OF SESSION Numbt:r Ruling Elders PRESBYTERY OF THE DAKOTAS coLoRADo 5 Denver, Park Hill - Arthur F. Johnson, 415 S .Gaylord St., Denver 9 1 Grand Junction, Bethel - John A. Crosby, 189 Thompson Drive, Grand Junction 2 Thorton, Immanuel - Audra M. Parrish, 9340 Cedar Ct., Thornton 80229 NEBRASKA 2 Lincoln, Faith - Robert ‘Schreiner, 4035 Adams, Lincoln Pioneer - Richard Brady, 909 W. Stockwell, Lincoln 2 Omgha, OPC - R. G. Deems, 4514 Hascall St., Omaha 68106 NORTH DAKOTA 2 Carson, Bethel - Ernest J. Danzeisen, Carson 2 Lark, First - Burton Havens, Flasher Leith, First - James Emch OKLAHOMA 3 Oklahoma City, Knox - E. Myers Bearden, 2104 Churchill Way, Oklahoma City 73120 SOUTH DAKOTA 3 Bancroft, Murdock Memorial - Don Wilkins, Bancroft 57316 3 Bridgewater, Trinity - Calvin D. Hofer, Bridgewater 4 Hamill, Westminster - Lynus A. Carlson, Hamill 57534 3 Manchester, OPC - Fred Rittersbusch, De Smet 57231 7 Volga, Calvary - Lester Kleinjan, R. R., Bruce 3 Winner, OPC - Blain Fenenga, R. R., Winner 57580 2 Yale, OPC - Glenn Foote, Route 3, Huron 57350

PRESBYTERY OF NEW JERSEY 6 Bellmawr, Immunuel - Edward M. Shindle, 2 Albert Rd., Glendora 08029 8 Bridgeton, Calvary - Carlisle Gale, 12 Holly ,Lane, Bridgeton 08302 3 East Orange, Covenant - Malcolm L. Woodruff, 91 Hamilton St., E. Change 4 Fair Lawn, Grace - James E. Warden, 24 Leonard St., N. Haledon 4 Garfield, Community - William A. De Jonge, 22 Normal Ave., Montclair 3 Morristown, Emmanuel - Oscar S. Sterner, 376 South St., Monistown 4 Pittsgrove, Faith - Floyd C. Graf, 23 Second St., Elmer 08318 3 Ringoes, Calvary of Amwell - Adonis Stryker, Ringoes 3 Stratford, OPC - James G. MacDonald, 13 Elinor Ave., Stratford 08084 2 Trenton, Grace - George A. Hurley, 83 Reeder Ave., Trenton 08638 8 Vineland, Cwmt- Ralph H. Ellis, 37 S. State St., Vineland 9 West Collingswood, Immnuel - Willard E. Neel, 311 Sloan Ave., W. Collingswood 08107 6 Westfield, Grace - Donald T. Robb, 423 Washington St., Westfield 07090 2 Wildwood, Calvary - Thomas A. Jorgensen, 136 W. Lavender Rd., Wildwood Crest 08260 132 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND CONNECTICUT 2 Hamden, Westminster - Albert H. Squires, 103 Lawncrest Road, New Haven 065 15 MAINE 2 Bangor, Pilgrim - Paul S. MacDonald, R.F.D. 1, Box 46, Carmel 2 Cornville, OPC, - Myron C. Moody, R. D. 2, Skowhegan 04976 3 Houlton, Bethel - Allen Moody, R.F.D. 1, Houlton 2 Lewiston, Trinit - Charles R. Greenwood, 414 Lisbon St., Lewiston 4 Portland, SacondYParish - Lenvjlle L. Hawkes, 2 Methodist Rd., Cumberland Center MASSACHUSETT'S 2 Fall River, Grace - Arthur S. Reseigh, 693 Read St., Somerset 02726 4 Hamilton, First - Hillis M. Partington, 494 Washington St., Gloucester NEW YORK 5 Franklin Square, OPC - Ralph Spiller, 36 Virginia fiive, Elmont, L. I. 4 Lisbon, OPC - Delmer Putney, R. R. 2, Lisbon 13658 2 Rochester, Covenant - John Garland, 27 Holmes Road, Rochester 14626 6 Memorial - C. Stewart Lind, 229 Hillside Ave., Rochester 14610 5 Schenectady, Calvary - Arthur L. Comstock, 11 Berwyn St., Schenectady 12304 RHODE ISLAND 2 Cranston, Calvary - Chester E. Browning, 47 Packard St., Cranston 02910 PRESBYTERY OF OHIO OHIO Marietta, Faith - John C. Smith, 341 Maple Ter., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15211 (Acting) PENNSYLVANIA 3 Branchton, New Hope - David L. Bovard, R. D. 4, Slippery Rock 3 Edinburg, Nashua - Wendell Miller, R. D. 1, Edinburg 16116 3 Grove City, Wayside - Paul W. Northcott, 314 College Ave., Grove City 16127 6 Harrisville, Faith - William H. Kiester, R. D. 1, Boyers 8 Pittsburgh, Covenant - John C. Smith, 341 Maple Terrace, Pittsburgh 15211 PRESBYTERY OF PHILADELPHIA DELAWARE 3 Middletown, Grace - W. R. Weldon Burge, 11 E. Redding St., Middletown 9 Wilmington, Emmanuel - A. E. Hayman, Jr., 1408 Marsh Rd., Wilmington 19803 MARYLAND 2 Baltimore, First - L. Fred Baum, Jr., 425 Haslett Rd., Joppa 21085 6 Silver Spring, Knm - Maurice E. Fox, 4129 Warner St., Kensington PENNSYLVANIA 3 Center Square, Community - Wm. E. Brown, 243 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia 6 Fawn Grove, Faith - Daniel E. McElwain, Fawn Grove 17321 5 Glenside, Calvary - Richard C. Zebley, R.D., Chalfont 4 Hatboro, Trinity - William Viss, Township Line Road, Willow Grove 19090 ' 4 Kirkwood, OPC - Wm. R. Fer son, 132 Pine St., Oxford 19363 5 Middletown, Calvary - Ronald FMurphy, 523 Cattell St., Middletown 17057 THIR~-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 133

