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for the next 150 years. When the island become a British colony, many Dutch ministers left, and the church system collapsed. In the 19th and 20th centuries DRC church membership consisted of the Burghers, a Dutch word for citizens. They were not necessarily of Dutch origin, but were persons who held
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on the island. When the Dutch took over there were already three religions present, Buddhism, Hinduism and Catholicism. All Roman Catholic churches, schools, and monasteries were transferred to the Dutch Reformed Church. The DRC church membership grew rapidly, and in the 18th century there were over
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church building. The latter church celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2007. Over the past years attempts have been made to increase church membership through evangelism. In 2008 the Dutch Reformed Church changed its name to the Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka.
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The Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka currently has 31 churches and over 5,000 adherents. The church office is located in Galle Road,
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On 6 October 1642, the first Protestant church service was held in Galle, following the capture of the fort at Galle by
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in 1640. Protestantism was introduced as a missionary religion in Sri Lanka in 1658 by Dutch missionaries after the
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started in 1656 and lasted until the late 1700s. In 1796 the British occupied the Maritime Province of Ceylon, and
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In 1992 the church celebrated its 350th anniversary. It is the oldest Protestant denomination in the island of
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faith was propagated by its schools. During a period the Reformed Church was the state religion. The
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There has been a movement for the amalgamation of traditional Protestant Churches (including the
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of Sri Lanka and the Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka (formerly the
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faith. But in the 19th century membership begin to broaden, with separate
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churches represent over 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide
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53,000 members in Colombo and 200,000 in Jaffna. The Reformed
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sri Lanka
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Evangelical Reformed Church in the Eastern Republic of Congo
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Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka (30 November 2008).
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International Peacemaking Church of Christ, Raleigh, NC
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Wolvendaal (which means the 'Valley of Wolves') Church
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National Christian Evangelical Alliance in Sri Lanka
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Wolvendaal Church
Protestant
Reformed
Calvinist
Polity
Presbyterian
World Communion of Reformed Churches
World Reformed Fellowship
Sri Lanka
Dutch Reformed Church
Lanka Reformed Church
Protestant
Willem Jacobszoon Coster
Dutch
Portuguese
Calvinist
Dutch period
Ceylon
British
Colony
Calvinist
Tamil
Sri Lanka
Wolvendaal (which means the 'Valley of Wolves') Church
Protestant
Church of Ceylon
Methodist Church
Baptist
Salvation Army

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