1834 Dutch Reformed Church split

The 1834 Dutch Reformed Church split, or the Secession of 1834 (Dutch: Afscheiding van 1834), known simply as Afscheiding ("Separation, Secession, Split"), refers to a split that occurred within the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834. The federation of churches resulting from the split, the Christian Reformed Churches, still exists in the Netherlands. The Free Reformed Churches are the North American counterpart.

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