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{{Short description|Indian ecumenical organization}}

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| name = Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India
| type = [[Koinonia#Between_individual_Christians|Fellowship]]
| main_classification = [[Protestant]]
| orientation = [[Confessionalism_(religion)|Confessionally]] [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed]]
| founded_date = {{Start date and age|2001}}
| members = 86,132
| churches = 817
| website =
}}

The '''Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India''' is a national [[ecumenical]] organization, bringing together [[Presbyterian]] and [[Continental Reformed]] churches in [[India]].<ref name=REF1/>

It was formed in 2001<ref name=SPR/> and in 2019 it was formed by 14 member denominations.<ref name=REF2>{{cite web|url=https://pceaarchive.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/The+Presbyterian+Banner/2019/Banner+November+2019.pdf| title =History of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India|website=The Presbyterian Banner| date = November 1, 2019| accessdate=December 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name=REF3>{{cite web|url=http://irfa.org.au/about/partner-churches/&ved=2ahUKEwid0sazkOz1AhXaGbkGHRrQCgUQFnoECCYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3pXn1vaYdsQkQU0mbM97ye|title=Second Meeting of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India|website=IRFA|date=January 12, 2005|accessdate=December 16, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=REF4>{{cite web|url=http://www.donvale.org/events/2017/7/20/irfa-talk&ved=2ahUKEwid0sazkOz1AhXaGbkGHRrQCgUQFnoECCcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1SPguNOJty6Uzzkkc0aqAI|title=Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India|date=July 20, 2017|accessdate=December 16, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== History ==

In 1969, the [[Reformed Presbyterian Church of India]] established the Dehradun Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which, unlike other Presbyterian theological institutions in India, rejected [[Theological liberalism]] and subscribed to the [[Westminster Confession of Faith]].<ref name=SPR/>

In the following decades, various [[Presbyterian]] and [[Continental Reformed Church|Continental Reformed]] denominations began to send their pastors for seminary training.

This training of pastors of various denominations in the same seminary led to a rapprochement between them and the formation of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of India in 2001.<ref name=REF1>{{cite web|url=http://wrfnet.org/articles/2010/02/reformed-presbyterian-fellowship-meets-kolkata-india#.YbuqUmjMLIU|title=Presbyterian and Reformed Fraternity of India| accessdate = December 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name=SPR>{{cite web|url=https://wrf.global/blog/blog-3/presbyterian-theological-seminary-dehradun-india-retrospective| title =History of the Theological Seminary Presbyterianism of India| accessdate = December 20, 2021}}</ref>

== Members ==

In 2019, Fellowship members were:<ref name=REF2/>
{| class = "wikitable sortable"

|-

! '''denominational subfamily''' !! '''Denomination''' !! '''Communion'''!! '''Number of congregations''' !! '''Number of members'''!! '''Year'''
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim]] || - || 120 || 61,000 || 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca|title=Tribal Christianity in the Himalayas|date=June 15, 2018|author1= Stephen Christopher|website=Kyoto University|page= 8|accessdate=January 16, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India]] || WCRC and WFR and ICRC || 105 || 11,376 || 2021<ref name=ATAOPC>{{cite web|url=https://opcgaminutes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/90th-GA-Minutes-2024-Digital-Edition-Edited-for-opc.org-09.13.24-Version.pdf|title=Minute of the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church |date=June 2024|pages=332-347|accessdate=September 16, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Presbyterian Church in India (Reformed)]] || WRF || 50 || 10,000 || 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcireformed.org/history-of-pci-r/|title=History of the Presbyterian Church in India (Reformed)|accessdate=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Reformed Presbyterian Church of India]] || WRF and ICRC || 10 || 3,000 || 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=137&lg=eng|title=Reformed Presbyterian Church of India|website=Reformiert Online|date= October 21, 2004|accessdate=December 16, 2021 |archivedate=October 2, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002000048/http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=137&lg=eng}}</ref>
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Presbyterian Church in South India]] || - || 70 || - || 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://irfa.org.au/about/partner-churches/|title=Indian Brotherhood Churches in Australia|website=IRFA|accessdate=January 17, 2022}} </ref>
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Free Presbyterian Church, Kalimpong]] || - || 47 || - || 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hefmission.com/blog/2018/6/7/nieuws-van-mathias-subba|title=Presbyterian Church Council Statistics Live|accessdate=February 20, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Presbyterian Free Church of Central India]] || ICRC || 18 || 756 || 2021<ref name=ATAOPC/>
|-
| Presbyterians || [[Presbyterian Reformed Church in India]] || WRF || 10 || - || 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prci.in/churches|title=List of churches of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in India|accessdate=December 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Continental reformed || [[Christian Reformed Fellowship of India]] || WRF || 300 || - || 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pceaarchive.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/The+Presbyterian+Banner/2019/Banner+November+2019.pdf| title =History of the Presbyterian and Reformed Fellowship of India|website=The Presbyterian Banner| date =November 1, 2019| accessdate = December 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Continental reformed || [[Evangelical Reformed Church of India]] || WRF and CIIR || 84 || - || 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urcna.org/file_retrieve/101185 |title=Minutes of the Synod of the United Reformed Churches in North America|page=43|date=October 7, 2022 |accessdate=December 23, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Continental reformed || [[South India Reformed Churches]] || - || 3 || - || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://crb-ngk.nl/landen/azie/india/ |title=Inter-Church Relations of the Dutch Reformed Churches: India|accessdate=December 22, 2024}}</ref >
|-
| Continental reformed || [[Protestant Reformed Church (India)]]<ref group="n" name="n1"/> || - || - || - || -
|-
| Continental reformed || [[Reformed Covenant Assembly (India)]]<ref group="n" name="n2"/> || - || - || - || -
|-
| Continental reformed || [[Reformed Churches in South Africa]] || - || - || - || -
|-
| colspan="3"| '''Total''' || '''817''' || '''86,132''' || 2004-2024
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
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<ref group="n" name="n1">mission of the [[United Reformed Churches in North America]]</ref>
<ref group="n" name="n2">mission of the [[Protestant Reformed Churches in America]]</ref>
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