Reformed churches

The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organisationally independent. Each nation in which the Reformed movement was originally established had its own church government. Several of these local churches have expanded to worldwide denominations and most have experienced splits into multiple denominations. Commitment to teaching the original Calvinism usually continues to be reflected in their official definitions of doctrine, but in some cases is no longer necessarily typical of these churches. A 1999 survey found 746 Reformed denominations worldwide.

Reformed churches in the United States of America and Canada (and Old World counterparts)

• Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (Scotch-Irish Presbyterians)
• Canadian and American Reformed Churches (Dutch Reformed - Liberated)
• Christian Presbyterian Church
• Christian Reformed Church in North America (Dutch Reformed - GKN)

:The CRC is a conservative/evangelical denomination founded by Dutch immigrants in the nineteenth century in West Michigan.

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• Free Reformed Churches in North America - (Dutch Reformed - CGKN)
• Heritage Netherlands Reformed Church
• Netherlands Reformed Church - (Dutch Reformed - CGKN)
• Orthodox Christian Reformed Church (Dutch Reformed - GKN)
• Presbyterian Church in America
• 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.

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• Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Presbyterian Reformed Church
• Protestant Reformed Church (Dutch Reformed - GKN)

: One of the most conservative Reformed/Calvinist denominations in the world, the PRC separated from the CRC in the 1920s in a schism over the issue of common grace.

Related Topics:
1920s - Schism - Common grace

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• Reformed Church in the United States (German Reformed)
• Reformed Church in America (Dutch Reformed - NHK)

:The RCA is an evangelical denomination formed by Dutch immigrants during colonial times.

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• Reformed Congregations of North America
• Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Scottish Covenanters)
• United Reformed Churches in North America (Dutch Reformed - GKN)
• United Church of Canada (1925 Union of Presbyterians, Methodists, Congregationalists, and Union Churches, and joined by United Evangelical Brethren in 1968)
• United Church of Christ (Congregationalist and German Evangelical Reformed) a congregational union of various union churches

Most Presbyterian churches adhere to the Westminster Confession of Faith, but the Presbyterian Church (USA), in order to embrace the historical expressions of the whole Reformed tradition as found in the United States, has adopted a Book of Confessions. The BOC contains the Nicene Creed, Apostles Creed, Scots Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, Second Helvetic Confession, Westminster Confession of Faith, Westminster Shorter Catechism, Westminster Larger Catechism, Theological Declaration of Barmen, Confession of 1967, and A Brief Statement of Faith - PCUSA.

Related Topics:
Book of Confessions - Nicene Creed - Apostles Creed - Scots Confession - Heidelberg Catechism - Second Helvetic Confession - Westminster Confession of Faith - Westminster Shorter Catechism - Westminster Larger Catechism - Theological Declaration of Barmen - Confession of 1967 - A Brief Statement of Faith - PCUSA

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The Presbyterian Church (USA) has split a number of times in its history. 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.

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• 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)
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1980 from Northern UPC and Southern PCUS)