The Moderator of General Synod has appointed the commission tasked with overseeing the mission of Erskine College and Seminary:
ARP Synod Moderator Appoints Erskine College and Seminary Commission
Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) 2009 Moderator of Synod, the Rev. Dr. John Richard de Witt, retired pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina, has appointed the members of the Erskine College and Seminary commission formed at the direction of the June 2009 ARP General Synod meeting.
The commission members are:
– John R. de Witt — Moderator, ARP General Synod
– William C. Marsh — Pastor, Christ Community Church, Greensboro, North Carolina
– Paul T. Mulner — Pastor, Sandy Plains ARP Church, Tryon, North Carolina
– Gordon S. Query — Past Moderator, Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina
– George Samuel Robinson — Elder, Oconee ARP Church, Seneca, South Carolina
– Roger N. Wiles — Pastor, Covenant of Grace ARP Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
– Kenneth B. Wingate — Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina
– Steve Maye, ARP Synod Vice-Moderator, advisory member.The 2009 ARP General Synod voted [p.46] “to instruct the Moderator of Synod to form a special commission to investigate whether the oversight exercised by the Board of Trustees and the Administration of Erskine College and Seminary is in faithful accordance with the Standards of the ARP Church and the synod’s previously issued directives…the commission is directed to report back to General Synod no later than the 2010 meeting of General Synod with a report and the commission’s findings and recommendations.”
