Author: First Christian Reformed Church (Zeeland, Mich.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptismal records
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
First Christian Reformed Church, Zeeland, Michigan
Author: First Christian Reformed Church (Zeeland, Mich.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptismal records
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Dutch Chicago
Author: Robert P. SwierengaPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802813114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Now at least 250,000 strong, the Dutch in greater Chicago have lived for 150 years "below the radar screens" of historians and the general public. Here their story is told for the first time. In Dutch Chicago Robert Swierenga offers a colorful, comprehensive history of the Dutch Americans who have made their home in the Windy City since the mid-1800s. The original Chicago Dutch were a polyglot lot from all social strata, regions, and religions of the Netherlands. Three-quarters were Calvinists; the rest included Catholics, Lutherans, Unitarians, Socialists, Jews, and the nominally churched. Whereas these latter Dutch groups assimilated into the American culture around them, the Dutch Reformed settled into a few distinct enclaves -- the Old West Side, Englewood, and Roseland and South Holland -- where they stuck together, building an institutional infrastructure of churches, schools, societies, and shops that enabled them to live from cradle to grave within their own communities. Focusing largely but not exclusively on the Reformed group of Dutch folks in Chicago, Swierenga recounts how their strong entrepreneurial spirit and isolationist streak played out over time. Mostly of rural origins in the northern Netherlands, these Hollanders in Chicago liked to work with horses and go into business for themselves. Picking up ashes and garbage, jobs that Americans despised, spelled opportunity for the Dutch, and they came to monopolize the garbage industry. Their independence in business reflected the privacy they craved in their religious and educational life. Church services held in the Dutch language kept outsiders at bay, as did a comprehensive system of private elementary and secondary schools intended to inculcate youngsters with the Dutch Reformed theological and cultural heritage. Not until the world wars did the forces of Americanization finally break down the walls, and the Dutch passed into the mainstream. Only in their churches today, now entirely English speaking, does the Dutch cultural memory still linger. Dutch Chicago is the first serious work on its subject, and it promises to be the definitive history. Swierenga's lively narrative, replete with historical detail and anecdotes, is accompanied by more than 250 photographs and illustrations. Valuable appendixes list Dutch-owned garbage and cartage companies in greater Chicago since 1880 as well as Reformed churches and schools. This book will be enjoyed by readers with Dutch roots as well as by anyone interested in America's rich ethnic diversity.
First Christian Reformed Church
Author: First Christian Reformed Church (London, Ont.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
First Christian Reformed Church Records, Cicero, Illinois
Author: First Christian Reformed Church (Cicero, Ill.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Welcome to a Reformed Church
Author: Daniel R. HydePublisher: Reformation Trust Publishing
ISBN: 9781567692037
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Daniel Hyde traces the historical roots of the Reformed churches, their key beliefs, and the ways in which those beliefs are expressed. The result is a roadmap for those newly encountering the Reformed world and a primer for those seeking to know more about their Reformed heritage.
Belgic Confession
Author: One Hundredth Anniversary 1857-1957
Author: First Christian Reformed Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Centennial
Author: First Christian Reformed Church (Zeeland, Mich.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The Heidelberg Catechism
Author: Christian Reformed ChurchPublisher:
ISBN: 9780930265854
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Includes the text of the latest translation of the Heidelberg Catechism (1975, updated 1988) approved by the Christian Reformed Church. Scripture references are listed in footnotes.
Silver Anniversary of the First Christian Reformed Church, 1914-1939, Los Angeles, California
Author: First Christian Reformed Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description