Kristlik Frysk Selskip

The Kristlik Frysk Selskip (KFS) was a Protestant Christian society founded in 1908 in Friesland, the Netherlands. Its purpose was to encourage the use of the Frisian language within Christian circles, as orthodox Protestant Frisians felt alienated by the liberal and often anti-clerical Ald Selskip. The initiative came from Reverend Sipke Huismans and Anders Minnes Wybenga, who established what was initially called the Kristlik Selskip for Fryske Tael- en Skrifttekennisse. In the mid-1920s, under the influence of Hendrik van Houten and Fedde Schurer, the society shifted from a focus on language and literature to a more militant course advocating the emancipation of Frisian. The name was shortened to Kristlik Frysk Selskip, and the society concentrated on promoting Frisian in schools, churches, public administration, and the judiciary. One of its leading figures was Geart Aeilco Wumkes (1869–1954), who in 1943, together with Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma, completed the first full translation of the Bible into Frisian; the New Testament had already appeared in 1933. Since 1945 the KFS was one of the societies affiliated with the Ried fan de Fryske Beweging. In 1963 it established the Bible sales committee "Net fan brea allinne" to circulate more Frisian Bibles; Bible sales are now handled by the Kristlike Fryske Folks Bibleteek. From 1975 the KFS published the annual Bûsboekje, a Frisian agenda. In 1997 the Roomsk Frysk Boun merged into the KFS after years of federal cooperation. On 1 January 2013 all activities were transferred to the new Stifting Krúspunt, and the KFS was dissolved.

The Kristlik Frysk Selskip (KFS) was founded in 1908 as a Protestant Christian society in Friesland, the Netherlands. It emerged because orthodox Protestant Frisians did not feel at home in the liberal and often anti-clerical Ald Selskip. Reverend Sipke Huismans, together with Anders Minnes Wybenga, initiated its establishment under the initial name Kristlik Selskip for Fryske Tael- en Skrifttekennisse. The society's original aim was to stimulate the use of Frisian in Christian environments. In the mid-1920s, with the involvement of Hendrik van Houten and Fedde Schurer, the society underwent a course change from language and literature to a more militant direction focused on the emancipation of Frisian. The name was then changed to simply Kristlik Frysk Selskip, and the society directed its efforts toward the use of Frisian in schools, in the church, and especially in public administration and the judiciary. One of the KFS's leading figures was Geart Aeilco Wumkes (1869–1954), who in 1943, together with Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma, completed the first full translation of the Bible into Frisian; the New Testament had already appeared in 1933. Since 1945 the KFS was one of the societies affiliated with the Ried fan de Fryske Beweging. In 1963 the KFS established the Bible sales committee "Net fan brea allinne" to bring more Frisian Bibles into circulation; Bible sales are now handled by the Kristlike Fryske Folks Bibleteek. Since 1975 the KFS published the Bûsboekje annually, a Frisian agenda. In 1997 the Roomsk Frysk Boun merged into the KFS, after both associations had cooperated in a kind of federal relationship for many years. On 1 January 2013 all activities of the KFS were transferred to the new Stifting Krúspunt, and the KFS was dissolved.

• 2013

  On 1 January, all activities transferred to Stifting Krúspunt; KFS dissolved.

• 1997

  Roomsk Frysk Boun merges into KFS.

• 1975

  KFS begins publishing the annual Bûsboekje, a Frisian agenda.

• 1963

  Bible sales committee "Net fan brea allinne" established by KFS.

• 1945

  KFS becomes one of the societies affiliated with the Ried fan de Fryske Beweging.

• 1943

  First complete Frisian Bible translation completed by Geart Aeilco Wumkes and Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma.

• 1933

  The New Testament in Frisian translation published.

• 1920

  Mid-1920s course change under Hendrik van Houten and Fedde Schurer toward Frisian emancipation; name shortened to Kristlik Frysk Selskip.

• 1908

  Kristlik Frysk Selskip founded as Kristlik Selskip for Fryske Tael- en Skrifttekennisse by Sipke Huismans and Anders Minnes Wybenga.

A Protestant Christian society promoting the Frisian language in religious, educational, and public life.

• Bûsboekje

  Annual Frisian agenda published by KFS since 1975.

• Frisian Bible translation

  First complete Frisian Bible translation completed in 1943 by Wumkes and Folkertsma; New Testament published 1933.

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2. 2Kristlik Frysk Selskipwikidata.org