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 3: Interim Committee --- 1963-2000

Box 4

Folder 1: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1963
Folder 2: Interim Committee Minutes and Correspondence --- 1965
Folder 3: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1966
Folder 4: Interim Committee Reports to Member Churches --- 1966-1974
Folder 5: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1968
Folder 6: Interim Committee Minutes and Material --- 1970
Folder 7: Interim Committee Minutes and Material --- 1971
Folder 8-15: Interim Committee --- 1972-1979
Folder 16: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1979-1980
Folder 17: Interim Committee Material --- 1980
Folder 18: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1981-1983
Folder 19: Interim Committee Material --- 1981
Folder 20: Interim Committee Material --- 1982

Box 5

Folder 1: Interim Committee Material --- 1983
Folder 2: Interim Committee Material --- 1984
Folder 3: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1984
Folder 4: Interim Committee Material --- 1985
Folder 5: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1985
Folder 6: Interim Committee Material --- 1986
Folder 7: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1986
Folder 8: Interim Committee Minutes --- 1987-1990
Folder 9: Interim Committee Material --- 1987

Box 6

Folder 1-4: Interim Committee Material --- 1988-1991
Folder 5-8: Interim Committee --- 1992-1995

Box 7

Folder 1-3: Interim Committee --- 1996-2000
Folder 4-5: Interim Committee Agenda --- 1990-1991
Folder 6-8: Interim Committee Agenda --- 1993-1995
Folder 9: Interim Committee Agenda --- 1997
Folder 10: Interim Committee Agenda --- 1999
Folder 11-12: Interim Committee Consultations with Reformed Church of Netherlands --- 1978