John Clover Monsma
Rev. John Clover Monsma (December 14, 1890 – April 24, 1970) was a Dutch-American Protestant (Presbyterian) minister turned writer, editor and journalist on religious issues, best known as the author of the book "." He was also a radio commentator, and served as pastor at the Presbyterian Church. He worked as a priest for a period of time, and then he turned his attention to studying political and social issues, and paid special attention to studying the relationship between religion and science throughout history. Biography. He was born in the Netherlands on 14 December 1890. In 1902, he  immigrated to the United States and stayed in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended Calvin Seminary graduating in 1917. In the same year, he became a minister at Summit, Illinois. In 1919, he embroiled the congregation in his dream of launching a Kuyperian daily newspaper in Chicago. The body, with the concurrence of Classis Illinois, granted him an indefinite leave of absence, but when the enterprise failed in 1921, the consistory revoked the leave. Monsma thereupon resigned from the ministry, which action went directly against the church order. The next year, he sought to withdraw his hasty resignation letter, but the  consistory would not hear of it, having received many sharp letters from their former cleric. Works. He has authored several books, including: Death. He died on 24 April 1970, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the age of 79.