Reformed Ecumenical Council
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The Reformed Ecumenical Council is an international organization of Calvinist
Churches. 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. The Reformed Ecumenical Council is the second largest international Reformed alliance, the more conservative of the two largest. About two-thirds of its member churches also belong to the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. The seat of the Reformed Ecumenical Council is Grand Rapids, Michigan
, United States
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After a two-day meeting ending on 1 February 2006, Douwe Visser, president of the REC and Clifton Kirkpatrick
, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
(WARC), said in a joint letter to their constituencies, "We rejoice in the work of the Holy Spirit which we believe has led us to recommend that the time has come to bring together the work of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council into one body that will strengthen the unity and witness of Reformed Christians." The new body would be called the World Communion of Reformed Churches
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Churches. 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. The Reformed Ecumenical Council is the second largest international Reformed alliance, the more conservative of the two largest. About two-thirds of its member churches also belong to the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. The seat of the Reformed Ecumenical Council is Grand Rapids, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, United States
United States
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After a two-day meeting ending on 1 February 2006, Douwe Visser, president of the REC and Clifton Kirkpatrick
Clifton Kirkpatrick
The Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, DMin, is the former Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church , a position in which he served from 1996 to 2008. Since 2004 he has also served as President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches....
, president of the 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...
(WARC), said in a joint letter to their constituencies, "We rejoice in the work of the Holy Spirit which we believe has led us to recommend that the time has come to bring together the work of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council into one body that will strengthen the unity and witness of Reformed Christians." The new body would be called the World Communion of Reformed Churches
World Communion of Reformed Churches
The World Communion of Reformed Churches is an ecumenical Christian body formed in June 2010 by the union of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council...
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Indonesia
- Indonesian Christian Church of Central Java (GKI)
- Javanese Christian Churches (GKJ)
- Christian Church of Sumba (GKS)
- Southernpart Sumatra Christian Church (GKSBS)
- Church of Toraja Mamasa (GTM)
- Toraja ChurchToraja ChurchToraja Church is a protestant Christian denomination in Tana Toraja, Indonesia, of which the majority of the Toraja people are members. This church is a member of Indonesian council of churches since 1950. On November 7, 1913 Rev. A.A. van de Loosdrecht became the first missionaries who came in...
(GT)
Nigeria
- Christian Reformed Church of NigeriaChristian Reformed Church of NigeriaChristian Reformed Church of Nigeria is a major Christian denomination. It has been founded in 1904. The reason for its existence was Sudan United Mission —British Branch. Its headquarters is in or near Takum, Taraba State. It has more than 100,000 members....
- Church of Christ in NigeriaChurch of Christ in NigeriaThe Church of Christ in Nigeria is a Christian denomination in Nigeria. It was founded in 1904. It believes in the infallibility of the bible. Its headquarters is in Jos, Plateau State. Its current president is Pandang Yamsat. It used to have the name of Ekkleiyar Kristi A Nigeria. Its membership...
- Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the TivChurch of Christ in the Sudan Among the TivThe Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv is a Christian denomination from Nigeria. It has more than 200,000 members. It was founded in 1957. It recognises the Heidelberg Catechism. It is a member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council...
(NKST) - Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ
- Presbyterian Church of NigeriaPresbyterian Church of NigeriaPresbyterian Church of Nigeria is a major Christian denomination of Nigeria. It is Presbyterian. It has at least hundreds of thousands members. It is the result of a Scottish Mission. It cooperates with the Church of Scotland...
South Africa
- Dutch Reformed ChurchDutch Reformed ChurchThe Dutch Reformed Church was a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It existed from the 1570s to 2004, the year it merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to form the Protestant Church in the...
(NGK) - Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA)
- Reformed Church in Africa
- Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA)