Reformed Churches in the Netherlands

The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, abbreviated Gereformeerde kerk) was the second largest Protestant church in the Netherlands and one of the two major Calvinist denominations along with the Dutch Reformed Church since 1892 until being merged into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) in 2004. The PKN is the continuation of the Dutch Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Not to be confused with Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands, Netherlands Reformed Congregations, or Dutch Reformed Church.
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationCalvinist
PolityPresbyterianism
RegionThe Netherlands
Origin1892
Separated fromDutch Reformed Church (Dutch Nederlands Hervormde Kerk)
Separations1926 Gereformeerde Kerken in Hersteld Verband ("Reformed Churches in Restored Union")
1944 Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (vrijgemaakt) ("Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)")
Merged intoProtestant Church in the Netherlands (2004)
Congregations857 at the time of merger
Members675,000 at the time of merger
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