As reported in our December 15, 1969 issue, there is considerable discussion of closer relations between the Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church. Supposedly, the ideal realization of such closer relations would be a United Reformed Church, as The Banner’s Editor Vander Ploeg suggested.
In the past few months several periodicals have reflected on the possibility of a merger, or at least discussions with a view to a possible merger, between the Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church. The Reformed Journal, in an article by Harry Boer, was, I believe the first to speak out on the subject. After the failure of the proposed merger between the RCA and the Southern Presbyterians, Dr. Louis H. Benes, editor of The Church Herald, seconded Dr. Boer’s suggestion. In the past few months several periodicals have reflected on the possibility of a merger, or at least...
