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The '''Christian Reformed Church''' is a Conservative, Evangelical American [[Protestant]] denomination in the [[Reformed Churches|Reformed]] tradition. It subscribes to the Historic creeds of the Church as well as the [[Three Forms of Unity]]. The denomination has around 270,000 members, making it the second largest of the conservative Reformed denominations in the United States.
The '''Christian Reformed Church in North America''' is a Conservative, Evangelical American [[Protestant]] denomination in the [[Reformed Churches|Reformed]] tradition. It subscribes to the Historic creeds of the Church as well as the [[Three Forms of Unity]]. In 2005 it reported 187,000 full members and 1340 clergy in 776 churches. It is the second largest of the conservative Reformed denominations in the United States and operates its own network of K12 parochial schools. Its headquarters are in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The CRC emerged from the Dutch immigrant community in the U.S., which is centered in the Midwest. It is slightly more liberal overall than the three smaller churches which seperated from it, the [[Protestant Reformed Church]], [[Orthodox Christian Reformed Church]] and the [[United Reformed Churches in North America]].
==Further reading==
* 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.
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