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April 2023 71 History of Classis West of the PRCA 1. Eras sense of the warm fellowship that the delegates have enjoyed at office- bearers’ conferences and the meetings of classis. My years as a pastor in Classis West were among the happiest years of my life, in part because I came to know an entire
The issue in the formation of the PRC was doctrinal. The doctrinal issue concerned the gospel of salvation by grace alone with its end in a walk of holiness. At its synod in 1924, the CRC adopted a doctrine of "common grace." The doctrine has three distinct "points." The first makes the grace of God
Through all these factors, and after many prayers, Sherry and I came to the conviction that we must leave the CRC and join the PRCA. I spent three wonderful years studying at the Theological School of the PRCA. The Lord more and more convinced me of the call to the ministry and also led me into an e
Semper Reformanda! Always reforming! Just as the life of the believer is one of progressive sanctification, so the life of the church should be one of continual reformation. The opposite for the believer is spiritual deterioration. The opposite for the church is apostasy. Was the formation of th
With thankfulness to God, the PRCA has stood resolute in its rejection of the three points. We have maintained our biblical understanding that God’s grace is sovereign and particular—not common to all men. It is our prayer that God will continue upholding the PRCA in the defense of uncommon, particu
No longer are any meetings held with the URC in order to explore differences and seek a possible relationship. Nonetheless, the men of the URC were willing to discuss their churches' position on Federal Vision and the matter of finances on the mission field. Both of these discussions were at our req
Protestant Reformed Theological Journal Vol. 55, No. 1 48 West were held,1 and in June 1940 the first meeting of the PRCA Synod would be held. This affected the denomination’s oversight of the Theological School. Until June 1939, the school was governed by curators from churches throughout the denom
professor emeritus of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary, and member of Southwest PRC in Wyoming, Michigan CELEBRATING SYNOD The year was 1940. The date was Wednesday, May 22. Very few took notice of the momentous event that took place in Grand Rapids, Mich
Classis West of the PRCA met September 27 in the Hull, IA PRC. We are thankful to note that Pastorelect Matthew De Boer passed his examination with unanimous approval, becoming the first of the seminary class of 2017 to be examined by a classis. His ordination took place September 29 in Edgerton, MN