Reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated)

The Netherlands Reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated) in form a Protestant denomination that grew out of the so-called Released in 1944 and following years. At this release played Prof. Dr. Klaas Schilder a large role.



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[hide] *1 name of the Church  ==Name of the Church[ Edit] == Because of the importance that was awarded to the continuation of the ideas of the Reformation called these churches themselves officially reformed churches in the Netherlands; However to avoid confusion with the churches that adhere to the decisions of the Synod of the reformed churches in the Netherlands showed bind (vrijgemaakt were contrary to article 31 according to the Canons Church order), is the addition become freed up are common. This addition is derived from the Act of release or return, the document to the Division in 1944 that Release is called. The denomination of which the Union structure itself, the Gereformeerde Kerken vrijgemaakt were (merged into theProtestant Church in the Netherlands), is-to distinguish vrijgemaakt were members of the liberated -called by the. An older name of the reformed churches (liberated) is reformed churches (entertaining article 31). For this reason the church members were referred to as ' article 31-ers '. ==Scripture and tradition[ Edit] == In the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated) is one set of books Central: the Bible. In addition, the so-called three forms of unity (the Heidelberg Catechism, theDutch confession of faith and the Canons canons) supportive authority in the interpretation of the Bible. They illustrate the binding of the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated) to the reformed tradition. ==Developments within the churches[ Edit] == Origin of the different currents in NetherlandsGenesis of churches in Netherlands Within the Reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated) has long been the view dominated that this church was the only true Church in Netherlands. This had among other things causes vrijgemaakt were its own political party, private newspapers and private schools have been set up. This endeavor is called the "continued Reformation".The engine of this was the so-called ' ethical conflict ": how could you, if you could sit in the same Church on Sunday, then the other days of the week continue to cooperate with each other as if nothing had happened? A result was that the isolated itself from other vrijgemaakt were orthodox-Protestant churches. This isolation and the creation of a range of organizations went so far, that there are talks of a columnrecommended recommended vacated. [4]
 * 2 Scripture and tradition
 * Developments within the churches 3
 * The vacated column 4
 * 5 foreign countries
 * 6 notable members
 * 7 Famous ex-members
 * 8 Nuts
 * Literature 9
 * 10 external links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1967 created a church schism within the liberalised churches. The Dutch Reformed churches, formed as municipality members, pastors and even entire municipalities were put out of the church related. In the decades after the vrijgemaakt were eye for the flaws in the own tradition. In 1982 formulated ds. John Horn from grootegast the isolationist opinion one more time in black and white. But when it became clear that this movement was no longer representative for the Church. The Synod of unanimously Heemse talked about this in 1985 from: ... the Church in Netherlands and beyond has never herself trapped in the thought that no outside its borders would be working out power of God's grace reformatorisch to note... (Acta of this Synod, annex B3, chapter II, article 3.5.5). After this statement is the realization that the own Church not the only true Church has increased.

<p lang="en" len="290" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the course of the 1990s came to an end the isolationism of the vrijgemaakt were, when they went more and more work with Christians from other orthodox-Protestant churches, and other orthodox-Protestant organisations exclusive vacated Christians were opened.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2003 led to concern about the prices of those churches an offshoot calling themselves the reformed churches in the Netherlands (restored) calls, but usually the ' new Vrijgemaakt were ' are called. Part of the trouble is, however, remained within the Reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated). In 2009 was formed from the split-off, this split-off a new vrijgemaakt were and that is called reformed churches in the Netherlands (not to be confused with the reformed churches in the Netherlands raised).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Now there are collaborations with the Christian Reformed churches and with the Dutch Reformed churches. In some places this has already resulted in fusion of municipalities. In Enkhuizen, Harlingen, Nijmegen, the Sneek, Surhuisterveen, Veendam, Woerden and Doesburg are the CGK and GKv become one. In Zaandam is a town that encompasses NGK and GKv. In Deventer is a municipality in which the GKv cooperation with both the NDA as the CGK kerkt.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Per 1 October 2009 the reformed churches were released from 277 municipalities with a total of 124.260 members, 350 less than in 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-opbouwonline.nl_3-1" len="200" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]  since 2003, the number of members off annually, recently with several hundred per year. On 1 January 2013, the membership 122.226, 843 less than on 1 January 2012. In 2013 is again the membership of the reformed churches (liberated) dropped, now with more than five hundred to 121.601.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="184" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The churches are missionary active. So in recent years in particular in the Netherlands-Randstad-only dozens of church planting projects set up and done a lot in the field of international shipment, assistance and training. For this is the distant Relatives the Organization the central organ of the churches. ==The liberalised column<span class="mw-editsection" len="359" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * A national paper
 * Dutch Daily Newspaper

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Dutch daily newspaper, founded in 1944 as half illegal journal under the name Reformation Votes, later Reformed family sheet, gold as a voice of the Church. In 1959 it became a daily newspaper, since late 1967 under the name Dutch daily newspaper. Piet Jongeling until 1974 was Editor. Youth was also foreman of the GPVfor years, and a well-known writer of children's books. The band with the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated), in the sense that editors had to be professed member of one of those churches, was released in 1992. The style of the newspaper could (and to some extent can) be referred to as typical reformed .


