It took him a year to find better followers and he also faced poverty and hardships. At this time he didn’t know if institution was going to fail or succeed. He didn’t know what direction it was going to take but he kept at it even though he no idea where he was going. Theodore Ryken had a weakness. His weakness was his incapacity to administer his congregation. His congregation had issues because he had not paid the Het Walletje debt. The Het Walletje was a large property that Theodore Ryken purchase from a banker. The debt of the estate was too great and he hadn’t paid it off. This cause internal conflicts and hardships in the congregation. Theodore Ryken was changed by the ordeal. Since Theodore Ryken congregation was struggling, he willingly retired his position to a younger man. He then spent the next 11 years of his life as a commoner in his order that he created and established. After this he realized that he was “an instrument in the hands of God, and when He saw fit to put him aside for other tools, he was content”. He realize that God needed him to start the congregation but when it was time to hand it off to the other successor, he was willing
It took him a year to find better followers and he also faced poverty and hardships. At this time he didn’t know if institution was going to fail or succeed. He didn’t know what direction it was going to take but he kept at it even though he no idea where he was going. Theodore Ryken had a weakness. His weakness was his incapacity to administer his congregation. His congregation had issues because he had not paid the Het Walletje debt. The Het Walletje was a large property that Theodore Ryken purchase from a banker. The debt of the estate was too great and he hadn’t paid it off. This cause internal conflicts and hardships in the congregation. Theodore Ryken was changed by the ordeal. Since Theodore Ryken congregation was struggling, he willingly retired his position to a younger man. He then spent the next 11 years of his life as a commoner in his order that he created and established. After this he realized that he was “an instrument in the hands of God, and when He saw fit to put him aside for other tools, he was content”. He realize that God needed him to start the congregation but when it was time to hand it off to the other successor, he was willing