 The 2009 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church of North America (CRCNA) proposed to the 2012 Synod that the Belhar Confession be adopted as their fourth confession of faith.Instead, the CRCNA created a new, less-binding category for the Belhar, and adopted it as an "Ecumenical Faith Declaration" During CRCNA's Synod 2017, the church recategorized the Belhar Confession as a "Contemporary Testimony".The confession was also instrumental in the RCA's efforts to found the Reformed Church in the Dominican Republic.