Tendencies Towards Horizontalism

Not infrequently in recent years voices, both official and unofficial, have been raised against the promotion of horizontalism and the social gospel in the Gereformeerde Kerken of the Netherlands. Some of these voices of criticism came from sister churches of the GKN. The fear was even expressed by some that other churches -- for example, the Christian Reformed Church in this country -- might become infected with a similar ecclesiastical disease through association. As far as the GKN are...