The Free Reformed Churches of Australia (FRCA) is a small denomination of just over fifteen congregations in Western Australia.
Although the denomination's roots are in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (Liberated), the FRCA suspended its relations with that denomination in 2015 and terminated them in 2018. However, the FRCA has particularly close ties with the Canadian and American Reformed Churches, and several FRCA ministers were trained at the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary.
Founded in 1951, the denomination's doctrinal roots are in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and the Bible. Its first congregation was in Armadale, Western Australia. The Free Reformed Churches of Australia subscribes to the Three Forms of Unity (Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, Canons of Dort), and its churches recognize the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed as being accurate summaries of the Scripture.
The focal point of this category is the denomination known as the Free Reformed Churches of Australia. While online resources representing local churches within the denomination would ordinarily be listed in the Local & Global category corresponding to the geographical location of the church, websites with significant content relating to the denomination as a whole may, at the discretion of the editors, be placed in both categories.
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Formed in 1999 as a response to an appeal for help from Free Reformed Indonesian Churches, the organization is a mission of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, placing school-aged children in Christian families or boarding homes where they can receive Biblical instruction and health assistance. Its boarding homes, schools, and other projects are featured, including testimonials, sponsorship opportunities, general information, and contacts are posted.
http://www.colaustralia.com/
Free Reformed Church of Armadale
Situated on Fifth Road, Armadale, Western Australia, Directions, a map, and contacts are published to the site, along with a calendar of programs and events, announcements, and a profile of the church. Other resources include a sermon archive, which may be found chronologically, by sermon tags, or by author, and are available in video or in audio. Reports from the congregation’s mission board are included, particularly its mission in Lae, Papua, New Guinea.
http://www.frcarmadale.com/
Free Reformed Churches of Australia
The official denominational website includes a directory of member churches in the federation of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, including service times, directions, contacts, and web listings, when available. Other resources include FRCA doctrinal standards, synod information, including archives from previous years, a downloadable copy of standing decisions of the synods and other ecclesiastical documents, and a list of sister churches.
https://frca.org.au/
Free Reformed School Association
Headquartered in Armadale, Western Australia, the Association is charged with assisting the parents within the Free Reformed Churches of Australia in providing a Reformed education for their children, largely through the establishment of schools committed to providing an educational curriculum that conforms to God’s Word as summarized in the Confessions. Its foundation, object, mission, vision, and governance are discussed, and its schools are listed.
https://www.frsa.asn.au/
Maintained by the Association for the Advancement of Reformed Books and Literature, which was established to provide and promote Reformed Literature for members of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia and other interested people. Its main store is in Armadale, and a smaller store is in Baldivis, WA. Offering Bibles, commentaries, books for Christian counseling and ministry, children’s books, Christian fiction, and other books, CDs, and DVDs, an online shopping area is included.
https://proecclesia.com.au/
