Evangelical and Reformed Church

The Evangelical and Reformed Church was a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States that formed in 1934 through the merger of the Evangelical Synod of North America and the Reformed Church in the United States. It emphasized the authority of the Bible, salvation through Jesus Christ, and active faith. The church combined evangelical zeal—focused on personal conversion and spreading the Gospel—with Reformed doctrines rooted in the teachings of Calvinism, such as God's sovereignty and grace. In 1957, it merged into the Evangelical and Reformed Church to form the Evangelical Church—later becoming part of the United Church of Christ in 1961.