The RCA archivist continues to provide assistance, resources, and training to congregations in the storage, retention, and use of their historical records. The archivist spent several days videotaping interviews. This project will continue in order to produce resources and guidelines that will assist congregations that are beginning similar projects. The archives produced its first compact disk of historical resources for use by a class in Reformed Church history at New Brunswick Theological Seminary. The current CD includes all of the Occasional Paper series of the RCA Historical Society, source material on the name of the Reformed Church, the 1992 edition of the Historical Directory , and documents relating to the RCA's ecumenical work since 1968.
Additional information is added as needed and requested.
The archivist has also continued to work on the update to the Digest and Index of Synodical Legislation and is intensively working on the next edition of the Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628-2000. The Office of Historical Services engages in providing a variety of historical and resource materials that are available in print, on disk, via email, and on the RCA's web site. The Office of Historical Services serves as the official archives for the Reformed Church in America and transfers records on a regular basis in accordance with the requirements of the Book of Church Order from congregations, classes, regional synods, and staff offices. Records continue to be appraised and transferred to the archives on a regular basis. These records were created in the course of writing a history of the Arabian mission of the Reformed Church in America for publication in the RCA Historical Series.