Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

Synod of the Reformed Church in America. The
RCA in Canada has 40 churches which includes
three classes (lower assemblies). The Reformed
churches in Canada are member congregations of
the Reformed Church in America and the
Regional Synod of Canada (one of eight RCA
regional synods established by its General Synod)
and three classes, Ontario, Canadian Prairies and
British Columbia.
The first ordained minister, Domine Jonas
Micahelius, arrive in New Amsterdam from The
Netherlands in 1628. Throughout the colonial
period, the Reformed Church lived under the
authority of the Classis of Amsterdam. Its churches
were clustered in New York and New Jersey.
Under the leadership of Rev. John Livingston, it
became a denomination independent of the
authority of the Classis of Amsterdam in 1776. Its
geographical base was broadened in the 19th century
by the immigration of Reformed Dutch and
German settlers in the midwestern United States.
The Reformed Church now spans the United
States and Canada. The Reformed Church in
America accepts as its standards of faith the
Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession and
Canons of Dort. It has a rich heritage of world
mission activity. It claims to be loyal to Reformed
tradition which emphasizes obedience to God in
all aspects of life.
Although the Reformed Church in America has
worked in close cooperation with other churches,
it has never entered into merger with any other
denomination. It is a member of the World
Alliance of Reformed Churches, the World
Council of Churches and the National Council of
the Churches of Christ in the United States of
America. In 1998 it also entered into a relationship
of full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),
and the United Church of Christ by way of the
Formula of Agreement.
Headquarters
475 Riverside Dr., 18th Floor, New York, NY
10115 Tel. (212)870-3243 Fax (212)870-2499
Media Contact, Communications Officer, Paul
Boice, 4500 60th St., SE, Grand Rapids, MI
49512 Tel. (616)698-7071 Fax (616)698-6606
Website: www.rca.org
OFFICERS AND STAFF OF GENERAL
SYNOD
Regional Synod of Canada, Synod Executive,
Mr. Fred Algera, 1985 Beke Rd. RR#4,
Cambridge, ON N1R 5S5
President, The Rev. Bradley Lewis, 475 Riverside
Dr., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10115
General Synod Council; Moderator, The Rev.
Steven Vander Molen, 475 Riverside Dr., 18th
Floor, New York, NY 10115
General Secretary, The Rev. Wesley Granberg-
Michaelson, 475 Riverside Dr., 18th Floor,
New York, NY 10115; 4500 60th St. S.E.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Operations and Support, Director & Assistant
Secretary, The Rev. Kenneth Bradsell
Global Mission, Director, The Rev. Bruce
Menning
Leadership/Revitalization, Director, The Rev.
Kenneth Eriks
Church Multiplication/Discipleship, Director,
The Rev. Richard Welscott
Finance Services, Treasurer, Ms. Susan Converse
The Reformed Episcopal Church
of Canada
The Reformed Episcopal Church is a separate
entity. It was established in Canada by an act of
Parliament given royal assent on June 2, 1886. It
maintains the founding principles of episcopacy
(in historic succession from the apostles),
Anglican liturgy and Reformed doctrine and evangelical
zeal. In practice it continues to recognize
the validity of certain nonepiscopal orders of
evangelical ministry. The Church has reunited
with the Reformed Episcopal Church and is now
composed of two Dioceses in this body - the
Diocese of Central and Eastern Canada and the
Diocese of Western Canada and Alaska.
Headquarters
Box 2532, New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0 Tel.
(705)647-4565 Fax (705)647-1340
Email: fed@nt.net
Website: www.recus.org
Media Contact, Pres., The Rt. Rev. Michael
Fedechko, M. Div., D.D.
Officers
Pres., The Rt. Rev. Michael Fedechko, 320
Armstrong St., Temiskaming Shores, ON
P0J 1P0
Vice-Pres., Bob Harrold, St. Catharines, ON.
Sec., Allison Buffet, Hamilton, ON.
BISHOPS
Diocese of Central & Eastern Canada, The Rt.
Rev. Michael Fedechko, 320 Armstrong St.,
Temiskaming Shores, ON P0J 1P0 Tel.
(705)647-4565 Fax (705)647-1340
Diocese of Western Canada & Alaska, Rt. Rev.
Charles W. Dorrington, 54 Blanchard St.,
Victoria, BC V8X 4R1 Tel. (604)744-5014
Fax (604)388-5891
Periodicals
The Messenger
Reinland Mennonite Church
This group was founded in 1958 when 10 ministers
and approximately 600 members separated
from the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church. In
1968, four ministers and about 200 members
migrated to Bolivia. The church has work in five
communities in Manitoba and one in Ontario
Headquarters
Bishop William H. Friesen, P.O. Box 96,
Rosenfeld, MB R0G 1X0 Tel. (204)324-6339
CANADIAN
RELIGIOUS BODIES
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