Sárospataki Füzetek 21. (2017)

2017 / 2. szám - RESEARCH PAPERS-FORSCHUNGSMATERIALIEN - Pándy-Szekeres Dávid: Elements of a triangular relationship: the presbyterian church in canada, ethnic Hungarian congregations of the presbyterian curch in canada and the reformed church of hungary

Elements of a Triangular Relationship

1970

Overture no. 34 — PRESBYTERY OF PARIS Re: CO-OPERATION WITH ETHNIC GROUPS

To the Venerable the 96th General Assembly:

WHEREAS, the Presbyterian Church in Canada has accepted the validity of other secondary standards in addition to the Westminster Confession of Faith, such as, the Second Helvetic Confession, the Confessio Gallica, etc., and so makes this Church a very suitable spiritual home for various ethnic groups within our country from different Reformed and Presbyterian backgrounds, and

WHEREAS; these various ethnic groups can keep their own language, customs, liturgy, confession, organization, etc., within the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and

WHEREAS, our General Board of Missions has had a long and successful encounter with these various ethnic groups in our land,

THEREFORE, the Presbytery of Paris humbly overtures the Venerable, the General Assembly,

1. to encourage on every level close co-operation with these ethnic groups, making use of the background of information which our General Board of Missions has, and

1. to direct the General Board of Missions to appoint a sub-committee, composed

of a majority of persons working in ethnic congregations within our Church, to advise the General Board of Missions on problems pertaining to ethnic situations, and

2. to direct Presbyteries to consult with the General Board of Missions before issuing

in matters concerning ethnic work, such as, the opening or closing of a mission field, etc., buying or selling of property, erecting new buildings, calling a minister, or severing the pastoral tie, or

2. to do otherwise for this matter as the General Assembly may deem best. Extracted from the Records of the Presbytery of Paris by Simcoe, Ont. DONALD C. MACDONALD,

April 27 th, 1970. Clerk of Presbytery.

1 Oth Sed. - Fri., June 13, 1970 — Aft.

Recommendation: That the prayer of this Overture, be granted.— Adopted.

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