Thanks, Mr. Wigger!
This article by Don Doezema honors Ben Wigger's twenty-eight years of service as news editor of The Standard Bearer, the official publication of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America. It recounts Wigger's faithful stewardship of the "News From Our Churches" column, which was instituted by Rev. Herman Hoeksema in 1958 to foster unity among the denomination's congregations. The piece serves as both a tribute to Wigger's dedication and a brief historical snapshot of the magazine's role in connecting PRCA congregations.
The Standard Bearer, as you can tell from the Volume and Number on the front cover of this issue, is ninety years old. "News From Our Churches," one of its more popular rubrics, is younger. It's fifty-six years old. It has therefore appeared in most of the last 1,176 issues. And Mr. Ben Wigger has written half of them. The one that appears in this issue is his last. For his twenty-eight years of faithful service as news editor in the SB, the Editorial Committee, on behalf of the Editorial...
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