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A group who withdrew from the Reformed Church in America. They organized as a separate body at Holland, Michigan in 1857. In doctrine they adhere to the Belgic Confession of Faith, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dort. They are strictly presbyterian in government. Two weekly periodicals are published by them. In 1890 the True Protestant Dutch Reformed Church merged with them. The Protestant Reformed Church split off in 1924, and during the 1990's, another group split off as the United Reformed Churches in North America. They have a web site.