Interview with Rev. C. Hanko (3): First Church in the 1950’s

Question: You had been warned that there were some problems at First Church. How did you find things when you arrived? C. Hanko: I found that is wasnt too bad among the Elders, but especially among the Deacons there was a lot of opposition. The Deacons were simply fed up with being Protestant Reformed. It wasnt because of the doctrine so much. It was that they were fed up with Hoeksema. They wanted to get rid of Hoeksema. That was the main thing. This was all prior to the issue of...