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The Lantern Community Church |
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The Lantern Community Church is part of a larger denomination called the "Christian Reformed Church of North America". This denomination has its roots in the Calvinist teachings of John Calvin, similar to the Presbyterian Church. The Christian Reformed Church is a denomination that has about 300,000 members in 1,000 congregations across the United States and Canada. In 1517 the Protestant Reformation divided the Western church into several new branches. One of these Reformation branches, formed under Martin Luther's influence, was called the Lutheran church. Another branch developed under the influence of Ulrich Zwingli and later John Calvin. These churches were called "Presbyterian" in Scotland and "Reformed" in continental Europe. The Reformed churches flourished in the Netherlands. In the middle 1800s, some of these Dutch Reformed people moved to the United States, and in 1857 they started the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Please take some time to check out our denominational roots at this website http://www.crcna.org/. |
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