The presentation by Rev. Dr Dan Borvan of the United Reformed Churches in North America at the “Christianity & Liberal Democracy: Common and Separate” conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 August 2023.Continue Reading
Professor Darryl Hart of Hillsdale College in Michigan addresses students and faculty at the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.Continue Reading
Professor Darryl Hart of Hillsdale College in Michigan addresses students at The Bible Institute in Cape Town, South Africa.Continue Reading
Reformed Church Southern Suburbs in Cape Town will host a conference with the theme “Christianity and liberal democracy: common and separate” on 11 and 12 August 2023. The conference features a line-up of respected Reformed theologians and pastors. There is no charge to attend.Continue Reading
Dear Friend in Christ, We would like to take this opportunity to re-/introduce Reformed Church Southern Suburbs (RCSS), now a congregation of the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA). RCSS began as a mission work in Cape Town, South Africa, under the oversight of Reformed Church Bellville in 2012,Continue Reading
In Belgic Confession article 29, the Reformed Churches identify three marks of the true church and seven marks of the true Christian. The second mark of the true church says: “It makes use of the pure administration of the sacraments as Christ instituted them.” Regarding baptism, we confess: For that reason weContinue Reading
The resurrection is central to the Christian faith, as the apostle Paul tells us, For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised: and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is meaningless; you are still in your sins. Then they also that have fallen asleepContinue Reading
A dominant Roman cultural influence that shaped ancient Corinth was the pater familias: the power exerted by the oldest living male in the household. His control was not only legally sanctioned but often autocratic and even violent. In such a family, one did not question authority, one did not haveContinue Reading
Simon Jooste I am the pastor of a multi-cultural English-speaking Reformed church on the southern tip of Africa in a city called Cape Town. Since 1652, when the first Dutch settlers landed in the Cape, the church has struggled to fulfil the Great Commission amid common cultural enterprise with itsContinue Reading
