Dutch Reformed Church

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

Still, the Dutch Reformed Church remained paramount, and Peter Stuyvesant, the Calvinist director-general of the colony, was committed to enforcing its supremacy.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2018

While I was in Schenectady he joined the Dutch Reformed Church, which is a very tough church, indeed.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut