Our Denominational Roots

Family in Christ Community Church has as its foundation the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), a 130-year-old Protestant denomination.

Christian
We have the word Christian in our name because we confess that we belong to Jesus Christ, and want to be His followers. We emphasize the centrality of the Bible, and God’s all-powerful care.

Reformed
The word Reformed means that our church is aligned with that historic branch of Christianity that withdrew from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500s. This branch has influenced many great historic preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and Charles Spurgeon. In modern times, many Christians are familiar with the books of Reformed writers such as R. C. Sproul, Francis Schaeffer, and J. I. Packer.

In America
The church was called Presbyterian in Scotland and Reformed in continental Europe. In the early 1800s some of the Reformed people moved to the United States from Holland, and in 1857 they started the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Today, the Christian Reformed denomination is becoming racially and ethnically diverse. The Christian Reformed Denomination initiated and cooperated with 20 other denominations in the production of The New International Bible, an accurate Bible translation in twentieth century language. The denomination has over 320,000 members and over 900 churches. Eighteen are in Colorado, with 11 in the Denver/Boulder area. The denomination also owns and runs the highly acclaimed Christian college, Calvin College, with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. It also supports a Bible college and five other Christian colleges and has its own seminary.