Alliance of Reformed Churches
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Abbreviation | ARC (note that ARC can also refer to the Association of Related Churches) |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Reformed |
Theology | Reformed |
Governance | Strategic Board with policy governance |
Region | United States |
Origin | 2021 |
Separated from | Reformed Church in America |
Congregations | 130 |
Official website | arc21 |
The Alliance of Reformed Churches (ARC) is a Reformed Christian denomination formed in 2021 by a group of churches that broke away from the Reformed Church in America.[1][2]
History
In the 2010s, the Reformed Church in America (RCA) faced internal conflict to define its position on same-sex marriage and homosexuality.[3][4]
In 2021, after failing to find an agreement among the internal groups, the denomination approved a restructuring of its classes (presbyteries), to regroup the churches according to their positions on marriage and sexuality. This generated the dissatisfaction of the more conservative members, who saw with it the implicit permission for churches to celebrate same-sex marriage when they form classes that support this conduct.[5]
In response, about 55 churches left the RCA in 2021 and formed the Alliance of Reformed Churches.[1][2]
Doctrine
The ARC permits ordination of women and subscribes to the Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed and Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed.
It also subscribes to the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession, the Canons of Dort, the Belhar Confession and the Great Lakes Catechism on Marriage and Sexuality.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Reformed Church in America Splits as Conservatives Form New Denomination". Christianity Today. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "A New Organization: Alliance of Reformed Churches (ARC)". The Aquila Report. August 19, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "While CAR churches talk about division, they do it with grace". October 31, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Division of the Reformed Church in America over LGBT issues". November 11, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Reformed Church in America splits a conservative churches from new denomination". January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Doctrine of the Covenants of the Reformed Churches". Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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- Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
- Covenant Presbyterian Church
- Cumberland Presbyterian Church
- ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church in America
- Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly
- Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery
- Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church
- Vanguard Presbyterian Church
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- ^ This denomination is the result of a merger between Lutheran, German Reformed, Congregational and Restorationist churches and is such considered by some to no longer be a "Reformed denomination".
- ^ a b c d e This refers to the denomination's heritage and not necessarily to the language in which the services are conducted in.
- ^ This is a reformed synod within the United Church of Christ that is distinct in heritage, doctrine and practice from the rest of the denomination.
- ^ Those are denominations spawned by the Fundamentalist–modernist controversy of the 1920s.
- ^ Although Presbyterianism itself originated in Scotland, those denominations stand out as having a more proeminent scottish heritage and/or connection with scottish presbyterian denominations.
- ^ Those denominations allow member churches to be more diverse as regards the reformed tradition that they adhere to.
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