The Malagasy Protestant Church in France (french: Église protestante malagache en France; mg, Fiangonana Protestanta Malagasy aty Andafy) (FPMA) was founded in 1959 by
Malagasy students in
France
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with the agreement of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Madagascar. Its members belonged to the
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
The Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar ( mg, Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara; FJKM) is the second-largest Christian denomination in Madagascar. The current officers include the Rev. Ammi Irako Andriamahazosoa, President; the Rev. Jea ...
and the Lutheran Church in Madagascar living in France. It has 39 parishes
with 8,000 members and of whom 6,000 are baptised members and 4,000 admitted to
Lord supper. The
Heidelberg Catechism,
Apostles Creed,
Athanasian Creed and
Nicene Creed are the officially recognised confessions.
Since 1999, it is a full member of the
World Communion of Reformed Churches
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the largest association of Calvinist churches in the world. It has 230 member denominations in 108 countries, together claiming an estimated 80 million people, thus being the fourth-largest Chris ...
.
www.wcrc.ch/node/164
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External links
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FPMA Paris
Reformed denominations in France
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