 * Political party
 * GPV

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Long time membership of the GPV was reserved for members of the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated). The party was then also politely by outsiders as the political arm of the Church, although it was an independent organisation which the Church as an institution had no impact. In 1992, the admissions policy of the GPV more spacious, and in 1999 found a fusion place with the RPF to the Christianunion.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated) have their own theological University in Kampen, referred to as the theological University Kampen (Broederweg).
 * Theological University


 * Mission and development
 * The Distant Relatives

<p lang="en" len="632" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The distant Relatives is the Organisation for aid shipment, and training of the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are 129 schools of reformed-vacated signature, that is connected with the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated). One usually indicates these schools as ' reformed '. The following types of reformed schools:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="184" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]
 * Reformed education


 * 124- primary education
 * 4- special education
 * 1- secondary special education
 * Bond for employers and employees
 * BBW

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The vacated-Calvinists also have their own trade union was established, the Reformed social Alliance, now CGMV. Founded in 1952 the BBW resisted the "Socialist" CNV, that only employees ' interests represented. Of the BBW could therefore both employees and employers to join. Associated was the leaf Politeuma Us, later called Us Citizenship .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In all University cities (with the exception of Maastricht) are student organizations that have a reformed-vacated signature. Following the opening up of the GPV and the decompartmentalization of this mini-column are these associations now also accessible to non-members of the GKv. This traditionally vacated associations are United in the VGS-Netherlands. Around 1970 there also different HBO student associations to emerge.These are United in the HBO Rural Overarching consultative body.
 * Student Associations


 * Broadcaster
 * Reformed Broadcasting Association (GOV)

==Abroad<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Vrye Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid Africa are founded by Dutch immigrants, coming from the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated). This church related has five municipalities with a total of approximately 1200 members. Currently, five pastors and four missionaries in active service. Because the small, no classis meetings held every two years, but the churches come together in a Synod.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">By missionary activities are different missionary churches arise on New Guinea. These work together as Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia Papua, a church related to approximately 8,000 members. TheEvangelical-reformierte Kirche Westminster Bekenntnisses in Austria is supported by the reformed churches in the Netherlands (liberated). ==Well-known members<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Famous ex-members<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Joop Abad (1949), company director and politician (Mayor, GPV, Christenunie)
 * Hans Blokland (1943), Economist and politician (MEP, GPV, Christenunie)
 * Remmelt de Boer (1942), politician (CHRISTIANUNION (CHRISTENUNIE), Christenunie)
 * Brain Builders (1940), poet and writer
 * Jakob of Bridges (1936), theologian (former Professor)
 * Ernst Cramer (1960), politician (CHRISTIANUNION (CHRISTENUNIE), Christenunie)
 * Detmer Deddens (1923-2009), preacher, theologian and church historian (Professor)
 * Charles Deddens (1924-2005), preacher, theologian, and missionary (Professor)
 * Pieter Deddens (1891-1958), preacher, theologian and church historian (Professor)
 * John Douma (1931), theologian (former Professor)
 * Jos Delgado (1968), preacher, theologian (Professor), author
 * Adolfo Greijdanus (1871-1948), theologian (Professor)
 * Bert Green (1945), civil servant and politician (former Mayor, GPV, Christenunie)
 * Machado of the Group (1958), civil servant and politician (Mayor, GPV, Christenunie)
 * George Harinck (1958), church historian (Professor)
 * Andries Heidema (1962), politician (Mayor, GPV, Christenunie)
 * Hassan Hamdy (1909-1952), theologian (Professor)
 * Jan van der Jagt (1924-2001), architect and politician (GPV)
 * Piet Jongeling (1909-1985), journalist, children's author and politician (GPV)
 * J K (1921-2011), theologian (Professor)
 * Aad Kamsteeg (1940), journalist and opinion-maker
 * James Kennedy (1963), historian (Professor)
 * Roel Kuiper (1962), political theorist (Professor) and politician (RPF, Christenunie)
 * Eimert van middelkoop (1949), politician (Minister of Defense, GPV, Christenunie)
 * Michel Mulder (1986), Olympic speed skating champion
 * Ronald Mulder (1986), Dutch speed skater
 * Jannes Munneke (1938), composer, conductor and organist
 * Klaas Schilder (1890-1952), theologian (Professor)
 * Gert Schutte (1939), politician (GPV)
 * Ahmed Saeed (1981), politician (SP)
 * Gert Slings (1938), Dutch specialist and author
 * Arie Slob (1961), politician (CHRISTIANUNION (CHRISTENUNIE), Christenunie)
 * Kars Veling (1948), school director and politician (GPV, Christenunie)
 * Bart Verbrugh (1916-2003), chemist and politician (GPV)
 * Jurn de Vries (1940), journalist, theologian and politician (GPV, Christenunie)
 * Bert Wiersema (1959), educator/teacher and writer of children's books
 * Want Albeda (1925), Economist, Trade Union driver and politician (switched to the reformed churches in the Netherlands, former Professor, former Minister, ARP, CDA)
 * Ed Anker (1978), politician (CHRISTIANUNION (CHRISTENUNIE), Christenunie) (switched to a Evangelical Church)
 * Gretta Duisenberg (1942), political activist (President initiative group Stop the occupation)
 * Bob Goudzwaard (1934), Economist and politician (ARP, CDA, EPP, Member of Parliament)
 * John Horn, preacher (deposited by the reformed church in 1985 to vacated grootegast)
 * Tineke Huizinga (1960), politician (RPF, Christenunie, Secretary of transport, public works and Water Management) (member of the Dutch Reformed churches)
 * Klaas Jan Mulder (1930-2008), organist, pianist and conductor (switched to the Dutch Reformed Churches)
 * Hilbrand Nawijn (1948), lawyer, politician (ARP, CDA, LPF, Nawijn, party for Netherlands Hilbrand List, Minister of immigration and integration)
 * Berend Schoep (1928-2007), preacher (switched to the reformed churches in the Netherlands)
 * Henk Vredeling (1924-2007), politician (PvdA, Minister of Defense)
 * Bert de Vries (1938), former politician (ARP, CDA, Group President and Minister for Social Affairs) (switched to the Dutch Reformed Churches)