Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk -- History -- Secession, 1834

Abstract Henry Beets (1869-1947) was born in Koedijk, the Netherlands. He emigrated to the United States and was a minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection details his theological training, his parish ministries in Pella, Iowa, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and his interests in ecumenical contacts and mission outreach, particularly to the Zunis and Navajos of the western United States. He was a prolific writer on the Christian Reformed Church, Reformed religion, Dutch Calvinism, Dutch...

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Minister of the Gereformeerde Kerken in the Netherlands and professor at the Theologische School at Kampen. The collection includes personal correspondence; pamphlets; letters and documents of the Afgescheiden Gemeente at Arnhem, 1848-1855; records of Kampen Seminary, 1836-1893; minutes of the congregation at Biggekerke, 1836; and a translated letter of J. A. Wormser to A. Brummelkamp on October 28, 1867.

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Minister of the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland. Papers, consisting of a facsimile of the 'Akte van Afscheiding,' the minutes of the first council meeting of the Seceders; a letter written to H. Schuring (original and transcription); call letter (photocopy and translated) from the Graafschap Church in Michigan to the Helenius de Cock, 1851; and pamphlets.

Abstract Critical writer in the Afscheiding (church secessionist) movement in the Netherlands; founder and leader of the colony of Holland, Michigan; business entrepreneur; minister of the Reformed Church in America; and advocate for education, as founder of Hope College and Western Theological Seminary at Holland, Michigan. The collection includes correspondence, sermons, essays, speeches, articles, business papers, and personal memorabilia. [See also the Campus Titles Database; Jacobson's book:...