CRCNA/D3. Synods

[b]Official Name of the Church:[/b] Holland Reformed Church, 1859-1861. Ware Hollandsche Gereformeerde Kerk (True Dutch Reformed Church), 1861-1880 Hollandsche Christelijke Gerformeerde Kerk (Dutch Christian Reformed Church), 1880. [b]Official Name of the Highest Assembly[/b]: Classicale Vergadering(Classis), 1857-1865. Algemeene Vergadering (General Assembly), 1865-1879. Synodale Vergadering (Synod), 1880. The minutes of the first classical meeting, held in April 1857, were lost when that session’s presiding officer, Rev. Hendrik G. Klyn, returned to the Reformed Church in America. In 1865, with the creation of a second classis, the General Assembly (“Algemeene Vergadering”) became the highest ecclesiastical assembly of the denomination. Some matters during the first years following the creation of the General Assembly were also dealt with at the classical level. 1857 February in Holland, MI, Hendrik Klijn presiding 1857 October in Vriesland, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1858 February in Grand Rapids, MI, Gijsbert Haan presiding 1858 October in Noordeloos, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1859 February in Grand Rapids, MI, Gijsbert Haan presiding 1859 June in Vriesland, MI, H. W. Dam presiding 1859 October in Graafschap, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1860 February  in Grand Rapids, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1860 June in Vriesland, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1860 February in Graafschap, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1861 February in Grand Rapids, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1861 April in Grand Rapids, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding (special session) 1861 June in Vriesland, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1862 February in Graafschap, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1862 June in Graafschap, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1862 October in Grand Rapids, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1863 February in Graafschap, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1863 July in Zeeland, MI, Wilhelmus H. Van Leeuwen presiding 1863 October in Grand Rapids, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1864 February in Graafschap, MI, Wilhelmus H. Van Leeuwen presiding 1864 June in Vriesland, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1864 August in Noordeloos, MI, Wilhelmus H. Van Leeuwen presiding 1864 October in Graafschap, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding 1865 January in Zeeland, MI, Douwe J. Vander Werp presiding 1865 April in Grand Rapids, MI, Wilhelmus H. Van Leeuwen presiding 1865 June in Vriesland, MI, Koenraad Van den Bosch presiding Bound volumes of minutes are available in the Reading Room (BX 6820 .A3 1857-1880)