Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches

The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches,^[1] was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed (Calvinistic) theology.^[2] Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds. The CREC is an international body with congregations in the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Hungary, and Poland.

Doctrine

The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches holds to classic Calvinism (as promulgated in the Westminster Standards, Three Forms of Unity, and 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith), but on some doctrines in which Calvinists differ, (e.g., paedocommunion and paedobaptism) the CREC allows each church to decide its own stance.

The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches holds to the following historic Confessions:

• Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)
• American Westminster Confession of Faith (1789)
• The Three Forms of Unity:
  • Belgic Confession (1561)
  • Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
  • Canons of Dort (1619)
• The London Baptist Confession (1689)
• The Savoy Declaration (1658)
• The Reformed Evangelical Confession

Notable members

• Peter Leithart (Leithart holds ordination in the PCA while serving in the CREC^[3])
• Steve Wilkins
• Douglas Wilson

References

External links

• CREC Homepage