On the 4th of October* a historic meeting took place in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Four groups came together to discuss the state of the Christian Reformed Church. This was a coalition for reformation in the CRC. It included members of the Abraham Kuyper Christian Citizen Foundation from Canada, members of the Reformed Fellowship, members of […]

As delegates gathered for the 1984 RES meeting in Chicago it was generally recognized that the future of this organization was problematic. Despite faithful efforts by some member churches, it is our view that the future of the RES is still very much in doubt. We say this because the decisions taken in Chicago were […]

The question concerning the membership of a Reformed denomination such as the Christian Reformed Church in the World Council of Churches has long had the present writer’s interest. From 1963 to 1968 he served as “convener” of a study committee of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod which was to investigate the question of membership in the […]

There is much discussion these days about the changes taking place in the Roman Catholic church. One of the changes that is said to be most noticeable is the openness of that church toward non-Roman Catholics. This is evidenced by an increasing number of discussions of various types which are taking place between Protestants and […]

Editor, TORCH AND TRUMPET Dear Brother in Christ: The June 11 issue of De Wachter contains an article written by its editor commending the official prayer rendered by the World Council of Churches at its General Assembly meeting in Uppsala, Sweden this month. Apparently he sees nothing wrong with this prayer, having been in all […]