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Dutch Reformed Church

British  

noun

  1. any of the three Calvinist Churches to which most Afrikaans-speaking South Africans belong

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Only a few of the country's religious groups have adopted policies that are more favourable towards the community, among them the Dutch Reformed Church and the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

His father belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church, and his mother was a Mennonite, although they were not particularly observant.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

Calvinism spread rapidly outside Geneva and found adherents in the Netherlands who established the Dutch Reformed Church, in Scotland where the Presbyterian Church was formed, and in France where its adherents were called Huguenots.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The Dutch Reformed Church and Robinson’s congregations are all offshoots of Calvinism; one would expect the values reflected in her work would resonate in present-day Sioux Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2020

In 1952, my grandfather, son of a Presbyterian minister and now a Presbyterian minister himself, became the first black minister in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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