Reformed Church Of France
| Reformed Church of France | |
|---|---|
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| General | |
| Current | Calvinism |
| Governance | Presbyterian Synodical system |
| Structure | A national council, a synod national and 8 regional synods |
| Territory | France except Alsace-Lorraine and Pays de Montbliard |
| President | Laurent Schlumberger |
| Affiliates | World Alliance of Reformed |
| Foundation | |
| Date | 1938 |
| Location | Lyon |
| Origin and Evolution | |
| Merge | Liberal Protestants and Orthodox streams of France |
| Figures | |
| Members | 350 000 |
| Ministers | 410 |
| Temples | 881 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Website | www.eglise-Reformed-fr.org |
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The Reformed Church of France (FRA), originally Calvinist , is the main church Protestant history in France. She is a member of the Protestant Federation of France , the World Alliance of Reformed Churches , the World Council of Churches , the Conference of Protestant Churches of the Latin countries of Europe , the CEVA - Community of Churches in Mission , the Conference of European Churches and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe.
It has about 350,000 members, distributed very unevenly across the metropolitan area, with the exception of Alsace-Lorraine and Montbeliard. It consists of about 400 local churches, grouped into 50 presbyteries and eight regions. In 2007, 30% of pastors of the Reformed Church are women History Emerged from the Reformation of the sixteenth century , the Reformed churches were organized in semi-hiding: first synod National 1559 , confession of faith called La Rochelle in 1571. Recognized and limited by the Edict of Nantes in 1598 , their last official synod was convened in 1659 , and they were officially suppressed by the Edict of Fontainebleau, revoking that of Nantes in 1685. Continuing a difficult life under persecution (period of the Desert, emigration to countries of refuge and forced conversions), then banned again tolerated in the late eighteenth century , they were organized in 1802 by Articles organic following the Concordat of Napoleon with the Catholic Church. Yet, they allowed them to do a local, not national organization, without respecting their traditional organization (synods, lay participation in the spiritual government of the Church, etc..). In the nineteenth century , the Awakening and other religious movements crossed the Protestant reformed French and European, which was accompanied by different divisions. During the Separation of Church and State in 1905 , there were four national unions from the former National Reformed Church: Reformed Evangelical Churches (Orthodox), the United Reformed Churches (liberal), the evangelical churches and free the Methodist Church. As a result of talks initiated by the early 30s, notably under the impetus of Pastor Mark Boegner , and probably an approximation lived at the chaplaincy in the army during the Great War, and the development of Barth theology in the four unions, the process of "restoration of unity reform" resulted in the creation of today's Reformed Church of France, between: She has since attempted to larger unit, in full communion with three other French churches that are members of the World Council of Churches and signatories of the " Leuenberg ": the Evangelical Lutheran Church of France (with which a union process has been ongoing since 2007) and two Protestant Churches of Alsace-Lorraine. It is with them a Protestant Lutheran-Reformed Communion. After 213 years without any synod national General Synod of the XXX 1872-1873 developed a new statement of faith, the principle itself has been denied by a significant minority. After two thirds of a century innovations rich theological and spiritual, the official expression of the Reformed faith has distanced himself from a strict Calvinism : Reformed Church present, apart from this legacy, it also benefits from current liberal , pietistic Neo- Lutherans , Methodists , of social Christianity , etc.. The possibility, the content and limits of theological pluralism that are posed by the Declaration of Faith of 1938, read at the opening of the synod, preaching the criterion of its pastors and faithful commitment. She did not, of course, the project of unifying the beliefs of its members doctrinal. The "Declaration of Faith" (which is not a confession of faith ) was written by Rev. Paul Vergara. "There is no question of giving too much authority to the Statement of Faith ... knowing that the Gospel message overflows and exceeds all forms, in different situations that faith will say otherwise .... " It is directed by the Synod Presbyterian system , by a synod annual national, consisting mainly of representatives from eight regions (equal pastors - lay), the current president of the National Council (elected by the Synod for three years) is Pastor Lawrence Schlumberger. It trains its pastors (men and women) and other ministers in the Protestant Institute of Theology, consisting of the Protestant theological faculties of Paris and Montpellier. It runs a service-learning for the laity: Thovie. She, in common with other Churches, a Protestant service mission (DEFAP), which maintains the bond of solidarity and shared mission with other churches, especially African and Oceanic, mostly from the former League of Evangelical Missions of Paris. Its members are engaged with those of other Protestant churches in many movements, associations and works, as it members of the Protestant Federation of France. The Huguenot cross was never an official symbol of the Reformed Church, but a sign of popular recognition. The Huguenot (s) still proudly wore and wear this jewel, sometimes unrelated to spiritual conviction. The official logo of the former Reformed Churches (the RPR or RPR) was the "burning bush" where God spoke to Moses (The Bible, "Exodus, chapter 3, verse 2). The new logo of the ERF, adopted in 2000, represented the beginning of this article, otherwise this stylish bush (by adding more stylish a Huguenot cross ). The Union of 1938
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