The Christian Reformed Church in Eastern Africa started in 1992, when several pastors left the
Reformed Church of East Africa The Reformed Church of East Africa was founded in 1944 when the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa started mission work in Eldoret Kenya. This work was overtaken by the missionaries came from the Netherlands Reformed Church. The church accepted t ...
who wanted to focus on fields beyond
Kenya.
There are congregations in
Uganda,
Tanzania, and
Kenya. It is registered in
Uganda and Kenya. There is woman ordination. The church was a member of the Reformed Ecumenical Council,
and later the
World Communion of Reformed Churches.
From 2007 there were congregations in
Democratic Republic of Congo. It is present in
South Kivu Province
South Kivu (''Jimbo la Kivu Kusini'' in Swahili), (french: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its capital is Bukavu.
History
South Kivu Province was created from Sud-Kivu District in 1989, when the exi ...
, in
Bukavu and
Minembwe-Kabingo. The church has three districts. Kabingo district has six congregations, Kaligi district has four and the
Kinyoni has three congregations.
It has a relationship with the
Christian Reformed Church in North America
The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA or CRC) is a Protestant Calvinist Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed Church of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founde ...
.
The denomination subscribes to the
Apostles Creed
The Apostles' Creed (Latin: ''Symbolum Apostolorum'' or ''Symbolum Apostolicum''), sometimes titled the Apostolic Creed or the Symbol of the Apostles, is a Christian creed or "symbol of faith".
The creed most likely originated in 5th-century ...
, the
Athanasian Creed
The Athanasian Creed, also called the Pseudo-Athanasian Creed and sometimes known as ''Quicunque Vult'' (or ''Quicumque Vult''), which is both its Latin name and its opening words, meaning "Whosoever wishes", is a Christian statement of belief ...
and the
Nicene Creed
The original Nicene Creed (; grc-gre, Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας; la, Symbolum Nicaenum) was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople. The amended form is a ...
as well as the
Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
confessions.
References
External links
Christian Reformed Church in Eastern Africa in Congo
East Africa
Reformed denominations in Africa
Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
1992 establishments in Uganda
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