Planting Apple Trees

Rev. Barry Gritters exhorts the Protestant Reformed Church community to maintain faithfulness to its Reformed heritage and theological treasures while actively living out the Christian faith in the present age, despite the expectancy of Christ's imminent return. Drawing on Luther's famous apple-planting aphorism, Gritters outlines five areas—including fidelity to Reformed doctrine, creeds, church order, Christian education, and biblical practices—that the PRC should emphasize and cultivate for spiritual growth and maturity.