Patterns and Portraits
Patterns and Portraits

Author: Renée House

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780802847058

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Volume 31 in the HSRCA series explores the important -- and largely unknowledged -- contribution of women to the history of the Reformed Church in America. Much more than an expose of untold stories, this significant foray into women studies discusses the church's continuing struggle to define the role of women in ministry and begins, at last, to rewrite the whole story of this significant North American demonination.

From Mission to Church
From Mission to Church

Author: Eugene P. Heideman

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 774

ISBN-13: 9780802849007

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In the nineteenth century the Scudders went to India with the avowed intention to confine their efforts to evangelistic preaching. By the time the Reformed Church mission became a part of the Church of South India, it was one of the most heavily institutionalized churches in the nation, supporting agricultural and industrial efforts, one of India's leading hospitals, and numerous educational institutions. This work by Eugene Heideman, himself a missionary to India, analyzes the causes for the shift in missionary emphasis in India, illuminating in the process an intriguing yet little-known component of the Reformed Church's witness.