The World Reformed Fellowship - Advancing Reformed partnerships worldwide, that the strengths of some might become the strengths of all in the service of Jesus Christ.

Advancing Reformed Partnerships

Worldwide

The WRF vision is to live out one of the clearly stated but often neglected themes of the great Reformed confessions of the church. The Westminster Confession of Faith (XXV, 2) affirms that there is "a visible universal church which consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion." The Belgic Confession (Article 27) emphasizes that "the one single catholic or universal church . . . is not confined, bound, or limited to a certain place or certain persons. But it is spread and dispersed throughout the entire world.

While specific regional or national expressions of the universal church do, in many ways, embody characteristics of the Body of Christ, there are other characteristics of that Body which transcend those expressions. It is those other characteristics that the WRF seeks to set forth in its commitments and in its activities.

The World Reformed Fellowship Statement on Ecclesiology

The Theological Commission of the World Reformed Fellowship has worked on three projects to date. At the General Assembly in Edinburgh (2010), the WRF Statement of Faith was presented and approved. That Statement of Faith stands in continuity with the Reformed confessions of the 16th and 17th centuries but speaks to the issues and problems of the 21st century. At the General Assembly in Jakarta (2019), the WRF Statement of Reformed Theological Identity was approved. That statement offers an answer to the question ‘What does it mean to be Reformed?’ At the General Assembly of the WRF in Florida in 2022, the Theological Commission submitted its third project: the WRF Statement on Ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church). The document was unanimously approved by the General Assembly. Read the full item...

The Future of Denominationalism

A Consultation by the WRF North America Regional Board

On April 1st and 2nd, 2025 the North American East Coast Regional Board of The World Reformed Fellowship sponsered a two day consultation at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Bethesda Maryland, on the theme of The Future of Denominationalism. 

Twenty Reformed pastors, theologians, professors, seminary presidents, and denominational administrators from across North America gathered in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss denominationalism in our post-Christian context.

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Theological Education ResourcesDr. Henk Stoker
This is a list of resources compiled by the Theological Education Commission (TEC) of the World Reformed Fellowship (WRF). This is an updated and improved edition (April 2025 version). Though we cannot verify everything that is contained within each listing, we have endeavoured to note and list where we have found evangelical & Reformed materia...

Church LifeCameron Shaffer
Twenty Reformed pastors, theologians, professors, seminary presidents, and denominational administrators from across North America gathered in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss denominationalism in our post-Christian context. ...

ApologeticsDavi Charles Gomes
"Contact knowledge" is always a risk… That situation where we have a generic or diffuse idea about a term or concept and assume that we fully understand it. The idea of confessional identity always runs the risk of becoming a "contact" term: repeated, assumed, but sometimes not truly understood. ...

Theological EducationMatthew Ebenezer
Some years ago, I was drawn to consider the subject of Godliness. After all, I was teaching at a Reformed Seminary that was known for a pretty decent standard of theological education. Our graduates who proceeded for further studies invariably did very well in the institutions they attended, thanks to the solid preparation they had received.  ...

Religious LibertyDr. Thomas K. Johnson
This essay is a revised version of a sermon preached in several churches in the US and Europe. It calls us to consider the recent, extreme levels of discrimination, persecution, or even martyrdom currently faced by Christians in almost every continent in the light of three passages from the New Testament: Romans 13:1–7; Revelation 13:1–10; and John...

Christian LifeDavi Charles Gomes
This brief and wonderful homily by Saint Augustine of Hippo shows a beautiful balance between his desire to emphasize our joyful response to the incarnation and at the same time the humbling effect it should have on us to know that Messiah humbled himself for us by becoming flesh. ...

Recent News Items

The World Reformed Fellowship is a wonderful expression of the communion of the saints. Through the World Reformed Fellowship, I have met new friends and partners in ministry from around the globe who are committed to Gospel-animated confessional Reformed theology. The WRF brings me into contact with scholars, pastors and leaders who are blessings to their churches and to the whole body of Christ among the families of the earth. The WRF is a source of information, inspiration, instruction, edification and encouragement to me (and no doubt many thousands of others).
Rev. Dr. Ligon Duncan
Rev. Dr. Ligon Duncan
Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary
The World Reformed Fellowship is a vital part of the global link between Christians, ministries and churches who are committed to the fruitful legacy of the Scriptures and the Reformed heritage. The ministry, message, fellowship and supporting tools that WRF provides have greatly encouraged me and many others through the years of its faithful labors. I urge you and your ministry to benefit from WRF’s important witness to God’s saving sovereign grace and the fellowship of the saints around the globe.
Peter A. Lillback
Peter A. Lillback
President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Orthodox and relevant, representing the great catholicity of the Reformed faith with gospel generosity. These are the qualities which come to mind when I think of the WRF.
Rev David C. Meredith
Rev David C. Meredith
Mission Director and former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland
I have found recent articles on the WRF website pertaining to the COVID pandemic particularly helpful, as well as an encouraging reminder that reformed evangelical churches around the world face very similar issues and can learn from one another this way.
Rev Dr William J U Philip
Rev Dr William J U Philip
Senior Minister, The Tron Church, Glasgow; Chairman, Cornhill Scotland
The World Reformed Fellowship provides a forum for like- minded churches and organisations within the global Reformed community to engage with the many issues that there are in today’s world. WRF means that we can be informed, educated, and enriched within our common tradition.
Rev. Iver Martin BSc. MTh
Rev. Iver Martin BSc. MTh
Principal, Edinburgh Theological Seminary
The World Reformed Fellowship is a fellowship of Reformed Christians around the world. The WRF updated website will be of immense value to anyone interested in what Reformed evangelicals are thinking on various issues today.
Dr. L. Roy Taylor
Dr. L. Roy Taylor
Stated Clerk, The Presbyterian Church in America
The new and greatly improved WRF website is a wonderful gift to the global Reformed community and a huge step forward toward enabling the WRF to become what it was intended to be.
Dr. Luder Whitlock
Dr. Luder Whitlock
President Emeritus of Reformed Theological Seminary
As a new denomination we have been so enriched by being a part of WRF. The way that they weave the depth of Reformed theology into the global church context and provide for robust interaction and development has been a huge blessing in my life.
Rev. Dr. Dana S. Allin
Rev. Dr. Dana S. Allin
Synod Executive, ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians
The Lord is putting together a new kind of human community, drawn from many tribes and tongues and nations. And he is doing so by the sovereign electing grace that sent the Savior to Calvary. Those two facts are about "World" and "Reformed." I am deeply grateful for a Fellowship that binds us together in celebrating those realities!
Dr. Richard Mouw
Dr. Richard Mouw
President Emeritus. Fuller Theological Seminary
The WRF is a rich venue for careful theological thinking. It is also a wonderful experience of relationships in the Body of Christ across the globe.
Diane Langberg, Ph.D.
Diane Langberg, Ph.D.
Psychologist
The World Reformed Fellowship is a unique organization providing a global context in which to engage modern issues and practices from the perspective of ecumenical, historic Reformed theology. I’ve especially appreciated their deliberate and excellent ministry, Women in the Word, which trains women to faithfully and soundly practice biblical interpretation. Through WRF American Christianity can avoid a myopic focus by connecting with Reformed churches and institutions in many cultures and situations around the world.
Karen H. Jobes, Ph.D.
Karen H. Jobes, Ph.D.
Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor Emerita of New Testament Greek & Exegesis, Wheaton College and Graduate School

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