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Table 1 Orthodox protestant denominations on national level in the Netherlands

From: Religious subgroups influencing vaccination coverage in the Dutch Bible belt: an ecological study

Denomination

(Dutch name of denomination)

Datasource

Members

Living in municipalities

with < 5% votes for SGP

Restored Reformed Church

(Hersteld Hervormde Kerk)

Central

Church Office

52690

6870 (13%)

Reformed Congregations

(Gereformeerde Gemeenten)

Church

Year Book 2006

103272

27258 (26%)

Reformed Congregations

in the Netherlands*

(Gereformeerde Gemeenten

in Nederland)

Church

Year Book 2007

Hoekstra 2008

24405

3483 (14%)

Old Reformed Congregations**

(Oud Gereformeerde Gemeenten)

Central

Church Office

Hoekstra 2008

21192

5647 (27%)

Christian Reformed Churches***

(Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerken)

Church

Year Book 2006

Personal communication

17547

6183 (35%)

Total

 

219106

49441 (23%)

  1. *including Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands, not synodally related (buiten verband)
  2. **including Free Old Reformed Congregations (Vrije Oud Gereformeerde Gemeenten)
  3. ***orthodox protestant subgroup, not including evangelical or intermediate subgroups