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RCUS to RCN: Your Choice

Over the last year or so, we’ve seen both the Free Reformed Churches of Australia and the Canadian Reformed Churches […]

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7 July 2016

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Photo credit: Randy Mulder (via Facebook).
Photo credit: Randy Mulder (via Facebook).
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URCNA/CanRC Relations — Status Quo (for now)

The United Reformed Churches of North America are currently holding their synod in Wyoming, Michigan.  I’m not going to comment […]

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16 June 2016

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Photo:  Rev. D.M. Boersma
Photo:  Rev. D.M. Boersma
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Synod Dunnville 2016 (7)

Today I’m going to review some of the highlights from Day 7 of Synod Dunnville, the proceedings of Wednesday May […]

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25 May 2016

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Synod Dunnville 2016 (5)

I’ve now had the opportunity to take a closer look at the most recent batch of Acts (which you can […]

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19 May 2016

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FRCA News: Call Declined

Declined the call to the Free Reformed Church of Kelmscott, WA:  Rev. A. Witten of the CanRC of Vernon, British […]

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13 December 2015

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FRCA News Note

Regular readers will have noticed a couple of news items over the last week from the Free Reformed Churches of […]

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11 November 2015

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FRCA News: Call Declined

Declined the call to the Cairns ward of the FRC Armadale, WA:  Candidate Randall Visscher.

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11 November 2015

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FRCA News: Call Extended

Called to the Free Reformed Church of Kelmscott, WA:  Rev. Arend Witten of the CanRC of Vernon, British Columbia.

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9 November 2015

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A New Sister for the FRCA!

Our consistory here in Launceston received word the other day that the First Evangelical Reformed Church of Singapore has accepted […]

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4 November 2015

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Dutch Ship Sinking
Dutch Ship Sinking
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CanRC Committee Recommends “Restriction” on Relationship with Netherlands

Though I’m no longer a CanRC minister, I’m still going to take an active interest in developments back in Canada.  […]

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26 October 2015

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Individuals Addressing Synods?

After my recent post about the differences between the CanRC and FRCA, I received some feedback.  One correspondent asked me […]

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13 October 2015

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CanRC vs. FRCA

In this post, I’d like to explore some of the differences between the Canadian Reformed Churches and Free Reformed Churches […]

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6 October 2015

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Classis North of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, September 25, 2015.
Classis North of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, September 25, 2015.
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Colloquium

Greetings from Tasmania, Australia!  Our family arrived here safely last Monday.  Since then, we’ve been getting settled in here quite […]

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25 September 2015

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FRCA Synod 2015 (7)

The Synod concluded on Wednesday evening.  Wednesday’s Acts are filled mostly with discussions and decisions regarding various foreign churches.  The […]

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2 July 2015

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Rev. Wes Bredenhof (B.A., M.Div., Th.D.) is pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Launceston, Tasmania. Read More
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Books by Wes Bredenhof

Get to Know the Holy Spirit

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Aiming to Please

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Seven Wondrous Words

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