Author: Vinicius Couto
The Reformed Church of the Netherlands (RCN) has been the official denomination of the Republics of the United Provinces of the Netherlands since 1571. On the occasion of the Synod of Endem, they established the Belgian Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism (for the Dutch-speaking provinces) or the Catechism of Geneva (for French-speaking provinces) as the confessional documents and indispensable requirements for the ordination of their ministers.
Vinicius Couto is an ordained elder leading the ministry of First Church of the Nazarene of Vinhedo, São Paulo. He is also a professor at the Nazarene theological seminary in Brazil.
Holiness Today, November/December 2020
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