Denomination
Netherlands Reformed Congregations
Theological posture
Confessional Reformed
Holds a Reformed confession (the Westminster Standards, the Three Forms of Unity or the 1689 Baptist Confession) as its standard.
Doctrinal basis. Aims to stay true to inerrant Scripture and to the Three Forms of Unity.
Points to weigh
- This experiential emphasis is one reason it has separated from the bodies that grew out of it.
- Only secondary sources (mainly Wikipedia) were read for this entry; confirm on the denomination’s own site.
Classification and points to weigh are reformededucation.org's judgments from the sources listed below. They describe and do not endorse; confirm current details with the institution.
About
Conservative Reformed denomination; North American services are now mostly in English, some in Dutch. The Reformed Congregations in North America (1967) and the Heritage Reformed Congregations (1993) both separated from it.
Details
- Abbreviation
- NRC
- Tradition
- Continental Reformed
- Founded
- 1907, from the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands
- Confessional standards
- The Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort
- Polity
- Reformed: consistory, classis and synod
- Size (as reported)
- Congregations in Canada, the United States and Bolivia
- What it believes and practices
- Holds that personal, experiential regeneration is the correct view and speaks of a person as saved only once the fruits of regeneration and conversion are evident: inward misery, deliverance and the outward fruits of love to God and others.
- Sources consulted