List of Reformed denominations

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The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations connected by a common Calvinist system of doctrine.

Europe[]

Netherlands[]

The Dutch Calvinist 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 Netherlands (PKN) formed in 2004 from the union of
    • the Dutch Reformed Church (NHK),
    • the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (GKN),
    • and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (ELK);
    • a notable Calvinist group within the PKN is the Reformed Association
  • Christian Reformed Churches (CGK)
  • Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) (GKV)
  • Netherlands Reformed Churches (NGK)
  • Reformed Congregations (GG)
  • Old-Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (OGGN)
  • Old-Reformed Congregations (unconnected)
  • Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (GGN)
  • Restored Reformed Church (HHK)
  • Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (VGKN)
  • Korean Reformed Church in the Netherlands
  • Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Restored)
  • Covenant of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands - member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
  • Moluccan Evangelical Church (GIM)
  • Indonesian Christian Church in the Netherlands (GKIN)

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 Calvinist 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 Calvinist, while 25-30% is Catholic. About 45% is non-religious. Today many orthodox Calvinist 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 Calvinist churches to many other countries outside Europe, including Canada, United States, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.

Switzerland[]

The Swiss Reformed Churches 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 Zwingli's early death in 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 each had 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. Today they are members of the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches. 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.

There are a small number of conservative churches like the Evangelical Reformed Church (Westminster Confession)[1] and the Lausanne Free Church.[2]

A total of 2.4 million Swiss are members of Calvinist churches, 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[]

The Reformed Church in Hungary, Transylvania and southern Slovakia is one of the largest branches of the Calvinist movement. The Reformed Church is the second largest church in Hungary, it has 4 seminaries in the country (Debrecen, Papa, Budapest, Sarospatak). The Hungarian Reformed Church 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"). The Hungarians organised the Calvinist church in 1557 in the Synod of Csenger and adopted the Second Helvetic Confession in 1567 in Debrecen.

The Hungarian Reformed Church maintains educational institutions, almost 80 primary schools, 28 high schools, 47 nurseries and several vocational schools and the Bethesda Hospital. There are diaconal institutions and conference centres.

In 2001, more than 1.6 million people in Hungary identified as members of the Hungarian Reformed Church. Of that number, about 600,000 are considered active members, in 1,249 congregations. The HRC has 27 presbyteries, four districts and a General Synod. In Romania, 700,000 people identified as Calvinist in 800 congregations, nearly all of them ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania.[3]

There is the more theologically conservative Reformed Presbyterian Church of Central and Eastern Europe, which has approximately 25 congregations in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine. Like the mainline Hungarian Reformed church, from which it split in 1997, the church adheres to the Second Helvetic Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism, but it has also adopted the Westminster Confession, and Shorter and Larger Catechisms.[4][5]

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Central and Eastern Europe maintains the , located in Miskolc, Hungary.

There is a mission church of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches in Diósd, near Budapest.[6]

Slovakia[]

Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia was part of the Reformed Church in Hungary until the end of World War I. In 1993, a theological seminary was opened in Komárno. Cathechial schools are in Kosice and Komarno. In Slovakia, 110,000 Calvinists were recorded.[3]

Romania[]

The Reformed Church in Romania consist of two dioceses. These are:

In Transylvania, the Calvinist faith took root in the 16th century. In 1564, a Synod was held in Nagyenyed (today Aiud) when the Calvinist and Lutheran churches separated. This date is the founding date of the Reformed Diocese of Transylvania. Partium (today partially Crișana) used to be a separated geographical area from Transylvania, also ruled by Hungarian/Transylvanian princes. In this region was founded the Királyhágómellék Reformed District. Transylvania was part of Hungary until 1920. The Confessions of these churches are the Apostles Creed, the Heidelberg Catechism. In the church buildings, especially in smaller villages, the men and women sitting separated and the children and those who were not yet married were sitting in the church choir or gallery. The believers are predominantly (95%) Hungarian, so the worship language is also Hungarian. It has 800 congregations and 700,000 members.

