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The Reformed churches
are a group of Christian Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Calvinist
system of doctrine.
Since the Reformation the Netherlands, as one of the few countries in the world, could be characterised as a mainly Calvinist state. Until the first half of the 20th century, a majority of the Dutch (about 55%) were Reformed and a large minority (35-40%) were Catholic. Because of large scale secularisation during the 20th century, these percentages dropped dramatically. Today only 15-20% of the Dutch (about 2.5 million people) is Reformed, while 25-30% is Catholic. About 45% is non-religious. Today many orthodox-reformed Christians in the Netherlands cooperate with Evangelicals in organizations such as the 'Evangelische Omroep
' (Evangelical Broadcasting Company), the 'Evangelische Hogeschool' (Evangelical College), and the political party 'ChristenUnie' (ChristianUnion
)
Dutch emigrants and missionaries brought Reformed churches to many other countries outside Europe, including Canada, United States, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.
es were started in Zurich by Huldrych Zwingli
and spread within a few years to Basle (Johannes Oecolampadius
), Berne (Berchtold Haller
and Niklaus Manuel
), St. Gall (Joachim Vadian
), to cities in Southern Germany and via Alsace (Martin Bucer
) to France. After the early death of Zwingli 1531, his work was continued by Heinrich Bullinger
, the author of the Second Helvetic Confession. The French-speaking cities Neuchatel, Geneva and Lausanne changed to the Reformation ten years later under William Farel
and John Calvin
coming from France. The Zwingli and Calvin branches had each their theological distinctions, but in 1549 under the lead of Bullinger and Calvin they came to a common agreement in the Consensus Tigurinus
(Zurich Consent), and 1566 in the Second Helvetic Confession. Organizationally, the Reformed Churches in Switzerland remained separate units until today (the Reformed Church of the Canton Zurich, the Reformed Church of the Canton Berne, etc.), the German part more in the Zwingli tradition, in the French part more in the Calvin tradition. They are governed synodically and their relation to the respective canton (in Switzerland, there are no church-state regulations on country-level) ranges from independent to close collaboration, depending on historical developments. A distinctive of the Swiss Reformed churches in Zwingli tradition is their historically almost symbiotic link to the state (cantons) which is only loosening gradually in the present.
A total of 2.4 million Swiss are member of a Reformed church, according to the 2000 census, which corresponds with 33% of the population. The past decades show a rapid decline in this proportion, coming from 46% in 1970.
is one of the largest branches of the Reformed movement, and the only one of the national Reformed churches to survive without division since the Reformation to the present time. The Hungarian Reformed Church has adopted the Heidelberg Catechism
and the Second Helvetic Confession as a definition of their teaching, together the Ecumenical creeds of the Christian Church: Athanasian Creed
, Nicene Creed
, Chalcedon, and the common creed ("Apostles' Creed
").
In 2001, more than 1.6 million people in Hungary were member of the Hungarian Reformed Church. In Romania, 700,000 people were Reformed, nearly all of them ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania. In Slovakia, 110,000 Calvinists were recorded.
churches, the umbrella named Evangelical Church in Germany
(German: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland) or EKD. The member churches of EKD
were formerly the Protestant state church
es in German states before the separation of religion and state in 1919. EKD represents, alongside Catholicism, Germany's "mainstream" religious bodies.
The German Reformed Church, unusually, does not trace its origins back to Zwingli or Calvin, but rather to Philipp Melanchthon
, Luther's best friend and closest ally. After Melanchthon's death in 1560, extremist Lutherans (from whom Luther had previously distanced himself) accused Melanchthon's successors in the "Philippist" cause of Crypto-Calvinism
and mercilessly persecuted and sometimes killed them in several states, especially Saxony
. Other states, such as Hesse
, remained openly Philippist and Reformed. Only during the time of Calvin (1509–1564) himself did genuinely Calvinist influences enter the German Reformed faith; even today, it remains more Philippist than Calvinist.
In the German Empire (1871–1918) some states were Lutheran, some Reformed. King Frederick William III of Prussia
united both major Protestant confessions in his domains into the Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church)
in 1817, allowing congregations to maintain Lutheran or Reformed confession, or declare their union, also in Bremen
and Hesse-Cassel Reformed and Lutherans form a union merely in administration. Some states saw unions of Reformed and Lutherans to a united confession, such as Anhalt, Baden
, Hesse-Darmstadt
, Nassau and Bavarian Palatinate, while other Lutheran states (Bavaria
proper, Hamburg
, Hanover
, Lübeck, Mecklenburg
, Oldenburg
, Saxon Duchies, Saxony
, Schaumburg-Lippe
, Schleswig-Holstein
, and Württemberg
) did not followed suit.
The German Reformed Church's finest hour arguably occurred during the Third Reich (1933–1945): although by far not all Reformed clergy and their flocks opposed the Nazis, the Reformed Church dominated the Confessing Church
resistance against Hitler — partially, it has been said, because Reformed congregations had fewer hierarchy- and state-centered perspectives than the Lutherans.
German Protestants come in four different guises, all under one national umbrella, but differentiated by region (Landeskirche
, usually regions smaller than the states
):
In Germany roughly 25 million Germans (less than one-third of the entire population, slightly more than half of German Christians) are Protestant. Of these, less than 2 million are Reformed. The main co-ordinating body for Reformed churches in Germany is the Reformed Alliance in Germany. Smaller, separate denominations include the Evangelical Old-reformed Church in Lower Saxony, the Union of Evangelical Reformed Churches in Germany, and the episcopally governed Free Reformed Churches of Germany.
s. The Reformed Church of France
survived under persecution from 1559 until the Edict of Nantes
(1598), the effect of which was to establish regions in which Protestants could live unmolested. These areas became centers of political resistance under which the Reformed church was protected until 1628, when La Rochelle
, the Protestant center of resistance to Louis XIII
, was overrun by a French army blockade. After the Protestant resistance failed, the Reformed Church of France reorganized, and was guaranteed toleration under the Edict of Nantes
until the final revocation of toleration in 1685 (Edict of Fontainebleau
). The periods of persecution scattered French Reformed refugees to England
, Germany
, Switzerland
, Netherlands
, Africa
(especially South Africa) and America. Louis XVI granted an edict of toleration
. Freedom of religion came with the French Revolution. Napoleon organized state controlled French Reformed church with the Organic Articles
in 1802. A free (meaning, not state controlled) synod of the Reformed Church emerged in 1848 and survives in small numbers to the present time. The French refugees established French Reformed churches in the Latin countries and in America.
The first Reformed churches in France produced the Gallic Confession
and French Reformed confession of faith, which served as models for the Belgic Confession of Faith
(1563).
Today, about 350,000 people are participating in the Reformed Church of France. There is also the smaller Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine and the more conservative National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France.
have the Westminster Confession of Faith
as one of their important confessional documents
.
is an Italian historical Protestant denomination.
