A Walloon church (French: Église Wallonne; Dutch: Waalse kerk) describes any Calvinist church in the Netherlands and its former colonies whose members originally came from the Southern Netherlands and France and whose native language is French today. Walloon was used during the first centuries. Members of these churches belong to the Walloon Reformed Church (French: Réformé wallon; Dutch: Waals Hervormd or, prior to 1815, Waals Gereformeerd), a denomination of the long-distinguished Dutch-speaking Dutch Reformed Church.

Many refugee Huguenots in their exile, joined to already existing Walloon churches — French language, Calvinism, and flight from persecution in a roughly common geography, being common factors to both Huguenot and Walloon refugee communities.

Walloon church

See also

Walloons

Walloon Church, Amsterdam

Nieuwe Waalse Kerk

St Agnes Convent, Arnhem

Huguenots

Protestantism in Belgium

External links

FamilySearch's wiki page, Huguenot Church in the United States

References

Calvinism in the Netherlands

Reformed denominations in the Netherlands

Dutch Reformed Church

Protestantism in Belgium

Walloon church