  • Evangelical Church of Romania

A Romanian mission of the United Reformed Churches in North America was founded in Bucharest in 2016.[9]

Germany[]

The German Reformed Church (Reformierte Kirche) forms, together with German Lutheran and united Protestant 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 churches 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(-Cassel), remained openly Philippist and Calvinist. Only during the time of Calvin (1509–1564) himself did genuinely Calvinist influences enter the German Calvinist 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 of churches in 1817, allowing congregations to maintain Lutheran or Calvinist confession, or declare their union, also in Bremen (1877), Hesse-Cassel (1817), and Hesse-Darmstadt (1832) Reformed and Lutherans form a union merely in administration. Some states saw unions of Reformed and Lutherans to a united confession, such as Anhalt (1820 in Anhalt-Bernburg, 1827 in Anhalt-Dessau, and 1880 in Anhalt-Köthen), Baden (1821), Nassau (1817) and Bavarian Palatinate (1848), while Lutherans in other states (Bavaria proper, Hamburg, Hanover, Lübeck, the Mecklenburgs, 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 Calvinist clergy and their flocks opposed the Nazis, the Reformed Church dominated the Confessing Church resistance against Hitler.

As of 2009, German Protestants come in four different guises, all under one national umbrella, but differentiated by region (Landeskirche, usually regions smaller than the states):

  1. Lutheran
  2. Calvinist, 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 Church of Lippe
  3. Administration-United - in these churches, each parish is either Lutheran, Reformed or united Protestant, and so is the congregation and the Pastor, but all share the same administration
  4. Consensus-United - there is no difference even at the parish level

In Germany, as of 2009, 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 Calvinist. The main coordinating body for Calvinist churches in Germany is the Reformed Alliance.[10]

Smaller, separate denominations include the Evangelical Old-Reformed Church in Lower Saxony, the , and the episcopally governed .

France[]

In France, the Calvinist Protestants were called Huguenots. 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 Calvinist 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 Calvinist churches in France produced the Gallic Confession and French Calvinist confession of faith, which served as models for the Belgic Confession of Faith (1563).

Today, about 300,000 people are members of the Reformed Church of France (now United Protestant 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 (the name of the denomination was changed in 2009).

The Malagazy Protestant Church in France is a Calvinist denomination whose members come from Madagascar. The Union of Free Evangelical Churches in France is another denomination.

Great Britain and Ireland[]

The churches with Presbyterian traditions in the United Kingdom have the Westminster Confession of Faith as one of their important confessional documents.

  • United Reformed Church (URC) in the United Kingdom is the result of the union of Presbyterian, Congregational and Church of Christ churches
    • Several hundred Congregational churches opted to remain outside the initial 1972 union, forming the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches and the Congregational Federation. Some congregations were gathered into the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches whilst others are now wholly independent without any national affiliation.
  • The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales has currently 17 congregations
  • The International Presbyterian Church has English and Korean congregations in Great Britain and missions in Romania, Italy and Armenia and in other parts of the world.
  • Metropolitan Tabernacle-a famous independent Reformed Baptist congregation pastored by Spurgeon -not a denomination

In Wales, there are the Union of Welsh Independents, which is another congregational body. The Presbyterian Church of Wales is one of the biggest Christian denomination in Wales.

In Scotland, presbyterianism was established in 1560 by John Knox who studied in Geneva and planted Calvinism in his home country. The presbyterian churches in the US, Canada, Australia trace their origin back primarily from Scotland.

  • The Presbyterian churches in Scotland, including:
  • The Church of Scotland, the established, national church in Scotland
  • Free Church of Scotland
  • Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
  • United Free Church of Scotland
  • Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
  • Associated Presbyterian Churches

In Ulster, Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland spread the Calvinist faith in the 17th century.

