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 12: Members --- 1962-2007

Box 36

Folder 12-14: Letters to Stated Clerks of Member Churches --- 1980-2007
Folder 15: RES Youth Coordinator - James Lont
Folder 16: Social Justice Work Group
Folder 17: Letter to South African Churches
Folder 18: Financial Reports --- 1991-1993

Box 37

Folder 1: Jogja Karta, Indonesia Conference --- 1978
Folder 2: Applications for Assistance --- 1987-1996
Folder 3: Review and Renew Consultation - Zambia and Swaziland --- 2004
Folder 4: Indonesian Persecution --- 1998-2001
Folder 5: Indonesia Crisis - Maluku --- 1999-2002
Folder 6: Indonesia Crisis - Poso --- 2001
Folder 7: Net Act - Network for African Congregational Theology --- 2001-2005

Box 38

Folder 1: Reformed Church of Argentina (IRA) - withdrew 1996
Folder 2: Presbyterian Church of Australia
Folder 3: Reformed Churches of Australia - through 1989
Folder 4: Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia - terminated RES July --- 1981
Folder 5: Reformed Church in Brazil (IER) - terminated RES --- June 18, 1986
Folder 6: Council Reformed Churches in Central America --- 1967-1975
Folder 7: Reformed Church in Congo (Englise Reformee au Congo)
Folder 8: Christian Reformed Church in Congo (Eglise Chretienne Reformee)
Folder 9: Cuba Christian Reformed Church
Folder 10: Evangelical Church in Egypt - Synod of the Nile
Folder 11: Evangelcial Reformed Church of France (EREI)
Folder 12: National Union of Independent Reformed Churches of France

Box 39

Folder 1: Hungarian Reformed Church in Romania
Folder 2: Hungarian Reformed Church
Folder 3: Christian Reformed Church of Honduras
Folder 4: Indonesia-Japanese Christian Churches
Folder 5: Ireland Reformed Presbyterian Church - terminated 1980
Folder 6: Irish Evangelical Church (old) - Evangelical Presbyterian Church (new) of Northern Ireland - terminated 1980
Folder 7: Kenya Christian Reformed Church
Folder 8: Korea Presbyterian Church (Hap dong)
Folder 9: Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico (IPIM)
Folder 10: Reformed Churches of Myanmar
Folder 11: Evangelical Christian Missionary Church of Myanmar

Box 40

Folder 1: Christian Reformed Churches in the Netherland (CGKN)
Folder 2: Reformed Churches in Netherlands (GKN) --- 1980-1983
Folder 3: Reformed Church in the Netherlands (GKN) - liberated
Folder 4: Reformed Church in the Netherlands (GKN) --- 1962-1979
Folder 5: Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (GKN) --- 1984-1989
Folder 6: Reformed Churches of New Zealand
Folder 7: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC) - No. America

Box 41

Folder 1: Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Folder 2: Seminario Evangelico Reformado, Puerto Rico
Folder 3: Iglesia Christiana Reformada, Puerto Rico
Folder 4: Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Folder 5: Free Church of Scotland
Folder 6: Soutpansberg Reformed Church, South Africa
Folder 7: Dutch Reformed Mission Church in South Africa (NGSK)
Folder 8: Midlands Reformed Church of South Africa
Folder 9: Uniting Reformed Church (URC), Southern Africa
Folder 10: Evangelical Reformed Church in Africa (DRC), Namibia
Folder 11: Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) of South Africa

Box 42

Folder 1: Reformed Church in South Africa (GKSA)
Folder 2: Reformed Church in Zimbabwe
Folder 3: Church of England in South Africa
Folder 4: Reformed Church of Japan Team Visit --- 2007
Folder 5: Plateau Bible College, East Africa
Folder 6: Statement RE: Churches who have withdrawn from R.E.C. --- 1988