Getuienis Forum

The REC extends special recognition to Dr. Melvin Hugan, who was the original drafter of this document. The basic structure and much of the content is his. Dr. Hugan is Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Calvin Theological Seminary.

Marriage and the family are in a severe crisis today in many areas in the world. One can even speak of a global crisis. It undoubtedly started in the Western world. In the wake [...]Lees Meer

The General Synodical Commission of the URCSA and the Moderamen of the General Synod of the DRC (extended Executive Committees) met the past three days to discuss the reunification process of the family of Dutch Reformed Churches. It was an historical gathering – the first time that such a representative group of the leadership of the two churches met together.

In the meeting we soon became aware of a new spirit of [...]Lees Meer

This is a translation of the original Afrikaans text of the Confession as it was adopted by the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in SA in 1986. This followed the declaration of a status confessionis in 1982, in connection with the rejection of the defence of apartheid on moral and theological grounds.

1. We believe in the triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who gathers, protects and cares for his Church by his Word and his Spirit, [...]Lees Meer