Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches

The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches,[1] was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed (Calvinistic) theology.[2] Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds. The CREC has over a hundred member churches in the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus, Poland and Brazil.[3] These are organised into seven presbyteries, named after figures in church history: Anselm, Athanasius, Augustine, Hus, Knox, Tyndale, and Wycliffe.

Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationReformed
TheologyEvangelical
PolityPresbyterian
Presiding MinisterVirgil Hurt
RegionNorth America
United States
Canada
Europe
Russia
Central Europe
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Asia
Southern Asia
Japan
Origin1998 (1998)
Congregations100+ (2020)
Official websitecrechurches.org

Doctrine

The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches holds to classic Calvinism (as promulgated in the Westminster Standards, Three Forms of Unity, and 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith), but on some doctrines in which Calvinists differ, (e.g., the Federal Vision, paedocommunion and paedobaptism) the CREC allows each church to decide its own stance. The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches allows member churches to hold to any of the following historic Confessions:

Worship

Churches in CREC generally practise covenant renewal worship.[5]

Notable members

References
  1. Wilson, Douglas. "The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches". Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. History, Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches.
  3. Churches, Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches (see linked presbytery pages
  4. The Reformed Evangelical Confession
  5. What to expect in our CREC church (PDF). Canon Press. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2020.


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