The Christian Reformed Church in North America's own denominational account of the Belhar Confession's origin, written from within the worldwide Reformed family. States plainly that in 1982 the World Alliance of Reformed Churches declared apartheid a theological heresy and suspended the white Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa's membership, and that apartheid became law in 1948 and began to be dismantled in 1990.
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Citation
AuthorChristian Reformed Church in North America
PublisherChristian Reformed Church in North America
Publication Year2026
The page carries no visible publication date; 2026 is recorded as the year of access, the same convention this atlas applies to Wikipedia's own undated living pages. URLhttps://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/contemporary-testimony/confession-belhar/history-belhar-confession
Source TypeOfficial denominational history
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
A worldwide Reformed sister denomination's own official historical account of the Belhar Confession, institutionally authored rather than independently scholarly. Tier 2, matching this atlas's convention for a named institutional publisher writing on its own tradition's history. NotesUsed specifically for the exact 1982 year of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches suspending the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, naming apartheid a heresy.
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This source names Americas directly: "The Christian Reformed Church in North America's own denominational account of the Belhar Confession's origin, written from within the worldwide Reformed family."
Source History of the Belhar Confession (Christian Reformed Church in North America)Christian Reformed Church in North America
This source names Dutch Reformed Church directly: "heresy and suspended the white Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa's membership, and that apartheid became law in 1948 and began to be dismantled in 1990."
Source History of the Belhar Confession (Christian Reformed Church in North America)Christian Reformed Church in North America
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)
This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Spread Events, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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