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Christian Reformed Church in North America
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CRCNA or CRC
2850 Kalamazoo Avenue S.E.
Grand Rapids MI 49560
Michigan
United States of America (Amérique du Nord)
Téléphone: +1 616 244 0832
Fax: +1 616 224 5895
E-mail: borgdorp@crcna.org
N° de l'adresse: 112196 / 3228

Informations sur Internet:

URL: http://www.crcna.org/
Langues du site Web: English

In 1847 a group of Dutch immigrants who had separated from the national Ref church in The Netherlands settled in Michigan and Iowa. In 1857 they founded the Christian Reformed Church, after delegates returned disappointed from a synod of the Reformed Church in America on the east coast. The church grew with several other waves of immigrants, but it was slow to become americanized. Only after World War I did English become commonly spoken in the churches. After World War I the church began to expand its views. Foreign missions were started, and a widespread system of Christian day schools were begun, orga-nized by the church community but under parental control. These extended to the tertiary level, with Calvin College being the liberal arts college of the church. In the latter half of this century, four other colleges and one graduate school loosely affiliated with the church’s members were set up, three of them in Canada. Since the 1960s the church has gradually changed its Dutch ethnic character. There are now services in up to 14 languages in congregations across the country. About 7% of the members belong to an ethnic and cultural minority. The church is organized in 47 classes, or regional bodies, although the congregations are more numerous in Michigan, Illinois, and Iowa. In recent years, there have been challenges to its unity, especially over a 20-year debate on the ordination of women. After several approvals and reversals of women’s ordination, a local option was accepted in 1995. The church has an active home mission program, a foreign mission program, an international broadcast ministry, “The Back to God Hour,” a relief and development agency, and a publications wing that gives it a strong presence on the North American church scene. Approximately 30% of the membership resides in Canada and 70% in the United States.
 

English is spoken in 97% of the services; 13 other languages are used in the other churches.
 

Diaconal institution:
World Relief and Development

Publication:
The Banner
 


Données statistiques sur l'église

Membres
total: 279000
 
admis à l'Eucharistie: 186674
 
baptisé: 92326 
paroisses
(traditionnel): 992
Études bibliques
(Paroisses naissantes): 0
Ordonnés
total: 1524
 
Hommes: 1504
 
Femmes: 20
 
Existence de l'ordination des femmes
since 1995
Anciens
total: 0
Diacres
total: 0
  Existence d'institutions diaconales
Missionaires
total: 0
 
Existence de missionnaires à l'étranger
Baptême
Baptême des enfants et des adultes
Parrains
Non-existence de parrains
Eucharistie
par an: 4
Practice varies; Church Order requires at least 4 times per year.
Publications
Publication de magazines (voir texte)
Institutions de formation théologiques

 
Nombre: 1

Écoles généralistes
Non-existence d'autres écoles sous l'autorité de l'église
Année de fondation
1857
Structure de l'organisation
47 classes and synod
Type d'origine
  • réformé
Langues officielles
  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • Indonesian
  • Korean
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
  • Cambodian
  • Zuni
  • Hmong
  • Khmer
  • Navajo
  • Ojibway
  • Tagalog
Langues de culte
  • English
Confessions appliquées
  • Canons de Dordrecht (1618/19)
  • Catéchisme de Heidelberg (1563)
  • Confession de foi d'Athanase
  • Confession de foi de Nicée (381)
  • Credo apostolique
Partenariats
Affiliations

Contacts internationaux

Contacts nationaux

Membres, autorités responsables et partenaires:

 

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