John Doedes De Jong Collection, 1924-1975 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: John Doedes De Jong Collection, 1924-1975

ID: COLL/047

Primary Creator: De Jong, John Doedes (1902-1975)

Extent: 18.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Subjects: Christian Reformed Church, Heidelberger Katechismus - Sermons, Protestant Reformed Churches of America, Schilder, K. (Klaas), 1890-1952, Sermons, Dutch, Voyages and travels

Abstract

Minister who served Protestant Reformed and Christian Reformed churches. Papers consist of sermons; radio messages; Heidelberg Catechism sermons in Dutch; addresses; correspondence; family letters; notes of K. Schilder; travel accounts; records of the Hull Protestant Reformed Church, 1951-1960; and of the Hope Christian Reformed Church, 1960-1961, Hull, Iowa.

Biographical Note

John Doedes De Jong was born in Hallum, Friesland, Netherlands on August 30, 1902. In 1925 De Jong immigrated to the United States. In September of 1929 he graduated from the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Also in September of 1929, he married Marguerite De Vries. Together they had four children-Donald Warren, John David, Eunice Marie, and Marian Jane. He served the Protestant Reformed church communities of Doon, Iowa; Hudsonville, Michigan; Creston, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Hull, Iowa.

Concerned over doctrinal and ecclesiastical tendencies in the Protestant Reformed Church, De Jong became a minister of the Christian Reformed Church in 1961. De Jong went on to serve the Christian Reformed Church communities of Hull, Iowa and Lynden, Washington. De Jong retired in 1968. De Jong‘s passing was caused by a massive heart attack on August 20, 1975. He was survived by his wife, four children, and fifteen grandchildren.

Subject/Index Terms

Christian Reformed Church
Heidelberger Katechismus - Sermons
Protestant Reformed Churches of America
Schilder, K. (Klaas), 1890-1952
Sermons, Dutch
Voyages and travels

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical Material - Addresses, 1929-1968],
[Series 2: Articles, 1936-1963],
[Series 3: Correspondence, 1924-1975],
[Series 4: Hull Protestant Reformed Church and Christian Reformed Church, 1951-1961],
[Series 5: Protestant Reformed Church, 1934-1967],
[Series 6: General Subject, 1936-1966],
[Series 7: Sermons],
[Series 8: Sovereign Grace Radio Messages, 1945-1953],
[All]

Series 5: Protestant Reformed Church --- 1934-1967

Box 6

Folder 1: Index of Sermons: Early arrangement according to calendar

Folder 2: Index of Sermons: Texts and themes

Folder 3: Index of Standard Bearer

Folder 4: Lynden II CRC: Installation --- August 25, 1961

Folder 5: Lynden II CRC: Record of calls made and sick visits --- 1962-1967

Folder 6: Lynden II CRC: Reaction to De Jong's preaching, an evaluation

Folder 7

Item 1: Magazines: Special issues of Concordia --- 1952
Item 2: Magazines: Special issues of De Reformatie --- February 1950
Item 3: Magazines: Special issues of Kerkblad --- October 1951, May 1952

Folder 8: Military papers: Registered and Exempted --- 1921

Folder 9: Classical reports --- 1939-1941

Folder 10: Committee on Canadian Reformed Churches. Report and correspondence --- 1958

Folder 11: Committee on Correspondence with Canadian Reformed Churches --- January 7, 1953

Folder 12: Committee for Correspondence with Foreign Churches. Letters and reports --- 1949, 1952

Folder 13: Conference of PRC and CRC. Report --- 1939

Folder 14: Covenant. Notes on Professor Schilder

Folder 15: Declaration of Principles. Publications --- 1951

Folder 16: Declaration of Principles; Schilder on Declarations. De Reformatie --- 1951

Folder 17: Documents of Classis --- 1939

Folder 18: Documents of Classis --- 1949

Folder 19: Documents of Classis --- 1949

Folder 20: Documents of Classis, letters --- 1951

Folder 21: Documents of Consistory of First church --- 1949-1950

Folder 22: Documents of Classis --- 1952

Folder 23: Documents of Classis, letters --- 1957

Box 7

Folder 1: Form for baptism, letter --- 1944
Folder 2: Fuller case --- 1953
Folder 3: Holwerda matter. (Holwerda, Kok, De Jong) --- 1949
Folder 4: Immigration reports. Correspondence --- 1948-49
Folder 5: Copies of letters to Holwerda and Schilder
Folder 6: Ophof case --- 1940
Folder 7: Ophof case --- 1940-1941
Folder 8: Questions on worship, baptism, Canons of Dordt
Folder 9: Reports on Home Missions --- 1942-1959
Folder 10: Statistics --- 1938
Folder 11: Synodical reports --- 1934-1951
Folder 12: Synodical reports. Statistics, facing the facts. --- 1959
Folder 13: The Three points; Articles and papers
Folder 14: Young Peoples Federation material --- 1942-1956
Folder 15: PRC - CRC Documents of 1960-1961