The Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands or VGKN ( nl, Voortgezette Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland) is a federation of churches founded on 8 May 2004, in the
Netherlands
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When the
Reformed Church in the Netherlands
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merged with the
Protestant Church in the Netherlands on 1 May 2004, many churches were worried about the new church order. Their main concern was the plurality and different interpretation of the
Christian faith.
Churches
The federation originally consisted of seven churches:
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Boornbergum -
Kortehemmen
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Den Bommel
Den Bommel is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 14 km south of Spijkenisse.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1473 as Bommele, and refers to ...
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Frieschepalen -
Siegerswoude
Siegerswoude ( fry, Sigerswâld) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in eastern Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 810 in January 2017.
The village was first mentioned in 1315 as Sigerwolde, and means "the woods o ...
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Garderen
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Haarlem
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Harkema
Harkema ( fry, De Harkema) is a village in the municipality of Achtkarspelen, Friesland province, the Netherlands.
Harkema is in the eastern part of Friesland, 9 km north of Drachten. It was used to be known as ''Harkema-Opeinde'' and as o ...
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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.
The denomination currently has 7 congregations and 2,158 members, the chairman is Rev.
Kersten Bijleveld.
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References
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Reformed denominations in the Netherlands
Christian organizations established in 2008
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