The Reformed Church in the U.S., prior to the merger in 1934, consisted of six synods with 58 classes, 1, 332 ministers, 1, 675 congregations and 350, 000 members. There were 12 colleges, three seminaries, three orphan homes and three deaconess homes. There were 12 church papers and 16 Sunday school publications being published at that time.

The continuing church (Eureka Classis) in 1934 was left with nine ministers, 26 congregations and 1, 400 communicants; and, of course, no colleges or seminaries, etc.! Though greatly reduced in size, the Reformed Church struggled on with the Lord's gracious assistance. In 1945 a church paper, the Reformed Herald (German), was begun, becoming bil­ingual in 1956 and entirely English in 1965. In 1953 a new program of home missions was begun (in Aber­deen, South Dakota), and a number of new congrega­tions have been established since then. There has, of course, been a dissolution of some congregations and the merger of others.

A foreign missions program was begun in 1960 in cooperation with the Foreign Missions Committee of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Under this arrange­ment the Rev. Harvie Conn was sent to Korea. In 1974, under the same arrangement, the Rev. Lendall Smith was sent to Taiwan as a successor to the Rev. Conn who had accepted a teaching position at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. The arrangement was discontinued in 1986.

In the meantime a door of opportunity opened for the organization of a Reformed Church in central Africa in the country of Zaire. This work received its impetus from the labors of the Rev. Aaron Kayayan through the "Back of the God Hour" French Radio Broadcast ministry. In December of 1984 the Reformed Church in the U.S. served as the sponsoring institution in the formation and organization of the "Eglise Reformed Confessante au Zaire" (the Reformed Confessing Church in Zaire). Although they exist as an indigenous church (self-governing, self-propagating, and self­supporting) the need for spiritual guidance and material assistance is great. This is the focus of our foreign missions outreach and diaconal ministry.

In 1978 the long and arduous task of constitutional revision was begun. This task was undertaken in order to bring the old constitution up to date with the ex­isting and continuing denomination, all the while re­maining in strict conformity with the Scriptures. Out of the process of revision there came the proposal to divide into classes, the constitution making provision for Classis, Synods, and the General Synod. In 1980 a special committee was formed to study the matter and make recommendations. In 1985 a recommendation and procedure for dividing into separate classes was adopted, to be implemented the following year. At the 76th Annual Session of the Eureka Classis, meeting at Menno, South Dakota, April 15-18, the Eureka Classis voted to divide into classes and organize as the Synod of the Reformed Church in the U.S. The name "Eureka Classis" would be retired for one generation to avoid confusion between new "Eureka Classis" and the whole denomination.

The membership of the Reformed Church in the United States in 1993 is 40 ministers, 35 congregations, and some 3,000 communicant members. The churches, which are scattered from Pennsylvania to California, are geographically divided into the following 4 classes: Covenant East, Northern Plains, South Central, and Western.

Currently the following seminaries have been approved as worthy of support: Mid-America Re­formed Seminary, Orange City, IA; Westminster Theological Seminary, Escondido, CA: Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA.

The denomination also supports Dordt College (Chris­tian Reformed) in Sioux Center, IA, and Hope Haven, a Christian institution for the handicapped, in Rock Valley, IA.

Fraternal relations have been established with the Or­thodox Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, the Indepen­dent Presbyterian Church of Mexico, the Reformed Confessing Church of Zaire, and sisterly relations have been established with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated).