Crete PRC, IL
This article documents the founding and growth of Crete Protestant Reformed Church in Illinois, tracing its origins to Rev. Herman Hoeksema's 1924 deposition from the Christian Reformed Church and the subsequent establishment of the PRC in 1926. The resource highlights the congregation's commitment to Christian education, evangelism, and faithful preaching over nearly 100 years, while connecting these developments to the broader Dutch Reformed heritage and the doctrinal convictions that shaped the Protestant Reformed movement.
The history of Crete Protestant Reformed Church begins in the mid to late 1800s, when many Dutch fled the economic, political, and spiritual oppressions that gripped Holland. Those who fled because of religious persecution were chiefly of the Afscheiding (Secession of 1834). Many of them chose the low and high prairies south of Chicago, where they continued in their farming heritage, growing onions and melons. Shortly after Rev. Herman Hoeksema was deposed from the Christian Reformed Church in...
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