<Tr> <Th> Congregations </Th> <Td> 1,350 at the time of merger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Members </Th> <Td> 2 million at the time of merger </Td> </Tr> <P> The Dutch Reformed Church (in Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk or NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation until 1930 . It was the foremost Protestant denomination, and--since 1892--one of the two major Reformed denominations along with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands . </P> <P> It spread to the United States, South Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, and various other world regions through the Dutch colonization . It has been the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family until being merged into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, a United church of both Reformed and Lutheran theological orientations . The allegiance to the Dutch Reformed Church was a common feature among Dutch immigrant communities around the world, and became a crucial part of Afrikaner nationalism . </P>

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