William Nicol - praktiese gelo\vige in diens van die Kerk

Abstract

William Nicol - practical believer in service of the Church This article focuses on ~Villiam Nicol as practical believer in his own time and comext. The aim is to indicate his permanent contributions to the Dutch Refonned Church of the last decades of the twentieth cenrury. He was tml)' a man who lived according to the love-commandment. He endeavoured to make Jesus Lord ill all walks of life. He was no great theologian, but a man of action. He represented the body of Christ, the Church, amongst his people. He sen'ed and led his people in a time of distress. He helped his people to regain their pride and to realise the importance of faith.