(PKN; PROTES TANT CHURCH IN THE NETHERLANDS)
In 2003, the two biggest Protestant churches, the Dutch Reformed (Hervormde) Church and the other Dutch Reformed (Gereformeerde) Church merged, together with the small Evangelical Lutheran Church, as the PKN, with some 2.5 million members. Preparations for the merger took more than 40 years, and yet about 125 local congrega tions still refused to merge into the PKN.
See also Calvinism; KUYPER, Abraham (1837–1920).
Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. EdwART. 2012.