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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 13: World Alliance of Reformed Churches --- 1981-2006
- Box 42: World Alliance of Reformed Churches --- 1981-2006
- Folder 7: Interim Communication Response to Withdrawal of Member Churches from R.E.C. --- 1988
- Folder 8: Committee Memberships --- 1981-1983
- Folder 9: "Big 3" Meeting RE: Direction of R.E.C. --- July 2006
- Folder 10: REC and WARC Officers Joint Meeting RE: Merger --- October 2008
- Folder 11: Constitution WCRC World Communion of Churches --- 2010
- Folder 12: Constitutional Revision (Suspension Clause) --- 1994
- Folder 13: Vision and Identity Discussion --- 1992
- Folder 14: Revision of "Vision, Purpose, and Values Statement" --- 1999
- Folder 15: Anniversary Committee --- 1995
- Folder 16: Workbook - 50th Anniversary --- 1996
- Folder 17: 50th Anniversary Banquet and Assembly --- 1996
- Box 43
- Folder 1: Nigerian Crisis --- 1996
- Folder 2: Nigeria - Takum Conflict --- starting 1997
- Folder 3: Nigeria - Jos Conflict --- 2001
- Folder 4: Nigeria - Tiv/Jukun Conflict --- 2001
- Folder 5-7: Nigerian Reconciliation Conferences --- 2000, 2002
- Folder 8: Nigerian Reconciliation Conflict Resolution --- 2003
- Folder 10: Nigerian Reconciliation Project --- 2001-2008
- Folder 11: REC - WARC Consultation with Nigerian Churches --- 2006
- Folder 9: Nigerian Reconciliation --- 2003-2005
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]
