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Men and Women in the Church — Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:8-15

Beloved congregation of Christ, Recently, at Synod Meppel, our sister churches in the Netherlands decided to admit women to all […]

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10 July 2017

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A Missiological Reflection on the RCN and Women in Office

Over the last few years, I have written several times about my concerns regarding the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands.  […]

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29 June 2017

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The GKV’s Major Leap off the Cliff

Last week, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands decided to open all the offices of the church (minister, elder, deacon) […]

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20 June 2017

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How the Mighty Have Fallen

I have been writing for about 25 years.  My first published article appeared in the January 1992 issue of a […]

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17 June 2017

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New Resource on Women in Office

When I teach the Belgic Confession to my catechism students, I now spend a lesson on the topic of women […]

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13 March 2017

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Women in Office = False Church?

It could happen later this year that the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands decide at their synod to officially allow […]

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9 March 2017

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Critical Articles About Women in Office in the GKV

As regular readers of this blog know, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands are currently wrestling with the issue of […]

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23 January 2017

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RCN Report: Open All Offices to Women

This past Tuesday, the deputies appointed to study women in office in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (RCN) released […]

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3 November 2016

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Ichabod?

No, the title is not referring to Ichabod Crane, he of headless horseman fame.  Rather, it refers to what Scripture […]

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23 September 2016

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CanRC Interim Report on Relations with Churches in the Netherlands

Recently, an important report was released by the CanRC synodically appointed subcommittee tasked with relations with our Dutch sister churches […]

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27 October 2014

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Advice of Dr. J. Van Bruggen to Synod Ede 2014 on Women in Office

I have written recently about the decisions made by the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands at Synod Ede 2014, specifically […]

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18 July 2014

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A Special Sort of Unbelief

Recently many concerns have been expressed about the direction of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands.  Our sister churches were […]

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8 July 2014

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RCN Decision on Women in Office

Courtesy of Arjen Vreugdenhil, I have a translation I can share of the decision of Synod Ede of the Reformed […]

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10 June 2014

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Pray for the RCN!

Synod Ede of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands continues later this week.  Unlike Canadian Reformed synods (which meet through […]

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13 May 2014

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Rev. Wes Bredenhof (B.A., M.Div., Th.D.) is pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Launceston, Tasmania. Read More
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Get to Know the Holy Spirit

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