  • The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland
  • The Presbyterian Church in Ireland serves the whole of the island
    • There are also other churches with smaller flocks, notably in Northern Ireland
  • The Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
  • The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Ireland
  • Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
  • Congregational Union of Ireland

A group of churches called Newfrontiers began in England and also exists elsewhere in the world. This group tends to hold to Calvinist theology, but is also charismatic in its experience.

Anglicanism[]

Historically, the Church of England upheld both Lutheran and Calvinist doctrines.[11] Several continental Calvinist theologians moved to England to aid with the doctrinal and liturgical developments there, including Martin Bucer, Peter Martyr, and Jan Łaski. Especially Calvinistic distinctions of the Church of England include the division of the Ten Commandments after the Calvinist numbering (rather than the Lutheran or Catholic division), the iconoclastic reforms of Edward VI and Elizabeth I,[12] and the Eucharistic doctrine of Receptionism. The Church of England so took part in the Synod of Dort, and monarchs since the Glorious Revolution have sworn in the coronation oath to protect the “true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed religion established by law.”

However, the ascendency of William Laud to the archbishopric saw a periodic suppression of pro-Calvinist clergymen under Charles I, and the Oxford Movement of the 19th century sought to further distance the Church of England from its Calvinistic ties. Because of the political success of Anglo-Catholicism there have been a few conservative Reformed movements which have left the Church of England:

Greece[]

Croatia[]

  • Reformed Christian Church in Croatia was part of the Hungarian Reformed Church. It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
  • Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia

Italy[]

  • The Waldensian Evangelical Church

It is an Italian historical Protestant denomination. After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology - under the influence of Guillaume Farel- and became the Italian branch of the European Calvinist 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 of both the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and of the World Methodist Council, due to its nature of aunited church.

  • The Evangelical Reformed Baptist Churches in Italy

It is a Reformed Baptist denomination in Italy. As a member of the World Reformed Fellowship, this network of churches recover the Calvinist tradition of Pietro Martire Vermigli and Girolamo Zanchi.

  • The Presbyterian Church in Italy

It is a mission of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil in Italy.

Ukraine[]

  • Reformed Church in Transcarpathia

It is the oldest Protestant community in Ukraine, established during the 16th century. 70-75% of Transcarpathian Hungarians are followers of the Calvinist faith. The church currently has three dioceses with about 120,000 - 140,000 members and is itself a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Transcarpathia
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine

This church was started by missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in America and has 12 congregations and missions with 11 ordained national pastors; it maintains a Calvinist seminary in Kiev.

Serbia[]

Sweden[]

Slovenia[]

  • Reformed Church in Slovenia

Poland[]

  • Polish Reformed Church
  • Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches in Poland

Bulgaria[]

  • Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria

Denmark[]

  • Reformed Synod of Denmark

Belgium[]

  • United Protestant Church in Belgium

Spain[]

  • Spanish Evangelical Church
  • Reformed Churches in Spain
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Spain

Lithuania[]

  • Synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania

Czech Republic[]

  • Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
  • Church of the Brethren in the Czech Republic or - Czech Republic and Slovakia

Portugal[]

  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Portugal
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal
  • Christian Presbyterian Church in Portugal
  • Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Portugal
  • - mission of the Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil
  • in Lisbon[13]

Latvia[]

Luxemburg[]

Austria[]

  • Reformed Church in Austria
  • Evangelical Reformed Church (Westminster Confession)

Liechtenstein[]

  • Evangelical Church in Liechtenstein

Cyprus[]

  • Greek Evangelical Church
  • Trinity Community Christian Fellowship in Larnaca, Cyprus[14]

Russia[]

  • Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches in Eurasia[15]
  • Union of Evangelical Reformed Churches in Russia
  • Hundreds of Presbyterian Congregations are existing in Russia, which are the fruit of the Korean Presbyterian denominations from South Korea.

