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The Dutch Reformed Church (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ɦɛrˈvɔr(ə)mdə ˈkɛr(ə)k], abbreviated NHK [ˌɛnɦaːˈkaː]) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. [1]
Reformed Christianity in the Dutch Republic (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "History of Reformed Christianity in the Netherlands" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The long process of reuniting with the Dutch Reformed Church began in 1962 and ended on May 1, 2004, when the GKN, the NHK and the Evangelical Lutheran Church merged to form the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. At that time, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands had around 675,000 members, 400,000 of whom were churchgoers.
After that schism, referred to as the Liberation (Dutch Vrijmaking), the Liberated churches became a very conservative and orthodox denomination. Wary of the liberal tendencies within various Reformed denominations, they started to develop a number of cultural and political structures and institutes, whose membership was restricted to church ...
Pages in category "Dutch Reformed Church" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Dutch Reformed Church (2 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Reformed denominations in the Netherlands" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The Dutch Reformed Churches (Dutch: Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerken, NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination, formed on May 1, 2023 as a merger of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) and Netherlands Reformed Churches (Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerken). [1] [2] [3] [4]
This new church was consecrated in 1409 [3] to St. Mary and St. Catherine, and the first services were held in 1410. [4] The church was damaged by the city fires of 1421 and 1452 and burned down almost entirely in 1645, after which it was rebuilt in Gothic [1] style. In 1578 the building became a Dutch Reformed church.