After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology and became the Italian branch of Reformed churches.
In 1975 the Waldensian Church (45,000 members circa, plus some 15,000 affiliates in Argentina and Uruguay) joined forces with the Italian Methodist Church (5,000) to form the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches. It is member both of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and of the World Methodist Council, due to its nature of united church.
Smaller, but more conservative denominations include:
(source: reformiert-online)
The various Reformed churches of Nigeria formed the Reformed Ecumenical Council of Nigeria in 1991 to further cooperation.
According to the census of 2001, more than 3.2 million people recorded themselves as Reformed. This however is fast decline compared to the 1996 census, when still 3.9 million people were Reformed. Particularly amongst black and coloured people the Reformed churches lost many members, while the number of Reformed whites remained status quo due to mass emigration.
(http://www.ibsj.org/)
International organizations
Reformed churches
The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John Calvin...
are a group of Christian Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Calvinist
Calvinism
Calvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...
system of doctrine.
Netherlands
The Dutch Reformed churches have suffered numerous splits, and there have been some subsequent partial re-unions. Currently there are at least nine existing denominations, including (between brackets the Dutch abbreviation):- Protestant Church in the NetherlandsProtestant Church in the NetherlandsThe Protestant Church in the Netherlands is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in the Netherlands. With 2,000 congregations and a membership of some 1.8 million , it is the second largest church in the Netherlands after the Roman Catholic Church.It was founded 1 May 2004 as a merger of...
(PKN) formed in 2004 from the union of- the 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...
(NHK), - the Reformed Churches in the NetherlandsReformed Churches in the NetherlandsThe Reformed Churches in the Netherlands was the second largest Protestant church in the Netherlands until it merged into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands in 2004.-History:...
(GKN) - and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the NetherlandsEvangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the NetherlandsThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands was a denomination in the Netherlands which under that name existed from 1818 to 2004...
(ELK)
- the Dutch Reformed Church
- Christian Reformed ChurchesChristian 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...
(CGK) - Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) (GKV)
- Netherlands Reformed ChurchesNetherlands Reformed ChurchesThe Netherlands Reformed Churches are a conservative Reformed Protestant Christian denomination in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The denomination came into existence in 1967 out of a schism within the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands ....
(NGK) - Reformed Congregations (GG)
- to visit the wiki in Dutch (Gereformeerde Gemeenten)
- Old-Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (OGGN)
- Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (GGN)
- Restored Reformed ChurchRestored Reformed ChurchThe Restored Reformed Church is a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It was founded on May 1, 2004, by a minority of the Reformed Bond inside the Dutch Reformed Church who opposed that church's merger with two other Protestant churches into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands...
(HHK) - Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (VGKN)
- Reformed Church (Restored)
Since the Reformation the Netherlands, as one of the few countries in the world, could be characterised as a mainly Calvinist state. Until the first half of the 20th century, a majority of the Dutch (about 55%) were Reformed and a large minority (35-40%) were Catholic. Because of large scale secularisation during the 20th century, these percentages dropped dramatically. Today only 15-20% of the Dutch (about 2.5 million people) is Reformed, while 25-30% is Catholic. About 45% is non-religious. Today many orthodox-reformed Christians in the Netherlands cooperate with Evangelicals in organizations such as the 'Evangelische Omroep
Evangelische Omroep
Evangelische Omroep is one of the twelve member-based broadcasting associations contributing to the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system. It has as its mission to bring people into contact with Jesus Christ and its statement of faith is a form of Evangelicalism...
' (Evangelical Broadcasting Company), the 'Evangelische Hogeschool' (Evangelical College), and the political party 'ChristenUnie' (ChristianUnion
ChristianUnion
The ChristianUnion , abbreviated to CU, is a Dutch Christian democratic political party. A centrist party, the CU's policies combine social conservatism and soft euroscepticism with more centre-left positions on economic, immigration, and environmental issues.Founded in 2000 as a merger of the...
)
Dutch emigrants and missionaries brought Reformed churches to many other countries outside Europe, including Canada, United States, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.
Switzerland
The Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
es were started in Zurich by Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Ulrich Zwingli was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly centre of humanism...
and spread within a few years to Basle (Johannes Oecolampadius
Johannes Oecolampadius
Johannes Œcolampadius was a German religious reformer. His real name was Hussgen or Heussgen .-Life:He was born in Weinsberg, then part of the Electoral Palatinate...
), Berne (Berchtold Haller
Berchtold Haller
Berchtold Haller was a German protestant reformer born at Aldingen in Württemberg. He was the reformer of the city of Bern, Switzerland....
and Niklaus Manuel
Niklaus Manuel
Niklaus Manuel , was a Swiss dramaturg, painter, engraver and statesman.-Biography:He was a gifted artist who made highly realistic etchings and became known locally for his satirical plays...
), St. Gall (Joachim Vadian
Joachim Vadian
Joachim Vadian , born as Joachim von Watt, was a Swiss Humanist and scholar and also mayor and reformer in St. Gallen.-Biography:...
), to cities in Southern Germany and via Alsace (Martin Bucer
Martin Bucer
Martin Bucer was a Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg who influenced Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican doctrines and practices. Bucer was originally a member of the Dominican Order, but after meeting and being influenced by Martin Luther in 1518 he arranged for his monastic vows to be annulled...
) to France. After the early death of Zwingli 1531, his work was continued by Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger was a Swiss reformer, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Zurich church and pastor at Grossmünster...
, the author of the Second Helvetic Confession. The French-speaking cities Neuchatel, Geneva and Lausanne changed to the Reformation ten years later under William Farel
William Farel
William Farel , né Guilhem Farel, 1489 in Gap, Dauphiné, in south-eastern France, was a French evangelist, and a founder of the Reformed Church in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Berne, Geneva, and Vaud in Switzerland...
and John Calvin
John Calvin
John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530...
coming from France. The Zwingli and Calvin branches had each their theological distinctions, but in 1549 under the lead of Bullinger and Calvin they came to a common agreement in the Consensus Tigurinus
Consensus Tigurinus
The Consensus Tigurinus or Consensus of Zurich was a document intended to bring unity to the Protestant churches on their doctrines of the sacraments, particularly the Lord's Supper...
(Zurich Consent), and 1566 in the Second Helvetic Confession. Organizationally, the Reformed Churches in Switzerland remained separate units until today (the Reformed Church of the Canton Zurich, the Reformed Church of the Canton Berne, etc.), the German part more in the Zwingli tradition, in the French part more in the Calvin tradition. They are governed synodically and their relation to the respective canton (in Switzerland, there are no church-state regulations on country-level) ranges from independent to close collaboration, depending on historical developments. A distinctive of the Swiss Reformed churches in Zwingli tradition is their historically almost symbiotic link to the state (cantons) which is only loosening gradually in the present.
