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Classification | Protestant |
Theology | Calvinist |
Polity | Presbyterian |
Origin | 1907 Netherlands |
Merger of | the unification of Reformed Churches under the Cross and the Ledeboerian congregations |
Separations | 1953 the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands separated |
Congregations | 152 |
Members | 107,299[1] |
Ministers | 60[2] |
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The Reformed Congregations (in Dutch: Gereformeerde Gemeenten, abbreviated GerGem) is a conservative Reformed church with 152 congregations in the Netherlands, 1 in Randburg, South Africa and 1 congregation in Carterton, New Zealand. The denomination has approximately 107,299 members as of 1 January 2015. It is Calvinist in theology. It is affiliated with the North American Netherlands Reformed Congregations.
The denomination is also sometimes called the Reformed Church(es) in the Netherlands and North America, which can be confused with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (in Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, abbreviated GKN), which were formed 1892 and which merged with the Netherlands Reformed Church (in Dutch: Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, abbreviated NHK) in 2004.