Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv

The church was founded by the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. This mission work was among ethnic Tiv people. Later this work was overtaken by the Christian Reformed Church in North America. In 1957, the church became a self-supporting, autonomous and self-propagating denomination. The center of the denomination is in Mkar in Benue State. There is also a Theological Seminary to train pastors at Mkar. The denomination has 200 congregations, 2,000 mission stations, and 400,000 members. The theological training of ministers is at Mkar Theological Seminary in Nigeria. The denomination's Theology is Reformed, it adheres to the Three Forms of Unity. In the Synod in 2012 the church became the Universal Reformed Christian Church. == Theology ==

It recognises the Heidelberg Catechism and the Westminster Confession of Faith. == Interfaith relations ==

It is a member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council. It cooperates with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, which has its seat in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Tiv are an ethnic group that speaks the Tiv language, which is a Niger-Congo-language. The denomination has sister church relations with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated). == See also ==