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Protestant Reformed Churches in America - around 8,055 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, strictly Calvinistic; Free Reformed Churches in North America - around 4,689 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic; Heritage Reformed Congregations - around 2,000 members - Puritan, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
These churches separated from the PCA and formed the Presbytery of the Covenant. [6] This presbytery grew and in 1985 split into four presbyteries, thus organizing the assembly of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States. In 1990, the denomination changed its name to the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the Americas.
The majority of the original Reformed Church in the United States, which was founded in 1725, merged with Evangelical Synod of North America (a mix of German Reformed & Lutheran theologies) to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1940 (which would merge with the Congregational Christian Churches in 1957 to form the United Church of ...
The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, [2] was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. [3] Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds. The CREC has over a hundred member churches in the ...
The Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. The present RCUS is a conservative , Reformed denomination. It affirms the principles of the Reformation : Sola scriptura (Scripture alone), Solus Christus (Christ alone), Sola gratia (Grace alone), Sola fide (Faith alone), and Soli Deo ...
The turmoil within the CRCNA resulted in a number of former CRC members joining local Protestant Reformed Churches. No CRC congregations affiliated with the PRC changed denomination, but one pastor, Rev. Audred Spriensma and a number of CRC families from Alamosa, Colorado joined the Protestant Reformed Church in 1993. [8]
The Free Reformed Churches see the church as a community of people who believe in Jesus Christ. [4] They believe that the church is a divine institution, for three reasons: [4] It is made up of God's people. [5] It is the body of Christ. [6] It is the temple of the Holy Spirit and is guided by His teaching. [7]
The Marble Collegiate Church, founded in 1628, is one of the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in North America.The congregation, which is part of two denominations in the Reformed tradition—the United Church of Christ and the Reformed Church in America—is located at 272 Fifth Avenue at the corner of West 29th Street in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.