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- ↑ "The International Conference of Reformed Churches". Icrconline.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ↑ Hun (2011-01-01). "Independent Reformed Church at ICRC 2005, Pretoria | Once for All". Once4all.org. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
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