The Churches in The Netherlands

Once a year the churches in The Netherlands await with much interest the latest figures about the welfare of the various churches in the country, their growth or otherwise. The State Reformed Churches, in a period of 150 years (beginning in 1849) have gone down from 55% of the Dutch population to only 14%. Again further in 1999 with 1.81%. The Synodale Reformed Churches in that year decreased 1.79%; now totaling 12,315 members. Also, the Christian Reformed Churches lost more members in 1999,...