Synod Dismisses Sermons for Reading Services Committee with Thanks

Synod 2015 disbanded the Sermons for Reading Services committee of the Christian Reformed Church, expressing its thanks to those who served on it.

The committee’s task was to “solicit sermons and worship liturgies from CRC pastors primarily for use by churches who do not have a pastor to lead a Sunday service.” Those services are often led by an elder.

The decision was based on the difficulty in finding sermons that meet the committee’s qualifications, lack of usage among churches without pastors, and availability of other resources.

Rev. Frank de Boer, Classis Alberta South/Saskatchewan, asked what other resources would be available. Synod instructed the denomination to maintain its website that offers sermons for reading services and also told Calvin Theological Seminary and the Center for Excellence in Preaching to make sermons and sermon resources available.

Synod president Rev. Bruce Persenaire said synod’s action is “very, very historic,” as the Sermons for Reading Services committee had been in existence for decades.

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