Christian Reformed

American  

noun

1. of or relating to a Protestant denomination ChristianReformedChurch organized in the U.S. in 1857 by groups that had seceded from the Dutch Reformed Church.

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Example Sentences

Du Mez is a longtime member of a Christian Reformed Church, part of a denomination under the umbrella group called the National Association of Evangelicals.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

The church was a typical member of the Christian Reformed Church, a denomination stretching back to Dutch immigrants who settled in western Michigan and Midwestern states in the mid-19th century.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2020

DuMez said that when the Christian Reformed Church her grandparents attended in Sioux City, Iowa, was shut down about 20 years ago, it was called a “rebirth.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020

The schism between Van Raalte’s Reformed Church in America and the traditionalist Christian Reformed Church is only now being repaired.

From Economist • May 24, 2018

However, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Christian Reformed Church did not make the protest public to their congregations.

From The Grey Book by Snoek, Johan Martinus