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This article documents the founding of ministerial training in the Protestant Reformed Churches in 1925, immediately following their separation from the Christian Reformed Church during the Common Grace controversy. It provides primary source material from consistory minutes showing how early PRC leaders like Hoeksema, Danhof, and Ophoff established a structured curriculum for educating ministers, reflecting the denomination's urgent need for faithful pastoral leadership during its formative period.
In April of 1925, in Grand Rapids, MI, elders and ministers from three Christian Reformed Churches, recently cut off by their denomination, met to make plans for the future of their churches. The minutes of the combined consistories' meeting indicate a significant concern. Article 9 states: The training of ministers of the Word is discussed. It is decided to appoint a committee that will serve with advice at the next meeting. Committee: Revs. Ophoff and Hoeksema. At the next meeting of these...
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