REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA (RCA)
Issues/Concerns regarding this denomination:
Infant Baptism - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"Q. Should infants, too, be baptized?
A. Yes. Infants as well as adults are in God's covenant and belong to God's people. They, no less than adults, are promised the forgiveness of sins through Christ's blood and the Holy Spirit who gives faith. Therefore, by baptism, the sign of the covenant, infants should be received into the Christian church and should be distinguished from the children of unbelievers. This was done in the Old Testament by circumcision, which was replaced in the New Testament by baptism."
(Source: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=388&srcid=372 )
To find out what is wrong with infant baptism, please view our link on that topic here.
Predestination - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"Article 7: Election Election is God's unchangeable purpose by which God did the following: Before the foundation of the world, by sheer grace, according to the free good pleasure of God's will, God chose in Christ to salvation a definite number of particular people out of the entire human race, which had fallen by its own fault from its original innocence into sin and ruin. Those chosen were neither better nor more deserving than the others, but lay with them in the common misery. God did this in Christ, whom God also appointed from eternity to be the mediator, the head of all those chosen, and the foundation of their salvation. And so God decreed to give to Christ those chosen for salvation, and to call and draw them effectively into Christ's fellowship through the Word and Spirit, that is to grant them true faith, to justify them, to sanctify them, and finally, after powerfully preserving them in the fellowship of God's Son, to glorify them. God did all this in order to demonstrate God's mercy, to the praise of the riches of God's glorious grace." (Source: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=415&srcid=410 )
To find out what is wrong with Predestination, please view our link on that topic here.
Reformed Theology - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"The following confessions and creeds are statements of Reformed beliefs: Three historic documents--the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dort Three historic creeds--the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed" (Source:www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=299&srcid=2263 )
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Calvinism
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Ecumenical - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"The Reformed Church is a member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and is a founding member of the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., as well as the recently formed Christian Churches Together. Additionally, the RCA has entered into a Formula of Agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and the Presbyterian Church (USA)." (Source: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=427&srcid=2225 )
To find out what is wrong with Ecumenicism, please view our link on that topic here.
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DENOMINATION
Denomination Home Page: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=2225&srcid=-2
Related Colleges & SeminariesColleges:
Central College www.central.edu/
Hope College www.hope.edu/
Northwestern College www.nwciowa.edu/
Seminaries:
New Brunswick Theological Seminary www.nbts.edu/
Western Theological Seminary www.westernsem.edu/Brix?pageID=12884
Related Publishing Companies:
Related Publications:
Church Herald http://herald.rca.org/index.html
Links by others about this denomination:
Issues/Concerns regarding this denomination:
Infant Baptism - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"Q. Should infants, too, be baptized?
A. Yes. Infants as well as adults are in God's covenant and belong to God's people. They, no less than adults, are promised the forgiveness of sins through Christ's blood and the Holy Spirit who gives faith. Therefore, by baptism, the sign of the covenant, infants should be received into the Christian church and should be distinguished from the children of unbelievers. This was done in the Old Testament by circumcision, which was replaced in the New Testament by baptism."
(Source: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=388&srcid=372 )
To find out what is wrong with infant baptism, please view our link on that topic here.
Predestination - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"Article 7: Election Election is God's unchangeable purpose by which God did the following: Before the foundation of the world, by sheer grace, according to the free good pleasure of God's will, God chose in Christ to salvation a definite number of particular people out of the entire human race, which had fallen by its own fault from its original innocence into sin and ruin. Those chosen were neither better nor more deserving than the others, but lay with them in the common misery. God did this in Christ, whom God also appointed from eternity to be the mediator, the head of all those chosen, and the foundation of their salvation. And so God decreed to give to Christ those chosen for salvation, and to call and draw them effectively into Christ's fellowship through the Word and Spirit, that is to grant them true faith, to justify them, to sanctify them, and finally, after powerfully preserving them in the fellowship of God's Son, to glorify them. God did all this in order to demonstrate God's mercy, to the praise of the riches of God's glorious grace." (Source: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=415&srcid=410 )
To find out what is wrong with Predestination, please view our link on that topic here.
Reformed Theology - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"The following confessions and creeds are statements of Reformed beliefs: Three historic documents--the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dort Three historic creeds--the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed" (Source:www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=299&srcid=2263 )
To find out what is wrong with Reformed Theology, please view our link on that topic here.
Calvinism
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Ecumenical - Listed below is what this denomination believes.
"The Reformed Church is a member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and is a founding member of the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., as well as the recently formed Christian Churches Together. Additionally, the RCA has entered into a Formula of Agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and the Presbyterian Church (USA)." (Source: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=427&srcid=2225 )
To find out what is wrong with Ecumenicism, please view our link on that topic here.
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DENOMINATION
Denomination Home Page: www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=2225&srcid=-2
Related Colleges & SeminariesColleges:
Central College www.central.edu/
Hope College www.hope.edu/
Northwestern College www.nwciowa.edu/
Seminaries:
New Brunswick Theological Seminary www.nbts.edu/
Western Theological Seminary www.westernsem.edu/Brix?pageID=12884
Related Publishing Companies:
Related Publications:
Church Herald http://herald.rca.org/index.html
Links by others about this denomination: