History
The Restored Reformed Church was founded on May 1, 2004, by a minority of the Reformed Bond inside the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk) who opposed that church's merger with two other Protestant churches into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland). The first president of the denomination was Dirk Heemskerk. Later several free churches joined this new federation in Rotterdam, Alblasserdam, Schiedam, and an Old Reformed Church voted to affiliate with Restored Reformed Church. In 2013, the Church had a membership of 58,517 in 118 congregations. One of the first thing was to establish an own Seminary, The Reformed Seminary. In 2011 there were 70 students, the rector is Wim van Vlastuin.
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