A total of 2.4 million Swiss are member of a Reformed church, according to the 2000 census, which corresponds with 33% of the population. The past decades show a rapid decline in this proportion, coming from 46% in 1970.
Hungary and surroundings
The Reformed Church in Hungary, Transylvania and southern SlovakiaReformed Church in Hungary
The Reformed Church in Hungary is a key representative of Christianity in Hungary, being numerically the second-largest denomination in Hungary after the Roman Catholic Church, and the biggest denomination among ethnic Hungarians in Romania...
is one of the largest branches of the Reformed movement, and the only one of the national Reformed churches to survive without division since the Reformation to the present time. The Hungarian Reformed Church has adopted the Heidelberg Catechism
Heidelberg Catechism
The Heidelberg Catechism is a Protestant confessional document taking the form of a series of questions and answers, for use in teaching Reformed Christian doctrine...
and the Second Helvetic Confession as a definition of their teaching, together the Ecumenical creeds of the Christian Church: Athanasian Creed
Athanasian Creed
The Athanasian Creed is a Christian statement of belief, focusing on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. The Latin name of the creed, Quicumque vult, is taken from the opening words, "Whosoever wishes." The Athanasian Creed has been used by Christian churches since the sixth century...
, Nicene Creed
Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed is the creed or profession of faith that is most widely used in Christian liturgy. It is called Nicene because, in its original form, it was adopted in the city of Nicaea by the first ecumenical council, which met there in the year 325.The Nicene Creed has been normative to the...
, Chalcedon, and the common creed ("Apostles' Creed
Apostles' Creed
The Apostles' Creed , sometimes titled Symbol of the Apostles, is an early statement of Christian belief, a creed or "symbol"...
").
In 2001, more than 1.6 million people in Hungary were member of the Hungarian Reformed Church. In Romania, 700,000 people were Reformed, nearly all of them ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania. In Slovakia, 110,000 Calvinists were recorded.
Germany
The German Reformed Church (Reformierte Kirche) forms, together with German Lutheran and united ProtestantUnited and uniting churches
United and uniting churches are churches formed from the merger or other form of union of two or more different Protestant denominations.Perhaps the oldest example of a united church is found in Germany, where the Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of Lutheran, United and Reformed...
churches, the umbrella named Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
(German: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland) or EKD. The member churches of EKD
Landeskirche
In Germany and Switzerland, a Landeskirche is the church of a region. They originated as the national churches of the independent states, States of Germany or Cantons of Switzerland , that later unified to form modern Germany or modern Switzerland , respectively.-Origins in the Holy Roman...
were formerly the Protestant state church
State church
State churches are organizational bodies within a Christian denomination which are given official status or operated by a state.State churches are not necessarily national churches in the ethnic sense of the term, but the two concepts may overlap in the case of a nation state where the state...
es in German states before the separation of religion and state in 1919. EKD represents, alongside Catholicism, Germany's "mainstream" religious bodies.
The German Reformed Church, unusually, does not trace its origins back to Zwingli or Calvin, but rather to Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon , born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems...
, Luther's best friend and closest ally. After Melanchthon's death in 1560, extremist Lutherans (from whom Luther had previously distanced himself) accused Melanchthon's successors in the "Philippist" cause of Crypto-Calvinism
Crypto-Calvinism
Crypto-Calvinism is a term for Calvinist influence in the Lutheran Church during the decades just after the death of Martin Luther . It denotes what was seen as a hidden...
and mercilessly persecuted and sometimes killed them in several states, especially Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
. Other states, such as Hesse
Landgraviate of Hesse
The Landgraviate of Hesse was a Landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a unity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided between the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.-History:...
, remained openly Philippist and Reformed. Only during the time of Calvin (1509–1564) himself did genuinely Calvinist influences enter the German Reformed faith; even today, it remains more Philippist than Calvinist.
In the German Empire (1871–1918) some states were Lutheran, some Reformed. King Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:...
united both major Protestant confessions in his domains into the Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church)
Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church)
The Prussian Union was the merger of the Lutheran Church and the Reformed Church in Prussia, by a series of decrees – among them the Unionsurkunde – by King Frederick William III...
in 1817, allowing congregations to maintain Lutheran or Reformed confession, or declare their union, also in Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
and Hesse-Cassel Reformed and Lutherans form a union merely in administration. Some states saw unions of Reformed and Lutherans to a united confession, such as Anhalt, Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
, Hesse-Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...
, Nassau and Bavarian Palatinate, while other Lutheran states (Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
proper, Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Hanover
Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg , and joined with 38 other sovereign states in the German...
, Lübeck, Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...
, Oldenburg
Oldenburg (state)
Oldenburg — named after its capital, the town of Oldenburg — was a state in the north of present-day Germany. Oldenburg survived from 1180 until 1918 as a county, duchy and grand duchy, and from 1918 until 1946 as a free state. It was located near the mouth of the River Weser...
, Saxon Duchies, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg.- History :...
, Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
, and Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
) did not followed suit.
The German Reformed Church's finest hour arguably occurred during the Third Reich (1933–1945): although by far not all Reformed clergy and their flocks opposed the Nazis, the Reformed Church dominated the Confessing Church
Confessing Church
The Confessing Church was a Protestant schismatic church in Nazi Germany that arose in opposition to government-sponsored efforts to nazify the German Protestant church.-Demographics:...
resistance against Hitler — partially, it has been said, because Reformed congregations had fewer hierarchy- and state-centered perspectives than the Lutherans.
German Protestants come in four different guises, all under one national umbrella, but differentiated by region (Landeskirche
Landeskirche
In Germany and Switzerland, a Landeskirche is the church of a region. They originated as the national churches of the independent states, States of Germany or Cantons of Switzerland , that later unified to form modern Germany or modern Switzerland , respectively.-Origins in the Holy Roman...
, usually regions smaller than the states
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
):
- Lutheran
- Reformed, namely Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany (comprising Reformed congregations in all areas, where Lutherans and Reformed did not unite, but Lippe), and Lippe State Church
- Administration-United - in these churches, each parish is either Lutheran or Reformed, and so is the congregation and the Pastor, but all share the same administration
- Consensus-United - there is no difference even at the parish level
In Germany roughly 25 million Germans (less than one-third of the entire population, slightly more than half of German Christians) are Protestant. Of these, less than 2 million are Reformed. The main co-ordinating body for Reformed churches in Germany is the Reformed Alliance in Germany. Smaller, separate denominations include the Evangelical Old-reformed Church in Lower Saxony, the Union of Evangelical Reformed Churches in Germany, and the episcopally governed Free Reformed Churches of Germany.
France
In France, the Reformed Protestants were called HuguenotHuguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
s. The Reformed Church of France
Reformed Church of France
The Reformed Church of France is a denomination in France with Calvinist origins. It is the original and largest Protestant denomination in France....
survived under persecution from 1559 until the Edict of Nantes
Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity...
(1598), the effect of which was to establish regions in which Protestants could live unmolested. These areas became centers of political resistance under which the Reformed church was protected until 1628, when La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
, the Protestant center of resistance to Louis XIII
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1610 to 1643.Louis was only eight years old when he succeeded his father. His mother, Marie de Medici, acted as regent during Louis' minority...
, was overrun by a French army blockade. After the Protestant resistance failed, the Reformed Church of France reorganized, and was guaranteed toleration under the Edict of Nantes
Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity...
until the final revocation of toleration in 1685 (Edict of Fontainebleau
Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Fontainebleau was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes of 1598, had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state...
). The periods of persecution scattered French Reformed refugees to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
(especially South Africa) and America. Louis XVI granted an edict of toleration
Edict of Toleration
An edict of toleration is a declaration made by a government or ruler and states that members of a given religion will not be persecuted for engaging in their religious practices and traditions...
. Freedom of religion came with the French Revolution. Napoleon organized state controlled French Reformed church with the Organic Articles
Organic Articles
The Organic Articles was the name of a law administering public worship in France.- History :The Articles were originally presented by Napoléon Bonaparte, and consisted of 77 Articles relating to Catholicism and 44 Articles relating to Protestantism...
in 1802. A free (meaning, not state controlled) synod of the Reformed Church emerged in 1848 and survives in small numbers to the present time. The French refugees established French Reformed churches in the Latin countries and in America.
The first Reformed churches in France produced the Gallic Confession
Gallic Confession
The Gallic Confession of Faith or Confession de La Rochelle or French Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith....
and French Reformed confession of faith, which served as models for the Belgic Confession of Faith
Belgic Confession
The Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, is a doctrinal standard document to which many of the Reformed churches subscribe. The Confession forms part of the Reformed Three Forms of Unity...
(1563).
Today, about 350,000 people are participating in the Reformed Church of France. There is also the smaller Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine and the more conservative National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France.
Britain and Ireland
The churches with Presbyterian traditions in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
have the Westminster Confession of Faith
Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the 'subordinate standard' of doctrine in the Church of Scotland, and has been...
as one of their important confessional documents
Creed
A creed is a statement of belief—usually a statement of faith that describes the beliefs shared by a religious community—and is often recited as part of a religious service. When the statement of faith is longer and polemical, as well as didactic, it is not called a creed but a Confession of faith...
.
- United Reformed ChurchUnited Reformed ChurchThe United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...
(URC) in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
is the result of the union of Presbyterian, CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
and Church of ChristChurch of ChristChurches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices. They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ. Historically,...
churches.- Several hundred Congregational churches opted to remain outside the initial 1972 union, forming the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational ChurchesEvangelical Fellowship of Congregational ChurchesThe Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches is an association of around 125 independent local churches in the UK, each practising congregationalist church governance...
and the Congregational FederationCongregational FederationThe Congregational Federation is a Federation of independent Congregational churches in England, Scotland and Wales....
. Some congregations were gathered into the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical ChurchesFellowship of Independent Evangelical ChurchesThe Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches is a network of over 500 independent, evangelical churches mainly in the United Kingdom that preach an evangelical faith...
whilst others are now wholly independent without any national affiliation.
- Several hundred Congregational churches opted to remain outside the initial 1972 union, forming the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches
- The 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....
has nine congregations. - The Presbyterian churches in ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, including:- The Church of ScotlandChurch of ScotlandThe Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
, the establishedState churchState churches are organizational bodies within a Christian denomination which are given official status or operated by a state.State churches are not necessarily national churches in the ethnic sense of the term, but the two concepts may overlap in the case of a nation state where the state...
, national church in Scotland - Smaller denominations such as the 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...
and the Free Presbyterian Church of ScotlandFree Presbyterian Church of ScotlandThe Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1893 and claims to be the spiritual descendant of the Scottish Reformation...
- The Church of Scotland
- The 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...
- The Presbyterian Church in IrelandPresbyterian Church in IrelandThe Presbyterian Church in Ireland , is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland...
serves the whole of the island.- There are also other churches with smaller flocks, notably in Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
- There are also other churches with smaller flocks, notably in Northern Ireland
- The Free Presbyterian Church of UlsterFree Presbyterian Church of UlsterThe Free Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination founded by the Rev. Ian Paisley in 1951. Most of its members live in Northern Ireland...
- A group of churches called NewfrontiersNewfrontiersNewfrontiers is a neocharismatic apostolic ministry network of evangelical, charismatic churches founded by Terry Virgo. It forms part of the British New Church Movement, which began in the late 50s and 60s combining features of Pentecostalism with British evangelicalism...
began in England and also exists elsewhere in the world. This group tends to hold to Reformed theology, but is also Charismatic in its experience.
Italy
The Waldensian Evangelical ChurchWaldensian Evangelical Church
The Waldensian Evangelical Church is an Italian historical Protestant denomination.After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology and became the Italian branch of Reformed churches....
is an Italian historical Protestant denomination.
After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology and became the Italian branch of Reformed churches.
In 1975 the Waldensian Church (45,000 members circa, plus some 15,000 affiliates in Argentina and Uruguay) joined forces with the Italian Methodist Church (5,000) to form the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches. It is member both of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and of the World Methodist Council, due to its nature of united church.
Other countries
- United Protestant Church in BelgiumUnited Protestant Church in BelgiumThe United Protestant Church in Belgium is a minority Christian church in Belgium, where the majority of the population is Roman Catholic. The name of the church in Dutch is Verenigde Protestantse Kerk in België and in French l'Église Protestante Unie de Belgique .The current President of the...
- a united church including Reformed churches. - Polish Reformed ChurchPolish Reformed ChurchThe Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the republic of Poland is a historic Protestant church in Poland established in the 16th century, still in existence today.-Structure and organisation:An internal census showed that in 2004 the Polish Reformed Church...
- Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches in Poland
- Evangelical Reformed Baptist Churches in Italy(ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
)
- This network of churches recover the reformed tradition of Italian Reformers like Pietro Martire Vermigli, Girolamo Zanchi et al.
- Waldensian Church
- Originally founded by Peter WaldoPeter WaldoPeter Waldo, Valdo, or Waldes , also Pierre Vaudès or de Vaux, is credited as the founder of the Waldensians, a Christian spiritual movement of the Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions of southern Europe...
in the 12th century, the Waldensian church adopted the Reformed doctrines under the influence of William FarelWilliam FarelWilliam Farel , né Guilhem Farel, 1489 in Gap, Dauphiné, in south-eastern France, was a French evangelist, and a founder of the Reformed Church in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Berne, Geneva, and Vaud in Switzerland...
.- Reformed Church in Croatia
- Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren
- Reformed Synod of DenmarkReformed Synod of DenmarkThe Reformed Synod of Denmark is a synod of four Reformed free church congregations in Denmark. A member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, it has approximately 700 members.The current Moderator is Sabine Hofmeister...
- Synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal
- Reformed Church in Portugal
- Reformed Church in RomaniaReformed Church in RomaniaThe Reformed Church in Romania is the organization of the Calvinist church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language...
- Reformed Church in Romania - Transylvanian district
- Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Montenegro
- Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia
- Reformed Church in Slovenia
- Spanish Evangelical Church
- Reformed Church in Transcarpathia - Ukraine
Smaller, but more conservative denominations include:
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine)
- Belarussian Evangelical Reformed Church
- Evangelical Brethren Church - Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Reformed Congregation in Fredericia - Denmark
- German Reformed Church of Copenhagen - Denmark
- Reformed Church in Latvia
- Christian Presbyterian Church of Portugal
- Reformed Fundamental Church - Russia
- Union of Evangelical Reformed Churches of Russia
- Ukrainian Evangelical Reformed Church
Australia
- Australian Free ChurchAustralian Free ChurchAustralian Free Church is a Presbyterian denomination in Australia. It was established in 1979 when Eric Turnbull was removed from being a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia...
- Christian Reformed Churches of AustraliaChristian Reformed Churches of AustraliaThe Christian Reformed Churches of Australia is a Christian denomination established in Australia belonging to the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition.-Background:...
- Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical Presbyterian Church (Australia)The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a small Reformed Christian denomination. In September 2010 it had five centres - Brisbane, Londonderry , Cohuna, Vic...
- Evangelical Reformed Church
- Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)The Free Presbyterian Church Of Australia is a denomination which currently consists of four congregations in fellowship with the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. There are congregations in Port Lincoln, Perth, Lock and Tasmania.-History:...
- Free Reformed Churches of AustraliaFree Reformed Churches of AustraliaThe ' is a federation of 15 congregations, 13 in Western Australia and two in Tasmania, with over 4000 members. Their historical roots are in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands as a result of post-World War II immigration, and their doctrinal roots are in the sixteenth century Protestant...
- Presbyterian Church of AustraliaPresbyterian Church of AustraliaThe Presbyterian Church of Australia is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia. .-Beginnings:...
(Presbyterian) - 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 - Free) - Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia)Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia)The Presbyterian Reformed Church is a Presbyterian denomination in Australia. The denomination was formed in 1967, when the leadership and majority of the members of the Sutherland, New South Wales congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Australia separated from that denomination...
(Presbyterian Reformed) - Reformed Presbyterian Church of AustraliaReformed Presbyterian Church of AustraliaThe Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia is a Calvinist denomination in Australia. It is a small Australian Presbyterian denomination numbering less than 200 persons with its largest congregation in the area of Geelong, Victoria. The first church, in Geelong, was started in 1858...
(part of the Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group)Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group)The Reformed Presbyterian Church is a group of denominations following a form of Protestant Christianity related to Presbyterianism. Reformed Presbyterian congregations are found in several countries, including Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, France, United States of America,...
) - Southern Presbyterian ChurchSouthern Presbyterian Church (Australia)The Southern Presbyterian Church is a small denomination with a community of about 150 persons located exclusively in Tasmania, Australia. It formed in 1986 when two ministers and a number of members left the Evangelical Presbyterian Church because of a difference of belief over doctrinal issues.As...
- Uniting Church in AustraliaUniting Church in AustraliaThe Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union....
(Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregationalist) - Westminster Presbyterian Church of AustraliaWestminster Presbyterian Church of AustraliaThe Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia is a small but growing Presbyterian denomination in Australia. It is based in Western Australia, Queensland, the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, and there is one congregation in the Australian Capital Territory.-History:The Westminster...
New Zealand
- 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:...
- Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New ZealandPresbyterian Church of Aotearoa New ZealandThe Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand is the main Presbyterian church in New Zealand.-History:The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand was formed in October 1901 with the amalgamation of churches in Synod of Otago and Southland with those north of the Waitaki River.Presbyterians had by and...
(Presbyterian) - Grace Presbyterian Church of New ZealandGrace Presbyterian Church of New ZealandGrace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand is a Presbyterian denomination in New Zealand which was formed in 2002. It currently consists of 11 churches and 7 mission churches, which are congregations in the process of becoming fully established churches...
(Presbyterian)
North America
- American Presbyterian Church
- 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...
(Scots-Irish Presbyterians) - Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of AmericaAssociation of Reformed Baptist Churches of AmericaThe Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America is an Association of Reformed Baptist churches that was founded March 11, 1997. The association's churches all ascribe to the London Baptist Confession of Faith, which was originally adopted in 1689 by the Particular Baptist Association of...
- 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...
(Dutch Reformed - Liberated) - Christian Reformed Church in North AmericaChristian Reformed Church in North AmericaThe Christian Reformed Church in North America is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed churches of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founded by Gijsbert Haan and Dutch immigrants who left the Reformed Church in...
(Dutch Reformed - GKN) - Confederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesConfederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesThe Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches , formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds...
- Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
- Covenanting Association of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church
- Evangelical Reformed Church Association (ERCA)
- Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThe Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church is a Christian denomination of the Reformed tradition founded in late 2004. The first member churches were received in 2005...
- Free Reformed Churches in North America - (Dutch Reformed - CGKN)
- Free Presbyterian Church of North AmericaFree Presbyterian Church of North AmericaThe Free Presbyterian Church of North America or FPCNA is a Presbyterian denomination in the United States and Canada with mission works in Liberia, Jamaica, and Kenya...
- Heritage Netherlands Reformed CongregationsHeritage Netherlands Reformed CongregationsThe Heritage Reformed Congregations are a conservative federation of churches with congregations in the United States and Canada.-History:Formed in 1993 due to a split in the Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States....
- Netherlands Reformed CongregationsNetherlands Reformed CongregationsThe Netherlands Reformed Congregations, is a highly conservative denomination with congregations mostly in Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands.-Baptism:...
- Associated with the Dutch Reformed (Gereformeerde Gemeenten (Dutch)) churches in the NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.- Orthodox Christian Reformed ChurchOrthodox Christian Reformed ChurchThe Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches were a theologically conservative federation of churches in the Dutch Calvinist tradition. Although the federation has disbanded, most of its churches still exist. They are in the United States and Canada...
(Dutch Reformed - GKN) - 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...
- Presbyterian Church in AmericaPresbyterian Church in AmericaThe Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
- Orthodox Christian Reformed Church
- The PCA is the second largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, after the PC(USA)Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
. Its motto is: "Faithful to the Scriptures, True to the Reformed Faith and Obedient to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ."- Presbyterian Church in CanadaPresbyterian Church in CanadaThe Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Protestant Christian church, of presbyterian and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875, although the United Church of Canada claimed the right to the name from 1925 to 1939...
- Presbyterian Church in Canada
- The Presbyterian Church in Canada, formed in June 1875, as a union of 4 Presbyterian groups in the Dominion of Canada (created in 1867); These "Continuing Presbyterians", did not join the United Church of Canada in 1925, of Presbyterians, along with Methodists, Congregationalists, and Union Churches.
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Most Presbyterian churches adhere to the Westminster Confession of FaithWestminster Confession of FaithThe Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the 'subordinate standard' of doctrine in the Church of Scotland, and has been...
, but the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), in order to embrace the historical expressions of the whole Reformed tradition as found in the United States, has adopted a Book of ConfessionsBook of ConfessionsThe Book of Confessions is the book of doctrinal statements of the Presbyterian Church and is designated "Part 1" of the PCUSA Constitution, "Part 2" being the Book of Order. The BOC consists of eleven ecumenical, Reformed, and modern statements of the Christian faith. These are the updated...
which includes the Westminster Confession of Faith.
- Presbyterian Churches have split a number of times. Many of these historic splits have been resolved. From the continuing branch churches, some have split in turn. Only some of the continuing branches from the main bodies are listed here, with the year of their separation.
- Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchCumberland Presbyterian ChurchThe Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Christian denomination spawned by the Second Great Awakening. In 2007, it had an active membership of less than 50,000 and about 800 congregations, the majority of which are concentrated in the United States...
(1810) - 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...
(1936 from the Northern PCUSA) - Bible Presbyterian ChurchBible Presbyterian ChurchThe Bible Presbyterian Church is an American Protestant denomination.-History:The Bible Presbyterian Church was formed in 1937, predominantly through the efforts of such conservative Presbyterian clergymen as Carl McIntire, J. Oliver Buswell and Allen A. MacRae. Francis Schaeffer was the first...
(1937 from the OPC) - Presbyterian Church in AmericaPresbyterian Church in AmericaThe Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
(1973 from the Southern PCUS) - Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United StatesReformed Presbyterian Church in the United StatesThe Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States is a small Presbyterian denomination with twelve congregations in the United States. The RPCUS was established in 1983, subscribes to the unrevised Westminster Confession and upholds biblical inerrancy...
(1983 from the PCA) - Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1980 from Northern UPC and Southern PCUS)
- Presbyterian Reformed Church (Canada)
- Protestant Reformed Churches in AmericaProtestant Reformed Churches in AmericaThe Protestant Reformed Churches in America ' or ' is a Protestant denomination of 29 churches and over 7,000 members.-History:...
(Dutch Reformed - GKN)
- One of the most conservative of all Reformed/Calvinist denominations, the PRCA separated from the Christian Reformed Church in the 1920s in a schismSchism (religion)A schism , from Greek σχίσμα, skhísma , is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization or movement religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a break of communion between two sections of Christianity that were previously a single body, or to a division within...
over the issue of common graceCommon graceCommon Grace is a theological concept in Protestant Christianity, primarily in Reformed and Calvinistic circles, referring to the grace of God that is either common to all humankind, or common to everyone within a particular sphere of influence...
.- 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...
(German Reformed) - Reformed Church in AmericaReformed Church in AmericaThe Reformed Church in America is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 170,000 members, with the total declining in recent decades. From its beginning in 1628 until 1819, it was the North American branch of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1819, it...
(Dutch Reformed - NHK)
- Reformed Church in the United States
- The RCA is the oldest Reformed church in the North America, formed by Dutch immigrants in earliest colonial times.
- Reformed Episcopal ChurchReformed Episcopal ChurchThe Reformed Episcopal Church is an Anglican church in the United States and Canada and a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America...
- Reformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover PresbyteryReformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover PresbyteryThe Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery is a very conservative Reformed Denomination, with 9 congregations in the United States....
- Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United StatesReformed Presbyterian Church in the United StatesThe Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States is a small Presbyterian denomination with twelve congregations in the United States. The RPCUS was established in 1983, subscribes to the unrevised Westminster Confession and upholds biblical inerrancy...
- 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...
(RPCNA, Scottish Covenanters) - Reformed Presbytery in North America (Scottish Covenanters)
- Southern Baptist ConventionSouthern Baptist ConventionThe Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
- Reformed Episcopal Church
- Although most churches in the Southern Baptist Convention cannot be described as Reformed, the Baptist Faith and MessageBaptist Faith and MessageThe Baptist Faith and Message is the confession of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention . It summarizes key Southern Baptist thought in the areas of the Bible and its authority, the nature of God as expressed by the Trinity, the spiritual condition of man, God's plan of grace and salvation,...
is open enough to allow for Reformed Baptist churches. These Reformed Baptist church generally also affirm the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith1689 Baptist Confession of FaithThe 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith was written by Particular Baptists, who held to a Calvinistic Soteriology in England to give a formal expression of their Christian faith from a Baptist perspective...
. The Founders Ministries is a group of Southern Baptists that assert that the founding of the Southern Baptist Convention had placed the denomination within the Reformed tradition.- Sovereign Grace MinistriesSovereign Grace MinistriesSovereign Grace Ministries is a group of Reformed, neocharismatic, Evangelical, restorationist, Christian churches primarily located in North America. It has been described as an apostolic network...
(Credobaptist, charismatic) - United Church of ChristUnited Church of ChristThe United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
- Sovereign Grace Ministries
- The United Church of Christ was formed in 1957 as a union bringing together the majority of Congregational churches in the US, the (German) Reformed Church in the United States, the (German) Evangelical Synod of North America (a body descended from the Reformed-Lutheran Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union), and the Christian Connection (a restorationist movement).
- 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...
(Dutch Reformed - GKN) - Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United StatesWestminster Presbyterian Church in the United StatesThe Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States is a small Presbyterian denomination which was constituted in January 2006 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania...
- United Reformed Churches in North America
Republic of Korea
- Presbyterian Church in KoreaPresbyterian Church of KoreaThe Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea and currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world...
(Kosin 고신). The PCK is a Reformed denomination in Korea which accepts the Westminster standards as its confession. The church also recognizes "Three Forms of Unity", to be same as the Westminster Standards. Kosin church wants to be a biblical and confessional denomination, pure in doctrine and life. There are about 2,000 local churches, including some churches in North America and Europe. - The Korean Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian Church of KoreaThe Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea and currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world...
(Hapdong 합동) which formed the primary body of the Presbyterian General Assembly (the Reformed Church in Korea) was established by missionaries of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and Canadian and Australian Presbyterians. - The Independent Reformed Church (IRC) was established on 1964, independently from other denominations. IRC is the first church in Korea to put "reformed" in her name. IRC confesses the Westminster Standards, Heidelberg Catechism, and Canons of Dordt together with the ecumenical creeds.
India
Reformed Baptist Church, India- Bible Presbyterian ChurchBible Presbyterian ChurchThe Bible Presbyterian Church is an American Protestant denomination.-History:The Bible Presbyterian Church was formed in 1937, predominantly through the efforts of such conservative Presbyterian clergymen as Carl McIntire, J. Oliver Buswell and Allen A. MacRae. Francis Schaeffer was the first...
