Presbyterian Free Church of Central India

The Presbyterian Free Church of Central India (formerly known as the Free Church of Central India) is a confessional Reformed denomination in India, created by Scottish missionaries.

The Free Church of Scotland created this church in Central India in the end of the 19th century. The denomination has churches in Jabalpur and other small villages like Chhapara and Lakhadon, where it runs schools with hundreds of pupils. The Church is involved in hospitals and medical work in the region. The church was known as the "Free Church in Central India" until 2007 when the church become the Presbyterian Free Church of Central India. The denomination subscribes the Westminster Confession of Faith (1647) and has one regional Presbytery.^[1]

The church is a member of the World Reformed Fellowship^[2] and the International Conference of Reformed Churches^[3]

The denomination currently has 4 congregations and several house fellowships, 500 members and 4 pastors.^[4]

References

↑ Christoph Fasse. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". reformiert-online.net. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
↑ "World Reformed Fellowship". wrfnet.org. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
↑ "The International Conference of Reformed Churches". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
↑ "BBK.GKV » India". bbk.gkv.nl. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

Members of the World Reformed Fellowship

Africa	Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church Christian Reformed Church in South Africa Egliese Protestante Reformee du Burundi Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ivory Coast Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi Evangelical Reformed Church in the Eastern Republic of Congo Reformed Churches in South Africa God's Healing Ministry (Lagos, Nigeria) Igreja Presbiteriana de Angola Mission Voile Déchiré (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) Mount Zion Presbyterian Church in Sierra Leone Presbyterian Church in the Eastern Republic of Congo Presbyterian Church in Uganda Presbyterian Church in Sierra Leone Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Uganda) Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Rwanda) Reformed Presbyterian Church of Uganda Sudanese Reformed Presbyterian Churches

Asia	Aashish Presbyterian Church (Zone Koshi, East Nepal) Biblical Reformed Churches in Myanmar Christian Reformed Church in Nepal Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Myanmar Presbyterian Church of the Philippines Grace Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh India Reformed Presbyterian Church Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church Peace Church Bangladesh Presbyterian Church of India Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh Presbyterian Church of South India Presbyterian Free Church of Central India The Protestant Church of Ambrohimazala-Firasiana Reformed Church of India Reformed Church of Nepal Reformed Community Churches in Myanmar Reformed Evangelical Church of Myanmar Reformed Presbyterian Church of India Reformed Presbyterian Church in Myanmar Smyrna House of Prayer Church in Bangladesh United Reformed Church in Myanmar United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan

Europe	Associated Presbyterian Churches Free Church of Scotland Evangelical Reformed Baptist Churches in Italy Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Serbia

North America	Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Christian Reformed Church in North America L'Église réformée du Québec Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States) Evangelical Reformed Church in America International Peacemaking Church of Christ, Raleigh, NC Reformed Baptist Churches in North America Presbyterian Church in America United Christian Church and Bible Institute, USA

Latin America	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru National Presbyterian Church in Mexico Presbyterian Church in Bolivia Presbyterian Church of Brazil Reformed Bible Churches of Trinidad and Tobago Reformed Church of Latin America United Church of Christ in Colombia

Oceania	Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Presbyterian Church of Australia

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