Protestant Reformed Missions, Years of Rebuilding: Missions Revived (1954-1961) (1)
This article by Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma documents the Protestant Reformed Churches' missionary efforts during 1954-1961, following the traumatic 1953 split. It details the reconstitution of the Mission Committee, the calling of Rev. George Lubbers as home missionary, and the strategic focus on reaching German Reformed congregations in the Midwest, particularly among Russian-German immigrant communities in Colorado and the Dakotas. The piece provides important institutional and ecclesiastical history for understanding how the PRC rebuilt its missionary witness during a critical period of denominational recovery.
After the split in 1953, the Mission Committee was left to pick up the splinters left behind in its mission work. The Mission Committee reported to the 1954 meeting of synod that Rev. Andrew Cammenga was removed from his position as missionary due to his insistence that Rev. DeWolf along with the men of First Protestant Reformed Church (Grand Rapids) who followed him were the legal consistory of First PRC. It was also reported to this synod that "the Revs. Blankespoor, Kok, Knott, and elder...
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