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	Netherlands - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The Roman Catholics in The Netherlands are concentrated in the southern part of the country.
		The largest Protestant denomination is the Protestant Church of The Netherlands.
		The Protestant Church of The Netherlands formed in 2004 from the merger of the Dutch Reformed Church, which had been the largest Protestant denomination, with the Calvinist Reformist Church and the small Lutheran Church of The Netherlands.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761572410___9/Netherlands.html (432 words)

	The Reformed Ecumenical Council: GKN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Protestant Church in the Netherlands was founded May 2004, as a merger of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (RCN), Netherlands Reformed Church (NRC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		The churches who came together within the Protestant Church in the Netherlands are among the historical churches in the Netherlands.
		Another priority of the churches is the interreligious dialogue, especially with the 1 million muslims in the Netherlands, mainly of foreign origine (Turkey, Maroc, Suriname).
	community.gospelcom.net /Brix?pageID=3266 (432 words)

	Protestant Church in the Netherlands
		The Protestant Church in the Netherlands is the largest protestant church in the Netherlands in terms of membership.
		It is the continuation of three former churches, the Netherlands Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and it exists as from May 1st, 2004.
		Introductory paragraphs focus on the church as a community 'around the Word of God', on the issue of unity in diversity, on changes is culture, and on the church as a 'manifestation of expectation'.
	www.protestantchurch.nl (833 words)

	PC(USA) - News Release Number 03541 - Dutch Protestant churches give green light to 2004 merger
		AMSTERDAM — Three Protestant denominations in the Netherlands — two Reformed and one Lutheran — are to merge in 2004 to form the country’s biggest Protestant church.
		The participating churches are the country’s two biggest Reformed churches — the Netherlands Reformed Church (NRC), which has almost 1.9 million members and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (RCN), with more than 660,000 members — and the 15,000-strong Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		The formal union agreement was later signed by the presidents of the three synods at a church service attended by Queen Beatrix and Cardinal Adrianus Simonis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands.
	www.pcusa.org /pcnews/oldnews/2003/03541.htm (402 words)

	The Reformed Ecumenical Council: 1/04.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the Reformed Churches in The Netherlands (GKN), the vote was 66 to 6 in favor of the union.
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in The Kingdom of The Netherlands (ELK) voted 30 to 6 in favor.
		The new Protestant Church in The Netherlands will continue its membership and be the first REC member to include a Lutheran element in it.
	community.gospelcom.net /Brix?pageID=7090 (240 words)

	Dutch Reformed Church IJsselmuiden - Uniting Protestant Churches in the Netherlands decide for unification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Netherlands Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands will continue from 1 May 2004 under the name of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
		The Netherlands Reformed Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church emerged from the Reformation in the Netherlands in the 16th century and since then have existed side by side with each other.
		The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands were created in 1892 by the merger of two groups of churches which came into being as a result of schisms in the Netherlands Reformed Church: the Secession in 1834 and the Dissent in 1886.
	www.dorpskerk.com /engels/unification.htm (305 words)

	Dutch Reformed Church IJsselmuiden - Apostles' Creed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hence the Dutch Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands call themselves: the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
		The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands were formed in 1892 out of earlier secessions from the Dutch Reformed Church.
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands evolved in the 16th century alongside the Dutch Reformed Church.
	www.dorpskerk.com /engels/upcn.htm (140 words)

	Protestant Church of the Netherlands biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Protestant Church of the Netherlands (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, PKN) is an organisation created on 1 May 2004 from the merger of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, NHK), the Reformed Church in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, GKN) and the Dutch Lutheran Church (Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden).
		They are not allowed to use churches of the PKN and are having their church services in emergency locations such as schools.
		For a parish of the current Reformed Church in the Netherlands the former is possible, now and during a transition period of 10 years.
	www.biography.ms /Protestant_Church_of_the_Netherlands.html (224 words)

	Dutch Reformed Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dutch Reformed Church was the oldest Reformed church in the Netherlands and before the demise of the Dutch Republic enjoyed status as the 'public' or 'privileged' church.
		The historical church organisation was swept aside by the 'Regulations' imposed by the new government and the church was put under royal control with its Synod being personally nominated by the King until 1852.
		The Dutch Reformed Church gave rise to several reformed denominations in South Africa, including the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk, the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk, the Gereformeerde Kerk and the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church (830 words)

	CWM Europe Churches - Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Since 1st May 2004 three Protestant churches (the Netherlands Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) have become one church together.
		On a national level, the Protestant Church in the Netherlands is a member of the Netherlands Council of Churches and we also have strong ties with SKIN, the umbrella organization of migrant churches in the Netherlands.
		Internationally the Protestant Church in The Netherlands is a member of the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation, and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
	www.cwmeurope.org /churches/pcn.html (298 words)

