Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims (Hyde)

Author:

Hyde, Daniel R.

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9781567692037

Publisher:

Reformation Trust Publishing

Pages:

178

Binding:

Paperback

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“Who are these guys?” That was the question the teenage Daniel R. Hyde posed to his father when he first encountered “Reformed” believers. With their unique beliefs and practices, these Christians didn’t fit any of the categories in his mind.

Not so many years later, Hyde is now Rev. Daniel R. Hyde, a pastor of a Reformed church. Recognizing that many are on the outside looking in, just as he once was, he wrote Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrimsto explain what Reformed churches believe and why they structure their life and worship as they do.

In layman’s terms, Rev. Hyde sketches the historical roots of the Reformed churches, their scriptural and confessional basis, their key beliefs, and the ways in which those beliefs are put into practice. The result is a roadmap for those encountering the Reformed world for the first time and a primer for those who want to know more about their Reformed heritage.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Dr. Guy Prentiss Waters

Introduction: Welcome to a New World

1. Roots: Our History

2. Confessions: Doctrinal Foundations

3. Scripture: The Final Authority

4. Covenant: God’s Story

5. Justification: Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Christ Alone

6. Sanctification: The Christian Life

7. Church: Distinguishing Marks

8. Worship: Of God, by God, for God

9. Preaching and Sacraments: Means of Grace

Author

Daniel Hyde has been the pastor of the Oceanside United Reformed Church in Carlsbad/Oceanside, California, since it was planted in 2000.

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Helpful Introduction and Summary

Posted by Anthony on 28th Mar 2024

This helped me with what a reformed church is, what they believe (confessions), and what it means. I wish I had this when I first started attending a reformed church or that it was used for new attenders.
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Excellent introduction for those inquiring about the Reformed.

Posted by Steve Arrick on 25th May 2011

Presently using this book as a reference in a new members class focusing on Membership in a Reformed Church.

This in not a comprehensive book on Church Membership. Its strength is in giving a summary explanation of the history and confessional background of the of the Reformed Faith and Church and what distinguishes it(us)from others.

I believe that it can easily be part of a new members curriculum.