The Afscheiding and the Well-meant Gospel Offer

Introduction The Afscheiding (Secession) of 1834 was a true reformation of the church. It was a work of God through the Spirit of the exalted Christ by which the true church of Christ was delivered from the apostate state church (Hervormde Kerk). The Afscheiding is, therefore, part of the history of the Protestant Reformed Churches. That the Afscheiding was a true reformation of the church does not mean that there were no problems, differences, divisions, or disagreements among the many...