Reformed Ecumenical Council

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The Reformed Ecumenical Council is an international organization of Calvinist Churches with a membership at large of 10 million people. 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. Some churches , such as the former Gereformeerde Kerken in the Netherlands, and its successor, the Protestant Church in the Netherlands belong to both of the largest international reformed alliances. The seat of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod is Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.

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 Reformed Communion.

Contents 1 Australia 2 Botswana 3 Dominican Republic 4 France 5 Greece 6 India 7 Indonesia 8 Japan 9 Kenya 10 Korea 11 Malawi 12 Mexico 13 Mozambique 14 Myanmar 15 Netherlands 16 Nigeria 17 Philippines 18 South Africa 19 Sri Lanka 20 Swaziland 21 Uganda 22 United States and Canada 23 External links

[edit] Australia

Christian Reformed Churches in Australia

[edit] Botswana

Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana

[edit] Dominican Republic

• Christian Reformed Church of the Dominican Republic

[edit] France

• Evangelical Reformed Church of France (EREI)

[edit] Greece

• Greek Evangelical Church

[edit] India

• Presbyterian Church of India

[edit] 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 Church (GT)

[edit] Japan

• The Reformed Church in Japan

[edit] Kenya

• The Reformed Church of East Africa

[edit] Korea

• The Presbyterian General Assembly (Reformed Church of Korea)

[edit] Malawi

• Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Nkhoma Synod

[edit] Mexico

• Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico

[edit] Mozambique

• Reformed Church in Mozambique

[edit] Myanmar

• Christian Reformed Church in Myanmar

[edit] Netherlands

• Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN)

[edit] Nigeria

• Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
• Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv (NKST)
• Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ
• Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
• Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria

[edit] Philippines

• Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines

[edit] South Africa

• Dutch Reformed Church (NGK)
• Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA)
• Reformed Church in Africa
• Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA)

[edit] Sri Lanka

• Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka

[edit] Swaziland

• Reformed Church of Swaziland (SRC)

[edit] Uganda

• Christian Reformed Church of East Africa
• Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uganda

[edit] United States and Canada

• Christian Reformed Church in North America

[edit] External links

• Web site of the Reformed Ecumenical Council
• World Reformed Communion announcement