Belarus[]

  • Belarusian Evangelical Reformed Church

Macedonia[]

Finland[]

  • Christ Church of Oulu[16]

Albania[]

  • Reformed Church in Durrës[17][18] mission of the PCA
  • Emmanuel reformed church in Tirana

Azerbaijan[]

  • International Presbyterian Church, Baku[19]

Armenia[]

Norway[]

Oceania[]

Australia[]

See also: List of Presbyterian Denominations in Australia
  • Australian Free Church
  • Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church
  • Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)
  • Free Reformed Churches of Australia
  • Hungarian Reformed Church in Australia[20]
  • Presbyterian Church of Australia (Presbyterian)
  • Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia (Presbyterian - Free)
  • Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia) (Presbyterian Reformed)
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia (part of the Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group))
  • Southern Presbyterian Church
  • Uniting Church in Australia (Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregationalist)
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia

Congregational churches[]

  • Congregational Federation of Australia
  • Uniting Church in Australia
  • Fellowship of Congregational Churches

American Samoa[]

  • Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa

Cook Island[]

  • Cook Islands Christian Church

Fiji[]

French Polynesia[]

  • Maóhi Protestant Church
  • New Evangelical Reformed Church
  • Protestant Reformed Church in French Polynesia
  • Independent Church of French Polynesia
  • Christian Church in French Polynesia

Marshall Islands[]

  • United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands
  • Reformed Congregational Churches (Marshall Islands)

Micronesia[]

New Caledonia[]

New Zealand[]

  • Reformed Churches of New Zealand
  • Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (Presbyterian)
  • Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (Presbyterian)
  • Fellowship of Reformed Baptist Churches in New Zealand[21]
  • Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland - Australia and New Zealand Presbytery
  • Congregational Union of New Zealand

Kiribati[]

  • Kiribati Protestant Church

Nauru[]

Niue[]

  • Church of Niue

Solomon Islands[]

  • United Church in the Solomon Islands

Tuvalu[]

  • Church of Tuvalu

Vanuatu[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu

Western Samoa[]

  • Congregational Christian Church in Samoa

North America[]

Main article: List of Reformed denominations in North America
  • American Presbyterian Church (founded 1979)
  • Anglican Mission in the Americas
  • Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (Scots-Irish Presbyterians)
  • Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America
  • Calvin Synod (United Church of Christ)
  • Canadian and American Reformed Churches (Dutch Reformed - Liberated)
  • Christian Reformed Church in North America (Dutch Reformed - GKN)
  • Christian Presbyterian Church
  • Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches
  • Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
  • Covenanting Association of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches
  • Congregational Christian Churches in Canada
  • Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
  • ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians
  • Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in America (ERCA)
  • Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals[22]
  • Free Reformed Churches in North America - (Dutch Reformed - CGKN)
  • Free Church of Scotland - has about 9 congregations in North America
  • Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) - has 7 congregations in North America
  • Free Presbyterian Church of North America
  • French Protestant (Huguenot) Church, Charleston, SC——The only French Calvinist or Huguenot congregation still existing in the United States.
  • Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregations
  • Hungarian Reformed Church in America
  • Korean-American Presbyterian Church
  • Korean Presbyterian Church in America[23]
  • Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church in America
  • Netherlands Reformed Congregations
Associated with the Dutch Reformed (Gereformeerde Gemeenten (Dutch)) churches in the Netherlands.
  • Newfrontiers in the United States
  • Orthodox Christian Reformed Church (Dutch Reformed - GKN)
  • Orthodox Presbyterian Church
  • Presbyterian Church in America
The PCA is the second largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, after the PC(USA). Its motto is: "Faithful to the Scriptures, True to the Reformed Faith and Obedient to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ."
  • 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.)
Most Presbyterian churches adhere to the Westminster Confession of Faith, 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 Confessions 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 Church (1810)
    • Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1936 from the Northern PCUSA)
    • Bible Presbyterian Church (1937 from the OPC)
    • Presbyterian Church in America (1973 from the Southern PCUS)
    • Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States (1983 from the PCA)
    • Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly (1990 from the RPCUS)
    • Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981 from Northern UPC and Southern PCUS)
  • Presbyterian Reformed Church (Canada)
  • Protestant Reformed Churches in America (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 schism over the issue of common grace.
  • Puritan Reformed Church
  • Reformed Congregations in North America
  • Reformed Church in the United States (German Reformed)
The majority of the original Reformed Church in the United States, which was founded in 1725, merged with Evangelical Synod of North America (a mix of German Reformed & Lutheran theologies) to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1940 (which would merge with the Congregational Christian Churches in 1957 to form the United Church of Christ) leaving the Eureka Classis serving as a Continuing church of the Reformed Church in the United States until 1986, when it was dissolved to form the Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States
  • Reformed Anglican Church
  • Reformed Church in America
The Reformed Church in America (RCA) is the oldest Dutch Reformed denomination in the United States, dating back from the mid-17th century
  • Reformed Church of Quebec
  • Reformed Episcopal Church
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover Presbytery
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA, Scottish Covenanters)
  • Reformed Presbytery in North America (Scottish Covenanters)
  • Sovereign Grace Churches (Credobaptist, charismatic)
  • United Reformed Churches in North America (Dutch Reformed - GKN)
  • Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church separated from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  • Vanguard Presbytery
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States

