Bert Moritz & Pieter Stok

The Last Word

Rev Geoff van Schie. Trowel and Sword editor. December 2010 Preamble: It can be no easy thing as the editor of a magazine that has been the lifeblood of the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia and New Zealand for the past 56 years, to write its obituary. This task fell to Geoff van Schie andContinue reading “The Last Word”

Building a New Nation

Preamble: Welcome readers to our first offering from the wonderful trove of Trowel and Sword articles. This week we present the very first Editorial from the first issue back in October 1954. It is worth reading for a number of reasons. There is a reminder of the sense of calling that many early Dutch immigrantsContinue reading “Building a New Nation”

A Short History

The first edition of Trowel and Sword was published by and for the Reformed Churches of Australia and New Zealand in October 1954, with the final printed edition being distributed in December 2010. The denomination itself had only been established three years earlier and consisted mainly of Dutch immigrants who had been part of theContinue reading “A Short History”