“8. It is a mistake to think, as has been done, that Reformed churches, our own included, should concern themselves only with their own, that is, Reformed family. If as is generally assumed the non-Reformed churches, whether Protestant or non-Protestant, are Christian churches indeed, even though they are defective enough, then surely the Christian Reformed […]

In these days of ecumenical awareness and activity Reformed believers may not sit still. That theirs is a holy calling to work as well as pray that all Christ’s own may give a clearer expression to their unity in him whose they are and whom they serve has been recognized officially by the Christian Reformed […]

Upon several occasions the Christian Reformed Church has concerned itself in synodical assemblies with its proper relations to other churches. The most detailed and definitive study of this salient subject was presented to the Synod of 1944 which expressed “agreement with the substance of the twelve propositions set forth.” These are found in Acts, 1944, […]

To be a distinctive people is always the calling and challenge which Cod through his Word and Spirit binds upon his church. This is to be reflected by believers in thought, word, and deed. In view of the strong tides of worldliness sweeping across the churches in this century, the Christian Reformed Church in synodical […]

Forty years ago (1924) the Christian Reformed Church, in synodical session at Kalamazoo, Mich., adopted the well-known “Three Points,” declaring its conviction that Cod manifests “a certain kind of grace” to all men. What seems to be less well-known is the serious pastoral warning which the synod appended to its declaration. Herein we find a deep awareness […]