Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
Former Protestant church that merged in 2004 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, abbreviated Gereformeerde kerk)[1] was the second largest Protestant church in the Netherlands and one of the two major Calvinist denominations along with the Dutch Reformed Church since 1892 until being merged into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) in 2004. The PKN is the continuation of the Dutch Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Not to be confused with Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands, Netherlands Reformed Congregations, or Dutch Reformed Church.
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Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Calvinist |
Polity | Presbyterianism |
Region | The Netherlands |
Origin | 1892 |
Separated from | Dutch Reformed Church (Dutch Nederlands Hervormde Kerk) |
Separations | 1926 Gereformeerde Kerken in Hersteld Verband ("Reformed Churches in Restored Union") 1944 Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (vrijgemaakt) ("Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)") |
Merged into | Protestant Church in the Netherlands (2004) |
Congregations | 857 at the time of merger |
Members | 675,000 at the time of merger |
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