Reformed earth in Gemeenten in Nederland
The Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland ( German Reformed congregations in the Netherlands ) is a Dutch church association that belongs to the Reformed churches . It was created in 1953 by splitting off from the Gereformeerde Gemeenten (Reformed communities). Both community associations are strictly Calvinistic and go back to the Afscheiding of 1834. They are also (pejoratively) called black stocking churchesdesignated. The social life of its members takes place largely among themselves. You meet mainly in church, school, club and also at work. In the political field, many members of the church vote for the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij .
In addition to about 50 z. Sometimes very small parishes in the Netherlands, four parishes in the USA and one in Pretoria belong to the association. The respective independent congregations have a total of 24,098 members (January 1, 2015), but only employ four pastors . The association is missionary in Zimbabwe together with the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland .
Members
- 1956 - 11,518
- 1980-19,124
- 1981 - 16,137
- 1989 - 18,338
- 1995 - 19,828
- 2000 - 20,644
- 2010 - 23,786
- 2015 - 24,098
