TEDx Macatawa 2015 Session 3b: Chris DeVos & Jonathon Brown, Reconciliation

Chris DeVosJonathon Brown- Pillar Church (Christian Reformed Church & Reformed Church) - look for stories of reconciliation right on our front doorsteps - 1847: church was connected to the community and community to the church “log church” - 1850: log church joined the Reformed Church in America - 1857: Christian Reformed Church founded out of this church out of division with the Reformed Church - More division: language, schools (christian or public), songs (scripture or hymns), closed or open sacraments, masonic lodge controversy - 1882: Riotous disturbance in the church, majority voted to leave Reformed Church - small group that left sued the church - Reconciliation happened where the church re-joined the Reformed Church - things don’t have to stay separated, things don’t have to be broken - we see that things are not right in this world - what would happen if people took seriously reconciliation when it is up close and personal? - Book: “Reconciling All Things“ - Look at the wounds that are personal and bringing reconciliation to those as a step toward global reconciliation - begin to partner with those who were seen as enemies - 2012: Pillar became a “dual-affiliation” church - “your axe handles will become baptismal fonts” - what symbolizes separation that can now symbolize something that gives life?

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