Protestant Reformed missions, Years of Rebuilding: Missions Revived (1954-1961) (4)
This article by Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma documents the Protestant Reformed Church's domestic missionary efforts from 1954-1961, specifically focusing on Rev. George Lubbers' work establishing Reformed Hope Church in Loveland, Colorado. The narrative illustrates how an independent reformed congregation transitioned into formal membership within the PRCA, highlighting the practical challenges of church planting and the denominational processes involved in receiving new congregations.
Rev. George Lubbers began his mission labors in Hope Reformed Church of Loveland, CO in May of 1955. This church had before this time severed its ties with the Evangelical and Reformed denomination, the Reformed Church in the US (RCUS), and now existed as an independent congregation under its own constitution and elders. Missionary Lubbers, therefore, actually performed the work of a pastor in this congregation while carrying out the duties of a missionary in other places. During the years 1956...
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