Student Preaching (2): An Established Practice; The Principle Involved

An Established Practice An Established Practice We have seen that during the past four hundred years various Synods of Reformed Churches in the Netherlands both favored and disfavored the practice of student preaching. These alternating positions of the Synods were frequently determined by circumstances peculiar to the times and influenced more by practical considerations than by principle. The question as to whether or not a student has the right to preach according to Scripture was not...