Reformed Church in America

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The Reformed Church in America is a historic Protestant denomination in North America rooted in the Dutch Reformed tradition and shaped by classic Reformed confessions and theology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Protestant denomination
Reformed church
allows ordination of women
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
creed Apostles’ Creed
surface form: Apostles' Creed

Athanasian Creed
Nicene Creed
denominationalFamily Dutch Reformed Church
surface form: Dutch Reformed
doctrine Bible
surface form: Authority of Scripture

New Covenant in Christian theology
surface form: Covenant theology

Justification by faith alone
Total depravity
Trinitarian
ecclesiology Connectional
emphasis Church planting
Education
Mission work
formerName Dutch Reformed Church
surface form: Dutch Reformed Church in America
foundedAt Manhattan
surface form: New Amsterdam
foundedBy Dutch settlers
foundedIn 1628
governance Presbyterian polity
Synodal structure
hasClergyTitle Minister of Word and Sacrament
hasConfession Belgic Confession
Belhar Confession
Canons of Dort
Heidelberg Catechism
hasEducationalInstitution Hope College
Northwestern College (Iowa)
hasSacrament Baptism
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Lord's Supper
hasSeminary Western Theological Seminary
historicalRoot New Netherland
surface form: Colony of New Netherland
languageOfWorship Dutch
English
originCountry Netherlands
partOf National Council of Churches
World Communion of Reformed Churches
World Council of Churches
region North America
religion Christianity
theologicalTradition Calvinist
Reformed
worshipStyle Liturgical
Reformed

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Three Forms of Unity recognizedBy Reformed Church in America
Belgic Confession denominationalUse Reformed Church in America
Heidelberg Catechism denominationalUse Reformed Church in America
Hope College religiousAffiliation Reformed Church in America
Western Theological Seminary religiousAffiliation Reformed Church in America
Western Theological Seminary foundedBy Reformed Church in America
Northwestern College (Iowa) religiousAffiliation Reformed Church in America
Reformed churches includesDenomination Reformed Church in America
Martin Van Buren religion Reformed Church in America
Crystal Cathedral originalDenomination Reformed Church in America
Board of Trustees affiliatedWith Reformed Church in America
subject surface form: Board of Trustees (Hope College)
WTS servesDenomination Reformed Church in America
A. J. Muste religiousDenomination Reformed Church in America
Belhar Confession usedBy Reformed Church in America
Minister of Word and Sacrament denomination Reformed Church in America
Minister of Word and Sacrament authorizedBy Reformed Church in America
this entity surface form: classis of the Reformed Church in America
Minister of Word and Sacrament isClergyTypeIn Reformed Church in America
Minister of Word and Sacrament scope Reformed Church in America
this entity surface form: Reformed Church in America polity
Henry Rutgers religion Reformed Church in America
Neshanic Reformed Church religiousAffiliation Reformed Church in America
Neshanic Reformed Church denomination Reformed Church in America
Neshanic Reformed Church isPartOf Reformed Church in America
this entity surface form: Reformed Church in America Classis of Delaware-Raritan
Queen’s College religiousAffiliation Reformed Church in America
Middlebush Reformed Church denomination Reformed Church in America
Middlebush Reformed Church affiliation Reformed Church in America
R. J. Rushdoony clergyOf Reformed Church in America
this entity surface form: Reformed churches in the United States
Norman Vincent Peale denomination Reformed Church in America
Kinderhook Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery denomination Reformed Church in America
Old Dutch Church denomination Reformed Church in America
Robert H. Schuller religiousDenomination Reformed Church in America
Robert H. Schuller denominationAffiliation Reformed Church in America
Hour of Power denominationalBackground Reformed Church in America
Hazel Wright Organ originalDenominationContext Reformed Church in America
Kinderhook Reformed Church denomination Reformed Church in America
Kinderhook Reformed Church affiliation Reformed Church in America