Denomination
Protestant Reformed Churches in America
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. Subscribes to the Three Forms of Unity.
Points to weigh
- It rejects common grace and the well-meant offer of the gospel, positions other Reformed bodies dispute.
- Its publishing arm is the Reformed Free Publishing Association (see Publishers).
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About
Denomination that began in 1924 when Herman Hoeksema, George Ophoff and Henry Danhof were removed from the Christian Reformed Church over the ‘Three Points of Common Grace’, which they rejected as contrary to the confessions.
Details
- Abbreviation
- PRCA
- Tradition
- Continental Reformed
- Founded
- 1924
- Confessional standards
- The Three Forms of Unity
- Polity
- Reformed: consistories, classes and synod
- Size (as reported)
- 33 churches and more than 8,000 members (reported by Wikipedia)
- What it believes and practices
- Rejects common grace and the well-meant offer of the gospel.
- Believes the 1924 ‘Three Points of Common Grace’ are contrary to the confessions.
- Sources consulted