Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv

Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv

The Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv (Nongo u Kristu u ken Sudan hen tiv, NKST) is a Christian denomination from Nigeria. It has more than 200,000 members. [1] It was founded in 1957. [2] It recognises the Heidelberg Catechism. [3] It is a member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council. [4] [5] It cooperates with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, which has its seat in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Tiv are an ethnic group, which speaks the Tiv language, which is a Niger-Congo-language.

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