Protestant Reformed Missions, Years of Trial: Missions Threatened (1947-1953) (1)
This historical article by Wilbur Bruinsma examines internal tensions within the Protestant Reformed Churches during 1947-1953, centered on the influence of Dutch theologian Klaas Schilder and the denomination's ongoing ties to Reformed churches in the Netherlands. The piece contextualizes how first-generation Dutch immigrants and their ecclesiastical connections shaped PRC missions and church relations during this period of trial.
The minutes of the Mission Committee (MC) from 1947 through 1949 do not reveal the unrest that was developing in the Protestant Reformed Churches at that time. But there it was. There were various reasons for this unrest, but in the late 1940s much of it centered in a Dutch theologian by the name of Dr. Klaas Schilder. We took note in a previous article that Dr. Schilder made a visit to the United States in 1939. Already then he had become well known to the pastors and members of the PRC and...
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