World Reformed Fellowship

Logo of the World Reformed Fellowship

The World Reformed Fellowship (WRF) is an ecumenical Christian organization which promotes unity between conservative Reformed churches around the world.^[1]

History

The World Fellowship of Reformed Churches (WFRC) was formed in 1994 when the Presbyterian Church in America, the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico, and the Presbyterian Church of Brazil and member churches mainly from the Latin American countries, India, East Africa and the USA.^[2] The International Reformed Fellowship (IRF) was formed also in 1994 with Reformed churches in South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, and from all part of Asia.

The World Fellowship of Reformed Churches and the International Reformed Fellowship united on October 24, 2000 to form the World Reformed Fellowship. The WRF is now an international body represented in seventy-five countries.^[3]

The WRF is a fellowship not a council and want to fulfill the dream of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield and many others to unite evangelical Reformed Christians. Members have to agree with:

• The statement that "The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are without error in all that they teach."
• At least one of the following historic Reformed Confessions - The Gallican Confession, The Belgic Confession, The Heidelberg Catechism, The Thirty-Nine Articles, The Second Helvetic Confession, The Canons of Dort, The Westminster Confession of Faith, the London Confession of 1689, or the Savoy Declaration.

World Reformed Fellowship wants to promote Reformed thinking, encourage churches and people to embrace Reformed thinking, and to promote evangelisation in the Reformed tradition and to provide forum for dialogue. ^[4]

It is similar in theology to the International Conference of Reformed Churches and more conservative than the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

There are a total of 54 denominational members of the Fellowship, and 104 organizational members, as of May 5, 2011.^[5]

The Fourth General Assembly of the World Reformed Fellowship will be in Sao Paulo, Brazil from March 23 through March 27, 2015.^[6]

Denominational members

As of January, 2015 there are 69 denominational members:

• Aashish Presbyterian Church (Zone Koshi, East Nepal)
• Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church
• Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church USA
• Associated Presbyterian Churches Scotland
• Biblical Reformed Churches in Myanmar
• Christian Reformed Church in Nepal
• Christian Reformed Church in South Africa
• Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka
• Church of England in South Africa
• Egliese Protestante Reformee du Burundi
• L'Église réformée du Québec
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ivory Coast
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru
• Evangelical Reformed Baptist Churches in Italy
• Evangelical Reformed Church in America
• Evangelical Reformed Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church
• General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
• God's Healing Ministry Lagos, Nigeria
• Grace Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh
• Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
• Greater Grace Ministry, Kampala, Uganda
• Igreja Presbiteriana de Angola
• India Reformed Presbyterian Church
• International Peacemaking Church of Christ, Raleigh NC
• Mission Voile Déchiré, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• Mount Zion Presbyterian Church of Sierra Leone
• National Capital Region Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
• National Presbyterian Church in Mexico
• Peace Church Bangladesh
• Presbyterian Church in America
• Presbyterian Church in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
• Presbyterian Church in India
• Presbyterian Church in Uganda
• Presbyterian Church of Australia
• Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh
• Presbyterian Church in Bolivia
• Presbyterian Church of Brazil
• Presbyterian Church of Sierra Leone
• Presbyterian Church of South India
• Presbyterian Free Church of Central India
• The Protestant Church of Ambohimalaza-Firaisiana, Madagascar
• Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
• Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Serbia
• Reformed Baptist Churches in North America
• Reformed Bible Churches of Trinidad and Tobago
• Reformed Church of India
• Reformed Church of Latin America
• Reformed Church of Nepal
• Reformed Churches in South Africa
• Reformed Community Churches in Myanmar
• Reformed Evangelical Church in Indonesia
• Reformed Evangelical Church of Myanmar
• Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Uganda)
• Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Rwanda)
• Reformed Presbyterian Church in Myanmar
• Reformed Presbyterian Church of India
• Reformed Presbyterian Church of Uganda
• Smyrna House of Prayer Church in Bangladesh
• Sudanese Reformed Churches
• United Christian Church and Bible Institute, USA
• United Church of Christ in Colombia
• United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
• United Reformed Church in Myanmar

Spread

As of 2014 there are 72 countries represented in the WRF:

• Afghanistan
• Angola
• Argentina
• Australia
• Bangladesh
• Belgium
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Burundi
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Croatia
• The Czech Republic
• The Democratic Republic of Congo
• Ecuador
• England
• France
• Gambia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Hong Kong
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Israel
• Italy
• Ivory Coast
• Japan
• Kenya
• Latvia
• Liberia
• Lithuania
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Myanmar
• New Zealand
• Nepal
• The Netherlands
• Nigeria
• Northern Ireland
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Peru
• The Philippines
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Romania
• Rwanda
• San Salvador
• Scotland
• Serbia
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Turkey
• Uganda
• United Arab Emirates
• USA
• Venezuela
• The West Indies
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe^[7]

References

External links

• Homepage of the WRF