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The '''Christian Reformed Church in Eastern Africa''' started in 1992, when several pastors left the [[Reformed Church of East Africa]] who wanted to focus on fields beyond [[Kenya]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches|author1=Benedetto, R.|author2=McKim, D.K.|date=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810870239|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edhZ_g-RvyMC|page=152|accessdate=2014-10-09}}</ref>
There are congregations in [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Kenya]]. It is registered in [[Uganda]] and Kenya. There is woman ordination. The church was a member of the Reformed Ecumenical Council,<ref>{{cite web|author=Johannes a Lasco Library |url=http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13343&lg=eng |title=Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions |publisher=Reformiert-online.net |date= |accessdate=2013-09-08}}</ref> and later the [[World Communion of Reformed Churches]].<ref name="wcrc">{{cite web |url=http://wcrc.ch/wcrc-member-churches/ |title=Member Churches :: World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) |publisher=wcrc.ch |accessdate=2014-10-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221035027/http://wcrc.ch/wcrc-member-churches/ |archivedate=2013-12-21 }}</ref>
From 2007 there were congregations in [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]. It is present in [[South Kivu Province]], in [[Bukavu]] and [[Minembwe-Kabingo]]. The church has three districts. Kabingo district has six congregations, Kaligi district has four and the [[Kinyoni]] has three congregations.<ref name="wordpress">{{cite web|url=http://crccongo.wordpress.com/about/|title=Churches &#124; Christian Reformed Church|publisher=crccongo.wordpress.com|accessdate=2014-10-09}}</ref> It has a relationship with the [[Christian Reformed Church in North America]].<ref name="crcna">{{cite web|url=http://www2.crcna.org/pages/erc_fellowship.cfm|title=Churches in Ecclesiastical Fellowship - Christian Reformed Church|publisher=www2.crcna.org|accessdate=2014-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016075201/http://www2.crcna.org/pages/erc_fellowship.cfm|archive-date=2014-10-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The denomination subscribes to the [[Apostles Creed]], the [[Athanasian Creed]] and the [[Nicene Creed]] as well as the [[Reformed church|Reformed]] confessions.<ref name="wordpress2">{{cite web|url=http://crccongo.wordpress.com/beliefs/|title=Beliefs &#124; Christian Reformed Church|publisher=crccongo.wordpress.com|accessdate=2014-10-09}}</ref>
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== External links ==
*[http://crccongo.wordpress.com Christian Reformed Church in Eastern Africa in Congo]
[[Category:East Africa]]
[[Category:Reformed denominations in Africa]]
[[Category:Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Uganda]]
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