Month: February 2025

Building Churches, Building Communities (Origins 42-2)

Building Churches, Building Communities (Origins 42-2)

The spring 2025 issue of Origins magazine is in the works. Here is a free article from the Fall 2024 issue. Peter Bulthuis tells the story of Dick Veenendaal, a Dutch immigrant to Canada in the 1930s; after World War II, he helped meet the 

A School, a House, and a New Purpose

A School, a House, and a New Purpose

In 1917 there was a major debate ongoing among Christian Reformed folk around Prospect Park, NJ. They needed to decide if it was time to establish a Christian high school. Most people in the mainly blue-collar, immigrant community saw education beyond the basics of reading