Church Extension, Church Reformation, and Domestic Missions (1)
This article examines the 1942 synodical discussion that shaped the Protestant Reformed Churches' approach to missionary work, specifically exploring how the denomination defined and prioritized church extension and reformation among Reformed communities over foreign missions. Through analysis of the Mission Committee's constitutional preamble and its synodical revision, Bruinsma illuminates the ecclesiological and practical priorities that guided early PRC missiology.
In 1942 the first draft of the Constitution of the Mission Committee of the Protestant Reformed Churches was forged and proposed to the synod of that year. The second paragraph of the proposed preamble to the constitution carefully expressed the sentiment of many in the churches at that time. We believe that this missionary activity includes the work of church extension, and church reformation, as well as the task of carrying out the Gospel to the unchurched and heathen. Although we look...
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