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The Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerden Gemeenten in Nederland, abbreviated GGiN) is a pietistic
The Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerden Gemeenten in Nederland, abbreviated GGiN) is a pietistic Reformed
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church located mainly in the Netherlands
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, along with five congregations in North America
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and one in Pretoria
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, South Africa
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.
History
The church was founded in 1953 when Dr. C. Steenblok was dismissed from the theological seminary of theReformed Congregations
The Reformed Congregations (in Dutch language, Dutch: Gereformeerde Gemeenten, abbreviated GerGem) is a conservative Calvinist, Reformed church with 152 congregations in the Netherlands, 1 in Randburg, South Africa and 1 congregation in Car ...
in Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
, because he taught that God does not offer grace to all sinners, but only those persons who are elected and acknowledge their sins. In 1953 the church split.
Statistics
The church had a membership of 23,786 in 2010. There were 23,985 members in 2019. On 1 January 2022, the church had 23,695 members in 49 congregations.Notable members
* Rinus Terlouw *Chris Stoffer
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See also
* De Hoeksteen, BarneveldReferences