Early Life
Hoeksema was born in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands and immigrated to the USA in 1904. After studying at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he began his ministerial career in the Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids - by this time one of the largest Reformed congregations in the United States.
In February 1918, Hoeksema refused to allow the American flag in the sanctuary during worship. This decision received strong criticism. The Michigan Tradesman, for example, suggested that any preacher who barred the flag from his church had "forfeited the right to exist among decent people".
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