- Presbyterian Church of IndiaPresbyterian Church of IndiaThe Presbyterian Church of India is one of the mainline Protestant Churches in India, with over one million adherents, mostly in Northeast India. It is the largest Christian denomination in that region. The PCI was founded in 1841 by missionaries from the Presbyterian Church of Wales...
- United Basel Mission Church
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of India; secretary PT Seminary 51-c rajpur road dehradun india
Indonesia
- Banua Niha Keriso Protestan (Protestant Christian Church of Nias)
- Gereja Masehi Injili Halmahera (The Christian Evangelical Church in Halmahera)
- Gereja Angowuloa Masehi Indonesia Nias (Christian Communion of Indonesia Church in Nias)
- Gereja Batak Karo Protestan ( Karo Batak Protestant Church)
- Gereja Injili Indonesia (Indonesian Evangelical Church) http://www.hokimtong.org
- Gereja Jemaat Protestan di Irian Jaya (Protestant Congregations Church in Irian Jaya)
- Gereja Kalimantan Evangelis (Evangelical Church in Kalimantan)
- Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia (Indonesian Gospel Tabernacle Church)
- Gereja Kristen di Luwuk Banggai (Christian Church in Luwuk Banggai)
- Gereja Kristen di Sulawesi Selatan (Christian Church in South Sulawesi)
- Gereja Kristen Indonesia (Indonesian Christian Church) http://www.gki.or.id http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=1320&lg=eng
- Gereja Kristen Indonesia Sulawesi Selatan (Indonesian Christian Church of Sulawesi)
- Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua (Evangelical Christian Church in West Papua)
- Gereja Kristen Jawa (Javanese Christian Church) http://www.gkj.or.id/ http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=1323&lg=eng
- Gereja Kristen Jawa Tengah Utara (Javanese Christian Church of Northern Central Java)
- Gereja Kristen Jawi Wetan (The East Java Christian Church)
- Gereja Kristen Kalam Kudus (Holy Word Christian Church)
- Gereja Kristen Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan Christian Church)http://gkkb-pontianak.org/
- Gereja Kristen Pasundan (Pasundan Christian Church)
- Gereja Kristen Pemancar Injil (Gospel Propagating Christian Church)
- Gereja Kristen Protestan di Bali (Protestant Christian Church in Bali)
- Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah (Christian Church in Central Sulawesi)
- Gereja Kristen Sumatera Bagian Selatan (Christian Church of Southern Sumatra)
- Gereja Kristen Sumba (Christian Church of Sumba)
- Gereja Kristus (Church of Christ)
- Gereja Kristus Tuhan (The Church of Christ the Lord)
- Gereja Masehi Injili di Bolaang Mongondow (Christian Evangelical Church in Bolaang Mongondow)
- Gereja Masehi Injili di Minahasa (Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa)
- Gereja Masehi Injili di Timor (Christian Evangelical Church in Timor)
- Gereja Masehi Injili Sangihe-Talaud (Christian Evangelical Church in Sangihe-Talaud)
- Gereja Potestan di Indonesia Bagian Barat (Protestant Church in West Indonesia)
- Gereja Protestan di Indonesia (Protestant Church in Indonesia)
- Gereja Protestan di Sulawesi Tenggara (Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi)
- Gereja Protestan Indonesia di Buol Toli-Toli (Indonesian Protestant Church in Buol Toli-Toli)
- Gereja Protestan Indonesia di Gorontalo (Indonesian Protestant Church in Gorontalo)
- Gereja Protestan Indonesia di Irjan Jaya (Indonesian Protestant Church in Irian Jaya)
- Gereja Protestan Indonesia Donggala (Indonesian Protestant Church in Donggala)
- Gereja Protestan Indonesia Luwu (Luwu Indonesian Protestant Church)
- Gereja Protestan Kalimantan Barat (Protestant Church of West Kalimantan)
- Gereja Protestan Maluku (Protestant Church in the Moluccas)
- Gereja Reformed Injili Indonesia (Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church) http://www.grii.org http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=1354&lg=eng
- Gereja Toraja (Toraja Church)
- Gereja Toraja Mamasa (Toraja Mamasa Church)
- Gereja-Gereja Kristen Indonesia Sumatera Utara (Indonesian Christian Church of North Sumatera)
- Gereja-Gereja Masehi Musyafir (The Pilgrim's Churches)
- Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia (Reformed Churches in Indonesia - Irian Jaya)
- Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia (Reformed Churches in Indonesia - Nusatenggara Timur)
- Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia Kalimantan Barat (Reformed Churches in Indonesia - Kalimantan Barat)
- Kerapatan Gereja Protestan Minahasa (Minahasa Protestant Church Assemblies)
- Orahua Niso Keriso Protestan (Communion of Protestant Christian Church of Nias)
(source: reformiert-online)
Philippines
- Bastion of Truth Reformed Churches in the PhilippinesBastion of Truth Reformed Churches in the PhilippinesThe Bastion of Truth Reformed Churches in the Philippines is a denomination of Christian churches all located in Southern Luzon, the Philippines. Representatives from three former Pentecostal-Charismatic churches and from another group with an Arminian Baptist background convened in April 2004 to...
http://bastionoftruth.org/index.htm - Berean Protestant Reformed Church Philippines http://bereanprcp.org
- Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines (Bread from Heaven Assemblies) http://www.crcphil.com/home.html
- First Reformed Church of Bulacan http://reformed.multiply.com
- United (Covenant) Reformed Churches in the Philippines http://reformationph.com
Singapore
- First Evangelical Reformed Church http://ferc.org.sg
- Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church http://cerc.org.sg
- Pilgrim Covenant Church http://www.pilgrimcovenant.com
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....
- (Dutch Reformed) - Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria - (Dutch Reformed)
- 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...
- (Scottish Presbyterian) - Qua Iboe Church - (Northern Irish non-denominational Reformed)
- 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...
- (Dutch Reformed) - Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ - (Dutch Reformed)
- Nigeria Reformed Church - (Dutch Reformed)
The various Reformed churches of Nigeria formed the Reformed Ecumenical Council of Nigeria in 1991 to further cooperation.
South Africa
- 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...
- Reformed Churches in South Africa
- Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa - NG Church
- Nederduitsch Reformed Church in Africa - NH ChurchNederduitsch Reformed Church in Africa - NH ChurchThe Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika like the NG Church traces its origins back to the Dutch settlement in South Africa in 1652. The church developed as an autonomous Reformed Church in South Africa during the Great Trek of Afrikaner-Boers in the late 1830’s...
- Afrikaans Protestant Church of South Africa
- Afrikaans Reformation Church, a small church with one congregation in Pretoria.
