The Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India is a national ecumenical organization, bringing together Presbyterian and Continental Reformed churches in India.
It was formed in 2001 and in 2019 it was formed by 14 member denominations.
History
In 1969, the Reformed Presbyterian Church of India established the Dehradun Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which, unlike other Presbyterian theological institutions in India, rejected Theological liberalism and subscribed to the Westminster Confession of Faith.
In the following decades, various Presbyterian and Continental Reformed denominations began to send their pastors for seminary training.
This training of pastors of various denominations in the same seminary led to a rapprochement between them and the formation of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India in 2001.
Members
In 2019, Fellowship members were: denominational subfamily Denomination Communion Number of congregations Number of members Year Presbyterians Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim - 120 61,000 2018 Presbyterians Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India WCRC and WFR and ICRC 105 11,376 2021 Presbyterians Presbyterian Church in India (Reformed) WRF 50 10,000 2015 Presbyterians Reformed Presbyterian Church of India WRF and ICRC 10 3,000 2004 Presbyterians Presbyterian Church in South India - 70 - 2020 Presbyterians Free Presbyterian Church, Kalimpong - 47 - 2018 Presbyterians Presbyterian Free Church of Central India ICRC 18 756 2021 Presbyterians Presbyterian Reformed Church in India WRF 10 - 2022 Continental reformed Christian Reformed Fellowship of India WRF 300 - 2019 Continental reformed Evangelical Reformed Church of India WRF and CIIR 84 - 2022 Continental reformed South India Reformed Churches - 3 - Continental reformed Protestant Reformed Church (India) - - - - Continental reformed Reformed Covenant Assembly (India) - - - - Continental reformed Reformed Churches in South Africa - - - - Total 817 86,132 2004-2024
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