NR #1996-007: Dutch Reformed Translation Society Organized Twelve men in Western Michigan have established the Dutch Reformed translation society. Laymen, pastors, and academicians, all are familiar with the literature of the Dutch Reformed tradition and are committed to making the best of it available in English. Dutch Reformed theology, the board believes, offers the most mature and comprehensive development of the Calvinian or Reformed faith available, but has been kept from wider Christian readership by the relative obscurity of the Dutch language. NR #1996-007: For Immediate Release Dutch Reformed Translation Society Organized [From DRTS News Release] Distributed by United Reformed News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 13, 1996) URNS - Twelve men in Western Michigan have established the Dutch Reformed translation society. Laymen, pastors, and academicians, all are familiar with the literature of the Dutch Reformed tradition and are committed to making the best of it available in English. The founders are members of five different Reformed denominations. Among them are professors on three different seminary faculties. The board members are united in their appreciation of a common Dutch Reformed theological legacy. As a result, the society has an ecumenical dimension. The first project, already well under way, is the translation of Dr. Herman Bavinck's four-volume work on systematic or doctrinal theology. Bavinck (1854-1921) was a contemporary and close associate of Abraham Kuyper. His work was relied upon substantially by later theologians Louis Berkhof and G.C. Berkouwer. This translation, an $80,000 project, will be the first complete translation of Bavinck's systematic theology. The first publication will be a selection from Bavinck's work that deals with the doctrine of the last things, or eschatology. It is due to appear in the spring of 1996. Baker Book House of Grand Rapids is the publisher. After completing the Bavinck project, the society will move on to other worthwhile devotional and doctrinal literature. Dutch Reformed theology, the board believes, offers the most mature and comprehensive development of the Calvinian or Reformed faith available, but has been kept from wider Christian readership by the relative obscurity of the Dutch language. Membership in the society is open to all who pay a one-time membership fee of $100. This provides members with newsletters on forthcoming projects as well as substantial discounts on pre-publication prices for all society projects. Board members of the society are Rev. Peter Vander Meulen (president), Dr. John Bolt (executive editor), Dr. Richard Muller (secretary), Prof. David Engelsma (treasurer), Drs. Joel Beeke, Arthur De Boer, James A. DeJong, John R. de Witt, I. John Hesselink, Eugene Osterhaven, and Messrs. Allan Fisher and Henk I. Witte. Cross-References to Related Articles: #1996-008: Bavinck Eschatology Translation Completed, Sent to Publisher Contact List: Dr. John Bolt, Professor of Systematic Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary 3233 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4387 * O: (616) 957-6010 * H: (616) 245-3046 * FAX: (616) 957-8621 Dutch Reformed Translation Society PO Box 7083, Grand Rapids, MI 49510 Prof. David Engelsma, Editor, The Standard Bearer 4949 Ivanrest SW * Grandville, MI 49418 * O: (616) 531-1490 Dr. Richard A. Muller, Professor of Historical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary 3233 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4387 * O: (616) 957-6036 * FAX: (616) 957-8621 Rev. Pieter Vander Meyden, Pastor, Grand Rapids Free Reformed Church 946 Ball Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 * O: (616) 456-5910 * H: (616) 458-3250 ------------------------------------------------ file: /pub/resources/text/reformed: nr96-007.txt .