Reformed Christian Fellowship of India
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationContinental Reformed
TheologyCalvinist
PolityPresbyterian
AssociationsWorld Reformed Fellowship[1] and Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India[2]
RegionMadhya Pradesh, Gujarati, Rajasthan and Maharashtra
Origin2006
Branched fromChristian Reformed Churches of Australia
Official websitewww.gospel.net.au

The Christian Reformed Fellowship of India - CRFI - is a Continental Reformed denomination, established in India, in 2006, by missionary from Christian Reformed Churches of Australia.[2][3][4]

History

In 2006, the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia started church planting in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarati, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. These churches organized themselves into a denomination called the Christian Reformed Fellowship of India.[2][3][4]

The denomination began to send its candidates for pastoral ministry to the Dehradun Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which is why it started to have contact with other Reformed denominations in the country.[3][5] Consequently, the denomination joined the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India.[2]


From the growth of the denomination, in 2019, it was formed by 300 communities (churches and congregations), served by 80 evangelists.[2]

Interchurch Relations

The denomination is a member of World Reformed Fellowship[1] and Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India[2] and receives assistance from Protestant Church in the Netherlands .[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Reformed Fellowship: Member Denominations". March 10, 2020. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India" (PDF). The Presbyterian Banner. November 1, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Christian Reformed Fellowship of India Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "History of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India". Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  5. ↑ "History of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of India". Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Protestant Church of Holland helps Christian Reformed Fellowship of India". Retrieved December 20, 2021.
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