Part 1 : The Colonial Period. Articles of Union between the Coetus and Conferentie groups among the American churches, approved in a convention of ministers and elders of those churches, October 15-18, 1771. Letter from the Rev. Samuel Drisius to the Classis of Amsterdam, September 15, 1664 -- The Articles of Capitulation signed in New Amsterdam, September 6, 1664 -- A letter from Lieutenant Governor Leisler and Council to the Bishop of Salisbury -- Extracts from Van Cortlandt's Account to Sir Edmund Andros (Governor of New York) of Leisler's Conduct -- The charter of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York -- Excerpt from "The Acceptable Communicant," a sermon delivered by the Rev. Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen -- "Preface to All Impartial and Truth Loving Persons" and Citations by the Consistory at Raritan and Answers of the Parties, from the Complaint... Against Doctor Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, 1725 -- Letter from the first Coetus to the Classis of Amsterdam September 8-9, 1747 (not mailed until April 26, 1748) -- Letter from ministers of the Conferentie to the Classis of Amsterdam, September 3, 1755 -- Articles of Union between the Coetus and Conferentie groups among the American churches, approved in a convention of ministers and elders of those churches, October 15-18, 1771. Part 2 : New Country, New Church. Islay Walden, "An Address to Dixie," from Miscellaneous Poems, Which the Author Desires to Dedicate to the Cause of Education and Humanity. "Preface to the Entire Constitution of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America" -- Excerpts from a Sermon, "The Everlasting Gospel," Delivered Before The New York Missionary Society, by John Henry Livingston, D.D., S.T.P. -- Two letters from ministers leaving the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church for the True Dutch Reformed Church -- The New Brunswick Covenant -- Elias Van Bunschooten's bequest for the support of Queen's College and the Theological Seminary and the response of the General Synod -- Excerpt from Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 -- Excerpts from Memorial of Ann Bevier and Rachel Westbrook, members of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Rochester, to the Particular Synod of Albany, regarding their complaint against the Rev. James Murphy and the Classis of Ulster circa 1825 -- Excerpt from New Brunswick Fifty Years ago: Reminiscences by Rev. Edward T. Corwin, D. D., read before the New Brunswick Historical Society, April 1905 -- Excerpt from Slaveholding Not Sinful: Slavery, the Punishment of Man's Sin, Its Remedy, the Gospel of Christ: an Argument Before the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, October, 1855 by Samuel B. How, D.D. (New Brunswick, NJ: John Terhune, 1856) -- Excerpt from Bible Slaveholding Not Sinful: A Reply to Slaveholding Not Sinful by Samuel B. Howe, D.D., by H.D. Ganse, Minister of the Reformed Dutch Church, Freehold, N.J. (New York: R. & R. Brinkerhoff, 1856), 1-34, 70-85. -- Readington Negroes: Address by Rev. John Bodine Thompson, D.D., at the Readington (Reformed Church) Anniversary, October 17, 1894 -- Excerpt from A Discourse on the Death of President Lincoln, delivered in the First Reformed Dutch Church, of Schenectady, N. Y. by Rev. Denis Wortman, Pastor elect. Sabbath Evening, April 16, 1865 -- Letter from Islay Walden to David Demarest regarding the former's rent in Hertzog Hall, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, September 21, 1878 -- Islay Walden, "An Address to Dixie," from Miscellaneous Poems, Which the Author Desires to Dedicate to the Cause of Education and Humanity. Part 3 : Missions. "RCA Global Mission Principles". Printed Christmas letter, with personal notes, sent by Walter and Harriet de Velder to Elton Bruins, ca. 1967 -- Excerpts from a letter from John Scudder, "Appeal to the Churches," February 16, 1833 -- Missionary Letter from Margaret B. Scudder (Mrs. Henry F.), September 23, 1930 -- Article by Ida S. Scudder, "Glimpses of my Life," The Church Herald, September 3, 1954 -- From a collection of letters from James Cantine to John Cantine at 1 Yates Street, Schenectady, New York, from 1889 to 1901 -- Zwemer's account "From Aden to Makallah." pamphlet published by the Board of Foreign Missions, May 19, 1891 -- "A Picnic in Arabia" by Mrs. S.M. Zwemer -- Two letters from Horace G. Underwood to his brother, Fred, written in Seoul, Korea, in 1887 -- Article by Carl Schroeder, missionary to Taiwan, in The Church Herald, February 2, 1968 -- Arlene Schuiteman letter in Sioux Center, IA, News, about medical work in Nasir, Sudan February 28,1960 -- "Discipling All Nations: The Global Mission of die Reformed Church in America into the Twenty-First Century" -- "RCA Global Mission Principles". Part 4 : New Arrivals. Minutes of the Hope College Council (first board of trustees), July 12-18, 1866. Request to join Particular Synod of Albany -- Discussions of union with the RPDC in Minutes of Classis of Holland, meeting of October 30, 1850 -- Notification of secession, Minutes of the Classis of Holland, April 8, 1857 -- Excerpts from the debate over Freemasonry at General Synod of 1880 -- Minutes of the Hope College Council (first board of trustees), July 12-18, 1866. Part 5 : Denominationalism. Excerpts from an oral interview with the Rev. Marion "Mert" de Velder, conducted by Derek Michael Strauch in 1979 for the "Hope College Living Oral History Project". Excerpts from David D. Demarest, "The Theological School a Practical Institution" -- Excerpts from John De Witt, "What Is Inspiration?" -- Excerpts from Egbert Winter, "What Is Inspiration?" -- Report to General Synod of 1899, examining the role of particular synods -- Report of the Committee on the Reformed Church Progress Campaign -- Inaugural Address by M. Stephen James, becoming president of New Brunswick Theological Seminary, October 26,1953 -- Annual Report of the Board of Theologica lEducation to the General Synod of 1969 -- Excerpts from an oral interview with the Rev. Marion "Mert" de Velder, conducted by Derek Michael Strauch in 1979 for the "Hope College Living Oral History Project". Part 6 : Broader Horizons. The Confession of Belhar, September 1986. Report of the Commission on Race to the General Synod of 1969 -- The Black Manifesto, prepared by the Board of Directors at the National Committee of Black Churchmen, meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, May 7, 1969 -- Report on Response to The Black Manifesto -- Report of the Special Committee to Evaluate the Relationship of the Reformed Church in America to the National Council of Churches -- Excerpt from An Ecumenical Mandate for the Reformed Church in America -- Pastoral letter sent by the General Secretary to congregations and classes of the RCA explaining the Formula of Agreement -- Excerpt from the Constitution of the World Communion of Reformed Churches -- The Confession of Belhar, September 1986. Part 7 : Still Struggling. An Anti-Racism Statement from New Brunswick Theological Seminary Board of Trustees. Report to the 1970 General Synod from the Committee for Understanding -- Report of the Committee on the Ordination of Women -- Report of the Committee on Judicial Business to the 1979 General Synod -- Report of Leonard Kalkwerf as president of the General Synod of 1984 -- Report of l. John Hesselink as president of the General Synod of 1996 -- Mission and Vision Statement presented to the 1997 General Synod Human Sexuality and Being Church Together -- Report of the Special Council on Human Sexuality -- "The Chicago Invitation" -- "The Covenant for Integrity in the RCA Statement of purpose for Room for All -- An Anti-Racism Statement from New Brunswick Theological Seminary Board of Trustees.
Series:
The Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America ; no. 104.
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