Introduction to Johannes Jansen’s A Brief Explanation of the Church Order
This introductory article provides a biographical and contextual overview of Johannes Jansen (1873-1956), a prominent Dutch Reformed pastor and scholar who became recognized as an authority on Reformed church polity. The resource introduces Jansen's scholarly work on church discipline and church order, situating him within the Dutch Reformed theological tradition and preparing readers to engage with his explanations of Reformed ecclesiastical governance.
Johannes Jansen was born on January 19, 1873, in Varsseveld, Gelderland.1 His father, a farmer, was also named Johannes Jansen, and his mother was Berendina Johanna Rademaker. He grew up as a member of the Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk (Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands), the churches of the Afscheiding. In 1892, the same year that the churches of the Afscheiding united with the churches of Abraham Kuyper's Doleantie to form the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederlands (Reformed...
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