Historical Series


		Historical Series
		The Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America was inaugurated in 1968 by the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America acting through the Commission on History to communicate the church's heritage and collective memory and to reflect on our identity and mission, encouraging historical scholarship which informs both church and academy.

A Goodly Heritage

Essays in honor of the Reverend Dr. Elton J. Bruins at eighty.

Liturgy Among the Thorns

Leading liturgical scholars in the Reformed Church take an informed historical look at various aspects of RCA worship life.

Aunt Tena, Called to Serve

This profoundly human story chronicles the 17 years Tena Huizenga ministered as a missionary nurse in Africa as recorded in letters to family and friends.

Meeting Each Other

This popular study of church history tells how the RCA adapted itself to the new order of society in the aftermath of the American Revolution.

By Grace Alone

By Grace Alone is the exciting and hope-filled story of the Reformed Church in America.

Old Wing Mission

A historical treasure of rare documents giving the account of Reverend George N. and Arvilla Smith in their work and social interactions with Native Americans at a Christian mission colony.

Chinese Theological Education, 1979-2006

This book offers insight into the emergence of the Christian church after Mao's Cultural Revolution.

Taking the Jesus Road

This book tells how in 1895 the Women's Board of Domestic Missions sent a Choctaw evangelist to witness among the Chiricahua Apache prisoners of war and Comanches camped at Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Constitutional Theology

One of the RCA’s foremost researchers offers commentary that explains the proper roles of elders, deacons, classes, and synods and details the procedures necessary for successful church life.

The Practice of Piety

An introduction to the theology of the Midwestern branches of the Reformed Church in America.

Divided by a Common Heritage

Now available! Insight into the present character of both the CRC and RCA and the prospects for the future.

Tools for Understanding

Essays in honor of Western Seminary professor Donald J. Bruggink and his passion for Western Seminary, the study of history, theological education and the nature of God and the church.

Freedom on the Horizon

A chronicle of the experiences of Dutch immigrants to the United States before World War II.

The Arabian Mission's Story

The story of over a hundred years of missionary endeavor by the RCA in the area of the Arabian Gulf.

From Mission to Church

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.

The Call of Africa

This book records the story of the RCA’s first fifty years of mission in sub-Saharan Africa, told through the eyes of a missionary, wife, and mother who experienced the joys of birth and the tragedy of death.

Grace in the Gulf

This autobiography bears witness to Jeanette Boersma's lifetime of service in Iraq and Oman as a missionary nurse.

The Church Speaks (Volume 1)

Formed in 1959, the Commission on Theology of the RCA serves the church by articulating its theological understanding of contemporary issues.

Henry J. Kuiper

A singular biographical study on the man who help shape the Christian Reformed Church, particularly in comparison with the Reformed Church in America.

The Church Speaks (Volume 2)

Here the contemporary doctrinal positions of the RCA, as presented by its Commission on Theology, are gathered into one convenient reference work.

Herman J. Ridder

A collection of more than 40 of Ridder's sermons.

The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies

A fascinating journey from the establishment of a Dutch church at a mill in New Amsterdam to the early years of an indigenous American denomination.

Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628-2000

This volume contains the names of all the more than 6,000 ministers and missionaries who have worked for the Reformed Church in America from its beginning in 1628 to the present.

The Netherlands Reformed Church

Beginning with its formation in 1571 during the upheavals of the Reformation, the Netherlands Reformed Church follows a dynamic path through over 400 years of history, culminating in the landmark ecumenical joining of 2004.

Iowa Letters

This is one of the most important collections of immigrant letters relating to the midwestern frontier known to exist.

The Reformed Church in China, 1842-1951

From the arrival in Amoy of the Rev. David Abeel in 1842 to the expulsion of the last missionaries by the communists in 1951, this volume records the RCA's work in China.

Liber A

This volume presents the translation of the first record book of the Collegiate Dutch Reformed Church in New York City, New York.

Word and World

From its beginning the Reformed Church gave a prominent place to intellectual discourse and insisted that its theology inform and judge all its actions.

Kingdom, Office, and Church

A look at the implications of A. A. van Ruler’s theology for the church today.