Tuesday Evening Business Reverend Tim Phillips, Church Planter in Grace Presbytery, led wor-
Paul says this is the gospel message that was thrown away. Phillips used an example of a Baby Alive doll and how badly his daughter wanted this toy. She ended up playing with it for a short time. How can we be so stupid to throw away the gospel? There are two metaphors from this law was a tumor. “Bad theology hurts people,” Phillips said. Paul warns us of this. “Are we trusting? We should preach the gospel every week. If we don’t hear it, it will be easy to fall into the pit. We read stories to gospel should be the same way.”
Business began with the following motion that passed: That the 221st General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
or political teaching which posits a superiority of race or ethnic identity born of immutable human characteristics and does on this solemn evening call to repentance any who would promote or associate themselves with such teaching, either by commission or omission. Once the above motion was approved, this motion was made and
approved. That this language (above motion) be adopted as a position state- ment and be posted on our website and in other appropriate documents. Dr. Adamson, President of Erskine College and Seminary, gave a
- ing society for God’s glory.” The World Witness report moved Appalachia to the Camps and
Conferences Committee of the General Synod. Dr. Keith Ackerman re- ported on the Pakistan Christian Hospital and encouraged churches to support the nurses’ program. Outreach North America, gave away books to delegates. Rev. Scott Mitchell, church planter in Redbud, Oklahoma, reported they are excited to be a part of the ARP. They are seeing the Lord do amazing things in Oklahoma. Robby Bell, Chairman of the , re- minded delegates that the Adoption Assistance fund is available for those adopting and needing assistance. Dunlap does not receive funds from Denominational Ministry Funds. The Brice Sanders (Camp Joy) report was approved, which includes them in one of the two special offerings received annually by the de- nomination. Rev. Mark James closed this session with prayer.
Approved Motions
• To place the Retiring Moderator’s address, the Moderator’s address, and the Women’s Ministries address in the minutes of Synod.
• It was moved to obscure the language found in the Index 11 report, Investigate Allegations Against Tom Shoger.
• Index 23, Committee on the Minister and His Work Recommenda- tions #1 was referred to the Committee on Revisions
be included in the minutes.
• That the 221st General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyte- rian Church do on this solemn day condemn without distinction any theological or political teaching which posits a superiority of race or ethnic identity born of immutable human characteristics and does on this solemn evening call to repentance any who would promote or associate themselves with such teaching, either by commission or omission.
• That this language be adopted as a position statement and be posted on our website and in other appropriate documents.
• That the appropriate committee be asked to consider making a gift to the nurses scholarship fund of the Sahiwal Hospital from the assets of the former Second Presbytery.
• That the 221st General Synod make the director and the assistant changes.
• That the following motion be referred to the Second Presbytery Move that an account be established in the name of the Second Presbytery Fund for Bonclarken, the Second Presbytery Fund for Brice/Sanders (Camp Joy), the Second Presbytery Fund for the William H. Dunlap Orphanage, the Second Presbytery Fund for Outreach North America, the Second Presbytery Fund for World Witness, the Second Presbytery Fund for the Nancy Fulwood Hospital Sahiwal for the School of Nursing, and that Second Presbytery’s current account be distributed equally to the accounts, and I further move that no more than 75% of the annual income be to insure growth.
• That the Moderator appoint a study committee focused on the theo- logical errors commonly called “kinism” or “race realism” in order to provide a resource to equip the Church and that they report back to the 2027 General Synod.
• That as remaining funds of the group medical plan become avail-
• That the 221st General Synod approve the sending of the Moderator, the Principal Clerk, and the Chairman of Inter-Church to represent the ARP Synod in fraternal relations at the inaugural meeting of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Canada in September 2025 hosted by Covenanters ARP in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, in the beautiful province of Nova Scotia in the Dominion of Canada.
• Motion made by Rob Roy McGregor II that the 221st Synod be
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