Welcome to a Reformed Church

Welcome to a Reformed Church
Author: Daniel R. Hyde
Publisher: Reformation Trust Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781567692037

Daniel Hyde traces the historical roots of the Reformed churches, their key beliefs, and the ways in which those beliefs are expressed. The result is a roadmap for those newly encountering the Reformed world and a primer for those seeking to know more about their Reformed heritage.

Family Quarrels in the Dutch Reformed Churches in the Nineteenth Century

Family Quarrels in the Dutch Reformed Churches in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Robert P. Swierenga
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802847096

Volume 32 in the HSRCA series chronicles the internal quarrels that have occurred in RCA history, particularly the landmark secessions that occurred in 1850, 1857, and 1882. While exploring the unity and disunity that have characterized the RCA since the Dutch immigration to the United States, this study also points out the righteous motivations that lay behind these struggles and shows how these historic quarrels have their counterpart in contemporary debates over the ordination of women and the church's acceptance of homosexuals.

Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches

Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches
Author: Benedetto
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 1122
Release: 1999-11-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0810866293

As its name implies, the Reformed tradition grew out of the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Reformed churches consider themselves to be the Catholic Church reformed. The movement originated in the reform efforts of Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) of Zurich and John Calvin (1509-1564) of Geneva. Although the Reformed movement was dependent upon many Protestant leaders, it was Calvin's tireless work as a writer, preacher, teacher, and social and ecclesiastical reformer that provided a substantial body of literature and an ethos from which the Reformed tradition grew. Today, the Reformed churches are a multicultural, multiethnic, and multinational phenomenon. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches contains information on the major personalities, events, facts, movements, and beliefs of the Reformed churches. This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on leaders, personalities, events, facts, movements, and beliefs of the Reformed churches.

The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies

The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies
Author: Gerald Francis De Jong
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1978
Genre: History
ISBN:

"The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies remains the best study of the early years of the Reformed Church in North America. De Jong's careful account takes the readers on a fascinating journey from the establishment of a Dutch church at a mill in New Amsterdam to the early years of an indigenous American denomination. Along the way we become acquainted with issues in the colonial period that are pertinent in the twenty-first century for the Reformed Church in America: church multiplication, leadership training, discipleship, regional tensions, adaptation to cultural changes, worship, and liturgy. De Jong helps us to see that, in many respects, the more things change, the more they remain the same." The Rev. Dennis N. Voskuil, Ph.D. President and De Witt Professor of Church History Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan "The reissue of De Jong's classic study is very welcome. Though of course there has been other important work on various aspects of the colonial Dutch Reformed experience in the thirty years since the book's first appearance, still it remains the standard comprehensive account - a careful and thorough work that shows a mastery of the sources and sticks close to them." The Rev. John Coakley, Ph.D L. Russel Feakes Professor of Church History, New Brunswick Theological Seminary New Brunswick, New Jersey

What Is a Reformed Church?

What Is a Reformed Church?
Author: Malcolm H. Watts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781601781574

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