Asia[]

Bangladesh[]

Cambodia[]

China[]

  • Church of Christ in China

East Timor[]

  • Protestant Church in East Timor
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of East Timor

Japan[]

Republic of Korea[]

Most Presbyterian denominations share same name, the Presbyteian Church in Korea, tracing back their history to the United Presbyterian Assembly. There are 15 million Protestants in South Korea, about 9 millions are Presbyterians and there are more than 100 Presbyterian denominations. Before the Korean War Presbyterians were very strong in North Korea, many fled to South, and established their own Presbyterian denominations.[26] The Presbyterian Churches are by far the largest Protestant churches with well over 20 000 congregations. For more information see Presbyterianism in South Korea.

Hong Kong[]

  • The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China

India[]

  • [28]
  • [29]
  • The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar[30][31]
  • St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India[32]
  • Presbyterian Church of India
  • [33]
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of India
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India
  • Church of South India
  • Church of North India
  • Presbyterian Free Church of Central India
  • Evangelical Church of Maraland
  • Congregational Church in India
  • United Church of Northern India - Presbyterian Synod
  • South India Reformed Churches
  • Free Presbyterian Church, Kalimpong

Indonesia[]

  • Banua Niha Keriso Protestan (Protestant Christian Church of Nias)
  • Gereja Masehi Injili Halmahera (The Christian Evangelical Church in Halmahera)
  • ()
  • Gereja Batak Karo Protestan ( Karo Batak Protestant Church)
  • ()[34]
  • Gereja Jemaat Protestan di Indonesia (Protestant Congregations Church in Indonesia)
  • Gereja Kalimantan Evangelis (Evangelical Church in Kalimantan)
  • ()
  • Gereja Kristen di Luwuk Banggai (Christian Church in Luwuk Banggai)
  • ()
  • Gereja Kristen Indonesia (Indonesian Christian Church)[35][36]
  • ()
  • Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua (Evangelical Christian Church in West Papua)
  • Gereja Kristen Jawa (Javanese Christian Church)[37][38]
  • ()
  • 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)[39]
  • Gereja Kristen Pasundan (Pasundan 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 in Indonesia)
  • ()
  • Gereja Masehi Injili di Bolaang Mongondow (Christian Evangelical Church in Bolaang Mongondow)
  • GMIH (Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera)
  • 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 Protestan 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 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)
  • 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 Calvinis
  • Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia (Reformed Churches in Indonesia - Irian Jaya)
  • Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia (Reformed Churches in Indonesia - Nusa Tenggara Timur)
  • Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia Kalimantan Barat (Reformed Churches in Indonesia - Kalimantan Barat)
  • ()
  • Orahua Niso Keriso Protestan (Communion of Protestant Christian Church of Nias)

(source: reformiert-online)

