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| congregations = 27<ref>"2017 Yearbook"</ref> | | congregations = 27<ref>"2017 Yearbook"</ref> | ||
| members = 11,172 (2016)<ref>"2017 Yearbook"</ref> | | members = 11,172 (2016)<ref>"2017 Yearbook"</ref> | ||
|website = [https://netherlandsreformed.org NetherlandsReformed.org | |website = [https://netherlandsreformed.org NetherlandsReformed.org] | ||
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The '''Netherlands Reformed Congregations''' is a [[conservative]] [[Calvinist]] [[Religious denomination|denomination]] with congregations in [[Canada]], the [[United States]] and [[Bolivia]]. | The '''Netherlands Reformed Congregations''' is a [[conservative]] [[Calvinist]] [[Religious denomination|denomination]] with congregations in [[Canada]], the [[United States]] and [[Bolivia]]. It is affiliated with the [[Reformed Congregations]] in the [[Netherlands]]. | ||
It is affiliated with the [[Reformed Congregations]] in the [[Netherlands]]. | |||
The Netherlands Reformed Congregations aim to remain true to inerrant Scripture (the Bible) and its Calvinist heritage as expounded in the denomination’s doctrinal standards: [[Belgic Confession]], [[Heidelberg Catechism]], and [[Canons of Dort]]. They are also in agreement with the [[Westminster Standards]]. | The Netherlands Reformed Congregations aim to remain true to inerrant Scripture (the Bible) and its Calvinist heritage as expounded in the denomination’s doctrinal standards: [[Belgic Confession]], [[Heidelberg Catechism]], and [[Canons of Dort]]. They are also in agreement with the [[Westminster Standards]]. | ||
== Basic beliefs and doctrines == | == Basic beliefs and doctrines == | ||
===Baptism=== | ===Baptism=== | ||
The Netherlands Reformed Congregations hold to infant baptism but believe that although being baptized, each child still carries the personal necessity of being born again by the inward work of the Holy Spirit. Baptism places a child into an external (or outward) relationship to the covenant of grace, just as the Israelites who passed through the Red Sea were outwardly part of God's covenant people. Like the Israelites, baptized children have many of the outward benefits of the children of God. Until they are regenerated by the Holy Spirit, however, they remain outside of the saving benefits of covenant of grace. | The Netherlands Reformed Congregations hold to [[infant baptism]] but believe that although being baptized, each child still carries the personal necessity of being born again by the inward work of the [[Holy Spirit]]. Baptism places a child into an external (or outward) relationship to the covenant of grace, just as the Israelites who passed through the Red Sea were outwardly part of God's covenant people. Like the [[Israelites]], baptized children have many of the outward benefits of the children of God. Until they are regenerated by the [[Holy Spirit]], however, they remain outside of the saving benefits of covenant of grace. | ||
===Bible version=== | ===Bible version=== | ||
The church services are conducted using exclusively the [[Authorised Version]] (King James) of the Bible, but personal use of other Bible translations for comparison is permitted. Almost all of the songs sung during the worship service are based on the book of [[Psalms]]. | The church services are conducted using exclusively the [[Authorised Version]] (King James Version) of the Bible, but personal use of other Bible translations for comparison is permitted. Almost all of the songs sung during the worship service are based on the book of [[Psalms]]. | ||
===Worship and liturgical forms=== | ===Worship and liturgical forms=== | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* | * [https://netherlandsreformed.org NetherlandsReformed.org] - website for the Netherlands Reformed Congregations | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
