Author: William Joseph EdgarPublisher:
ISBN: 9781943017263
Category : Covenants
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 1871-1920
Author: William Joseph EdgarPublisher:
ISBN: 9781943017263
Category : Covenants
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Reformed Church in China, 1842-1951
Author: Gerald Francis De JongPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802806611
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A History of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
Author: David DunnBelgic Confession
Author: Non-violence in an Aggressive World
Author: Abraham John MustePublisher: Jerome S. Ozer Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies
Author: Gerald Francis De JongPublisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
"The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies remains the best study of the early years of the Reformed Church in North America. De Jong's careful account takes the readers on a fascinating journey from the establishment of a Dutch church at a mill in New Amsterdam to the early years of an indigenous American denomination. Along the way we become acquainted with issues in the colonial period that are pertinent in the twenty-first century for the Reformed Church in America: church multiplication, leadership training, discipleship, regional tensions, adaptation to cultural changes, worship, and liturgy. De Jong helps us to see that, in many respects, the more things change, the more they remain the same." The Rev. Dennis N. Voskuil, Ph.D. President and De Witt Professor of Church History Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan "The reissue of De Jong's classic study is very welcome. Though of course there has been other important work on various aspects of the colonial Dutch Reformed experience in the thirty years since the book's first appearance, still it remains the standard comprehensive account - a careful and thorough work that shows a mastery of the sources and sticks close to them." The Rev. John Coakley, Ph.D L. Russel Feakes Professor of Church History, New Brunswick Theological Seminary New Brunswick, New Jersey
History of the Swiss Reformed Church Since the Reformation
Author: James Isaac GoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Protestantism
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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.
The History of the Presbyterian Church in America
Author: Frank Joseph SmithPublisher:
ISBN: 9780967699103
Category : Presbyterian Church
Languages : en
Pages : 607
Book Description
Pioneers to Partners
Author: Gordon M. LamanPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802869654
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beginning with Japan's early exposure to Christianity by the very successful Roman Catholic mission to Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the resultant persecution and prohibition of Christianity, Laman lays the groundwork for understanding the experience of nineteenth-century Protestant missionaries, among whom those of the Reformed Church in America were in the forefront. The early efforts of the Browns, Verbecks, Ballaghs, and Stouts, their failures and successes, are recounted within the cultural and political context of the anti-Western, anti-Christian Japan of the time. Verbeck's service to the government helped bring about gradual change. The first Protestant church was organized with a vision for ecumenical mission, and during several promising years, churches and mission schools were organized. Reformed Church missionaries encouraged and trained Japanese leaders from the beginning, the first Japanese ministers were ordained in 1877, and the Japanese church soon exhibited a spirit of independence, ushering in an era of growing missionary/Japanese partnership. The rise of the Japanese empire, a reinvigorated nationalism, and its progression to militarist ultranationalism brought on a renewed anti-Western, anti-Christian reaction and new challenges to both mission and church. With the outbreak of World War II, the Japanese government consolidated all Protestant churches into the Kyodan to facilitate control. Laman continues the account of Reformed Church partners in mission in Japan in the midst of post-war devastation and subsequent social and political tensions. The ecumenical involvement and continued clarification of mutual mission finds the Reformed Church a full participant with a mature Japanese church.