Not good for the Reformed Church in America. becoming to liberalized. Grand Rapid, Mi area is quite conservative. To have the ability for the RCA to replant a church in the area will be hard. The PCA is gaining churches from RCA and PCUSA. The PCA has had a merger with the RPCUSA (reformed presbyterian Church) back in the 1980 - 1990s. The presbyteian and Reformed Church denominations are getting smaller with fewer denominations and churches are going into more conservative bodies. Oddly RCA is the oldest denomination in the USA, The PCA is one of the newest ones just like the EPC. i was part of the PCA prior to a no fault divorce, whereby i went to the WELS (conservative lutheran, where I had to start anew).
Not good for the Reformed Church in America.
I have seen rumors and rumblings of a merger with the CRCNA (now that the whole reason for their early 19th cent. split is pretty much moot, given the CRC's swan dive into wherever they're going).
The PCA has had a merger with the RPCUSA back in the 1980 - 1990s. The presbyteian and Reformed Church denominations are getting smaller with fewer denominations and churches are going into more conservative bodies. Oddly RCA is the oldest denomination in the USA, The PCA is one of the newest ones just like the EPC.All very confusing.