Protestant Reformed Missions, Years of Trial: Missions Threatened (1947-1953) (3)
This historical article examines internal divisions within the Protestant Reformed Churches during 1947-1953 regarding missionary placement and strategy, specifically the debate over whether to send missionaries to Lynden, Washington or Ontario, Canada. The account highlights doctrinal disagreements about covenant theology (conditional vs. unconditional) and demonstrates how ecclesiastical committees and synodal processes attempted to resolve practical missionary questions amid theological uncertainties within the denomination.
Previous article in this series: January 1, 2021, p. 161. There were divisions among the members of the Mission Committee and among the members of the committee appointed by First PRC of Grand Rapids. The Lord had now provided our churches with two missionaries who were to work together in the labors of home missions. In 1948 there were two possible places to perform their work: in Lynden, Washington and in Ontario, Canada among the Dutch immigrants who had been members of the Liberated...
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