Kazakhstan[]

Laos[]

  • Lao Evangelical Church

Lebanon[]

  • National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
  • National Evangelical Union of Lebanon
  • Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East

Malaysia[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Malaysia
  • [40]
  • [41]

Mongolia[]

  • fruit of various Korean Presbyterian denominations

Myanmar[]

Nepal[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Nepal
  • Aashish Presbyterian Church in Lalitpur, Nepal[42]

Pakistan[]

Philippines[]

Sri Lanka[]

Singapore[]

  • First Evangelical Reformed Church[53]
  • Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church[54]
  • Pilgrim Covenant Church[55]
  • Life Bible Presbyterian Church
  • Bethany Independent-Presbyterian Church Singapore
  • Presbyterian Church in Singapore
  • Shalom Church (Reformed Baptist) Singapore[56]
  • Bible Presbyterian Church in Singapore

Thailand[]

  • Church of Christ in Thailand

Taiwan[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church in Taiwan

Turkey[]

  • Türkiye Protestan Reform Kiliseleri (Protestant Reformed Churches of Turkey) subscribes to Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity[57]
  • Antalya Protestant Church - subscribes the Westminster Standards -not a denomination

Vietnam[]

  • God's Sovereignty in Vietnam. GSiV is not a denomination but a contact point for reformed work in Vietnam[58]

Africa[]

Algeria[]

  • Protestant Church of Algeria

Angola[]

Benin[]

  • Confessional Reformed Church of Benin

Botswana[]

Burundi[]

  • Egliese Protestante Reformee du Burundi

Burkina Faso[]

Cameroon[]

Central African Republic[]

  • Protestant Church of Christ the King

Chad[]

Democratic Republic of Congo[]

Republic of Congo[]

  • Evangelical Church of Congo

Djibouti[]

  • Protestant Church of Djibouti

Egypt[]

  • Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)
  • Armenian Evangelical Church

Equatorial Guinea[]

  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea[]

Ethiopia[]

Gabon[]

  • Evangelical Church of Gabon
  • Presbyterian church of Gabon

Gambia[]

Ghana[]

Guinea-Bissau[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Guinea-Bissau - Brazilian mission

Ivory Coast[]

  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ivory Coast

Lesotho[]

  • Lesotho Evangelical Church

Liberia[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Liberia

Kenya[]

Malawi[]

  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - General Synod
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Livingstonia Synod (covers all of northern Malawi)
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Nkhoma Synod (Central Malawi)
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Blantyre Synod (southern Malawi)
  • Blackman's Church of Africa Presbyterian
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Malawi
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi

Madagascar[]

Mauritius[]

  • Presbyterian Church of Mauritius

Mozambique[]

Morocco[]

Namibia[]

  • Afrikaans Protestant Church in Namibia
  • Reformed Churches in Namibia
  • Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia
  • Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
  • Reformed Baptist Churches in Namibia[63]

Niger[]

  • Evangelical Church of the Republic of Niger

Nigeria[]

  • Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria - (Dutch Reformed)
  • Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria - (Dutch Reformed)
  • Presbyterian Church of Nigeria - (Scottish Presbyterian)
  • Qua Iboe Church - (Northern Irish non-denominational Reformed)
  • Church of Christ in the Sudan among the Tiv - (Dutch Reformed)
  • Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ - (Dutch Reformed)
  • Nigeria Reformed Church - (Dutch Reformed)
  • Church of Christ in Nigeria
  • United Church of Christ in Nigeria
  • Church of Nigeria (mostly reformed)
  • N.K.S.T - Universal Reformed Christian Church of Nigeria

The various Reformed churches of Nigeria formed the in 1991 to further cooperation.

South Africa[]

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.

