Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands

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The Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands or VGKN (Dutch: Voortgezette Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland) is a federation of churches founded on 8 May 2004, in the Netherlands.

When the Reformed Church in the Netherlands merged with the Protestant Church in the Netherlands on 1 May 2004, many churches were worried about the new church order. Their main concern was the plurality and different interpretation of the Christian faith.

Churches

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The federation originally consisted of seven churches:

The Reformed Church in Den Bommel was affiliated to the Protestant Church. The Haarlem Church joined the Netherlands Gereformeerde Kerken in 2005. In May 2006 a new church in Drachtstercompagnie joined the federation. In 2012 a new congregation joined the Continued Reformed Churches in Boelenslaan. The denomination currently has 5 congregations^[1] and about 1200 members (2019),^[2] the chairman is Rev. Kersten Bijleveld.^[1]

References

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External links

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VGKN official website (in Dutch)

Christianity in the Netherlands

Eastern Christianity

Eastern Orthodox	Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe Greek Metropolis of Belgium and the Netherlands Russian Orthodox Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe
Catholic	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Calvinist

Seceders	Christian Reformed Churches Reformed Congregations Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (unconnected)
Doleantie	Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Dutch Reformed Churches Reformed Churches
Ethnic	Indonesian Christian Church in the Netherlands Korean Reformed Church in the Netherlands Moluccan Evangelical Church
Other	Covenant of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands Old-Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands Old-Reformed Congregations Restored Reformed Church