Covenant of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands
Covenant of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands (Dutch: Bond van Vrije Evangelische Gemeenten, abbreviated VEG) is a Reformed denomination in the Netherlands.
The VEG was founded in 1882 and was influenced by Methodism and the . It objected to liberal theology and state influence on the church, but rejected . In 1993 ten congregations left the Free Evangelical Congregations, and returned to independency. It has a Faculty in Utrecht. The denomination began to collaborate with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Dutch Reformed Church. The church had 37 congregations and 7,000 members in 2007.[1][2] In 2015, the Free Evangelicals had 37 congregations.[3]
The VEG is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.[4] and the International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches. It has fraternal church relations with the main Protestant Church in the Netherlands.[5]
It maintains its theological seminary in Amsterdam.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Bond van Vrije Evangelische Gemeente - Home". Bondveg.nl. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". Reformiert-online.net. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Bond van Vrije Evangelische Gemeente - Wie zijn wij". Bondveg.nl. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120808192417/http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
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(help) - ^ "Bond van Vrije Evangelische Gemeente - Oecumene". Bondveg.nl. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Bond van Vrije Evangelische Gemeente - Seminarium". Bondveg.nl. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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- Reformed denominations in the Netherlands
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