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World Alliance of Reformed Churches

World Alliance of Reformed Churches

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The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) is a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe which is generally deemed to have begun with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 although a number of precursors such as Jan Hus predate that event...

, and particularly in the theology of 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...

. Its headquarters are in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva, is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...

.

History


The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) was created in 1970 by a merger of two bodies, one representing Presbyterian and Reformed churches, the other Congregational
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....

 churches. It has 218 member churches in 107 countries around the world, with some 75 million members. Churches represented in the WARC include Congregational
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....

, Presbyterian, Reformed and United churches
United 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...

 which have historical roots in the 16th century Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe which is generally deemed to have begun with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 although a number of precursors such as Jan Hus predate that event...

.

The WARC Secretariat is located in Geneva, Switzerland. It works closely with the World Council of Churches
World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches is an international Christian ecumenical organization. Based in Geneva, Switzerland , it is a fellowship of about 340 churches of which 157 are members...

.

In 2000, the WARC was critical of Dominus Iesus
Dominus Iesus
Dominus Iesus is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It was approved in a Plenary meeting of the Congregation, and bears the signature of its then Prefect, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, and of its then Secretary, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, now...

, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's document on relativism, and considered calling off a formal dialogue in Rome that year.

On 1 February 2006, Clifton Kirkpatrick
Clifton Kirkpatrick
The Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, DMin, is the former Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church , a position in which he served from 1996 to 2008. Since 2004 he has also served as President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches....

, president of the WARC, and Douwe Visser, president of the Reformed Ecumenical Council
Reformed Ecumenical Council
The 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...

 (REC), said in a joint letter, "We rejoice in the work of the Holy Spirit which we believe has led us to recommend that the time has come to bring together the work of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council into one body that will strengthen the unity and witness of Reformed Christians." The new body will be called the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

Members (2006)


The WARC brings together more than 75 million Christians in over 100 countries around the world.

Member churches are Congregational
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....

, Presbyterian, Reformed and united and uniting churches
United 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...

.

Most of these are in the southern hemisphere with many being religious minorities in their countries.
  • Algeria
    • Protestant Church of Algeria
      Protestant Church of Algeria
      The Protestant Church of Algeria is a small religious body formed in 1972 by the union of several smaller Protestant denominations in Algeria. The church has about 350,000 members, mainly in the northern coastal region of the country...

  • American Samoa
    • Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa
  • Angola, Republic of
    • Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola
  • Argentina
    • Evangelical Church of the River Plate
    • Reformed Churches in Argentina
    • Evangelical Congregational Church
    • Swiss Evangelical Church
  • Australia
    • Uniting Church in Australia
      Uniting Church in Australia
      The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on June 22 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterian Church of Australia, and Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union....

    • Congregational Federation of Australia
      Congregational Federation of Australia
      The Congregational Federation of Australia is Congregational denomination comprising fourteen congregations in New South Wales and Queensland. It has sixteen ordained ministers and some two thousand members and adherents, many of them Samoans.-History:...

  • Austria
    • Reformed Church in Austria
  • Belgium
    • United Protestant Church in Belgium
      United Protestant Church in Belgium
      The 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...

  • Bermuda
    • Church of Scotland
      Church of Scotland
      The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

  • Bolivia
    • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Bolivia
  • Botswana
    • Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana
  • Brazil
    • Presbyterian Church of Brazil
      Presbyterian Church of Brazil
      The Presbyterian Church of Brazil or IPB is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in Brazil...

    • Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil
    • United Presbyterian Church of Brazil
    • Christian Reformed Church of Brazil
    • Evangelical Reformed Churches in Brazil
    • Arab Evangelical Church of Sao Paulo
  • Bulgaria
    • Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
    • Reformed Evangelical Church of Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
    • Presbyterian Church in Cameroon
    • Presbyterian Church of Cameroon
    • African Protestant Church
  • Canada
    • The Presbyterian Church in Canada/L'Eglise presbytérienne au Canada
      Presbyterian Church in Canada
      The 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...

    • United Church of Canada
      United Church of Canada
      The United Church of Canada, the second-largest Christian denomination in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church, is an evangelical Protestant denomination founded in 1925 as a merger of four Protestant denominations:...

