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Protestant Church in the Netherlands

United and uniting churches · 2004 · Netherlands

The 2004 Dutch union healing the 19th-century secessions and joining the Lutherans besides — and, within a week, minting two continuing denominations (Restored Reformed Church; Continued Reformed Churches, May 8, 2004): the union-remainder pattern at its sharpest.

Protestant Church in the Netherlands was formed in 2004. Protestant Church in the Netherlands continues today. Protestant Church in the Netherlands's institutional line runs back through Dutch Reformed Church, Reformed, Roman Catholicism to the post-apostolic church. No body on this tree is the assembly of Acts 2; where a body claims that, the claim appears in the claimed-lineage layer.

Between the post-apostolic church and Protestant Church in the Netherlands stand 2 divisions along the institutional line, counting separations and disputed forks, not mergers, renewals or national organizations.

At a glance

Formed
In 2004
Family
United and uniting churches
Region
Netherlands
Also known as
PKN

What it was organized out of

  • Formed by union with Dutch Reformed Church, one of several constituents. Closes the 1834 Afscheiding / 1886 Doleantie arcs — the NHK and GKN reunited after 170/118 years.
  • Formed by union with Lutheran, one of several constituents. A Reformed-Lutheran union.

On the tree

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Solid lines are separations and unions; dashed lines are renewals that began inside a body; dotted gray lines are national organizations of one communion; a diamond marks a fork event where neither side is drawn as the one that left. Every line runs back to the post-apostolic church; no body descends from the assembly of Acts 2. Dashed gray boxes mark the institutional line after the apostles, shown as departure; no line of descent is drawn from Pentecost. A verdict appears on a box once its section is published.

Adherents

About 1,387,000 adherents (official census, date not stated by the source).

Source: Wikipedia (denominational figures; 1,458 congregations)

Sources

Research compiled July 2026. Page data built 2026-10-31.