Nottingham, Beihuny - Leonard G. Brown, R.D. 2, Box 100, Oxford 19363 Philadelphia, Gethsemane - Edwin C. Urban, Sr., 46 Albert Ave., Aldan Knox - Robert H. English, 116 W. Hillcrest Ave.,- Haverton Medicltur - James Hutton, 6924 Large St., Philadelphia 19149 VIRGINIA 2 Fairfax, Trinity - John R.Towse, 10142 Spring Lake Ter., Fairfax 22030- 1 Vienna, Grace - Bernard T. Harlow, Jr., 6909 Moyer Place, McLean 22101 PRESBYTERY OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA 3 Fort Lauderdale, Bethel - John E. Evers, 833 Fairway Dr., Fort Lauderdale 33314 4 Hialeah, Sharon - Calvin A. Duff, 8180 S.W. 106th St., ,Miami 33156 4 Miami, Galloway - Peter C. Forbes, 90 Leucadendra, Gable Estates, Coral Gables 2 Ocoee, Emmanuel - Ronald Gump, 5711 Lawndale Rd., Orlando GEORGIA 5 Valdosta, Westminster - J. A. Durrenberger, Ph.D., 206 Brookwood Place, Valdosta TENNESSEE 4 Hasriman, Conservative Pres. - F. D. Herron, P. 0. Box 317, Harriman 37748 PRESBYERY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA 2 Chula Vista, Buyview - Lloyd H. Livermore, 25 “H” St., Chula Vista 92010 3 Garden Grove, OPC - Andrew Mitdhell, 10721 Vickers Ave., Garden Grove 92640 4 Hacienda Heights, OPC - T. W. Spencer, 741 N. Hacienda, La Habra , 3 La Mirada, Calvary - P,reston Barr, 111, 14259 Grayville Dr., La Mirada 90638 9 Long Beach, First - Delbert E. Schowalter, 3650 Poppy St., Long Beach 90805 4 Los Angeles, Beverly - Herbert F. Pink, 129 N. Bleakwood, Los hgeles 90022 Westminster 6 Manhattan Beach, First - Norman E. Byer, M.D., 3601 Paseo Del Campo, Palos Verdes Estates 4 San Diego, Paradise Hills - Hiram I. Bellis, 2591 Calle Tres Lamas, San Diego 920 14 4 Santee, Valley - Philip R. Conrad, Sr., 206 Joyce St., El Cajon 5 Torrance, Greyfriars Memorial - Wm. Martin, 22610 S. Orchard Ave., Torrance 90502 PRESBYTERY OF THE WEST COAST CALIFORNIA Berkeley, Covenant - David L. Neilands, 1601 Cedar St., Berkeley 94703 Campbell, Covenant - Carl Koch, 2151 La Miel Way, Campbell 95008 Modesto, First - Clarence Westra, Route 3, Box 720, Manteca 95336 San Francisco, First - Roy 0. Young, 1391 14th Ave., San Francisco 94122 Santa Cruz, OPC - J. W. hlarcus, 524 Hanover St., Santa Cruz 95060 Sonora, Calvary - Fred Vanderplaats, Box 184, Groveland S. San Francisco, Brentwood - Clarence P. Bush, 809 Hillside Blvd., S. San Fran- cisco 94080 1 Stockton, Bethany - Clacence Westra, Rt. 3, Box 720, Manteca 4 Sunnyvale, First - Clarence Den Dulk, 10670 Groveland, Los Altos 134 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

OREGON 7 Bend, Westminster - R. E. Jewell, 1645 W. 5th St., Bend 97701 2 Newberg, Trinity - L. F. Bourland, Rt. 2, Box 157, McMinnville 6 Portland, First - David Munroe, 13427 S. E. Harold St., Portland 97236 WASHINGTON 2 Seattle, Puget Smind Chwpel - Albert G. Bender, 2925 Fairmount Ave., S.W., Seattle PRESBYTERY OF WISCONSIN ILLINOIS 3 Evergreen Park, Westminster - Janies S. Nicol, 10120 S. Spaulding St., Evergreen Park 4 Westchester, Westminster - Wallace B. Nygren, 1413 Heidorn Ave., Westchester 5 Wheaton, Bethel - H. L. Brinks, 923 N. Scott St., Wheaton IOWA 4 Waterloo, First - James Singbusch, 212 Baltimore, Waterloo WISCONSIN 10 Cedar Grove, Calvary - Ronald Mentink, 247 S. 3rd St., Cedar Grove 2 Gresham, Old Stockbridge - John Tousey, Jr., R. D. 1, Bowler 6 &stburg, Bethel - Earl DeMaster, R. D. 1, Oostburg THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMRLV 135

MINISTERS OF THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Status and address as of July 1, 1966) Abbreviations: Status as follows: Presbyteries as follows: FM - Foreign Missionary D - Dakotas HIM - Home Missionary J - New Jersey P - Pastor 0 - Ohio PI - Pastor, Non-Orthodox Pres. Church Phi - Philadelphia Prof. - Professor S - South Ret. - Retired SC - Southern California Tea. - Teacher W - Wisconsin SS - Stated Supply WC - West Coast Y - New York (0) - indicates number of churches served.

