Results by title

Wherever there are Reformed and Presbyterian denominations in the world,there are classes and presbyteries. The authors in this volume probe the role of the classis and presbytery, their authority, shortcomings and possibilities. The volume includes not only explorations of the origins of the classis and the presbytery, but also recent international developments, such as the Classis renewal movement in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and in the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren, and the appointment of ‘classis ministers’ in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Contributions to this volume were written by René de Reuver (the Netherlands), Allan J. Janssen (U.S.A.), Leon van den Broeke (the Netherlands), Klaas-Willem de Jong (the Netherlands), Kathleen S. Smith (U.S.A.), Adam Csukás (the Czech Republic), Joseph D. Small (U.S.A.) and John P. Chalmers (Scotland).

Wherever there are Reformed and Presbyterian denominations in the world,there are classes and presbyteries. The authors in this volume probe the role of the classis and presbytery, their authority, shortcomings and possibilities. The volume includes not only explorations of the origins of the classis and the presbytery, but also recent international developments, such as the Classis renewal movement in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and in the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren, and the appointment of ‘classis ministers’ in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Contributions to this volume were written by René de Reuver (the Netherlands), Allan J. Janssen (U.S.A.), Leon van den Broeke (the Netherlands), Klaas-Willem de Jong (the Netherlands), Kathleen S. Smith (U.S.A.), Adam Csukás (the Czech Republic), Joseph D. Small (U.S.A.) and John P. Chalmers (Scotland).

The World Communion of Reformed churches (WCRC) actually has 233 members and all of these churches have in some form legal norms for their constitutional set-up. How do they look like, what is similar to them and where are the di¬fferences? What in the constitutional set-up of the Reformed churches is influenced by the organisational principles that the 16th century Reformers developed for the church and what is the outcome of the, sometimes strong, in fluence of state law? Where do we see constitutional transplants due to the fact that some churches grew out of others? With which topics are all Reformed Churches currently dealing? Finally, to what extent does the Reformed branch on the tree of Christian churches di¬ er from other Christian churches? This books contains expert papers on Reformed church polity in ¬different countries. By comparing a series of church polity topics it wants to foster an understanding of the richness of Reformed church polity in history and at present. This book, then, seeks to enlarge the knowledge on Reformed church polity and, in the meantime, to contribute to ecumenism. If you would like to order the book for delivery outside of the Netherlands, please email orders@aup.nl

The World Communion of Reformed churches (WCRC) actually has 233 members and all of these churches have in some form legal norms for their constitutional set-up. How do they look like, what is similar to them and where are the di¬fferences? What in the constitutional set-up of the Reformed churches is influenced by the organisational principles that the 16th century Reformers developed for the church and what is the outcome of the, sometimes strong, in fluence of state law? Where do we see constitutional transplants due to the fact that some churches grew out of others? With which topics are all Reformed Churches currently dealing? Finally, to what extent does the Reformed branch on the tree of Christian churches di¬ er from other Christian churches? This books contains expert papers on Reformed church polity in ¬different countries. By comparing a series of church polity topics it wants to foster an understanding of the richness of Reformed church polity in history and at present. This book, then, seeks to enlarge the knowledge on Reformed church polity and, in the meantime, to contribute to ecumenism. If you would like to order the book for delivery outside of the Netherlands, please email orders@aup.nl