Reformed Church Adopts Growth Plan

The Reformed Church in America has launched a program that calls for creation of 98 new congregations by 1998. The program, called “98 by 98,” was adopted at the 200,000-member denomination’s 1990 General Synod, which just met.

According to a summary of General Synod actions provided by the church, the plan calls on the denomination’s seven regional synods to continue to take primary responsibility for establishing churches within their boundaries, while the national church initiates a campaign to raise $5 million for a church building fund.

The General Synod also adopted a statement calling the practice of homosexual lifestyles “contrary to Scripture,” while “encouraging love and sensitivity toward such persons as fellow human beings.”