Senegal[]

  • Protestant Church in Senegal
  • Presbyterian Church of Senegal

Sierra Leone[]

  • Mt Zion Presbyterian Church
  • Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone

Swaziland[]

  • Swaziland Reformed Church

Sudan[]

Tanzania[]

  • Reformed Church of Tanzania

Uganda[]

Reunion[]

  • Protestant Church of Reunion Island

Rwanda[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Rwanda
  • Anglican Church of Rwanda
  • Reformed Church of Rwanda

Togo[]

  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo

Tunisie[]

  • Reformed Church in Tunisie

Zambia[]

  • Reformed Church in Zambia
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Synod of Zambia
  • United Church in Zambia

Zimbabwe[]

Central America and the Caribbean[]

Bahamas[]

  • St. Andrews Presbyterian Kirk in Nassau

Bermuda[]

Belize[]

Costa Rica[]

Cuba[]

El Salvador[]

Guatemala[]

Haiti[]

  • Christian Reformed Church in Haiti
  • [66]

Dominican Republic[]

  • Iglesia Bíblica del Señor Jesucristo[67]
  • Christian Reformed Church of the Dominican Republic
  • Dominican Evangelical Church
  • Reformed church of the Dominican Republic
  • Grace Reformed Bible Church - Pastor Willy Bayonet.[68]

Grenada[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Grenada

Guadalupe[]

Honduras[]

Jamaica[]

  • United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands

Mexico[]

Nicaragua[]

  • Christian Reformed Church in Nicaragua

Panama[]

  • - founded on April 4, 2012

Puerto Rico[]

  • United Evangelical Church in Puerto Rico
  • Orthodox Presbyterian Church

Trinidad and Tobago[]

  • Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago

South America[]

Argentina[]

Bolivia[]

  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in 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) - Presbyterian Church in Bolivia
  • Iglesia Presbiteriana en Bolivia (Bolivian initiative)
  • Independent Presbyterian Church of Bolivia (Brazilian Mission) (Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil)

Brazil[]

Reformed churches[]

Presbyterian Churches[]

Congregational churches[]

  • Evangelical Congregational Church in Brazil - Igrejas Evangelicas Congregacionnais do Brasil
  • Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil - Uniao das Igrejas Evangelicas Congregaciais do Brasil
  • Aliança das Igrejas Evangélicas Congregacionais Brasileiras
  • Igreja Congregacional Bíblica
  • Igrejas Congregacionais Conservadoras
  • Igreja Kalleyana - Igreja Puritana Reformada no Brasil
  • Igrejas que militam na Obra da Restauração de Tudo - OPIMOBRART

Chile[]

Colombia[]

Ecuador[]

  • Iglesia Evangelica Unida del Ecuador
  • Iglesia Reformada Presbiteriana del Ecuador (Presbyterian Church in America)

French Guyana[]

  • -

Guyana[]

Paraguay[]

Peru[]

  • Evangelical Church of Peru - Iglesia Evangelica Peruana
  • Evangelical Presbyterian and Reformed Church in Peru, union of Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru (Scottish Free Presbyterian mission) and National Presbyterian Church of Peru (Bible Presbyterian Church mission).

Suriname[]

  • Hervormde Kerk van Suriname - Dutch Reformed Church of Suriname

Uruguay[]

  • Iglesia Evangelica Reformada Uruguayo-Hungara
  • Iglesia Evangelica Valdense de Rio de la Plata

Venezuela[]

Middle East[]

Israel[]

  • St Andrews Scots Memorial Church[77]
  • Baraka Bible Presbyterian Church

Syria[]

  • Armenian Evangelical Church

Lebanon[]

Iran[]

  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Iran

Iraq[]

  • Evangelical Church in Iraq

See also[]

  • List of Christian denominations#Reformed Churches
  • Presbyterianism
  • List of Reformed Baptist Churches
Individual church congregations
  • List of Congregational churches
  • List of Presbyterian churches
International organizations
  • International Conference of Reformed Churches
  • Reformed Ecumenical Council
  • World Alliance of Reformed Churches
  • World Reformed Fellowship
  • World Communion of Reformed Churches

Reformed Baptist Church- Grace Fellowship Church (Uganda)

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