Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands
"Dutch Reformed" redirects here. For the broader tradition of Reformed Christianity, see Continental Reformed Protestantism. For other uses, see Dutch Reformed Church (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands or Reformed Churches in the Netherlands.
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Dutch Reformed Church
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
Reformed
Theology
Calvinism
Region
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Belgium, and South Africa
Origin
4 October 1571 Emden, County of East Frisia in the Holy Roman Empire
Separated from
Catholic Church in the Netherlands
Separations
Remonstrants (1618) Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (1892) Restored Reformed Church (2004)
Merged into
Protestant Church in the Netherlands (2004)
Congregations
1,350 at the time of merger
Members
2 million at the time of merger
The Dutch Reformed Church (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930.[1] It was the original denomination of the Dutch royal family and the foremost Protestant denomination until 2004. It was the larger of the two major Reformed denominations, after the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde kerk) was founded in 1892. It spread to the United States, South Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, and various other world regions through Dutch colonization. Allegiance to the Dutch Reformed Church was a common feature among Dutch immigrant communities around the world and became a crucial part of Afrikaner nationalism in South Africa.
The Dutch Reformed Church was founded in 1571 during the Protestant Reformation in the Calvinist tradition, being shaped theologically by John Calvin, but also other major Reformed theologians. The church was influenced by various theological developments and controversies during its history, including Arminianism, the Nadere Reformatie, and a number of splits in the 19th century that greatly diversified Dutch Calvinism. The church functioned until 2004, the year it merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to form the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN), a united church of both Reformed and Evangelical Lutheran theological orientations. At the time of the merger, the Church had 2 million members organised in 1,350 congregations.[citation needed] A minority of members of the church chose not to participate in the merger and instead formed the Restored Reformed Church (HHK).
^For detailed statistics, see Statistics by the Dutch Centraal Bureau van de Statistiek. In 1930, the Roman Catholic Church became the largest denomination in the country.
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