Adams, Jay E., Prof., J., 3310 Davisville Rd., Hatboro, Pa. 19040 Ahlfeldt, Carl A., P., D. - 3221 N.W. 39th Terrace, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73112 Albright, H. Wilson, P., SC. - 2805 La Plata Ave., Hacienda Heights, Calif. 91745 Allen, Stanley, P., SC. - 1217 Dorset Lane, Costa Mesa, Calif. 92626 Anderson, Robert W., Y. - 1323 Friendship St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19111 Andrews, Egbert W., FM., Phi. - Box 53, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Atwell, Robert L., P., S. - 9775 S. W. 87th Ave., Miami, Fla. 33156 Bachman, Lester, R., P., Phi. - Kirkwood, Lancaster County, Pa. 17536 Balcom, Curtis A., Ret., D. - 663 Crocker Ave., Daly City, Calif. 94014 Beech, Thomas A., WC. - 1225 Country Club Drive, Gallup, N. Mex. 87301 Bell, Wallace, P., WC. - 316 Delaware, Bend, Oregon 97701 Benson, W. Lee, P., J. - Rte. 69, Ringoes, N. J. 08551 Betzold, John W. (Chaplain), Phi. - Hq USACOMZEUR, Chaplain Div., APO N. Y. 09058 Bird, Herbert S., FM., D. - American Evangelical Mission, Box 26, Massawa, Eritrea, Ethiopia Black, Glenn T., Y., WC. - 2543 Harris St., Eugene, Ore. 97405 Bomer, William J., P., SC. - 21835 Kinard Ave, Torrance, Calif. 90502 Bordeaux, William Harllee, Th.D., W. - 8076 Greenvalley Dr., Grand Blanc, Mich. 48439 Breisch, Francis D., Jr., P., W. - 315 E. Union St., Wheaton, Ill. 60187 Brown, Lionel F. S., P., D. - Volga, S. Dak. 57071 Busdh, Calvin A., P., J. - 38 Macculloch Ave., Morristown, N. J. 07960 Calderwood, David, Th.D., Ret., SC. - 2932 Luana Dr., Oceanside, Calif. 92054 Casey, Thompson L., Jr., S. - 2913 Sheringham Rd., Orlando, Fla. 32808 Champness, Thomas S., Jr., P., WC. - 1817 Debonaite Dr., Modesto, Calif. 95359 Chanoux, Leonard F., Tea., J. - 104 N. Lincoln Dr., Wenonah, N. J. 08090 Christian, George S., J. - 11 Ramapo Rd., Pompton Plains, N. J. 07444 Churchill, Robert K., P., WC - Box 446, Sonora, Calif. 95370 Clough, Ralph E., P., SC. - 500 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach, Calif. 90266 Clowney, Edmund P., Prof., J. - 520 Grant Ave., Willow Grove, Pa. 19090 Wice : Westminster Theological Seminary Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 19118 .c 136 THIRTY-THIRD GENERALASSEMBLY

