Vrijzinnige Geloofsgemeenschap NPB
Vrijzinnige Geloofsgemeenschap NPB | |
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Nederlands Hervormde Kerk | |
Number of followers | 4385.[1] |
The Vrijzinnige Geloofsgemeenschap NPB (English: Liberal Community of Faith NBP) is a liberal Christian denomination in the Netherlands, a member of the Dutch Raad van Kerken (English: Council of Churches) and the International Association for Religious Freedom. NPB stands for Nederlandse Protestanten Bond (English: Netherlands Protestant Association).
Structure
The NPB has the structure of an association and consists of sixty independent local communities (2004) that call themselves by the neutral word afdeling (English: section).[2]
History
The Dutch Protestant Association NBP was established in 1870 by Cornelis Willem Opzoomer, Cornelis Tiele and others. It came as a reaction of liberal Protestants to the Confessionele vereniging (English: The Confessional Association) created in 1864 and Orthodox Protestantism.
From the NBP came the Centrale Commissie voor het Vrijzinnig Protestantisme (English: Central Committee for Liberal Protestantism) that established the VPRO (1926) and was involved in the Leidse Bijbelvertaling (English: The Leiden Translation of the Bible) that was used by Dutch liberal Protestants for decades to follow (1914).[2]
Profile and ideas
There can be significant differences between local communities constituting the association. Some are based upon
References
- ^ "Groot ledenverlies voor NPB". Kerknieuws.nl. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ a b Hoekstra, E.G, Ipenburg, M.H. Handboek christelijk Nederland: kerken, gemeenten, samenkomsten en vergaderingen. Kok 2008, p. 305
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