Protestant Reformed Missions, Small Beginnings: Mission Methods Established (1925-1931) (1)
Bruinsma's article chronicles the founding of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America (1924-1931), focusing on the bold stand taken by Herman Hoeksema, Henry Danhof, and George Ophoff against the doctrine of common grace and the well-meant offer. The work documents the small but faithful beginnings of the PRC through the lens of their early missionary efforts and the three congregations that initially separated from the Christian Reformed Church to maintain the doctrines of sovereign grace and particular election.
Three faithful ministers of the gospel banded together, forsaken and alone. We can only imagine what the Reverends Herman Hoeksema, Henry Danhof, and George Ophoff felt when the decisions made by Classis Grand Rapids East of the Christian Reformed Church (December 12, 1924) and Classis Grand Rapids West CRC ( January 22, 1925) stripped them of office in the Christian Reformed Church. Out of 247 ministers in the Christian Reformed denomination,1 only these three men with the majority of their...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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