  • Central African Republic
    • Protestant Church of Christ the King
  • Chile
    • Presbyterian Church of Chile
    • National Presbyterian Church
      National Presbyterian Church
      The National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, has a history that spans four congregations since 1795, and is a traditional mainline church of the Reformed faith. The following historical timeline begins with the designation of the congregation as the national church of the Presbyterian Church...

    • Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Chile
  • Colombia
    • Presbyterian Synod
  • Congo, Democratic Republic
    • Presbyterian Community in the Congo
    • Presbyterian Community of Eastern Kasai
    • Reformed Community of Presbyterians
    • Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa
    • Evangelical Community in Congo
    • Protestant Community of Shaba
    • Presbyterian Community of Western Kasai?/Reformed Presbyterian Community in Africa
  • Congo, Republic
    • The Evangelical Church of the Congo
  • Costa Rica
    • Costarrican Presbyterian Evangelical Church
  • Croatia
    • Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
  • Cuba
    • Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba
  • Czech Republic
    • Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
      Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
      The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren , was formed in 1918 in Czechoslovakia through the unification of the Protestant churches of the Lutheran and Reformed confessions...

  • Denmark
    • Reformed Synod of Denmark
      Reformed Synod of Denmark
      The 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...

  • Dominican Republic
    • Dominican Evangelical Church
  • East Timor
    • Christian Church in East Timor
  • Ecuador
    • United Evangelical Church of Ecuador
  • Egypt
    • The Evangelical Church - Synod of the Nile
  • El Salvador
    • Reformed Calvinist Church of El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
    • Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
    • Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
      Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
      The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is a Christian denomination in Ethiopia. It was created in 1959 with the merger of Lutheran and other congregations established by missionary work in that country, taking its name from the first congregation in Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus .EECMY claimed...

  • France
    • Reformed Church of France
      Reformed Church of France
      The Reformed Church of France is a denomination in France . It is the original, and largest, Protestant denomination in France....

    • Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine
    • Malagazy Protestant Church
  • French Polynesia
    • Evangelical Church of French Polynesia
  • Germany
    • Church of Lippe
    • Evangelical Reformed Church
      Evangelical Reformed Church – Synod of Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany
      The Evangelical Reformed Church – Synod of Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany is one of 23 member churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany . It has its seat in Leer...

    • Reformed Alliance
  • Ghana
    • Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
      Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
      The Evangelical Presyterian Church, Ghana is a Protestant Christian denomination in Ghana. It is popularly referred to as the "EP Church". It has strong roots in the Evangelical and Reformed traditions.-History:...

    • Presbyterian Church of Ghana
  • Greece
    • Greek Evangelical Church
      Greek Evangelical Church
      The Greek Evangelical Church is a Protestant denomination in Greece.It dates back to 1858 when the first Greek Evangelical, Mihail Kalapothakis started publishing the magazine Astir tis Anatolis which is still published today...

  • Grenada
    • Presbyterian Church in Grenada
  • Guatemala
    • National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala
  • Guyana
    • Presbyterian Church of Guyana
    • Guyana Congregational Union
    • Guyana Presbyterian Church
  • Hong Kong (China)
    • Church of Christ in China, The Hong Kong Council
  • Hungary
    • Reformed Church of Hungary
  • India
    • Church of South India
      Church of South India
      The Church of South India came into being as a union of Anglican and Protestant churches in South India. It is India's second largest Christian church after the Roman Catholic Church in India...

    • Church of North India
      Church of North India
      The Church of North India , the dominant Protestant denomination in northern India, is a united church established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the main Protestant churches working in northern India...

    • Presbyterian Church of India
      Presbyterian Church of India
      Presbyterian Church of India is one of the mainline Protestant Churches in India with over one million adherents mostly in Northeastern part of India. The name 'Presbyterian Church of India' was adopted as an official name in 1992 by a General Assembly of the Synod. PCI has its headquarters in...

    • Evangelical Church of Maraland
      Evangelical Church of Maraland
      Evangelical Church of Maraland is a Church in southern Mizoram in Northeast India. It was founded by English missionary Rev. & Mrs Reginald Arthur Lorrain in 1907. It is the largest Church among Mara people. It is one of the three Mizoram Churches pioneered by English Missionaries in the 19th century...

