For better for worse
Subtitle: stories of the wives of early pastors of the Christian Reformed Church
By: Janet Sjaarda Sheeres
Series: The Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America in cooperation with origins studies in Dutch American history -- no. 91; Historical series of the Reformed Church in America -- no. 91.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780802876256
Subjects: Biography; Spouses of clergy; Christian Reformed Church
Description: "In For Better, for Worse, Janet Sjaarda Sheeres highlights the lives of the wives of the first ten pastors of the Christian Reformed Church. Beginning when the CRC was founded in 1857, Sheeres proceeds in the order in which the first ten pastors joined the church. Drawing on genealogical and census data, church records from congregations their husbands served, and historical information about the position of women at the time, Sheeres brings the untold stories of these women's lives to light." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Marrigje Rook Vanden Bosch; title: Cornelia Verbrugh Klijn; title: Maria C.F. Benrath van Leeuwen; title: Gerritdina Ten Brummelaar Vander Werp; title: Geertje Bennink Frieling; title: Cornelia Schuringa Duiker; title: Dieuwerke Schuringa Hulst Gelock; title: Mareka H. Tapper De Beer; title: Lamke Veenboer Baron; title: Johanna van Strien Schepers.