1834 Dutch Reformed Church split

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The 1834 Dutch Reformed Church split, or the Secession of 1834 (Dutch: Afscheiding van 1834), known simply as Afscheiding ("Separation, Secession, Split"), refers to a split that occurred within the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834.^[1] The federation of churches resulting from the split, the Christian Reformed Churches, still exists in the Netherlands.^[2] The Free Reformed Churches are the North American counterpart.^[3]