Coie, Bruce A., P., SC. - Box 68, Santee, Calif. 92071 Commeret, Raymond E., P., J. - 151 S. Broadway, Fair Lawn, N. J. Conn, Harvie M., FM., J. - .. 44 11 -Pdeq+Mail: 95-3 Yonheedong Suh Dae Moon Gu, Seoul, Korea Cooper, Thomas M., Tea., Phi. - 908 E. Hampton St., Tuscon, Ariz. 85719 Coray, Henry W., HM., WC. - 162 Laurel Ave., Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 Cummings, Calvin K., P., 0. - 1608 Gralham Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235 Davies, John, P., J. - 308 E. Hand Ave., Wildwood, N. J. 08260 Davis, Daniel C., Th.D., Prof., W. - 1249 Edgehill Rd., Abington, Pa. 19001 De Master, Ivan, J., P., Phi. - 897 DeKalb Pike, Center Square, Pa. 19422 De Velde, Everett C., HM., Phi. - Roy Terrace, R.D., Fallston, Maryland 21047 Dorman, Harold, P., Y. - Route 2, Skowhegan, Me. 04976 Dortzbach, Elmer M., P., D. - 2878 Ash St., Denver, Colo. 80207 Duff, Clarence W., FM., Phi. - American Evangelical Mission, Ghinda, Eritrea, Ethiopia Dunn, Leslie A., P., Y. - 38 Lowell St., S. Portland, Me. 04106 Eckardt, Robert W., P., Phi. - 1811 Gravers Lane, Graylyn Crest, Wilmington, Del. 19803 Ediger, Abe W., P., D. - 521 Lincoln, Winner, S. Dak. 57580 Edwards, Albert, 111, P., WC. - 8245 N.E. Fremont, Portland, Ore. 97220 Elliott, Edwards E., P., SC. - 9826 Luders Ave., Garden Grove, Calif. 92641 Ellis, Charles H., P., Phi. - 120 Normandy Dr., Silver Spring, Md. 20901 Evans, F. Clarke, P., Phi. - 202 N. Broad St., MiddIetown, Del. 19709 Eyres, Lawrence R., P, SC. - 500 E. San Antonio Dr.,Long Beach, Calif. 90807 Fikkert, Henry H., P., W. - 152 Union Ave., Cedar Grove, Wisc. 53013 Freeman, David, Plh.D., P., Y. - 154 Mt. Hope Ave. Tiverton, R. I. 02878 Gaffin, Richard B., FM., W. - 137 Chung Hsiao Rd., Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China Gaffin, Richard B., Jr., Tea., Phi. - 2160 Keith Rd., Abington, Pa. 19001 Galbraith, John P., Gen. Sec., Phi. - Res: 2723 Jenkintown Rd., Ardsley, Pa. 19038 Office: 7401 Old York Road, Phladelphia, Pa. 19126 Georgian, Theodore J., P., Y. - 243 Malden St., Rochester, N. Y. 14615 Goddard, Burton, L., Th.D.,Lib. Dir., Y. - 255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham, Mass. 01984 Graham, Robert H., P., SC. - 775 Monserate Ave., Chula Vista, Calif. 92010 Grilli, Eugene P., Y. - Box 96, Lisbon, N. Y. 13658 Grotenhis, Lewis J., P., J. - Belvidere Rd., RD 2, Phillipsburg, N. J. 08865 Hall, George W., Jr., P., Phi. - 37 N, Race St., Middletown, Pa. 17057 Haney, George E., Jr., P., Y. - 113 Fruit St., Bangor, Me. ..04401 Hard, Theodore J., FM., J. - 3e&-0€'€ %Mail: P.0. Box 1-e "- Hart, Howard E., P., D. - Box 176, Bridgewater, S. Dak. 57319 Hills, John C., Jr., P., Y. - 882 Garfield St., Franklin Square, L.I., N. Y. 11010 Hodgson, Richard G., P., J. - 501 Park Ave., East Orange,.. N. J. 07012 Hunt, Bruce F., FM., SC. -a- A )J 22265% *Mail: Box 184, Pusan, Korea THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 137

Jenkins, Ronald E., P., D. - Hamill, S. Dak. 57534 Johnston, Jdlin D., FM., Phi. - 84 Min Tsu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China Johnston, Robley J., Gen. Sec., Phi. - Res. - 115 Spring Ridge Rd., King of Prussia, Pa. 19406 Mice: 7401 Old York Kd., Philadelphia, Pa. 19126 Keller, Rollin P., P., J. - 16 Denbo Dr., Neptune, N. J. 07753 Kellogg, Edward L., HM., SC. - 3056 Windy Lane, Bonita, Calif. 92002 Kline, Meredith G., Ph.D., Prof., J. - 255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham, Mass. 01984 Knight, George W., 111, HM, S. - R. 2, Box 790, Naples, Fla. 33940 Knowles, Louis E., Tea., SC. - 2308 Rutgcrs Ave., Long Beach, Cali€. 90815 Knudsen, Robert D., Ph.D., Prof., Phi. - 1341 Osbourne Ave., llosyln, Pa. 19001 Kress, Arnold, S., FM., 0. - c/o McIlwaine, 16-5 Shinhama-cho, Fukushima-shi, Japan Kuschke, Arthur W., Jr., Lib., Phi. - 3263 Afton Rd., Dresher, Pa. 19025 Latal, Gerald G., Th.D., P., WC. - 1695 West Lane, Stockton, Calif. 95205 Lewis, Richard M., P., WC. - 1623 Tacoma, Berkeley, Calif. 94707 Lindberg, D. Robert, P., WC. - 2320 - 41st Ave. SW, Seattle, Wash. 98116 Long, L. Craig, Ph.D., Phi. - 406 University he., Selinsgrove, Pa. 17870 Lucas, Robert M., Tea., S. - 511 S.W. 18th Ave., Apt. 1, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33312 McIlwaine, R. Heber, FM., Phi. - 16-5 Shinhania-cho, Fukushima-dhi, Japan Mahaffy, Francis E,, FM., W. - American Evangelical Mission, Senafe, Erittea, Ethiopia Furlouglz Address: 3010 N. Olcott Ave., Chicago 35, Ill. Malcor, Calvin R., P., SC. - 112 N. Roscommon Ave., Jos Angeles, Calif. 90022 Male, Jonathan D., P., S. - Route 1, Box 6, Maitland, Fla. 32752 Marston, George W. Field Rep., W. - 3902 Rose Ave., Western Springs, Ill. 60558 Meilahn, Kenneth J., Tea., Phi. - 319 N. Uiiioii St., Middletown, Pa. 17057 Meiners, Raymond M., P., Y. - 1230 Rugby Road, Schenectady, N. Y. 12302 Miller, C. John, Phi. - 415 Walnut St., Jenkintown, Pa. 19046 Mitchell, John J., Editor, Phi. - 2450 Norw7ood Ave., Roslyn, Pa. 19001 Moreau, William E., P., Y. - 239 Sherman Ave., New Haven, Conn. 06511 Morton, George F., P., 0. Box 55, Harrisville, Pa. 16038 (2) Mouw, Gordon D., P., J. - 39 Marsellus Place, Garfield, N. J. 07026 Murray, John, Prof., Y. - Westminster Theological Seminary, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 19118 Newsom, Robert W., P., WC. - 619 E. Sheridan, Newberg, Ore. 97132 Nicholas, Robert E., Editor, Phi. - Rcs: 1322 Osbourne Ave., Roslyn, Pa. 19001 Office: 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19126 Nonhof, Melvin B., P., WC. - 2324 Mattison Lane, Santa Cruz, Calif. 95062 Nuermberger, Robert M., W. - Box 313, Perry, Mich. 48872 Oliver, LeRoy B., Gen. Sec., J. - Res: 1074 Wynnewood Ave., Abington, Pa. 19001 Office: 7401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19126 Olson, Arthur O., P., J. - 65 Hitchner Avc., Bridgeton, N. J. 08302 Parker, Donald M., P., W. - 3516 W. 96th St., Evergreen Park, Ill. 60642 Petetsen, Hernian T., Tea., SC. - 1410 E. 17th St., National City, Calif. 92050 Peterson, Jack J., P., J. - 3082 Egremont Drive,West Palm Beach, Fla. 33406 Phillips, Henry D., P., W. - R.D. 1, Gresham, Wisc, 53128 Piper, Russell D., I?., D. - 3935 Randolph St., Lincoln, N&r. 68510 Poundstone, Dwight H., HM, SC. - 5395 Paseo Orlando, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105 138 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rankin, John, Ret., Y. - 18 Water St., Worcester, N. Y. 12197 Rankin, William J., P., J. - 3 Jamaica Way, Trenton, N. J. 08610 Riffel, Arthur G., WC. - 319 Cabrillo Ave., Santa Cruz, Calif. 95062 Rinker, Wilson, P., WC., - 2154 Sail Tomas Aquino Road, Campbell, Calif. 95008 Rockey, Wendell L., Jr., P., Y. - 117 Railroad Ave., S. Hamilton, Mass. 01982 Rosenberger, H. Laverne, Phi. - 2979 Sunnycrest Rd., Willow Grove, Pa. 19090 Roskamp, Cromwell, G., Phi. - 3552 Elmley Ave., Baltimore 13, Md. Rushcloony, R. J., WC. - 22816 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364 Saltzen, Eugene C., P., SC. - 12132 S. Luitwieler Ave., La Mirada, Calif. 90638 Sander, Robert D., P., D. - Box 22, Bancroft, S Dak. 57316 (3) Schauffele, Charles G., Prof., Y. - 260 Chebacco Rd., Hamilton, 'Mass. 01982 Shell, William A,, P., W. - 803 Forest Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa Shepherd, Norman, Tea., Phi. - 218N. Easton Rd., Apt. F19, Glenside, Pa. 19038 Shriver, Adam G., WC. - 702 W. Musser St., Carson City, Nev. 89701 Sibley, Laurence C., Jr., P., Phi. - 333 Cherry Lane, Glenside, Pa. 19038 Skilton, John H., Ph.D., Prof., Y. - 930 Olney Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 Sloat, Leslie W., Tea., Phi. - Box 101, Mt. Holly, N. J. 08060 Snyder, Dale N., Y. - Barnsteenhorst 206, The Hague, The Netherlands Solis, Salvador M., P., WC. - 2146 Norwalk, Los Angeles, Calif. 90041 Sponer, A. Boyce, P., Phi. - 151 W. County Line Rd., Hatboro, Pa. 19040 Stanton, Charles E., P., Y. - R.D. 2, Houlton, Me. 04730 Stanton, Donald F., P., W. - 629 Center Ave., Oostburg, Wisc. 53070 Steever, Albert W., Jr., P., WC. - 1350 Lawton St., San Francisco, Calif 94122 Stingley, Michael D., SC. - Chaplain (Capt.) U.S.A., HQ 6th Missile Bn., 62nd Artillery, 32nd Arty. Bgde., APO New York, N. Y. 09162 Stonehouse, Bernard J., P. Y. - 17 Webster St., Lewiston, Me. 04240 Sutton, 'Stanford, P., 0. - GO9 Washington St., Marietta, Ohio 45750 Tavares, Henry P., P., 0. - 311 State St., Grove City, Pa. 16127 Taws, Donald H., P., D. - 9161 Vine St., Thornton, Colo. 80229 Thoburn, Robert L., P., Phi. - 11121 Pope's Head Road, Fairfax, Va. 22030 Thonipson, John H., Jr., P., S. - P.O. Box 575, Harriman, Tenn. 37748 Tolsma, Cornelius P., S. - 4740 hW 16th St., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33313 Tucker, Kelly G., Y. - 668 High St. S.W., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49509 Uomoto, George Y., FM., WC. - 116 Otachiba-mac'hi, Sendai, Japan Urban, Edwin C., P., Phi. - 9702 Stanton Dr., Fairfax, Va. 22030 Vail, Laurence N. P., Phi. - 917 Timber Lane, Vienna, Va. 22180 Valentine, Robert G., P., S. - 1300 McRee Drive, Valdosta, Ga. 31601 van Houte, Daniel, Ph.D., Tea., SC. - 10506 Cedar Ave., Fairfax, Va. 22030 van Houte, Samuel, Tea., D., - 10506 Cedar Ave., Fairfax, Va. 22030 Van Til, Cornelius, Ph.D., Prof., Phi. - 16 Rich Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19118 Verhage, John P., D. - 197% Glory View Drive, Grand Junction, &lo. 81501 Vining, Robert L., P., Phi. - Box 75-A, R.D., 2, Oxford, Pa. 19363 Voorhees, Reginald, P., D. - 1925 S. 49th St., Omaha, Nebr. 68106 Welmers, William E., Ph.D., Prof., SC. - 2272 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90064 Willis, George J., P., Y. - 563 Melville St, Rochester, N. Y. 14609 Woolley, Paul, Prof., Phi. - 505 E. Willow Grove Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19118 Young, Edward J., Ph. D., Prof., Phi. - 2540 Edgehill Road, Huntington Valley, Pa. 19006 THIRTY-THIRDGENEAAL AssmmLY . 139

