The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) is a Calvinist denomination founded in 1998 and made up of more than a hundred member congregations from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds.
Originally known as the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, the Church Council voted to adopt the current name in 2011. The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches has member congregations in the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus, Poland, and Brazil, and is organized into seven presbyteries, each named for figures in Christian history, including Anselm, Athanasius, Augustine, Hus, Knox, Tyndale, and Wycliffe.
The CREC holds to traditional Calvinism, as promulgated in the Westminster Standards, the Three Forms of Unity (Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, Canons of Dort), and the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. On other doctrines, in which Calvinists may differ, the CREC permits each member congregation to determine its own stance. Besides the doctrines listed above, CREC congregations may hold to the Westminster Confession of Faith, the American Westminster Confession of Faith, the London Baptist Confession, the Savoy Declaration, the Second Helvetic Confessions, the 39 Articles, and the Reformed Evangelical Confession.
The CREC practices covenant renewal worship, in which the order of worship is modeled on the structure of biblical covenants and sacrifices.
The CREC affirms the traditional Bible teachings that marriage is between one man and one woman, and that there are two sexes, male and female, and stands against attempts to confuse the clear teachings of Scripture in these matters.
The focal point of this guide is on the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. Online resources or websites representing the CREC, any of its ministries, or informational sites focused on the denomination, are appropriate for this guide. Ordinarily, websites representing local churches are listed in the Local & Global category that corresponds to the location of the church, but those with significant information about the CREC may be listed here, as well.
Recommended Resources
Center for Biblical Counseling
Affiliated with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, the Christian counseling program assists those who do not yet know God, Christians who are hurting through a variety of problems in their lives, and those who are generally doing well with the Lord but want to be able to better pass this relationship on to others. Its location and contacts are posted, along with its counseling and training programs, its standards of conduct and a confessional statement.
https://www.cbcmoscow.com/
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Consisting of about a hundred churches in North and South America, Europe, and Eastern Asia, CREC churches embrace the classic Calvinist doctrines and creeds, which may be found here, along with ordination guidelines, schedules of conferences and talks, devotionals, and meditations, as well as its missions and ministries, member churches and presbyteries, CREC statements on various issues, its constitution and bylaws, and council and presbytery minutes.
https://crechurches.org/
Connecting Pastors with CREC Churches
Those who want to register as a pastor seeking a church within the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches denomination, or those who wish to register as a CREC church seeking a pastor, may do so here. Pastors seeking registration will need to register with a name, email address, and password, while those registering a church will need to supply the same, as well as supplying the church name, the presbytery, and the location. Those already registered may log in.
https://pastorcv.com/
Joint Eastern European Project
JEEP was formed to assist, plant, and encourage congregations of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) in Eastern Europe, including Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine. Hosted by Covenant Bible Church in Palmer, Alaska, the ministry works through an executive committee overseen by the pastors of participating congregations. Planted churches are highlighted, along with their current ministries and challenges.
https://www.jeeproject.net/
Modeled on the curriculum of Harvard University in the 17th century, NSSC is a classical Christian college in Moscow, Idaho. Its board, faculty, and staff are theologically Calvinist, and board members are associated with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. Its undergraduate and graduate programs are defined, and a course catalog, policies and procedures, admissions policies, tuition and fees, scholarships, and transfer requirements are stated.
https://nsa.edu/
