기독교 개혁교회 (북아메리카)

. Christian Reformed Church. 비슷한 화란 개혁교회의 전통을 가진 미국 개혁교회(RCA)가 있다. 캘빈 칼리지와 칼빈 신학교를 운영하고 있다.

 역사 
기독교 개혁교회 (CRC)는 화란 개혁교회의 뿌리를 가지고 1875년 캘빈 칼리지와 칼빈 신학교를 세워 교역자 양성을 시작하였다.

 교회정치 
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교회정치는 장로교 정치와 헌법을 따르며 성경에 복종하며 하이델베르크 요리문답와 네덜란드 신앙고백를 받아들인다.

 교회와 교인수 
 연도 교인 교회 1963 256,015 585 1964 263,178 597 1965 268,165 610 1966 272,461 624 1967 275,530 629 1968 278,869 634 1969 281,523 648 1970 284,737 658 1971 285,628 660 1972 286,094 674 1973 287,114 750 1974 287,553 763 1975 286,371 688 1976 287,503 695 1977 288,024706 1978 287,6567911979289,0118141980292,3798281981294,3548241982296,7068281983299,6858281984302,4368381985305,2288531986306,3099591987308,9938761988310,1608911989310,0149031990314,2269411991315,0869581992316,4159811993311,2029791994300,3209791995294,1799851996291,7969911997285,8649871998279,029972 1999 275,466 964 2000 276,376 982 2001 279,068 991 2002 278,944 989 2003 278,798 995 2004 275,708 1,002 2005 273,220 1,021 2006 272,127 1,047 2007 269,221 1,057 2008 268,052 1,049 2009 264,330 1,059 2010 262,5881,078 2011 255,706 1,084 2012 251,727 1,099 2013 248,258 1,101 2014 245,217 1,1032015 249,227 1090

 유명한 회원들 
 David Apol, General Council, United States Office of Government Ethics
 Herman Baker, founder, Baker Publishing Group
 루이스 벌코프, 1873–1957, prominent Reformed theologian of the 20th century
 Dirk Booy, vice president, World Vision
 Emily R. Brink, hymnist and professor of church music and worship
 Scott Brown, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
 Sietze Buning, poet, the pen name of Stanley Wiersma (1930–1986)
 리처드 디보스, businessman, co-founder of Amway
 베치 디보스, US Secretary of Education
 Calvin B. DeWitt, environmentalist and co-founder of the Evangelical Environmental Network
 William B. Eerdmans, founder, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
 Vern Ehlers, U.S. Representative from Michigan
 William K. Frankena, 1908–1994, philosopher, University of Michigan
 Paul B. Henry, U.S. Representative from Michigan
 Herman Hoeksema, (1886-1965) Reformed theologian who helped found the Protestant Reformed Churches in America
 Shirley B. Hoogstra, President of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
 빌 하이징아, U.S. Representative from Michigan
 Dean Koldenhoven, former mayor of Palos Heights, Illinois
 Richard Krejcir, pastor, theologian, author and director of Into Thy Word
 Frederick Manfred, author of Westerns, the pen name of Feike Feikema (1912–1994)
 Manuel Ortiz, pastor, missionary and scholar
 Richard and Joan Ostling, authors and journalists
 앨빈 플랜팅가, philosopher, University of Notre Dame
 Charles Kuperus, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture, Board Member: Christian Schools International
 코닐리어스 플랜팅가, theologian, author, president of Calvin Theological Seminary from 2002-2011
 Michael Rea, philosopher, University of Notre Dame
 Jacoba Beuker Robbert, co-founder of Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
 Lewis Smedes, author, ethicist, and theologian (1921–2002)
 Calvin Seerveld, philosopher and theologian
 The Staal brothers, professional hockey players Eric Staal, Marc Staal, Jordan Staal, and Jared Staal
 Steven R. Timmermans, psychologist, author, former president of Trinity Christian College, executive director of CRC 2013–present
 제이 밴앤덜, businessman, co-founder of Amway
 코닐리어스 밴틸, (1895–1987) Reformed theologian, (raised CRC and attended denominational schools before joining the Orthodox Presbyterian Church)
 Johanna Veenstra (1894-1933), missionary to Nigeria
 게할더스 보스(Geerhardus Vos, 1862–1949), theologian, "Father of Reformed Biblical Theology"
 John Witvliet, directorh of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
 Albert Wolters, philosopher
 니컬러스 월터스토프, philosopher, Yale University
 Pat and Bernie Zondervan, founders, Zondervan Publishing
 Jerry Zandstra, conservative activist

 같이 보기 
 미국 개혁교회
 캘빈 칼리지
 Christian Reformed Churches (Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerken), a different denomination with a similar name in the Netherlands
 Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
 Christian Reformed Church in Costa Rica
 Christian Reformed Church in Cuba
 Christian Reformed Church of the Dominican Republic
 Christian Reformed Church in Eastern Africa
 Christian Reformed Church in El Salvador
 Christian Reformed Church in Haiti
 Christian Reformed Church in Honduras
 Christian Reformed Church in Myanmar
 Christian Reformed Church in Nicaragua
 Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
 Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone
 Christian Reformed Church in South Africa
 Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka (formerly known as the Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka)
 Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines
 Reformed Church in America
 The Banner (The Banner of Truth) Magazine

 각주 

 참고 문헌 
 Bratt, James H. Dutch Calvinism in Modern America: A History of a Conservative Subculture. Eerdmans, 1984.
 Doezema, Linda Pegman. Dutch Americans: A Guide to Information Sources. Gale Research, 1979.
 Kroes, Rob, and Henk-Otto Neuschafer, eds. The Dutch in North America: Their Immigration and Cultural Continuity. Amsterdam: Free University Press, 1991.
 Kromminga, John. The Christian Reformed Church: A Study in Orthodoxy. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1949.
 Schaap, James. Our Family Album: The Unfinished Story of the Christian Reformed Church. Grand Rapids, Mich.: CRC Publications, 1998.
 Sheeres, Janet Sjaarda. Son of Secession: Douwe J. Vander Werp. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2006.
 Smidt, Corwin, Donald Luidens, James Penning, and Roger Nemeth. Divided by a Common Heritage: The Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America at the Beginning of the New Millennium. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.
 Swierenga, Robert. Faith and Family: Dutch Immigration and Settlement in the United States, 1820–1920 (2000)
 Zwaanstra, Henry. Reformed Thought and Experience in a New World: A Study of the Christian Reformed Church and Its American Environment 1890–1918. The Netherlands: Kampen, 1973. 331 pp.

 외부 링크 

 Book of Church Order for the CRCNA
 Searchable Database of All CRC Ministers
 Detailed church history
 Asian-American CRCs
 The Banner. The monthly publication of the CRC
 Profile of the CRC on the Association of Religion Data Archives website 

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