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- ↑ www.redeemerblacksburg.org/Home/About-Us/About-the-Associate-Reformed-Presbyterian-Church
- ↑ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". www.reformiert-online.net.
- ↑ "PRESBITERIO DE TAMAULIPAS".
- ↑ "PRESBITERIO DE VERACRUZ".
- ↑ "PRESBITERIO DE SLP".
- ↑ "Catecismos, Confesiones y Credos".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2013-12-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)