Reformed Church in America

Reformed Church in America
Coat of arms of the Reformed Church in America
Classification	Mainline Protestant
Orientation	Continental Dutch Reformed
Theology	Reformed
Polity	Presbyterian
Associations	National Council of Churches; World Council of Churches; Canadian Council of Churches; Christian Churches Together; World Communion of Reformed Churches; Evangelical Fellowship of Canada; National Association of Evangelicals
Region	Canada, U.S.
Headquarters	Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Origin	1628 (first Dutch Reformed congregation organized in New Amsterdam); 1754 (American classis gains independence)
Branched from	Dutch Reformed Church
Separations	Christian Reformed Church in North America (separated 1857; further congregations join the CRC in 1882) Alliance of Reformed Churches (2021)
Congregations	877 (2016)
Members	84,957 as of 2023[1]
Official website	www.rca.org
www.faithward.org
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The Reformed Church in America (RCA) is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 84,957 members. From its beginning in 1628 until 1819, it was the North American branch of the Dutch Reformed Church.

The RCA is a founding member of the National Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches (WCC), Christian Churches Together, and the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). Some parts of the denomination belong to the National Association of Evangelicals, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The denomination is in full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presbyterian Church (USA), and United Church of Christ and is a denominational partner of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.^[2]