International Conference of Reformed Churches
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The International Conference of Reformed Churches (ICRC) is a federation of Reformed or Calvinist
churches across the world. Its theology is more conservative than the larger World Alliance of Reformed Churches
and Reformed Ecumenical Council
(which are in the process of uniting as the World Reformed Communion) and is similar to that of the World Reformed Fellowship
.
Calvinism
Calvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...
churches across the world. Its theology is more conservative than the larger World Alliance of Reformed Churches
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
The World Alliance of Reformed Churches is a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin...
and Reformed Ecumenical Council
Reformed Ecumenical Council
The Reformed Ecumenical Council is an international organization of CalvinistChurches. It has 39 member denominations from 25 countries in its membership, and those churches have about 12 million people together. It was founded in 1946 as the Reformed Ecumenical Synod...
(which are in the process of uniting as the World Reformed Communion) and is similar to that of the World Reformed Fellowship
World Reformed Fellowship
The World Reformed Fellowship is an ecumenical Christian body which promotes unity between conservative Reformed churches around the world.It was formed on October 24, 2000 through the union of the World Fellowship of Reformed Churches and the International Reformed Fellowship .It is similar in...
.
List of members
- Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchAssociate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThe Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church as it exists today is the remnant of a small denomination, which was formed from the Synod of the South, a division of the Associate Reformed Church...
(North America) - Canadian and American Reformed ChurchesCanadian and American Reformed ChurchesThe Canadian and American Reformed Churches are a federation of over fifty Protestant Christian churches in Canada and the USA, with historical roots in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands, and doctrinal roots in the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation...
- Christian Reformed Churches in the NetherlandsChristian Reformed ChurchesThe Christian Reformed Churches are a Protestant church in the Netherlands with about 75,000 members.The original name of the church was Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands . The church was formed in 1869 by the merger of two churches, both separated from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834...
- Confessing Reformed Church in Congo
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and WalesEvangelical Presbyterian Church in England and WalesThe Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales is a reformed and conservative evangelical denomination in England and Wales....
- Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical Presbyterian Church (Ireland)The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is denomination that is found in Northern Ireland. It broke away from Irish Presbyterian Church in 1927...
(Ireland) - Free Church of Central India (Presbyterian Free Church)
- Free Church of ScotlandFree Church of Scotland (post 1900)Free Church of Scotland is that part of the original Free Church of Scotland that remained outside of the union with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1900...
- Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination which was formed in January 2000...
- Free Church in Southern Africa
- Free Reformed Churches of North AmericaFree Reformed Churches of North AmericaThe Free Reformed Churches of North America is a theologically conservative federation of churches in the Dutch Calvinist tradition with congregations in the United States and Canada. It officially adopted its current name in 1974...
- Free Reformed Churches of South AfricaFree Reformed Churches of South AfricaThe Free Reformed Churches in South Africa is a bond of Protestant Christian churches. It follows Reformed Calvinist theology and has adopted three forms of unity as its doctrinal standards: Canons of Dordt, Belgic Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism and subscribes to the three Ecumenical...
- Gereja-Gereja Reformasi Calvinis (Indonesia)
- Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia
- Independent Reformed Church of Korea
- Heritage Reformed Congregations (North America)
- Orthodox Presbyterian ChurchOrthodox Presbyterian ChurchThe Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a conservative Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the United States. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America who strongly objected to the pervasive Modernist theology during the 1930s . Led...
(North America) - Presbyterian Church of Eastern AustraliaPresbyterian Church of Eastern AustraliaThe Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia is a Presbyterian denomination which was formed in Sydney on 10 October 1846 by three ministers and a ruling elder...
- Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) (South Korea)
- Reformed Church in the United StatesReformed Church in the United StatesThe Reformed Church in the United States is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. The present RCUS is a conservative, Calvinist denomination. It affirms the principles of the Reformation: Sola scriptura , Solo Christo , Sola gratia , Sola fide , and Soli Deo gloria...
- Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)
- Reformed Churches of New ZealandReformed Churches of New ZealandReformed Churches of New Zealand is a Reformed Christian denomination in New Zealand. The denomination is constituted of 18 member churches, the first seven of which were formed in 1953. Total membership as of 2007 stands at 3,332.-Form of doctrine:...
- Reformed Churches of Brazil (Igrejas Reformadas do Brasil)
- Reformed Churches of Spain
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of India
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of IrelandReformed Presbyterian Church of IrelandThe Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland is a Presbyterian denomination in Ireland.-History:The denomination's roots date back to the 17th-century Plantation of Ulster by Scots Presbyterian settlers...
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of North AmericaReformed Presbyterian Church of North AmericaThe Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America , a Christian church, is a small Presbyterian denomination with churches throughout the United States, in southeastern Canada, and in a small part of Japan. Its beliefs place it in the conservative wing of the Reformed family of Protestant churches...
- Reformed Presbyterian Church North-East India Synod
- United Reformed Churches in North AmericaUnited Reformed Churches in North AmericaThe United Reformed Churches in North America is a theologically conservative federation of churches. The United Reformed Churches trace their roots back to the earlier Protestant movements in Europe, and to the Reformed churches in Belgium and the Netherlands...