Do you remember when the Presbyterians took up for the black troublemaker in the 70's. I cannot remember here name right now, but that is when the Presbyterian Church started falling apart. Angela Davis, that is her name. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Otte" <edotte@optonline.net> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Dutch Reformed & Presbyterian > The main difference between the two sects seems to me to be in the > leadership roles and church government because theologically they are > virtually one. What I found interesting is that many in the > Congregationalist churches (Puritan) came over to the Presbyterian > churches > in many places and soon America grew to be a "Presbyterian" place for > quite > some time but now Presbyterianism in America seems to be on the wan. > > Edward Otte > > -----Original Message----- > From: dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > NYHuguenot@aol.com > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:43 AM > To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Dutch Reformed & Presbyterian > > For those unaware of what the Reformed church is: It includes the > Reformed > churches of the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany and Hungary. > The > Reformed churches of the British Isles are called Presbyterian since they > preferred to call themselves after the polity which has Teaching and > Ruling > Elders > all of whom have parity with all Reformed Elders. > > There is also a large Reformed presence in the Ukraine which is > undergoing > a > growth mode. It's central church in Kiev is being restored after much > hard > use by the Communists. A number of Reformed denominations are setting up > seminaries for the training of pastors. There is also a small movement > working in > Poland to build up the Reformed church there after it's decimation during > the > Counter-reformation. > > > Bob > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >