Rules for interchurch relations of four member denominations were reported. Conference papers varied greatly in topic and tone. I found the papers by church representatives to be far more relevant and engaging than the invited addresses by theologians. One senses that the discussion of real issues makes for better theology than the contrived topics of the professors. For interesting content, I particularly recommend the paper by Rev. Ward.
Few readers are inclined to purchase or study a volume of church proceedings.
Yet there may be good reasons to get this volume. First, the churches who have withdrawn from the CRC are already in contact with the ICRC, and other churches caught up in the CRC troubles will want to be familiar with this organization, its standards and its members. The ICRC is made up of just those churches which the PCA Evangelical bureaucrats and elites find distasteful because they are too biblically faithful for Evangelicals' comfort. If you are PCA and Reformed the ICRC may be in your future. Finally, the Proceedings is an instructive example of a properly conducted church assembly.