Reformed Churches in the Netherlands

Abraham Kuyper was the most important leader of the movement, and under his leadership the gereformeerden became a separate so-called "pillar" in Dutch society, next to the hervormden and the Roman Catholics.

The first split was in 1926, over a conflict about biblical interpretation: the orthodox majority maintained the historicity of the account of Adam and Eve, while the more liberal wing deemed it merely allegorical and left to form the Gereformeerde Kerken in Hersteld Verband.

Seven congregations did not agree with the merger and founded the Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands on May 8, 2004.

Until World War II, the Gereformeerde Kerk was characterized by a classical neo-Calvinist belief.

Modern theologians in the gereformeerde church are Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996) and Harry M. Kuitert (1924–2017).