Women in Office – an RCN Report
Women should now also be ordained as ministers, elders and deacons. That is the unanimous recommendation of Deputies Men/Women appointed by synod of the...
Two Kingdoms
The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is engaged in a life-long battle involving two kingdoms: the kingdom of God (or kingdom of heaven)...
China Seeks Control over Religion
With a growing Christian population in China, the country’s atheistic government is doing everything it can to control the religion of its citizens. In...
The Church Struggle of the 1960s (part 4)
A number of ministers in our Dutch sister churches during the 1960s were no longer reformed in their thinking. Through their writing and speaking...
The Church Struggle of the 1960s (part 3)
The struggle during the 1960s was a struggle to remain faithful to Scripture, our Three Forms of Unity and reformed church government. Those who...
The Church Struggle of the 1960s (part 2)
The previous article showed that during the 1960s it became evident that there were some ministers and others in the (liberated) Reformed Churches (RCN) who...
The Church Struggle of the 1960s (part 1)
Fifty years ago, in 1966, an ‘Open Letter’ was published that threatened to undermine the truth of God’s Word and the federation of the...
Women in Office in the RCN
In 2015 the Free Reformed Churches of Australia (FRCA) decided to suspend sister relations with the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (RCN or, in...
Obeying Those in Authority
The second table of the Law begins with the fifth commandment – honour your father and your mother. This is more than about children...
The Reformed School (4) – its unique purpose
When the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus by asking a question about divorce, the Lord Jesus referred the hearers to how things were in...
The Reformed School (3) – has Reformed Teachers
If the purpose of the school is to help parents to nurture their children so that they know, love and serve the LORD—and so...
The Reformed School (2) – Grounded in Covenant, Church and Antithesis
The reformed school is grounded in the covenant which the LORD has established with believers and their children. As the covenant community of the...
The Reformed School (1) – God’s Word governs all it does
What makes a school reformed? Over the years Christian school teachers have devoted many conferences and staff meetings to this. This is the first...
The Church – Bearer of the Truth
… the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15).Christ...
Watchfulness in respect to the doctrine
"If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him…" (2 John :10).Have...