About us ...
Above all, our faith is centred in Christ. Every need of ours finds its answer in Jesus Christ.
The final authority in the Reformed faith is Holy Scripture, the living Word of God, spoken to everyone through the Holy Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit takes the Word of God and makes it real and actual in our lives. This has always been and will always be the authentic wellspring of Reformed faith.
The Reformed Church in America is a member of the Presbyterian/Reformed family of churches. Founded by the Dutch in New Amsterdam in 1628, it is one of the nation's oldest denominations. Many ethnic, social and religious backgrounds are represented among its 205,000 communicant member in 960 congregations throughout the United States and Canada.
On Saturday, May 7, 1953, the Emmanuel Reformed Church of Woodstock, Ontario was officially organized by the Classis of Passaic, RCA. It was an outgrowth of the Burford Reformed Church, which printed a charter member list on July 7, 1951. The membership consisted of 56 communicant members and 80 baptised members.
Our facility has undergone three renovations since then.
In April of 1993, construction of our present church building was started. On December 3, 1993, our new building was dedicated. Reverend Hartmans retired in September of 1994, leaving Reverend Kingswood as the sole pastor of our congregation. He left our church on December 31, 2000.