	Netherlands - MSN Encarta
		From the time of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, The Netherlands has enjoyed a high level of basic education and comparatively high literacy rates.
		The so-called school struggle became a major political issue and was not fully settled until 1917, when a constitutional amendment guaranteed equal, tax-paid financial support for both public and nonpublic schools.
		Major institutions of higher education in The Netherlands include the University of Amsterdam, which was founded in 1632, and the state universities of Groningen (1614), Leiden (1575), and Utrecht (1636).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572410_3/Netherlands.html (788 words)

	United Church News: Global trend: World's oldest Protestant churches now ordain gays and lesbians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Practices are not consistent from church to church, but in all of them church leaders have either ordained openly homosexual candidates for ministry or signaled their willingness to do so.
		While the trend is towards inclusion of lesbians and gays in the ordained ministry, acceptance of homosexual pastors in Germany is often a quiet affair, not a confident proclamation that a consensus exists on the morality of same-gender relationships.
		The General Synod of the Church of Norway, voted in 1997 to oppose the ordination of homosexuals living with a partner, but four of the eleven Norwegian bishops have declared that this policy is not binding in their dioceses.
	www.ucc.org /ucnews/jun02/trend.htm (911 words)

	June-2006 Mission Yearbook
		As of May 1, 2004, the Netherlands Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands became the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN).
		The antecedent components of the PCN are remembered in many parts of the world for their pioneering activities in mission.
		Reformed Church in Alsace-Lorraine [France]: Rev. Antoine Pfeiffer, president of the synodal council • Reformed Church of France: Rev. Marcel Manoël, president, Rev. Marc Richalot, general secretary, Rev. Didier Crouzet, secretary for international and ecumenical relations • Protestant Federation of France: Rev. Dr.
	www.pcusa.org /missionyearbook/Jun/24.html (415 words)

	Reformation, great 16th-century religious revolution in the Christian church, which ended the ecclesiastical supremacy ...
		The churches of Lutheran Germany and those of Anglican England are primarily Episcopal in their polity, while those of the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Scotland are Presbyterian.
		Presbyterian churches are less hierarchical in their organization than are Episcopal churches: the Presbyterian Church takes literally Luther's idea (developed and systematized by Calvin) of a "priesthood of all believers." The Presbyterian Minister is conceived of as a servant to the congregation rather than as a leader of the congregation.
		In any single church, all is done with the consent of the presbyters, but with the power of the bishops who receive their power in a direct line from the apostles.
	www.brysons.net /miltonweb/refoutline.html (2792 words)

	The religion of Jan Vermeer, painter
		Jan Vermeer was born and raised as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, the dominant Protestant church of The Netherlands.
		Vermeer was baptized on 31 October 1632 in the Reformed Church (in the Nieuwe Kerk) in Delft and was presumably raised a Protestant.
		Joan, Most of Delft and the Netherlands in the 17th century were Dutch Reform Church (CRC) after the Synod of 1657 and the martyrdom of men like Bres by the Spanish Catholics and the division of the land, north and south, into Protestant Netherlands and Catholic Belgium.
	www.adherents.com /people/pv/Jan_Vermeer.html (1718 words)

	Netherlands (06/06)
		Although church and state are separate, a few historical ties remain; the royal family belongs to the Dutch Reformed Church (Protestant).
		The Netherlands' embassy in the U.S. is at 4200 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel: 202-244-5300; fax: 202-362-3430.
		The Netherlands is the third-largest direct foreign investor in the United States, and the United States is the third-largest direct foreign investor in the Netherlands.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3204.htm (5569 words)

	Protestant Church in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Protestant Congregations are local congregations from different church bodies that have merged.
		Reformed Churches (congregations of the former Reformed Churches in the Netherlands)
		Only those congregations belonging to the former Reformed Churches in the Netherlands have the legal right to secede from the PKN without losing its property and church during a transition period of 10 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Protestant_Church_in_the_Netherlands (397 words)

	The History of Protestantism - Volume Third - Book Eighteenth - History of Protestantism in the Netherlands
		His church was often unable to contain the crowds that came to hear him, and he was obliged to retire with his congregation to the open fields.
		The Netherlanders had undoubtedly to thank the Bishop of Arras; for the first, the edicts namely, and these were the primal fountains of that whole tyranny that was fated to devastate the Low Countries.
		On the contrary, the Protestants increased, and every day furnished new evidence that sufferers for conscience sake were commanding the admiration of many who did not share their faith, and that their cause was attracting attention in quarters where before it had received no notice.
	www.giveshare.org /churchhistory/protestantismwylie/v3b18.html (13307 words)

	United Protestant Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The three churches, The Reformed Churches in The Netherlands (GKN), the Netherlands Reformed Church (NHK), and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of The Netherlands (ELK) have been in the process for over a decade.
		Earlier the churches had decided not to use elements of their own names, such as "Reformed," "Lutheran" or "Evangelical." However, opposition came from a branch of the NHK called the Reformed Alliance (Gereformeerde Bond).
		They proposed "United Church of the Reformation" to keep the ties of the new church to the Reformation, rather than just "Protestant." That and a few more alternatives did not get many votes, and the new name, United Protestant Church, was accepted.
	reformed.net /church/united.html (487 words)

	LWF Extends International Membership \| Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News
		The PCN is a member of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands, the Reformed Ecumenical Council, the CEC, LCF, WARC, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Council for World Mission.
		The PCN formed in May 2004 through the merger of the former ELCNL, the Netherlands Reformed Church and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands.
		The Ghanaian church was established in 1958 by missionaries from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, and was formally registered in 1964.
	www.christianpost.com /article/20040907/2943.htm (681 words)

	Netherlands or Dutch Reformed - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This was the Protestant Church established in Holland during the Reformantion.
		The Dutch always held that it was not an "official" state church; however, all public officals had to be communicants of the church.
		The Dutch Reformed Church and some of the other factions were united into the Protestant Church of the Netherlands in 2004.
	www.rateitall.com /i-840099-netherlands-or-dutch-reformed-church.aspx (256 words)

	Washington Blade Online
		The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the latest Protestant group in a showdown over homosexuality, said Tuesday he hoped the denomination would stay united no matter what the outcome of its debate.
		The Protestant Church in the Netherlands, a merger of Lutheran and Reformed churches, allows blessings for gay couples.
		With almost 5 million members, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is one of the nation's largest Protestant denominations and the most recent to vote on key gay issues.
	www.washblade.com /thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=1759 (488 words)

	Three Dutch Denominations Merge \| Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News
		AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — On Friday, Dec. 12, three protestant churches in the Netherlands approved a merger, to be in effect May 1, 2004.
		The Reformed Church represents around 15 percent of the 16 million Dutch population, followed by the Calvinist Reformist Church at 7 percent and the Lutherans at less than 1 percent.
		The synod of each church approved the merger in large majorities in each of their general conferences; approval requires a two-thirds vote of the Dutch Reformed and Calvinist Reformist synod and three-fourths of the Lutherans.
	www.christianpost.com /article/20031213/2210.htm (372 words)

	Lutherans Count 69.5 Million Members Worldwide, 66 Million In LWF
		Including Lutheran churches that are not LWF member churches, membership among Lutheran churches increased by 3.57 million to 69,527,817, representing a growth of 5.4 percent.
		The 15,000-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands merged with the country's two largest Reformed churches -- the Netherlands Reformed Church and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands -- last year to form the 2.53million member Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN).
		The PCN is a member of both the LWF and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
	www.elca.org /ScriptLib/CO/ELCA_News/encArticleList.asp?article=3002 (569 words)

	::::: Servant's Community Church :::::
		On January 21, 1981 Servants Community Church was officially organized by the North Grand Rapids Classis of the Reformed Church in America.
		The Reformed Church in America, which includes some of the best-known congregations in North America, was established on this continent 150 years before the Revolutionary War.
		The word "Reformed" comes from the Protestant Reformation which swept across Europe in the 1500's under the leadership of such men as Martin Luther and John Calvin.
	www.servantschurch.org (284 words)

	titusonenine » Blog Archive » Dutch Church Union Hints Of Protestant Drive To Join Forces
		“Netherlands — With each signature on a parchment document, a group of Dutch clergymen watched their churches pass into history.
		What emerged — a new church combining three Protestant denominations — is now being watched from India to Indiana as the latest bid to consolidate religious energy at a time of serious challenges for mainline Protestants: shrinking congregations, faith-snubbing youth and deepening rifts about reconciling homosexuality and Scripture.
		At least six initiatives are under way around the world to bring together various Protestant churches, including a looser, nine-member association in the United States with such influential backers as the Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian leadership.
	titusonenine.classicalanglican.net /?p=3481 (508 words)

	Dutch Reformed Timeline
		In the Netherlands, there arose a controversy in the GKN-v asking whether they alone were the true church in the Netherlands.
		United Reformed Churches (1996), and a primarily Korean denomination, the Christian Presbyterian Church.
		In the Netherlands, the NHK, GKN, and Evangelical Lutheran Church negotiated a merger, creating the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) on May 1, 2004.
	reformed.net /church/timeline.shtml (1247 words)

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