<p>Founded in 1948 by the Dutch Reformed community of Chicago, Elim Christian School (recently renamed Elim Christian Services) was the first Reformed school to serve those with developmental and physical limitations. Since its inception, this unique institution has been an oasis in the desert of disability for more than 5,000 persons, ages three to sixty-five. Elim remains the only Reformed residential school in North America for special needs children, while its workshop, Oasis Enterprises, trains and employs nearly two hundred adults after they have aged out of school. The first book to recount the history of this special place from its beginning in a church basement through its rise to national prominence, Robert Swierengas Elim provides an in-depth look at special education and the impact of public policy on faith-based institutions in America. Nearly 200 photographs and illustrations bring to life the story of this remarkable, inspiring community.</p>

Elim: A Chicago Christian School and Life-Training Center for the Disabled (Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America)

History

Swierenga, Author Robert P

World

William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

<p>Volume 32 in the HSRCA series chronicles the internal quarrels that have occurred in RCA history, particularly the landmark secessions that occurred in 1850, 1857, and 1882. While exploring the unity and disunity that have characterized the RCA since the Dutch immigration to the United States, this study also points out the righteous motivations that lay behind these struggles and shows how these historic quarrels have their counterpart in contemporary debates over the ordination of women and the church's acceptance of homosexuals.</p>

Family Quarrels in the Dutch Reformed Church of the 19th Century (Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America)

Bruins, Elton J.

Americas

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