Reformed Ecumenical Council Collection, 1944-2011 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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],
[All]

Series 5: Reports --- 1947-2007

Box 8

Folder 13: Financial Reports --- 1972-1975

Folder 14: Financial Reports --- 1981-1983

Folder 15: Financial Reports --- 1999-2007

Folder 16: List of Member Churches --- 1971

Folder 17: List of Member Churches --- 1972

Folder 18: List of Reformed Ecumenical Synod Member Churches --- 1986

Folder 19: Articles of Association --- 1978

Folder 20: R.E.S. Constitution --- 1972

Folder 21: Directory of RES Diaconal Agencies --- 1986

Folder 22

Item 1: Memories --- 1946-1996
Item 2: Prayer Service --- 1996
Item 3: Mission Conference --- 1996

Folder 23: RES Self Profile --- 1989

Folder 24: RES Constitution --- 1992

Box 9

Folder 1-10: General Secretaries Reports to Interim Committee --- 1963-1985

Box 10

Folder 1-6: General Secretaries Reports to Interim Committee --- 1985-1991