I think God must be smiling. I think we did the right thing. Van Ryn's comments on women in office focussed on what had happened and what would happen after the vote. The vote was the right vote. There were no shouts of joy.
Young people are frequently the casualties of church fights.
Families are destroyed, relatives don't talk to each other. Van Ryn closed his speech with a call for the Banner to write a one page article on each side of the women in office issue for the benefit of people in the pews attempting to see what Scripture teaches on the issue. Most synodical delegates are staying on the campus of Calvin College.