Handbook Of French And Belgian Protestantism

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... Ill american protestants united to perform their part As the war has been strengthening the bond of sympathy between America and the people of France and Belgium, the Protestants of these countries, realizing that the moral strength of America lies in its spirit of freedom fostered by Protestantism, have been endeavoring to come into closer fellowship with the Protestants of America. Immediately after the declaration of war by America the French Protestant Committee sent to the Publicity Department of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America a letter for publication in the Protestant papers of this country, expressing joy in the fellowship of the two nations, now allied in the same great cause, and suggesting an interchange of newspapers and periodicals to the end that each country might learn to understand the other more perfectly. A part of the letter follows: The French Protestant Committee, in cooperation with the Federal Council of the Protestant Churches in France, has already done much, by means of its monthly Bulletin and other literature, to make the position and the aim of France during the war better known to your people. But since the great soa American Republic has entered with all her might into the battle for the united cause of Democracy and International Right, we feel it our duty to pay a more worthy tribute to the kinship and common ideals existing between the Protestant churches of the American and French Republics.... It is with the spirit of thankfulness and Christian fellowship that we, French Protestants, testify to the invaluable support of the churches and the religious press of America in nursing our wounded, feeding our fellow-countrymen under the yoke of the oppressor and caring for destitute...

Excerpt from Handbook of French and Belgian Protestantism Paris Consistory of Lutheran Churches, Rev. Andre Monod, General Secretary of the Protestant Federation of Churches, and M. Cornelis de Witt, President of the Protestant Committee for Aid in Devastated Regions, of Pastor J. De Vismes of that Committee, of the Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich, D.D., of the American Church in the rue de Berri, Paris, of the Revs. A. Blocher, Henri Anet, D.D., of the Belgian Missionary Churches, and Major Pierre Blommaert, Chief of Protestant Chaplains in the Belgian Army; to all of whom warm thanks are here tendered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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From the INTRODUCTION. The people of America have during the past four years become deeply interested in the people of France and Belgium. While this has been a profound and unlimited human interest, it is natural and obvious that, in association with it, the evangelical churches of America should have a special concern for their suffering brethren of the evangelical churches in these nations. Heretofore there has been little contact between these churches, other than the occasional expression of sentiments of esteem and good will. The experiences of the war have now translated our sympathy into terms of service. This volume has been prepared to meet the demand of the pastors and members of our churches for ready information concerning the history and especially the present conditions, of our sister churches in France and Belgium. Mrs. Louise Seymour Houghton has for decades been rendering distinguished service of this kind through voice and pen. No one in America knows better the history of the Huguenot and other Protestant churches in France than she and no one has entered more deeply into their genius and spirit. This service, which is a labor of love on her part, will merit and should receive the gratitude of the Christian churches of America and of France and Belgium. The book has been designed distinctively in the light of its practical value and service rather than simply from the viewpoint of the historian. It is to be earnestly hoped that our pastors and the members of our churches will find it a source of inspiration and guidance, to the end that we may participate in the great evangelical movements in these two nations which have, during these recent years, made for themselves so large a place in the heart of the world.

This collection of studies by American and European scholars explores the various ways in which American evangelicals found their way to postwar Europe, what they did there, and how they were received. With attention to the American and European organizations that brokered their mission, the social and political settings that framed their activities, and the mixed results of their efforts, these studies provide a much-needed overview how an important twentieth-century style of Christianity "returned" to Europe.

How does one become 'righteous among the Nations'? In the case of Henri Nick (1868-1954) and Andre Trocme (1901-1971), two French Protestant pastors who received the title for their acts of solidarity toward persecuted Jews, it was because they had been immersed, from an early age, in the discourses and practices of social Christianity. Focussing on the lives of these two remarkable figures of twentieth-century Christianity, Revivalism and Social Christianity is the first study in English on the Social Gospel in French Protestantism. Chalamet presents a genealogy of the movement, from its emergence in the last decades of the nineteenth century to its high point during World War II, in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, where Trocme and many local people rescued hundreds of Jewish refugees. As social Christians who prayed and worked for the coming of God's kingdom on earth in the midst of a society ravaged by two world wars, Henri Nick and Andre Trocme combined a deep revivalist faith with a concern for the concrete conditions in which people live.