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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]
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.
Everardus Bogardus (27 July 1607 – 27 September 1647) was the dominie of the New Netherlands, and was the second minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, the oldest established church in present-day New York, which was then located on Pearl Street at its first location built in 1633, the year of his arrival.
Aucke Janse Van Nuys (1622-1698) was a carpenter and a government official in New Amsterdam. He built the Brooklyn Ferry, the First Dutch Reformed Church in Flatbush, NY, the longest standing place of worship in New York City, and some of the earliest structures in what is now New York City. He was appointed town Shepen or Magistrate in 1673.
The Netherlands Reformed Church recognizes two Sacraments: Holy Baptism and Lord's Supper. Children of members are usually baptized in the weeks or months following birth. The Lord's Supper, on the other hand, is usually held about four or five times per year although this may vary among individual churches.
The denomination was formed in 1967 following a schism within the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated). In 2017 the denomination began the process of merging with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated), which together formed, on 1 May 2023, the Dutch Reformed Churches, a new denomination. [2]
Robert Junius, also recorded as Robertus Junius (born Robert de Jonghe; 1606 in Rotterdam [2] – 22 August 1655 in Amsterdam [3]) was a Dutch Reformed Church missionary to Taiwan (then known as Formosa) from 1629 to 1643. Along with Antonius Hambroek and Joannes Cruyf, he was among the longest-serving missionaries of the Dutch colonial era in ...
In 2017, the two denominations began negotiating a merger. In 2021, it was decided by both churches that the merger will take place on March 1, 2023, the year in which the GKV and NGK will cease to exist, to give way to a new denomination called Dutch Reformed Churches (Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerken).