Back Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Afrikaans Niederländisch-reformierte Kirche (Südliches Afrika) German Église réformée néerlandaise (Afrique du Sud) French Հարավային Աֆրիկայի Հոլանդական ռեֆորմատական եկեղեցի Armenian Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk NDS Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Zuid-Afrika) Dutch Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Polish Igreja Reformada Neerlandesa (NGK) Portuguese Голландская реформатская церковь Южной Африки Russian Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) SIMPLE
| Dutch Reformed Church | |
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| Abbreviation | NGK |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Reformed |
| Polity | Presbyterian |
| Region | South Africa, Namibia, Eswatini, parts of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia[1] |
| Branched from | Dutch Reformed Church of the Netherlands |
| Separations | Afrikaans Protestant Church (1987) |
| Congregations | 1,158[2] |
| Members | 1,074,765[2] |
| Ministers | 1,602[2] |
| Official website | www.ngkerk.org.za |
The Dutch Reformed Church (Afrikaans: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, abbreviated NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa. It also has a presence in neighbouring countries, such as Namibia, Eswatini, and parts of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.[1] In 2013 it claimed 1.1 million members and 1,602 ordained ministers in 1,158 congregations.[2]
The Nederduits in the denomination's Afrikaans name refers to the old nomenclature for the Dutch language, formerly written as Nederduitsch in Dutch.[3] This not to be confused with the literal translation Low German, which is a dialect in the north of Germany. It is therefore correctly referred to as the "Dutch Reformed Church" in South Africa.
Originating in the 17th century from the Dutch Reformed Church of the Netherlands, the NGK is the largest denomination within South Africa's Dutch Reformed tradition. Along with the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK) and the Reformed Churches in South Africa, it is considered one of the three sister churches of South Africa.
- ^ a b Map of NGK Synods Archived 27 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. NGK official website. Accessed 9 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d NGK official English website Archived 27 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 9 July 2014.
- ^ Beknopt Nederduitsch taalkundig woordenboek, Petrus Weiland, Blusse en van Braam, 1829, page 236