History
In the 1980s a sizeable group within the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA) felt that the denomination was moving away from the truths of the Reformation. This group grew considerably in the 1990s. In 1994 about 62 churches met to discuss solution to the problem. Some of them had already left the CRC.
The URCNA was founded as a federation of Reformed churches in 1996 at Lynwood, Illinois CRC. Most of the members that founded the URCNA left the CRCNA, due to disagreement on several issues like women's ordination and evolution cases, and conservative reformed believers were concerned that the Christian Reformed Churches are departing from Scriptural teaching to accommodate modern social trends. Some 36 churches joined the federative unity and held their first Synod and adopted the name The United Reformed Churches in North America. Currently there are 8 classes (regional groups of congregations) in the URCNA. At least once every three years elder and pastor delegates gather for a synodic meeting.
The URCNA formed over various issues relating to the authority of the Bible, including the ordination of women into the offices of elder and pastor.
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