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References
- ↑ Reformiert website
- ↑ www.wrfnet.org/web/guest/aboutwrf/membershiplist Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ www.icrconline.com/members.html Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ ICRC website, Retrieved 2023-06-29
- ↑ www.reformiert-online.net
- ↑ www.deverrenaasten.nl/nl/projects/view/139/jv-volop-kerkplanting-in-delhi-en-omgeving
- ↑ Indian Reformed Fellowship Australia website, Retrieved 2023-06-29
- ↑ Presbyterian Theological Seminary website
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