Protestant Reformed Missions, The War Years: Mission Work Flounders (1940-1946) (3)
This article examines internal tensions within the Protestant Reformed Church's Mission Committee during World War II, specifically focusing on the 1940-1946 period when organizational divisions between eastern and western branches led to conflict over proposed mission work in China. Bruinsma provides detailed historical context and documentation of how ecclesiastical governance structures and communication failures contributed to denominational discord during this critical era.
Previous article in this series: November 15, 2018, p. 91. We concluded our last article stating that a rift had developed between the eastern and western branches of the Mission Committee. The synod of the PRC had decided that in order to keep the western churches of our denomination actively involved in the life and work of the churches the Mission Committee be divided into two branches, the majority branch from the East and a secondary one from the West. Tension between these two divisions...
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