    • The Church of Christ
      Church of Christ
      Churches 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 see themselves as restoring the New Testament church established by Christ.Historically, Churches of Christ in...

    • Reformed Presbyterian Church, North East India
  • Indonesia
    • Karo Batak Protestant Church
    • Evangelical Church in Kalimantan
    • Indonesian Christian Church
    • Evangelical Christian Church in West Papua
    • Christian Churches of Java
    • The East Java Christian Church
    • Christian Church in Luwuk Banggai
    • Pasundan Christian Church
    • Protestant Christian Church in Bali
    • Christian Church in Sulawesi
    • Christian Church in Central Sulawesi
    • Christian Church of Southern Sumatra
    • Christian Church of Sumba
    • Christian Evangelical Church in Bolaang Mongondow
    • The Christian Evangelical Church in Halmahera
    • Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa
    • Sangihe-Talaud Evangelical Church
    • Christian Evangelical Church in Timor
    • Protestant Church in West Indonesia
    • Indonesian Protestant Church in Buol Toli-Toli
    • Indonesian Protestant Church in Donggala
    • Indonesian Protestant Church in Gorontalo
    • Protestant Church in the Moluccas
    • Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi
    • Toraja Church
    • Toraja Mamasa Church
  • Iran
    • Synod of Evangelical Church of Iran
  • Ireland (Éire)
    • The Presbyterian Church in Ireland
      Presbyterian Church in Ireland
      This article is about the church using the title of "Presbyterian Church in Ireland". For other Presbyterian churches in Ireland click here.The Presbyterian Church in Ireland , operating on an all-Ireland basis, is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant...

  • Israel
    • St. Andrew's Scots Memorial Church
      St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem
      St Andrew’s Church, Jerusalem, was built as a memorial to the Scottish soldiers who were killed fighting the Turkish Army during World War I, bringing to an end Ottoman rule over Palestine. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.-Foundation:...

       (Church of Scotland
      Church of Scotland
      The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

      )
  • Italy
    • Waldensian Evangelical Church
      Waldensian Evangelical Church
      The Waldensian Evangelical Church is an Italian historical Protestant denomination, started from predications of Peter Waldo in 1173.After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology and became the Italian branch of Reformed churches....

       (Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches
      Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches
      The Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches is an Italian united church.It was founded in 1975 with the union of the Waldensian Evangelical Church and the Italian Methodist Church....

      )
  • Jamaica
    • The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
      United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
      The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is an united church formed on 1 December 1965 as the "United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman" by bringing the Protestant denominations "Presbyterian Church in Jamaica" and "Congregational Union of Jamaica" together...

  • Japan
    • Church of Christ in Japan
    • Korean Christian Church in Japan
  • Kenya
    • Presbyterian Church of East Africa
      Presbyterian Church of East Africa
      Presbyterian Church of East Africa is a Presbyterian denomination headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It was started by missionaries from Scotland, most notable of whom was Dr John Arthur. It has its headquarters in Nairobi South C....

    • Reformed Church of East Africa
  • Kiribati
    • Kiribati Protestant Church
      Kiribati Protestant Church
      The Kiribati Protestant Church is a Congregationalist Protestant Christian denomination in Kiribati...

  • Korea, Republic of
    • KiJang
    • TongHap
    • DaeShin I
    • HapDongJeongTong
  • Latvia
    • Reformed Church in Latvia
  • Lebanon
    • Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
      Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
      The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 congregations throughout Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran Iraq and Australia...

    • National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
    • The National Evangelical Union of Lebanon
  • Lesotho
    • Lesotho Evangelical Church
  • Liberia
    • Presbyterian Church of Liberia
  • Lithuania
    • Synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church - Unitas Lithuaniae
  • Luxembourg
    • Protestant Reformed Church of Luxemburg H.B.
  • Madagascar
    • Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
      Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
      The Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar is the second-largest Christian denomination in Madagascar. The FJKM is the national church of Madagascar, but it is not the established church of the state....

  • Malawi
    • General Synod
      General Synod
      -Church of England:In the Church of England, the General Synod, which was established in 1970 , is the legislative body of the Church.-Episcopal Church of the United States:...

  • Malaysia
    • Presbyterian Church Malaysia
  • Marshall Island
    • Marshalls United Church of Christ-Congregations
    • Reformed Congregational Churches
  • Mauritius
    • Presbyterian Church of Mauritius
  • Mexico
    • National Presbyterian Church in Mexico, A. R.
    • Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico
    • Presbyterian Reformed Church of Mexico
  • Morocco
    • Evangelical Church in Morocco
  • Mozambique
    • Presbyterian Church of Mozambique
    • United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
      United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
      The United Congregational Church in Southern Africa began with the work of the London Missionary Society, who sent missionaries to the Cape colony in 1799. Congregationalist missionaries from the American Board of Foreign Missions began work in KwaZulu-Natal in 1830, and several congregations of...

    • United Church of Christ in Mozambique
    • Evangelical Church of Christ in Mozambique
  • Myanmar
    • Mara Evangelical Church
    • Independent Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
    • The Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
  • Namibia
    • Namibia Regional Council
  • Netherlands
    • The Protestant Church in the Netherlands
      Protestant Church in the Netherlands
      The Protestant Church in the Netherlands came into being on 1 May 2004 as a merger of the Dutch Reformed Church , the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands The Protestant Church in the Netherlands came into...

       (former: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk and Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland)
    • Remonstrant Brotherhood
      Remonstrant Brotherhood
      The Remonstrant Brotherhood is a Church in the Netherlands, established in 1617, after a group of ministers, was expelled from the Synod of Dordrecht. It has its origins in the theology of Jacobus Arminius and the signing of the "Five articles of Remonstrance" against a stricter from of Calvinism...

  • New Caledonia
    • Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands
  • New Zealand
    • Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
      Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
      The 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...

  • Niger
    • Evangelical Church of the Republic of Niger
  • Nigeria
    • Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
    • Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
    • Church of Christ in the Sudan among the TIV
    • Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ
    • Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria
    • United Church of Christ in Nigeria
  • Niue
    • Church of Niue
  • Pakistan
    • Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
      Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
      Presbyterian Church of Pakistan is a major Protestant denomination of Pakistan.The Church of Pakistan is another Christian denomination. There is persecution of Christians in Pakistan. The Presbyterian Church of Pakistan has as membership of around 400,000. It was constituted in 1993...

    • Sialkot Diocese of the Church of Pakistan
  • Philippines
    • United Church of Christ in the Philippines
      United Church of Christ in the Philippines
      The United Church of Christ in the Philippines is a Christian denomination in the Philippines...

    • United Evangelical Church of Christ
  • Poland
    • Evangelical-Reformed Church in Poland
  • Portugal
    • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal
  • Reunion
    • Protestant Church of Reunion Island
  • Romania
    • Reformed Church in Romania
      Reformed Church in Romania
      The 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...

       - Transylvanian District
    • Reformed Church in Romania
      Reformed Church in Romania
      The 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...

       (Oradea)
  • Rwanda
    • Presbyterian Church in Rwanda
  • Senegal
    • Protestant Church of Senegal
  • Serbia and Montenegro
    • Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Montenegro
  • Singapore
    • Presbyterian Church in Singapore
  • Slovakia
    • Reformed Church of Slovakia
  • Slovenia
    • Reformed Church in Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
    • United Church in Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
    • Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk
      Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk
      The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk is a Dutch Reformed Church denomination which took root in South Africa, where it is the oldest and largest of several Dutch Reformed Church denominations...

    • Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
      Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
      The Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa was formed by the union of the black and coloured Dutch Reformed mission churches.-Main markers in the URCSA'S history:In 1652 the Dutch formed a halfway station at the Cape and introduced slavery....

    • Reformed Church in Africa (India)
    • Reformed Church in Southern Africa
    • Reformed Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
    • United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
      United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
      The United Congregational Church in Southern Africa began with the work of the London Missionary Society, who sent missionaries to the Cape colony in 1799. Congregationalist missionaries from the American Board of Foreign Missions began work in KwaZulu-Natal in 1830, and several congregations of...

    • Peoples Church of Africa
    • Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
      Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
      The 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....

