The Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands or VGKN () is a federation of churches founded on 8 May 2004, in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. When the Reformed Church in the Netherlands merged with the

Protestant Church in the Netherlands The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination, denomination in the Netherlands, consisting of historical Calvinism, Calvinist and Lutheranism, Lutheran churches. It w ...

on 1 May 2004, many churches were worried about the new church order. Their main concern was the plurality and different interpretation of the

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faith.

Churches

The federation originally consisted of seven churches: * Boornbergum - Kortehemmen * Den Bommel * Frieschepalen - Siegerswoude * Garderen *

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...

Harkema Harkema () is a village in the municipality of Achtkarspelen, province of Friesland, the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas terri ...

* Noordwolde The Reformed Church in Den Bommel was affiliated to the Protestant Church. The Haarlem Church joined the Netherlands Gereformeerde Kerken in 2005. In May 2006 a new church in Drachtstercompagnie joined the federation. In 2012 a new congregation joined the Continued Reformed Churches in

Boelenslaan Boelenslaan () is a village in Achtkarspelen municipality in Friesland province in the northern Netherlands. As of January 2017, Boelenslaan has 1141 inhabitants The village is in the "Friese Wouden" in the Frisian forests. History The villag ...

. The denomination currently has 5 congregations and about 1200 members (2019), the chairman is Rev. Kersten Bijleveld.

References

External links

* Reformed denominations in the Netherlands Christian organizations established in 2008 {{Reformed-denomination-stub