Reformed Church in America Leaders Adopt Belhar Confession
Delegates of the Reformed Church in America voted to adopt the Belhar Confession, a document rooted in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
If approved by the denomination's classes, or regional groups of churches, the confession would join RCA's three other doctrinal standards, the last of which was added nearly four centuries ago.
The Belhar Confession, which was first drafted in 1982, is a theological confrontation of the sin of racism and affirms the unity of the church and among all people, reconciliation within church and society, and God's justice....