The United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA) is a theologically conservative federation of churches. The United Reformed Churches trace their roots back to the earlier Protestant movements that spanned Europe and the indeed the globe. From 1618 to 1619 the international Reformed churches, with representatives from dozens of countries, met at a Synod or Council of Dordrecht and there collectively stated their faith, summarizing biblical teachings in three documents, or forms, of unity: The Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession, and the Canons of the Council of Dordrecht. The fundamental doctrine that they describe is forensic justification, according to which Christ offers a double-benefit: your sin is imputed to Him and he suffers for it on the cross, while His perfect obedience is credited to you and you receive its benefits including eternal life. At Wikiversity you can learn more and teach others about Theology at: The School of Theology Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The URCNA was founded as a federation of Reformed churches in 1996 at Lynwood, Illinois URC. Most of the churches that founded the URCNA were previously members of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA). The URCNA formed over various issues relating to the authority and accuracy of the Bible, including the enforcement of discipline, Biblical hermeneutics including creationism, and whether or not Scripture permitted women to be ordained into church offices as deacons, elders or pastors. At current, the church has grown to approximately 96 congregations spread across the United States and Canada.-1... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Lynwood is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Official logo of the Christian Reformed Church The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA or CRC) is a Protestant Christian denomination which follows Reformed Calvinist theology. ... The Bible is the collection of sacred writings or books of Judaism and Christianity. ... Biblical Hermeneutics, part of the broader hermeneutical question, relates to the problem of how one is to understand Holy Scripture. ... Creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their entirety by a supernatural deity (typically God), the existence of which is presupposed. ... Many religions and spiritual movements hold certain written texts (or series of spoken legends not traditionally written down) to be sacred. ... Catholic deacon candidates prostrate before the altar of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles during a 2004 diaconate ordination liturgy Holy Orders in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Assyrian, Old Catholic, and Independent Catholic churches includes three orders: bishop, priest, and deacon. ... Deacon is a role in the Christian Church which is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. ... A religious elder (in Greek, πρεσβυτερος [presbyteros]) is valued for his or her wisdom, in part for their age, on the grounds that the older one is then the more one is likely to know. ... A pastor is a minister or priest of a Christian church. ...

The URCNA is currently pursuing "Federative Unity" with the Canadian and American Reformed Churches. The Canadian and American Reformed Churches (CanRC) is a federation of over fifty Protestant Christian churches in Canada and the USA, with historical roots in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands, and doctrinal roots in the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation. ...

External links

• URCNA Info Site
• The Official URC Web Site
• Reformed sermons, talk show