Denomination
United Reformed Churches in North 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
- Many congregations joined after leaving the CRC over issues including women in office, creation-and-evolution cases and biblical inerrancy.
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About
Confessional Reformed federation formed largely by churches that left the Christian Reformed Church.
Details
- Abbreviation
- URCNA
- Tradition
- Continental Reformed
- Founded
- 1996 (first synod at Lynwood, Illinois)
- Confessional standards
- The Three Forms of Unity: the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort
- Polity
- Reformed: consistories, classes and synod
- Size (as reported)
- 130 congregations and 25,288 members as of 2021 (reported by Wikipedia)
- Website
- urcna.org/beliefs