CLERKS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY STATEDCLERKS ASSISTANTCLERKS

1st Paul Woolley I 2nd Leslie W. Sloat I 3rd Leslie W. Sloat L . 4th John H. Skilton I 5th Leslie W. Sloat 3 6th Leslie W. Sloat 4 7th John P. Galbraith 1 8th Paul Woolley z 9t.h Robert E. Nicholas / 10th Leslie W. Sloat r Edward L. Kelloggi 11th Edward Heerema I Le Roy B. Oliver I 12th Eugene Bradford I Charles H. Ellis I 13th Eugene Bradford 'L Arthur W. Kusohke, Jr. / 14th H. Wilson Albright I Robert L. Vining/ 15th Robert W. Eckardt / Raymond M. Meiners r 16th Robert W. Eckardt?, Edwards E. Elliott I 17th Robert L. Vining I Le Roy B. Oliver z 18th Robert L. Vining 'L Ralph E. Clough f 19th Henry D. Phillips I Theodore J. Georgian t 20th Raymond M. Meiners I F. Kingsley Elder, jr., Ph.D. 21st Raymond M. Meiners 1- Elmer M. Dortzbach / 22nd Robert S. Marsden Le Roy B. Oliver 3 23rd Robert S. Marsden 'L Le Roy B. Oliver 3 24th Robert S. Marsden 3 Raymond 0. Zorn / 25th Le Roy B. Oliver I Henry D. Phillips / -. 26th . Le Roy B. Oliver 5- C. Herbert Oliver / 27th Le Roy B. Oliver 3 Richard A. Barker / 28th Le Roy B. Oliver 4 Richard A. Barker> 29th Le Roy B. Oliver Y Richard A. Barkers 30th Robert W. Eckardt 3 Richard A. Barker &

31st . Robert W. Eckardtq Laurence N. Vail

32nd Robley J. Johnston I Edwards E. Elliott Y 33rd Robley J. Johnston 't Edwards E. Elliott 3 140 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY

MODERATORS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

YEAR PLACEOF ASSEMBLY 1st 1936-J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Litt.D. _-______Philadelphia,Pa.' 2nd - 1936-J. Oliver Buswell Jr., D.D. ______Philadelphia,Pa.

3rd - 1937- John J. De Waard -______I_Philadelphia, Pa. 4th -1938LR. B. Kuiper ~______-______------_------_---_--_------_Qua~~i~e,Pa.

5th 1939-Alexander K. Davison, S.T.D. I-______I____Glenside, Pa.- '

6th 1939-Everett C. De Velde ______I___Glenside, Pa.-L 7th- 1940-Paul Woolley Cincinnati, Ohio 8th- 1941-Robert Strong, S.T.D. Glenside, Pa. -3

9th 1942-John P. Clelland ______c______Rochester, N. Y.

10th- -1 943-Oscar Holkeboer _L_-______I______Willow Grove, Pa.

1 1t.11 # 1934-Edwin H. P'lian ______~______-______Glenside,Fa. -& 12th 1945-Robert S. Marsden Glenside, Pa.-.r' 13th- 1946-Ned B. Stonehouse, Th.D. ____-______---_-Glenside, Pa.-G 14th - 1947-John P. Galbraith ______-______--- Cedar Grove, Wis. 15th 1948-Edward L. Kellogg ______-____-_____-__-Wildwood, N. J. 16rh 1949-Dwight H. Poundstone ______-__-______2sAngeles, Calif. 17th 1950-Leslie W. Sloat ______-______Glenside, Pa. I

18th 195 1-Lawrence R. Eyres l______l______c_I___I_Glenside, Pa.-O 19th - 1952-Calvin K. Cummings _-_-______--_-_-Denver, &lo. 20th 1953-John H. Skilton, Ph.D. ______--_---Glenside, Pa.-? 21st 1954-Robert K. Churchill ______-______Rochester,N. 1'.

22nd 1955-Robert L. Vining ______-______~ ____Glenside, Pa.-/D 23rd 1956-Edward J. Young, Ph.D. ______-Denver,&lo.

24th 1957-Bruce F. Hunt ______I______W. Collingswood, N. J. 25th 1958-,Edniund P. Clowney ______--_____-______Oostburg, Wis.

