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Collection Overview
Title: Reformed Ecumenical Council Collection, 1944-2011
ID: COLL/434
Extent: 43.0 Boxes
Abstract
Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC), formerly Reformed Ecumenical Synod (RES), was a world-wide organization in confessional ecumenism (united testimony to the Reformed faith). REC and World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) disbanded in 2006 and together created a new organization named World Reformed Communion, later modified into World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), 2010. The collection includes articles of association, reports, letters, conference materials, directories, committee materials, correspondence, resolutions, surveys, clippings, handbooks, papers, acts and agendas. RES and REC periodicals are in the main library.
Collection Historical Note
The Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC), initially the Reformed Ecumenical Synod (RES), was formed on August 14, 1946 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Reformed Ecumenical Council was an international organization of Calvinist churches. About two-thirds of the members of REC were also members of World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC). In 2006 President of REC,
Douwe Visser, and president of WARC,
Clifton Kirkpatrick, announced the formation of the new organization. The new consolidated organization was called World Communion of Reformed Churches.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Board of Trustees minutes, 1978-2003],
[Series 2: Acts, 1946-2005],
[
Series 3: Interim Committee, 1963-2000],
[
Series 4: Handbooks, 1963-2001],
[
Series 5: Reports, 1947-2007],
[
Series 6: Correspondence, 1946-2008],
[
Series 7: Committees, Commissions, Conferences, 1966-2004],
[
Series 8: Reports, 1944-2005],
[
Series 9: Conferences, Meetings, 1967-2008],
[
Series 10: Resources material, 1968-2011],
[
Series 11: Visits, 1997-2004],
[
Series 12: Members, 1962-2007],
[
Series 13: World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 1981-2006],
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All]
- Series 2: Acts --- 1946-2005
- Box 1
- Folder 2: First Reformed Ecumenical Synod --- 1946
- Folder 3: Reformed Ecumenical Synod of Amsterdam --- 1949
- Folder 4: Reformed Ecumenical Synod of Edinburgh --- 1953
- [2 copies - English, Dutch]
- Folder 5: Fourth Reformed Ecumenical Synod of Potchefstroom, South Africa --- 1958
- Folder 6: Acts and Agenda of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod --- 1963
- Folder 7: Acts and Reports of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod Amsterdam --- 1968
- Folder 8: Reformed Ecumenical Synod Australia --- 1972
- Folder 9: Ecumenical Synod Cape Town --- 1976
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Ecumenical Synod Nimes --- 1980
- Folder 2: Digest of Acts of Synod - Nimes, France --- 1980
- Folder 3: Agenda - Chicago, Illinois, USA --- 1984
- Folder 4: Acts of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod Chicago --- 1984
- Folder 5: Acts and Agenda - Harare, Zimbabwe --- 1988
- Folder 6: Agenda for the Assembly - Athens --- 1992
- Folder 7: Acts of the Council - Athens --- 1992
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Assembly materials --- 1996
- Folder 2: Agenda for the Assembly - Grand Rapids --- 1996
- Folder 3: Acts of the Council - Grand Rapids --- 1996
- Folder 4: Agenda - Indonesia --- 2000
- Folder 5: Acts of the Council - Indonesia --- 2000
- Folder 6: Assembly - Indonesia --- 2000
- Folder 7: Assembly - Utrecht --- 2005
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Board of Trustees minutes, 1978-2003],
[Series 2: Acts, 1946-2005],
[
Series 3: Interim Committee, 1963-2000],
[
Series 4: Handbooks, 1963-2001],
[
Series 5: Reports, 1947-2007],
[
Series 6: Correspondence, 1946-2008],
[
Series 7: Committees, Commissions, Conferences, 1966-2004],
[
Series 8: Reports, 1944-2005],
[
Series 9: Conferences, Meetings, 1967-2008],
[
Series 10: Resources material, 1968-2011],
[
Series 11: Visits, 1997-2004],
[
Series 12: Members, 1962-2007],
[
Series 13: World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 1981-2006],
[
All]
