Reformed Presbyterian Church of India

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of India is a historic confessional Presbyterian denomination in India, established in the 19th century by Scottish and Irish missionaries.

Origin

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of India was a joint effort of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Scotland in 1823, and established 12 congregations in India by a team of three ministers, namely Alexander Crawford, James Glasgow and D. Mitchell. The present situation is that the church has two active and a forming presbyteries. In the 1930 and 1940s the Bible Presbyterian Church helped to establish churches. The office located in New Delhi. The church subscribe the Westminster Confession of Faith, Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechism. The Reformed Presbyterian Church in India is a member of the World Reformed Fellowship,^[1] International Conference of Reformed Churches^[2] and the Evangelical Fellowship in India.^[3]

More recently the denominations goal to establish several congregation in New Delhi.^[4]

Structure

The Reformed Presbyterian Church in India has two presbyteries namely :

Nav Jeevan Presbytery - also known as NJP
Reformed Bible Presbytery - also known as RBP
- congregations in Petal Nager, Nagloi, Salimar Garden, Dwarka, Vashundra-Vaishali, Kalyanpuri, Jahangirpuri, Saket-Lajpat Nagar, Kashangarh-Vasantkunj, Lodhi Road^[5]^[6]

There's a presbytery in formation under the care of Nav Jeevan Presbytery getting organised

Evangelical Reformed Church.^[7]

Theological education

Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Reformed Theology Institute

References

External links

Members of the World Reformed Fellowship

Africa	Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church Christian Reformed Church in South Africa Egliese Protestante Reformee du Burundi Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ivory Coast Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi Evangelical Reformed Church in the Eastern Republic of Congo Reformed Churches in South Africa God's Healing Ministry (Lagos, Nigeria) Igreja Presbiteriana de Angola Mission Voile Déchiré (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) Mount Zion Presbyterian Church in Sierra Leone Presbyterian Church in the Eastern Republic of Congo Presbyterian Church in Uganda Presbyterian Church in Sierra Leone Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Uganda) Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Rwanda) Reformed Presbyterian Church of Uganda Sudanese Reformed Presbyterian Churches

Asia	Aashish Presbyterian Church (Zone Koshi, East Nepal) Biblical Reformed Churches in Myanmar Christian Reformed Church in Nepal Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Myanmar Presbyterian Church of the Philippines Grace Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh India Reformed Presbyterian Church Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church Peace Church Bangladesh Presbyterian Church of India Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh Presbyterian Church of South India Presbyterian Free Church of Central India The Protestant Church of Ambrohimazala-Firasiana Reformed Church of India Reformed Church of Nepal Reformed Community Churches in Myanmar Reformed Evangelical Church of Myanmar Reformed Presbyterian Church of India Reformed Presbyterian Church in Myanmar Smyrna House of Prayer Church in Bangladesh United Reformed Church in Myanmar United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan

Europe	Associated Presbyterian Churches Free Church of Scotland Evangelical Reformed Baptist Churches in Italy Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Serbia

North America	Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Christian Reformed Church in North America L'Église réformée du Québec Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States) Evangelical Reformed Church in America International Pacemaking Church of Christ, Raleigh, NC Reformed Baptist Churches in North America Presbyterian Church in America United Christian Church and Bible Institute, USA

Latin America	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru National Presbyterian Church in Mexico Presbyterian Church in Bolivia Presbyterian Church of Brazil Reformed Bible Churches of Trinidad and Tobago Reformed Church of Latin America United Church of Christ in Colombia

Oceania	Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Presbyterian Church of Australia

Churches in India

St. Thomas
Christian

Church of the East	Chaldean Syrian Church (Assyrian Church of the East in India)

Eastern Catholic	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Oriental Orthodox	Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (Syriac Orthodox Church in India) Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Indian Orthodox Church)

Reformed Oriental Orthodox	Malabar Independent Syrian Church Mar Thoma Syrian Church

Protestant	St. Thomas Evangelical Church

United and
uniting churches

Baptist

Latin

Catholic Church (excluding Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara)
Brahmavar Orthodox Church (jurisdiction of Indian Orthodox Church)

Lutheran

Pentecostal

Presbyterian
/Reformed

Presbyterian Church of India
Reformed Presbyterian Church of India
Reformed Presbyterian Church in North East India
Presbyterian Church in India (Reformed)
Presbyterian Free Church of Central India
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim
Congregational Church in India
United Church of Northern India - Presbyterian Synod
South India Reformed Churches
Free Presbyterian Church, Kalimpong
Evangelical Church of Maraland
Covenant Reformed Assemblies

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