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International Conference of Reformed Churches

International Conference of Reformed Churches

Federation for reformed churches

The International Conference of Reformed Churches (ICRC) is a federation of Reformed or Calvinist churches around the world. The ICRC convenes international meetings every four years.

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The ICRC was founded in 1981 at Groningen in the Netherlands.[1]

The theology of the ICRC is more conservative than the larger World Communion of Reformed Churches and is similar to that of the World Reformed Fellowship. The participating churches endorse the four Reformed confessions: the Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, Canons of Dort, and Westminster Confession of Faith.

In 2023, the moderator of the ICRC is Reverend Dr Dick Moes.[2]

List of members

Countries with member denominations of the International Conference of Reformed Churches.

List of ICRC Members in 2023[3][4]

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Candidates

In 2020, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru expressed interest in joining the ICRC, requesting support from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to do so.[18]

In 2023, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America approved Opening 2, which determined that the denomination also applies for membership in the ICRC.[19]

Former members

The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) and Free Reformed Churches of Australia were founding denominations of the ICRC. However, none of them are currently part of the CIIR.[20][21][3]

In 2017, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) began to allow women's ordination, which is completely rejected by the other members of the organization. Consequently, the ICRC suspended the denomination's membership rights, and urged it to reverse its decision.[22]

However, the Liberated Reformed Churches did not respond to the ICRC's request and continued to ordain women. Consequently, in 2022, the ICRC approved the definitive expulsion of the organization's denomination.[23]

References

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    Reformed Fellowship website
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    "Governance". www.icrconline.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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    "Member Churches". www.icrconline.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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    "International Conference of Reformed Churches 2021". Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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    "Free Church in Southern Africa". Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
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    "Minute of the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church" (PDF). June 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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    "Statistics of Reformed Churches in Brazil in 2020". Retrieved July 30, 2021.
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    "From a broadcast to a denomination 14,600 members". September 13, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
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    "Minutes of the Synod of the United Reformed Churches in North America". October 7, 2022. p. 43. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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    "CRB: Evangelical Presbyterian Church Africa". Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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    Herman Veenhoff (April 3, 2023). "Two times more member loss than in 2021: Christian Reformed Churches fall below 70,000 members". Retrieved July 5, 2023.
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    "The Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (GKN) have been admitted as a member of the International Conference of Reformed Churches". October 18, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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    "Synods of the Reformed Churches in Netherlands and Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Restored) negotiate merger". May 25, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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    "Statistics of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Kosin) in 2023". Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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    "3rd Report General Synod of the Reformed Churches in Sudan" (PDF). May 8, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
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    "Minutes of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Churches in North America". pp. 257–261. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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    "2020 Orthodox Presbyterian Church General Assembly Report" (PDF). December 31, 2019. p. 284. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
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    "Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America 2023" (PDF). June 2023. p. 967. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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    "Minute of the 86th General Assembly of the Church Orthodox Presbyterian, Pages 308-309" (PDF). Retrieved July 31, 2020.
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    "International Conference of Reformed Churches". Retrieved July 31, 2020.
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    "International Conference of Reformed Churches suspends Liberated Reformed Churches from membership because the denomination admitted female ordination". Retrieved July 31, 2020.
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    "International Conference of Reformed Churches: Membership of Liberated Reformed Churches closed". Retrieved December 20, 2022.
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