19 July 2017

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 “But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]

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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]

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Presbyterians Week Headlines

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[1] Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Ousted from the International Conference of Reformed Churches

[2] Former Music Director of Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Lecanto, Florida, Arrested on Sex Crime Charges involving Video Chats with Underage Girls

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[1] Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Ousted from the International Conference of Reformed Churches

Wes Bredenhof, Pastor of the Free Reformed Church, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, in his Yinkahdinay Blog and Resource Page, on 18 July 2017 in his article “RCN Suspended from ICRC” reports that in its 2017 meeting, The International Conference of Reformed Churches (ICRC) ousted the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (RCN) because in their June 2017 meeting, the RCN opened all church offices to women.

The RCN has four years to repent of their June 2017 decision before being finally ousted from the ICRC.

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+ Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, Bureau / Office BBK, Postadres Postbus 499, 8000 AL Zwolle, Netherlands, info@bbk.nl

+ The International Conference of Reformed Churches, c/o The Rev. Dr. James Visscher, 5734 – 191A Street, Surrey, British Colombia V3S 7M8, Canada, visscher.james5@gmail.com

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[2] Former Music Director of Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Lecanto, Florida, Arrested on Sex Crime Charges involving Video Chats with Underage Girls

A 14 July 2017 WFTS-TV/ABC Action News article by Brendaliss Gonzalez titled “Former Church Worship Director Arrested on Several Sex Charges” reports that Chad Robison, the former music director of Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America) in Lecanto, Florida, has been arrested for sex crimes involving underage girls.

Robison was fired from the church when pornographic material was found on his computer. A subsequent law enforcement investigation found recorded videos from a video chat website of Robison engaged in inappropriate acts with young girls, including one who said she was fourteen years old.

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+ WFTS-TV/ABC Action News, 4045 N. Himes Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33607, 813-354-2828, Fax: 813-878-2828, newstips@wfts.com

+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org

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