From the churches - November 2015


1. On 12 September 2015 br. M.A. Sneep gradua-ted and received his diploma for Minister of the Word from the training for the Ministry. He passed cum laude. On 3 October he passed the preparatory examination by classis and became eligible for calling. Very soon he received a call from DGK Groningen and has, in the meantime, accepted this call.

2. The 5th synod of DGK, Synod Groningen, officially closed on 13 June 2015.
The General Synod Groningen 2014-2015 officially closed on Saturday 13 June 2015. The deputies for preparing the next synod are now working on the Acts for publication. The Acts of GS Groningen 2014-2015 will be published as soon as possible, both in book form and digitally on the internet.

Deputies for Contact with Churches Abroad:
Joh. Houweling, Rev. C. Koster, Rev. S. de Marie, A. van der Net
Secretary: Rev. C. Koster: dsckoster@gmail.com

The next General Synod will be held in the spring of 2018, the church of DGK Berkel en Rodenrijs/Bergschenhoek being the convening church.
Secretary: scriba@gereformeerde-kerk.nl

3. On 21 May 2016 we again hope to have a League Day, this time in Dalfsen.

4. The Students society Virtute Dei meets regularly and is well-attended.

5. Recently published: the brochure ‘Marriage in the Lord’ by dr. S. de Marie v.d.m. This is a translation of his brochure ‘Het huwelijk in de Here’ and is based on a series of articles that were published in De Bazuin, the magazine of The Reformed Churches (DGK) in the Netherlands in 2008. They emanated from a marriage course that was given by the author in Zwolle.

6. At present a second outline on church history is being written titled ‘Terug naar het Woord’ (‘Back to the Word’) by br. T.L. Bruinius. In these outlines the church history from 1944 to 2003 is discussed. Recent church history that is educational for our younger youth but also for ourselves.
New outlines on Bible books such as Luke and Acts are also being written for the youth of 12 years old and above.

7. DGK Berkel en Rodenrijs / Bergschenhoek com-menced with the building of an own church building at Bleiswijk in June 2015.