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

Reformed denomination in Nigeria
.

Origin

The church was founded by the

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

  1. ^ Fasse, Christoph. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". www.reformiert-online.net.
  2. ^ a b "BBK.GKV » Nigeria". www.bbk.gkv.nl.
  3. ^ "CRWM: Nigeria - Christian Reformed Church". Archived from the original on 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  4. ^ "I will begin rock drums - ドラムをはじめよう！-Rock Through the Valley". www.recweb.org.
  5. ^ www.reformiert-online.net
  6. ^ "WARC - Directory of member churches". Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  7. ^ "I will begin rock drums - ドラムをはじめよう！-Rock Through the Valley". www.recweb.org.
  8. ^ "BBK.GKV » Ecumenical Contacts". www.bbk.gkv.nl.
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