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- ↑ "CRWM: Philippines - Christian Reformed Church". Archived from the original on 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ↑ "Adressdatenbank reformierter Kirchen und Einrichtungen".
- ↑ "CRWM: Philippines - Christian Reformed Church". Archived from the original on 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ↑ "Member churches | Bringing together 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ↑ "Adressdatenbank reformierter Kirchen und Einrichtungen".
- ↑ www.reformedreflections.ca/missions/history-of-reformed-sim-in-.pdf Archived 2013-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