- Old Reformed Church
- Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern AfricaUniting Presbyterian Church in Southern AfricaThe Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa was formed and constituted in 1999 as the outcome of the union between the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa .These two churches shared the same origin dating back to the 19th century...
- Church of England in South AfricaChurch of England in South AfricaThe Church of England in South Africa was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It is an Anglican church but it is not a member of the Anglican Communion. However, it relates closely to the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, to which it is similar in that it sees itself...
(Episcopal)
According to the census of 2001, more than 3.2 million people recorded themselves as Reformed. This however is fast decline compared to the 1996 census, when still 3.9 million people were Reformed. Particularly amongst black and coloured people the Reformed churches lost many members, while the number of Reformed whites remained status quo due to mass emigration.
Central America and the Caribbean
- Guatemala
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- Iglesia Evangélica Nacional Presbiteriana de Guatemala
- República Dominicana
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- Iglesia Bíblica del Señor Jesucristo:
(http://www.ibsj.org/)
South America
- Argentina
- Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica Reformada Húngara (Hungarian Christian Evangelical Reformed ChurchReformed Church in HungaryThe Reformed Church in Hungary is a key representative of Christianity in Hungary, being numerically the second-largest denomination in Hungary after the Roman Catholic Church, and the biggest denomination among ethnic Hungarians in Romania...
) - Iglesia Evangélica Congregacional (Evangelical Congregational Church)
- Iglesia Evangélica del Rio de la Plata (Evangelical Church of the River Plate) - union of Lutherans and Reformed, mostly from German ascenstry. European counterpart: Evangelical Church in GermanyEvangelical Church in GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
- Iglesia Evangelica Presbiteriana Coreana (Korean Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian Church of KoreaThe Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea and currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world...
) - Iglesia Evangelica Suiza en la Argentina (Swiss Evangelical ChurchSwiss Reformed ChurchThe Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
) - Iglesia Evangélica Valdense en Argentina (Evangelical Waldensian Church of ArgentinaWaldensiansWaldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions, primarily in North-Western Italy. There is considerable uncertainty about the earlier history of the Waldenses because of a lack of extant source...
) - Iglesia Presbiteriana San Andrés (St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church) - founded by missionaries and immigrants of the Church of Scotland, currently is a presbytery with fraternal relations with the U.S. Evangelical Presbyterian Church
- Iglesias Reformadas en la Argentina (Reformed Churches in Argentina) - founded by German, Dutch and Welsh reformed immigrants.
- Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica Reformada Húngara (Hungarian Christian Evangelical Reformed Church
- Bolivia
- Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana en Bolivia (Korean Mission)
- Iglesia Evangelica Presbiteriana en Bolivia-Cochabamba (Korean Mission)
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Biblica (Chilean Mission)
- Iglesia Presbiteriana de Bolivia (Brazilian Mission)
- Iglesia Presbiteriana en Bolivia (Bolivian initiative)
- Brazil
- Igreja Anglicana Reformada
- Confederação das Igrejas Reformadas do Brasil
- Christian Reformed Church - Hungarian
- Dutch Reformed Church in Brazil
- Igrejas Evangélicas Reformadas no Brasil http://www.ierb.org.br
- Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil
- Igreja Presbiteriana Independente do Brasil
- Igreja Presbiteriana Unida do Brasil
- Igreja Presbiteriana Conservadora do Brasil
- Igreja Presbiteriana Renovada
- União das Igrejas Evangélicas Congregacionais do Brasil
- Aliança das Igrejas Evangélicas Congregacionais do Brasil
- Igreja Cristã Evangélica do Brasil
- Igreja Evangélica Congregacional do Brasil
- Aliança das Igrejas Evangélicas Congregacionais Brasileiras
- Igreja Congregacional Bíblica
- Igrejas Congregacionais Conservadoras
- Igreja Kalleyana - Igreja Puritana Reformada no Brasil
- Korean Presbyterian Churches
- Chile
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Cristo Rey (PCA) - Las Condes Santiago http://www.cristorey.cl
- Iglesia Cristiana Presbiteriana de Chile
- Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana en Chile
- Iglesia Presbiteriana de Chile
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Fundamentalista Biblica
- Iglesia Presbiteriana en America
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Nacional de Chile
- Colombia
- Iglesia Evangelica Reformada de Colombia
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Cumberland de Colombia (Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchCumberland Presbyterian ChurchThe Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Christian denomination spawned by the Second Great Awakening. In 2007, it had an active membership of less than 50,000 and about 800 congregations, the majority of which are concentrated in the United States...
) - Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia (Sinodo Reformado)
- Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia (Synodo presbiteriano)
- Ecuador
- Iglesia Evangelica Unida del Ecuador
- Iglesia Reformada Presbiteriana del Ecuador (Presbyterian Church in AmericaPresbyterian Church in AmericaThe Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
)
- French Guiana
- Eglise Evangelique de la Guyane francaise - French Reformed Church
- Guyana
- Guyana Congregational Union
- Guyana Presbyterian Church - Canadian Mission
- Presbyterian Church of Guyana - Scottish Mission
- Paraguay
- Iglesia Presbiteriana en el Paraguay - Mission of the Bazilian Presbyterian Church
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Taiwanesa en Asuncion- Taiwanese Presbyterian mission
- Missao Coreana en el Paraguay - Korean Presbyterian missions
- Iglesias Evangelicas Congregacionalistas en el Paraguay - German Reformed
- Peru
- Iglesia Evangelica Peruana
- Iglesia Evangelica Presbiteriana y Reformada en el Peru (Scottish Free Presbyterian)
- Suriname
- Hervormde Kerk van Suriname - Dutch Reformed Church of Surinam
- Uruguay
- Iglesia Evangelica Reformada Uruguayo-HungaraReformed Church in HungaryThe Reformed Church in Hungary is a key representative of Christianity in Hungary, being numerically the second-largest denomination in Hungary after the Roman Catholic Church, and the biggest denomination among ethnic Hungarians in Romania...
- Iglesia Evangelica Valdense de Rio de la PlataWaldensiansWaldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions, primarily in North-Western Italy. There is considerable uncertainty about the earlier history of the Waldenses because of a lack of extant source...
- Iglesia Evangelica Reformada Uruguayo-Hungara
- Venezuela
- Iglesia Presbiteriana
See also
- List of Christian denominations#Reformed Churches
International organizations
- International Conference of Reformed ChurchesInternational Conference of Reformed ChurchesThe International Conference of Reformed Churches 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 and is similar to that of the World Reformed Fellowship.-...
- Reformed Ecumenical CouncilReformed Ecumenical CouncilThe 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...
- World Alliance of Reformed ChurchesWorld Alliance of Reformed ChurchesThe 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...
http://www.warc.ch/who/index.html - World Reformed FellowshipWorld Reformed FellowshipThe 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...
http://www.wrfnet.org/ - World Communion of Reformed ChurchesWorld Communion of Reformed ChurchesThe 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...