Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv
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The Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv (Nongo u Kristu u ken Sudan hen tiv, NKST) is a confessional Christian Reformed denomination in Nigeria .
Origin
The church was founded by the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa . This mission work was among ethnic Tiv people. Later this work was overtaken by the Christian Reformed Church in North America . In 1957 the church become self-supporting and autonomous, self-propagating denomination. [1] The center of the denomination is in Mkar in Benue Province .In Mkar there's a Theological Seminary to train pastors. The denomination has 200 congregations and 2,000 mission stations and 400,000 members. The theological training of ministers provided in Mkar Theological Seminary in Nigeria. [2]
The denomination's Theology is Reformed , it adheres to the Three Forms of Unity . In the Synod in 2012 the church become the Universal Reformed Christian Church. [2] The Church has about 500 primary schools 50 secondary schools and a university. The denomination has a new name, it is called the Universal Reformed Christian Church it was adopted in the Synod meeting in the Northern Nigeria Theological College. [3]
Theology
It recognises the Heidelberg Catechism and the Westminster Confession of Faith . [4] [5]
Interfaith relations
It is a member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council . [6] [7] It cooperates with the Christian Reformed Church in North America , which has its seat in Grand Rapids, Michigan . The Tiv are an ethnic group, which speaks the Tiv language , which is a Niger-Congo-language. The denomination has sister church relations with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) . [8]
See also
References
- ↑ Fasse, Christoph. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions" . www.reformiert-online.net .
- 1 2 "BBK.GKV » Nigeria" . www.bbk.gkv.nl .
- ↑ "CRWM: Nigeria - Christian Reformed Church" . Archived from the original on 2013-03-18 . Retrieved 2013-02-13 .
- ↑ "I will begin rock drums - ドラムをはじめよう!-Rock Through the Valley" . www.recweb.org .
- ↑ www.reformiert-online.net
- ↑ "WARC - Directory of member churches" . Archived from the original on 2010-05-15 . Retrieved 2010-05-22 .
- ↑ "I will begin rock drums - ドラムをはじめよう!-Rock Through the Valley" . www.recweb.org .
- ↑ "BBK.GKV » Ecumenical Contacts" . www.bbk.gkv.nl .