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The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA or CRC) is an Evangelical Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed churches of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founded by Gijsbert Haan and Dutch immigrants who left the Reformed Church in America in 1857 and is theologically Calvinist.〔( Welcome: Learn about the CRC ). ''Christian Reformed Church''.〕 ==History== The Christian Reformed Church split from the Reformed Church in America in an 1857 Secession, which was in part the result of a theological dispute that originated in the Netherlands. In 1857 four churches and about 130 families separated from what was at the time called the Dutch Reformed Church in America, and the Christian Reformed Church was organised. In March, Noordeloos church of Classis Holland left the Reformed Church in America. Later on March 19 some members of Second Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, organized an independent church that became First CRC, Grand Rapids. On April 8 Graafschap and Polkton churches seceded from Classis Holland of the Reformed Church, and two ministers resigned as ministers of Classis Holland of the Reformed Church in America. On February 8, 1857 the name Ware Hollandsche Gereformeerde Kerk (True Dutch Reformed Church) was chosen for the new denomination. On April 17, Vriesland church left the Reformed Church in America to join Ware Hollandsche Gereformeerde Kerk. These churches from Classis Holland became the basis for the Christian Reformed Church in North America.〔"First sesquicentennial", Charles Honey. The Grand Rapids Press, March 17, 2007. D1〕 The secession was led by Gijsbert Haan and other orthodox ministers of the "northern" or DeCocksian Groninger tradition of the ''Afscheiding'' Issues included the perceived liberalization of the church in areas such as the use of hymns instead of only Psalms, offering communion to non-Reformed people, and neglecting doctrines such as predestination. Members of the Reformed Church in America were not as supportive of Private Christians School like the followers of Gijaber Haan this was another reason for the split. A controversy over Freemasonry in the RCA in the early 1880s led many Dutch Americans into the CRC. In the 1860s and 1870s several new congregations were organised. In 1876 the Calvin Seminary was founded. In 1887 the first English speaking congregation was planted. In 1891 the 100th church was organised in the denomination. In 1911 the first church was chartered in California. On January 24, 1925, the suspension of Rev. Henry Danhof of First Christian Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan lead to the organization of First Protesting Christian Reformed Church; the split was because the common-grace controversy. The congregation returned to denominational fellowship in 1946.〔(Memorable Events ). ''Christian Reformed Church''.〕 In the 60s changing roles for women in the larger society forced the CRC to ask whether women should be allowed to serve in ecclesiastical office. While both sides in this struggle sincerely sought to be biblically obedient and Reformed in their interpretation of the Scriptures, neither side was able to convince the other. The impasse has led to a compromise decision that allows individual churches to ordain women as elders and classes.〔(History ). ''Christian Reformed Church''.〕 Dutch immigrants came to North America and the CRC increased in numbers dramatically in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Their views were shaped largely by the great Dutch theologian and statesman, Dr. Abraham Kuyper. The church had spread in pockets throughout the United States. After the Second World War new wave of immigration of Dutch Calvinists occurred this time mostly to Canada. In the 1960s and 70s the denomination expanded.〔( Separation from the Dutch Reformed Church ). ''Christian Reformed Church''.〕 Some other denominations later merged with the CRC, most notably the True Protestant Dutch Reformed Church (also known as the True Reformed Dutch Church) in 1890. Between 1924 & 1926, a debate over "common grace" led to the formation of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America. In 2007, the CRC commemorated its sesquicentennial, themed "Grace Through Every Generation: Remembering, Rejoicing, and Rededicating". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian Reformed Church in North America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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