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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 '''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 K-12 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 separated from it, the [[Protestant Reformed Church]], [[Orthodox Christian Reformed Church]] and the [[United Reformed Churches in North America]].

The CRC emerged from the Dutch immigrant community in the U.S., which is centered in western Michigan. It is slightly more liberal overall than the three smaller churches which separated from it--the [[Protestant Reformed Church]], the  [[Orthodox Christian Reformed Church]] and the [[United Reformed Churches in North America]]--but more conservative than the other major body of Dutch origin, the [[Reformed Church in America]].

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Dutch Reformed]]

* [[Dutch Reformed]]