Previous article in this series: November 15, 2021, p. 88. Tensions were running high! It was the talk of the churches. Is God’s covenant conditioned on faith or is it unconditional and rooted in election? The Protestant Reformed Churches and her ministers were divided on the answer to this all-important question. Would Arminianism be injected into the truth of God’s covenant, resulting in a “semi-Arminianism,” or would the truth of God’s sovereignty in salvation prevail? The Mission Committee set in motion the events that resulted in the actions of the Synod of 1950. At its August 8, 1949 meeting (Article...