26th- 1959-Leslie A. Dunn ______c______Glenside, Pa. +'

27th 1960-David L. Neilands, Esq. ____I_-_____Manhattan Beach, Calif.

28th 1961-John Murray ______l____l______------_Glenside, Pa.-'% 29th 1962-Robert L. Atwell ______CedarGrove, Wis.

30th 1963-Le Roy B. Oliver ______--c______Vineland, N. J. 31st 1964-Glenn R. Coie ______-____-_____-SilverSpring, Md. 32nd- 1965-Robert W. Eckardt -______-___-______Portland, Ore. 33rd 1966-Richard A. Barker -______Oostburg, Wis. THIRTY-THIRDGENZRAL ASSEMBLY 141 INDEX American Evangelical Mission See Ethiopia Mission Apple, Charles S. Communication from, 10 Action in re, 99 Arrangements for 34th Assembly, Committee on Appointed, 102 Membership, 128 Assistant Clerk, election, 8 Assistant Clerks of previous General Assemblies, listed, 139 Bell, Wallace A., Overture in re, 8, 98 Budget, Combined (See Stewardship Committee) Canadian Reformed Churches Communication from, 1 If. Action in re, 76 Christian Education, Committee on Elections, 62 Instructed, 62 Membership, 129 Minutes approved, 97f. Report, 51f. Christian Reformed Church Committee to Confer with Representatives of (See in Zoco) Fraternal Delegate from Addressed Assembly, 78 Seated, 50 Fraternal Delegate to (See Report of Committee on Ecumenicity) Union with, 78 Churches Without Pastors, Committee to Advise Elections, 99 Erected, 99 Membership, 128 Overture in re, 9, 99 Clerks of Sessions, listed, 131ff. Clowney, Edmund P., addresses Assembly, 81 Coie, Glenn R., Memorial tribute to, 100 Combined Budget (See Stewardship Committee) Committees, Special See in loco: Advise Churches Without Pastors Arrangements for the Thirty-fourth Assembly Confer with Representatives of the Christian Reformed Church Date and Place of the Thirty-fifth Assembly Define Objectives of Examining Standing Committee Records Draft Rules for Examining Presbyterial Minutes Hospitalization Insurance Radio and Television Revisions to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline Stewardship Committee Study the Doctrine of Guidance, etc. Study the Oversi ht of Ministerial Candidates Listed, with Members%ip, 128 142 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY Conimittees, Standing See Christian Education Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations Forcign Missions General Benevolence Home Missions and Church Extension Pensions Travel Fund Listed, with Membership, 129f. Committees, Temporary, 33rd Assembly See in loco: Date and Place of 34th Assembly Necrology Overtures and Communications Presbyterial Records Standing Committee Records Communications, texts, 1Off. Actions on, 15 Confer with Representatives of Christian Reformed Church, Committee to Continued, 78 Instructed, 78 Membership, 128 Recommendations adopted, 78 Report, 77 Confession of 1967 OF United Presbyterian Church, 22, 56 Covenant College Communication from, 13 Representative addresses Assembly, 70 Date and Place of 34th Assembly Communications in re, 13 Date and Place of 34th Assembly, Committee on Appointed, 16 Communications referred to, 15 Recommendation adopted, 101 Report, 101 Date and Place of 35th Assembly, Committee on Elected, 102, 103 Membership, 128 De Gereformeerde Kerken Communication from, 10 Communication to, 76 De MOSS,Robert G., addresses Assembly, 70 Devotional services, 62, 91 Dissolution of Assembly, 103 Docket, adoption of, 15 Doctrine of Guidance, Committee to Study Continued, 92 Membership, 128 Report, 92 Ecumenicilty and Interchurch Relations, Committee on Election, 77 Instructed, 76, 91 Matters referred to, 4, 5, 76 Membership, 130 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 143 Minutes approved, 99f. Recommendations adopted, 76 Report, 72ff. Supplementary Report, 76 Ethiopia Mission, greetings from, 15 Eureka Classis Communications from Stated Clerk of, 14 Fraternal Delegate to (See Report of Committee on Ecumenicity) Foreign Missions, Committee on Elections, 50 Membership, 129 Minutes approved, 99f. Report, 34ff. Form of Government (See Revisions to Form of Government and Book of Discipline, Committee on) Fraternal Delegates See Christian Reformed Church Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanters) Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod See also Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations, Committee on Free Church of Scotland Communication from, 10, 76 Fraternal Delegate to, 76 General Assembly, 34th Budget, 50 Committee on Arrangements for (See in loco) Date and Place of 34th Assembly (See in loco) Docket, instructions in re, 102 Place, 101 General Assembly Arrangements for 34th Assembly (See in loco) Date and Pxlace of 34th Assembly (See in Zoco) Date and Place of 35th Assembly (See in loco) Docket of 34th Assembly, instruction in re, 102 Fund (See in loco) General Assembly Fund Budget set, 102 Report, 5 General Benevolence, Committee on Elections, 66 Membership, 130 Minutes approved, 99f. Recommendations adopted, 66 Report, 62ff. Representative removed from Stewardship Committee, 81 Gereformeerde Kerken (See De Gereformeerde Kerken) Guidance, Committee to Study Doctrine of (See Doctrine of Guidance, Committee to Study) Home Missions and Church Extension, Committee on Elections, 33, 34 Membership, 129 Report, 17ff. ‘144 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY Hospitalization Insurance, Committee on Dissolved, 98 Recommendations adopted, 98 Report, 96ff. Infant Baptism, see Report of Committee to Consider the Matter Proposed to the Assenibly by the Presbytery of the West Coast Interim Pastors for Vacant Churches, Committee on Listed, 128 Japan Mission, greetings froin, 12f, Johnston, John D., addresses Assembly, 50 Korea Mission, greetings from, 12 Kress, Arnold A., addresses Assembly, 50 Kuiper, R. B., Memorial tribute to, 100 Lemmenes, Auclley, addresses Assembly, 77 Ministers of the church, listed, 135ff. Minutes, 32nd Assembly, corrections, 4 Minutes, 33rd Assembly, approved, 103 Moderator, 32nd Assembly, sermon, 3 Moderator, 33rd Assembly, election, 8 Moderators of previous General Assemblies, litsed, 140 Necrology, Committee on Appointcd, 15 Report, 100 Oversight of Ministerial Candidates, Committee to Study Elected, 102f. Akmbersliip, 128 Overtures, text, 8f. Actions on, 15, 76f, 98, 102 Overtures and Communications, Committee on Appointed, 16, 50 Report, 76f., 98, 99 Pensions, Committee on Elections, 70, 72 Incorporation authorized, 69f. Memnbersliip, 129 Minutes approved 99f. Report, 67ff. Permanent Date for General Assembly, Proposed standing rule in re, 15f., 101 Presbyterial Records, Committee on 33rd Assembly Appointed, 16 Report, 1OOf. Presbyterial Records, Committee to Draft Rules for Examining Continued, 88 Membership, 128 Report, 87f. Presbyteries Dakotas Minutes approved, 101 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 106f. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 145 New Jersey Minutes approved, 101 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 108f. I New York and New England, 1lOf. Minutes approved, 101 I Roll- of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 110 Ohio Communications from, 15 Minutes approved, 101 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 112 Philadelphia Minutes approved, 101 Overture from, 8f. Action in re, 15, 99, 102 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 113ff. South

I Communication from, 13, 15 1 Minutes approved, 101 Roll of commissioners, 3 Statistics, 116f. Southern California I Minutes approved, 101 Roll of commissioners, 4 Statistics, 118f. I West Coast Minutes approved, 101 Overture from, 8 Action in re, 15, 98 Roll of commissioners, 4 Statistics, 120f. Wisconsin Minutes approved, 101 Overture from, 9

3 Action in re, 15, 76f. Roll of commissioners, 4 Statistics, 122f. Protest, 102 Radio and Television, Committee on 1 Continued, 9 1 Membership, 128 Recommendations adopted, 9 1 Report, 91 Recess, times set, 15 Reformed Ecumenical Synod Communications from, IOf. Contribution to, 5 Missions Conference, 33f., 50 Missions Correspondent, listed, 128 Report of, 33f. 146 THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY Action in r,e, 50 News Correspondent, listed, 128 North American Regional Conference, 73 See also Report of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations Reformed-Lutheran Conversations, 76 Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod Communication from, 62 Fraternal Delegate from Addresses Assembly, 72 Seated, 66, 98 Fraternal Delegate to (See Report of Committee on Ecumenicity) Overture in re, 9 Union with, 76f., 91 Revisions to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline, Committee on Continued, 86 Membership, 128 Recommendations adopted, 86 Report, 82ff. Roll of Assembly, 3f. Standing Committees Membership, 129f. Reports of Christian Education Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations Foreign Missions General Benevolence Home Missions and Church Extension Pensions Travel Fund See in loco Standing Committee Records, Committee on Appointed, 15 Report, 99f. Standing Committee Records, committee to Define Objectives of Examining Membership, 128 Report, 88ff. Standing Rules Amendments, action on 15f., 101 Amendments proposed, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91 Suspended, 6 Stated Clerk, 32nd Assembly, report, 4f. Stated Clerk, 33rd Assembly Election, 8 Instructed, 102 Stated Clerks of previous General Assemblies, listed, 139 Statistical Reports, Change in statistics since December 31, 1965, l06ff. Summary of statistics, 124 Statistician Election, 16 Listed, 128 Report, 6f. THIRTY-THIRDGENERAL ASSEMBLY 147 Stewardship Coniniittee Chairman appointed, 81 Continued, 81 Elections, 8 1 Membership, 128 Recommendations adopted, 8 1 Report, 79ff. Taiwan Mission, greetings from, 14 Thanks, Resolution of, 102 Theological Education, Committee on Overture in re, 9, 98, 99 See also Protest Committee to Study the Oversight of Ministerial Candidates Thirtieth Anniversary Booklet, Ccmmittee on, 3, 81 Travel Fund, Committee on Elections and appointments, 16, 101 Membership, 130 Reports, 8, 62, 66, 100 Trinity Christian College, 77, 102 Tucker, Kelly G., Communication from, 14 West Coast, Committee to Consider the Matter Proposed by Presbytery of Report, 92ff. Action in re, 96 Westminster Theological Seminary, 81 World Home Bible League Liaison Representative Appoinetd, 72 Listed, 128 Report, 7Of. Representative addresses Assembly, 50