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Dutch Lutheranism keeps its identity as it becomes part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

From: Currents in Theology and Mission  |  Date: 6/1/2005  |  Author: Zwanepol, Klaas

In May 2004 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Netherlands merged with the two largest Dutch Reformed Churches into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. In this article I outline this reunion process. I briefly sketch the development of Lutheranism in the Netherlands, indicate the motives to participate in this merger, and point out the expectations Dutch Lutherans have of this new Protestant Church.

History of Dutch Lutheranism

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