The World Reformed Fellowship (WRF) is an ecumenical Christian organization which promotes unity between conservative Reformed churches around the world.
The World Fellowship of Reformed Churches (WFRC) was formed in 1994 by the Presbyterian Church in America, the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico, and the Presbyterian Church of Brazil, as well as member churches mainly from Latin American countries and from India, East Africa and the United States. The International Reformed Fellowship (IRF) was formed also in 1994 with Reformed churches in Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, and from all part of Asia.
The World Fellowship of Reformed Churches and the International Reformed Fellowship united on October 24, 2000 to form the World Reformed Fellowship. The WRF is now an international body represented in seventy-nine countries.
The WRF is a fellowship, not a council, and wants to fulfill the dream of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield and many others to unite evangelical Reformed Christians. Members have to agree with:
The statement that "The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are without error in all that they teach."
At least one of the following historic Reformed Confessions - The Gallican Confession, The Belgic Confession, The Heidelberg Catechism, The Thirty-Nine Articles, The Second Helvetic Confession, The Canons of Dort, The Westminster Confession of Faith, the London Confession of 1689, the Savoy Declaration, or the WRF Statement of Faith.
World Reformed Fellowship wants to promote Reformed thinking, encourage churches and people to embrace Reformed thinking, and to promote evangelisation in the Reformed tradition and to provide forum for dialogue.
It is similar in theology to the International Conference of Reformed Churches and more conservative than the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
There are a total of 72 denominational members of the Fellowship, and 183 organizational members, as of February 2, 2016.
The Fourth General Assembly of the World Reformed Fellowship was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in March 2015. This General Assembly approved a new statement of faith which had been completed March 31, 2011. This statement includes twelve articles and was made to accomplish three purposes:
- To express accurately the contents of the other historic Reformed confessions which members are required to hold to at least one of.
- To apply the Reformed faith to specific issues that the 21st-century church is facing.
- To include the voices of Reformed Christians from around the world, since the other confessions were written primarily by Christians in Europe.
As of February 2016 there are 72 denominational members:
Aashish Presbyterian Church (Zone Koshi, East Nepal)
Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (USA)
Associated Presbyterian Church in Scotland
Biblical Reformed Church of Myanmar
Christian Reformed Church in Nepal
Christian Reformed Church in South Africa
Christian Reformed Church of North America
Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka
Church of England in South Africa
Egliese Protestante Reformee du Burundi
L'Église Réformée du Québec
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (USA)
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ivory Coast
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru
Evangelical Reformed Baptist Churches in Italy
Evangelical Reformed Church in America
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Free Church of Scotland
Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
God's Healing Ministry (Lagos, Nigeria)
Grace Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh
Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
Greater Grace Ministry, Kampala, Uganda
Igreja Presbteriana de Angola
India Reformed Presbyterian Church
International Peacemaking Church of Christ, (Raleigh NC)
Isa-e Church (Bangladesh)
Mission Voile Déchiré, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Mount Zion Presbyterian Church of Sierra Leone
National Capital Region Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
National Presbyterian Church of Mexico
Peace Church Bangladesh
Presbyterian Church in America
Presbyterian Church of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Presbyterian Church in India
Presbyterian Church in Uganda
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh
Presbyterian Church of Bolivia
Presbyterian Church of Brazil
Presbyterian Church of Sierra Leone
Presbyterian Church of South India
Presbyterian Free Church of Central India
The Protestant Church of Ambohimalaza-Firaisiana, Madagascar
Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Serbia
Reformed Baptist Churches in North America
Reformed Bible Churches of Trinidad and Tobago
Reformed Church of India
Reformed Church of Latin America
Reformed Church of Nepal
Reformed Churches in South Africa
Reformed Community Churches in Myanmar
Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia
Reformed Evangelical Church of Myanmar
Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Uganda)
Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Rwanda)
Reformed Presbyterian Church in Myanmar
Reformed Presbyterian Church of India
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Uganda
Smyrna House of Prayer Church in Bangladesh [1]
Sudanese Reformed Churches
United Christian Church and Bible Institute, USA
United Church of Christ in Colombia
United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
United Reformed Church in Myanmar
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Bull Creek, Australia)
