On April 26th the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands discussed the continuation document on the so called Islam Memorandum ‘Integrity and Respect’.

Dr. Arjan Plaisier, general secretary of the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, on Scornful Blasphemy.

Dr. Arjan Plaisier, general secretary of the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, on Onno van Schayck.

Rev. Jan-Gerd Heetderks, spokesperson of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands on making a difference.

Rev. Karin van den Broeke has been elected new moderator of the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. She was elected for a period of five years. Rev. Van den Broeke succeeds Rev. Peter Verhoeff.

Dr. Arjan Plaisier, general secretary of the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands on who is catholic

Arjan Plaisier, secretary of the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, comments on public money and the ideological broadcasting companies ​The ideological broadcasting companies (the so-called 2.42 broadcasting companies) include IKON (Iinterreligious broadcasting company Netherlands) (or rather VKZ – foundation for accommodation of religious broadcasting time ) and RKK (broadcasting company Roman-Catholic Church) .

In his Comment on Time moderator Peter Verhoeff enters into the merits of the news that thousands of Dutchmen have no health insurance because they fundamentally oppose insurances. This week’s news was that 11.000 people in the Netherlands have no health insurance because they fundamentally object this. By far most of them make this choice for religious reasons. They are [...]

At 8, 9 and 10 november the General Synod of the Protestant Church has its bi-annual meeting. One of the items they discuss is the question: what is the Christian message for a world in which the views about work are changing rapidly?

Saturday, October 6th, about 3000 people went to the Mailiveld (a large stretch of grass in The Hague) for the gathering ‘We make the choice for unity’. Arjan Plaisier, general secretary of the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands was attending too: It is often said that ecumenism is dead. We are going back in time and [...]