  • Spain
    • Spanish Evangelical Church
  • Sri Lanka
    • Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
    • Presbytery of Lanka
  • Sudan
    • Presbyterian Church of the Sudan
  • Sweden
    • The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
      Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
      The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden , founded in 1878, is a Swedish Reformed free church. It is the second-largest Christian denomination in the country, after the national church, the Church of Sweden. Prior to 2003 it was called Svenska Missionsförbundet...

  • Switzerland
    • Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, Fédération des Eglises protestantes de la Suisse, Federazione delle Chiese evangelische della Svizzera
  • Taiwan
    • Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
      Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
      The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan was planted in Taiwan in the 19th century by Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell Snr of the former Presbyterian Church of England and Dr George Leslie Mackay of Canada....

  • Thailand
    • Church of Christ in Thailand
      Church of Christ in Thailand
      The Church of Christ in Thailand is a Protestant Christian association, considered to be the largest by number of Protestants in Thailand....

  • Trinidad and Tobago
    • Church of Scotland
      Church of Scotland
      The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

  • Tunisia
    • Reformed Church in Tunisia
  • Tuvalu
    • Church of Tuvalu
      Church of Tuvalu
      The Christian Church of Tuvalu, in Tuvaluan Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu is the national church of Tuvalu. It comprises 92% of the 12,000 inhabitants of the archipelago....

  • Uganda
    • Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uganda
  • Ukraine
    • Reformed Church in the Carpatho-Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
    • Church of Scotland
      Church of Scotland
      The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

    • Presbyterian Church of Wales
      Presbyterian Church of Wales
      The Presbyterian Church of Wales , also known as The Calvinistic Methodist Church , is a denomination of Protestant Christianity. It was born out of the Welsh Methodist revival in the eighteenth century and seceded from the Church of England in 1811...

    • Union of Welsh Independents
    • United Free Church of Scotland
      United Free Church of Scotland
      The United Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland, which in turn united with the Church of Scotland in 1929.-Origins:The Free Church of Scotland seceded from the...

    • United Reformed Church
      United Reformed Church
      The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in Great Britain. The URC is the result of a union between the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales in 1972 and subsequent unions with the Re-formed Association of Churches of Christ in 1981 and the...

    • The Presbyterian Church in Ireland
      Presbyterian Church in Ireland
      This article is about the church using the title of "Presbyterian Church in Ireland". For other Presbyterian churches in Ireland click here.The Presbyterian Church in Ireland , operating on an all-Ireland basis, is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant...

    • Presbyterian Church of Africa
  • United States of America
    • Reformed Church in America
      Reformed Church in America
      The Reformed Church in America is a Mainline Reformed Protestant denomination that was formerly the Dutch Reformed Church and known as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of North America. The denomination has about 270,000 members and has congregations in both the U.S. and Canada...

    • United Church of Christ
      United Church of Christ
      The United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition. The UCC formed in 1957 with the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches...

    • Christian Reformed Church in North America
      Christian Reformed Church in North America
      The Christian Reformed Church in North America is a Protestant Christian denomination which follows Reformed Calvinist theology...

    • Cumberland Presbyterian Church
      Cumberland Presbyterian Church
      The 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...

    • Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
      Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
      The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America is a primarily African-American denomination which developed from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1874....

    • Evangelical Presbyterian Church
    • Korean Presbyterian Church in America
    • Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church
    • Presbyterian Church (USA)
      Presbyterian Church (USA)
      The Presbyterian Church or PC is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed family of Protestantism, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...

  • Uruguay
    • Valdensian Evangelical Church of the Rio de la Plata
  • Vanuatu
    • Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
    • Presbyterian Church of Venezuela
  • Zambia
    • United Church of Zambia
    • Reformed Church in Zambia
    • Ndebele
      Ndebele people (Zimbabwe)
      The Ndebele are a branch of the Zulus who split from King Shaka in the early 1820s under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former general in Shaka's army....

    • Reformed Church in Zimbabwe
    • Dutch Reformed Church
      Dutch Reformed Church
      Dutch Reformed Church was one of many branches of churches established during the Protestant Reformation in Europe in the sixteenth century. While the Dutch Reformed Church was based in the Netherlands, other churches holding similar theological views were founded in France, Switzerland, Germany,...

       - Synod of Central Africa
    • Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa
    • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Synod of Harare

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