According to a recent news report, one in six clergy in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) and six other denominations is either an atheist or agnostic, reports Christian Concern for our Nation. Klaas Hendrikse, who leads a PNK church in Gorinchem, wrote a book called Believing in a Non-Existent God which prompted the denomination to consider removing him. However, having found that his views were so widely shared amongst clergy in the denomination they decided not to single him out. He also stated that God is ‘a word for experience, or human experience’ and that Jesus may never have existed. Sytse de Jong, who is Deputy Mayor of Staphorst, said: ‘When we get people into the Church by throwing Jesus Christ out of the Church, then we lose the core of Christianity. Then we are not reforming the institutions and attitudes but the core of our messagthee.’
Pray: for leaders of the church in the Netherlands that God would bring life where there is death and renew their faith revealing Jesus as Lord. (Rom.10:9)