He is a member of the Remonstrant Brotherhood. Van Ruijven was the son of a brewer and a Remonstrant. He grew up in Utrecht, where the Remonstrant family lived. Descendants of Vorstius were preachers in Dutch Remonstrant churches for a century. Zhu Jun was recalled to the capital and promoted to Counsellor Remonstrant. A similar disagreement led to the creation of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster in 1830. In 1630, he was appointed preacher at the Remonstrant church in Rotterdam. In April 1622 he married Beatrix van der Laen, the daughter of a Remonstrant burgomaster. The Remonstrant Brotherhood continues as a church in the Netherlands. Backer was the son of the Mennonite Tjerk Adriaensz and the Remonstrant Marritje Dootshooft. The van Swanenburg family was largely of the Arminian faith and after 1618-1619, Remonstrant. In 2016 a 5,000-strong Remonstrant community still remains in the Netherlands. The Remonstrant Brotherhood of Holland keeps fellowship with the European Liberal Protestant Network. Montgomery led a secession which formed (1830) the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, comprising three presbyteries. The remonstrant committee offered to defend them against any allegations put by the Repeal Association.