The Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India is a national ecumenical organization, bringing together Presbyterian and Continental Reformed churches in India.[1]
It was formed in 2001[2] and in 2019 it was formed by 14 member denominations.[3][4][5]
History
In 1969, the Reformed Presbyterian Church of India established the Dehradun Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which, unlike other Presbyterian theological institutions in India, rejected Theological liberalism and subscribed to the Westminster Confession of Faith.[2]
In the following decades, various Presbyterian and Continental Reformed denominations began to send their pastors for seminary training.
This training of pastors of various denominations in the same seminary led to a rapprochement between them and the formation of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India in 2001.[1][2]
Members
In 2019, Fellowship members were:[3]
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of India
- Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India
- Presbyterian Church in India (Reformed)
- Presbyterian Reformed Church in India
- Presbyterian Free Church of Central India
- Free Presbyterian Church, Kalimpong
- Presbyterian Church of South India
- South India Reformed Churches
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim
- Evangelical Reformed Church of India
- Christian Reformed Fellowship of India
- Reformed Covenant Assembly (India) (mission of United Reformed Churches in North America)
- Reformed Churches in South Africa
- Protestant Reformed Church (India) (mission of Protestant Reformed Churches in America).