Churchscapes

Reformed Bible College Course

Without the church there is no salvation. Hence, the church is a vital part of the life of every Christian believer. The weal and woe of the church hugely impacts the weal and woe of believers. Thus, believers show a keen interest in the wellbeing of the church. The wellbeing of the church is, for a large part, shaped by circumstances of time and place. While the church may be doing well in one time or in one place, that same church may not be doing as well in another. There are lessons to be learned by a church in one time and place from the church in other times and places.

Given our time and circumstances – and interests shown for the topics – the Reformed Bible College is providing a series of 4 lectures on the European and North American churchscapes.

The schedule for these lectures is as follows:

  1. Wednesday October 1: Continental (Dutch & French) Reformed church history.
  2. Wednesday October 15: The Continental Reformed in North America.
  3. Wednesday November 12: Scottish (British) Presbyterian church history.
  4. Wednesday November 26: The Presbyterians in North America.

Teachers at our schools can count these lectures towards their pro-development requirements (1 credit per hour of lecture, so 1.5 credits per evening). All lectures will take place in the Abbotsford Canadian Reformed Church (33947 King Road, Abbotsford). The lecturer for this series is Rev. Dr. Karlo Janssen. The evenings will run from 8:00pm to 9:30-ish (additional q&a is possible afterwards).

Those who attend the course for credit (e.g. for pro development) will need to register and pay a fee. To register, please email info@rbcollege.com with the subject line “Registration: Churchscapes”.

For the rest, attendance is free of charge; donations will be taken via a donation point by the door to cover the costs of the evenings and the work of the Reformed Bible College in general.

Please be aware that these lectures will not be live-streamed; they will be recorded.

The Trinity

Word & Spirit Institute Course

Instructor: Raoul Kingma

The Word and Spirit Institute (ON) and Reformed Bible College (BC) are offering their next course focusing on the Trinity in light of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.

Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM (EST) on Zoom starting Oct. 11, 2025. The course will have 3 or 4 two-hour sessions. The tentative outline is below:

  • Session 1: Introduction, the history of the Nicene Creed.
  • Session 2-3: What we believe about the Trinity (Nicene and Athanasian Creeds); biblical foundations
  • Session 3-4: The importance of the Trinity for Christian belief, life, and worship.

Registration fee: $100.00. Register via: https://forms.gle/V8KH4srHLHKh7oXx6