 The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, PKN) is an organisation created on 1 May 2004 from the merger of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, NHK), the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, GKN) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). Since 1961 the churches have been going through an organizational process to this end. nl: wikipedia This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ...
May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The phrase mergers and acquisitions or M&A refers to the aspect of corporate finance strategy and management dealing with the merging and acquiring of different companies as well as assets. ...
The Dutch Reformed Church or Netherlands Reformed Church (in Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk (NHK)) was a denomination of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin. ...
The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, in short Gereformeerde kerk) was the second largest protestant church in the Netherlands until it merged into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands in 2004. ...
1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Some parishes and members in the Dutch Reformed Church do not agree with the merger and have separated. They have organized in the "Restored Reformed Church", "Hersteld Hervormde Kerk" (HHK). Estimations of their membership vary from 35,000 up to 70,000 people in about 120 local parishes. They disagree with the plural constitution of the merged church which contains partly contradicting reformed and Lutheran confessions. This seperatist group is also against modern practices like same-sex marriages or female pastors. In most places, they are not allowed to use churches of the PKN and are having their church services in emergency locations such as schools. A parish is a subdivision. ...
There is disagreement on whether a parish of the current Dutch Reformed Church, as such can decide not to join the PKN, while keeping the church building and other properties, or that only individual members can quit and start or join another church. For a parish of the current Reformed Church in the Netherlands the former is possible, now and during a transition period of 10 years. Five parishes decided to form the "Voortgezette Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland" (Continued Reformed Church in the Netherlands) with about 3,400 members. Two parishes became a member of one of the other seperated reformed churches in the Netherlands. Some minorities within parishes that joined the PKN decided to leave the church and associated themselves individualy with one of the seperated reformed churches.
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 576 KB) Westerkerk, Amsterdam, 2004-10-02, after a Sunday morning service. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 576 KB) Westerkerk, Amsterdam, 2004-10-02, after a Sunday morning service. ...
Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ...
External links
- Website Protestant Church of the Netherlands
- http://www.godutch.com/windmill/newsItem.asp?id=571
- HHK (in Dutch)
- vGKN (in Dutch)
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