The discussion continues over the first post, but this comment from Lawrence prompts further thoughts:
missions
Shhh…It's a Secret: URC Missions Information
Yesterday Pastor Hyde forwarded The Trumpet, an informal missions newsletter from Cornerstone URC in Hudsonville, MI. If you would like to receive the newsletter, contact:
MissionsURC.org
In the light of this post, I should give equal time for good news. There is a missions related website for the URCNA. It has information about URC works in Costa Rica, Honduras, India, Toronto and elsewhere. Many thanks to Don Van . . . Continue reading →
URCNA Missions, Missionaries, and Church Plants
It’s not considered “missional” to speak of “missionaries” but the URCs are old school:
Ecclesial Apartheid?
What’s weird is that it’s often intentional.
Measuring the Health of a Church
For many the 18th century is regarded as the “century of mission” or perhaps century of the so-called First Great Awakening (for more on this see see ch. 3 of RRC) but if fidelity to the Reformed Confession is a mark of . . . Continue reading →
Reformed Orthodoxy and Missions
Thanks to Wes for this intro to the missionary (missional?) theology of Johannes Hoornbeek.
7 Reasons Why P & R Churches Should Send Missionaries to Poland
Reaching Poland is critical to mission work in both western and eastern Europe. Yet Reformed Christians have ignored this reality for years and have neglected to send missionaries to this large European country. My goal here is to make the case for . . . Continue reading →
How To Fence the Lord’s Table (2)
How to Fence the Lord’s Table (Part 1) There is irony in fencing the Lord’s Table. What should be a joyous celebration, after due preparation of course, and a communion of believers with their risen Lord and with one another, is for . . . Continue reading →
Mosheim On Romanist Missions In The Early 17th Century
4. From these colleges and societies issues those swarms of missionaries who travelled over the whole world so far as it is yet discovered, and from among the most ferocious nations gathered congregations which were, if not in reality, yet in name . . . Continue reading →
Strategic, Authentic, and Confessional
Introduction: What Do You Want? I spent an encouraging evening with a enthusiastic group of young people at pastor’s house recently. Over dinner we discussed the challenges of planting Reformed Churches. We agreed that whatever we do we need to be strategic, we . . . Continue reading →
A Reformed Church Plant Initiative In Richmond, VA
Office Hours: Sola Scriptura And Missions
In Matthew 28 our Lord gave to his visible church the great commission to go announce the gospel, to make disciples of all the nations, to plant churches, and to make use of the means that he himself had established. Dr Lloyd . . . Continue reading →
Why Communism Is Not The Answer
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Thinking Of Planting A Confessional Reformed Church On The Plains?
It is not easy to plant a confessional Reformed congregation on the American Plains (the area of the USA from the between the Rockies and the Mississippi River, from Canada to Mexico). In some places it is sparsely populated. The confessional Presbyterian . . . Continue reading →
Interested In A URCNA Church Plant In The Eastern USA?
Contact info. NB: A Classis is a regional assembly of Reformed churches. It is a Latin word that originally referred to a fleet of ships. The Presbyterians say essentially the same thing with the word Presbytery Resources How To Subscribe To Heidelmedia . . . Continue reading →
Indy Reformed Has A Building
Indy Reformed is a church plant of the United Reformed Churches in North America meeting in the Indianapolis metro. Continue reading →
A New Reformed Congregation In Ventura, CA
I am thankful to introduce Ventura Reformed to readers of the Heidelblog! In April, Pasadena URC called and sent me to three households in the city of Ventura to lead them in a grassroots church-planting project. We are asking the Lord to establish a URCNA congregation on the Oxnard Plain (population ~ 400,000) not only with Reformed-and-relocating people, and with Christians-becoming-Reformed people, but especially—especially!—with people who do not attend any church. Continue reading →
Were The Protestant Reformers Missionary Failures? Challenging The Nineteenth-Century Narrative
One of the stories told about the Reformation in missiological circles is that the reformers weren’t interested in seeing the gospel go to the ends of the earth.
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Santa Ana Reformed: New URCNA Congregation To Be Planted in Orange County California
From Peter Bell, an intern at Oceanside URC: We are planting a Reformed Church (URCNA) in Santa Ana, the city seat of Orange County. We are beginning the informational sessions and Bible studies near the end of October, with a goal (Lord . . . Continue reading →