Hull PRC, IA
This resource documents the founding and early history of the Hull Protestant Reformed Church in Iowa, established in March 1925 under Rev. Herman Hoeksema's leadership as part of the newly formed Protestant Reformed denomination. The account traces the congregation's rapid growth and subsequent crisis when Rev. Danhof attempted to lead the church back to the Christian Reformed Church over the Three Points of Common Grace controversy in 1926, resulting in a split that left only ten families in the PRC. This historical narrative provides valuable primary documentation of how the Common Grace controversy directly impacted individual congregations during the formative years of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America.
Compiled by Jan Westra, edited by Brittany Gritters The history of the Hull Protestant Reformed Church goes back to the beginning of the Protestant Reformed denomination. On March 16, 1925, just a few weeks after a temporary organization called the Protesting Christian Reformed Churches had been organized in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Protesting Christian Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa, was organized under the leadership of Rev. H. Hoeksema with a membership of 32 families. After only five...
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