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Oct 1, 2021 · Calvary-Oaklawn and Faith-Highland have petitioned the Christian Reformed classes to which they belong (Chicago-South and Illiana) to be recognized now as union churches with the new Network. Citlau said the pastors and elders now part of the Kingdom Network have been thoroughly involved in the RCA polity for a decade.
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Jan 7, 2022 · January 7, 2022. By. Kathryn Post. (RNS) — On New Year’s Day, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America split from the national denomination, one of the oldest Protestant bodies in ...
Oct 27, 2020 · Reformed is something defined by the confessions of the Reformed churches, which are still rightly subscribed to by Reformed Christians. Always Reforming. We recognize, however, that every generation not only needs to learn again what it means to be Reformed, but every generation also needs to be about the business of always reforming.
First Reformed Church of Chicago, the mother congregation in the city, celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2003. It will be the last hurrah. The church, which relocated to the suburb of Berwyn after World War II, has sharply dwindled in membership and is struggling with the decision to close the doors forever.
Oct 29, 2021 · Two such groups are the Alliance of Reformed Churches, launched in May 2021, and the Kingdom Network, launched in September. (See “ Former RCA Churches in Illinois, Indiana Launch ‘Kingdom Network’ ,” Oct. 1, 2021.) Some congregations considering their place in the RCA are also affiliated with the CRC. There are nine such churches that ...
Americans moving to the cities and suburbs prompted the RCA to spend millions of dollars to organize 120 new churches between 1949 and 1958, and for the first time in the denomination’s history, many were opened among people unfamiliar with Dutch heritage and the Dutch Reformed traditions.