Reformed Church in America

The Reformed Church in America (RCA) is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 104,921 members. From its beginning in 1628 until 1819, it was the North American branch of the Dutch Reformed Church.

This article is about a church in the Dutch Reformed tradition. For the German Reformed denomination, see Reformed Church in the United States.

Reformed Church in America
Coat of arms of the Reformed Church in America
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationMainline Reformed
PolityPresbyterian
AssociationsNational Council of Churches;
World Council of Churches;
Canadian Council of Churches;
Christian Churches Together;
World Communion of Reformed Churches;
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada;
National Association of Evangelicals
RegionCanada, U.S.
HeadquartersGrand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Origin1628 (first Dutch Reformed congregation organized in New Amsterdam);
1754 (American classis gains independence)
Branched fromDutch Reformed Church
SeparationsChristian Reformed Church in North America (separated 1857; further congregations join the CRC in 1882)
Alliance of Reformed Churches (2021)
Congregations877 (2016)
Members104,921 as of 2022
Official websitewww.rca.org
www.faithward.org
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The RCA is a founding member of the National Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches (WCC), Christian Churches Together, and the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). Some parts of the denomination belong to the National Association of Evangelicals, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The denomination is in full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presbyterian Church (USA), and United Church of Christ and is a denominational partner of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.

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