The Christian Reformed Church in Myanmar is a Reformed church of Myanmar, and was founded in 1985. It has 52 congregations and 13 preaching points with more than 6,000 members. The church is divided into 10 Classes. Most of the evangelists work among Buddhist and Animist people. The church is divided into classes. The Church recognise the Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, Canons of Dort and the Ecumenical Creeds. To train pastors the church founded the Reformed Teological seminary in Yangon in 1997. The collage offers a degree of Becjalor of Theology. The Christian Reformed Church mantains a clinic opened in 1999 in Matupi. It belonged to the Reformed Ecumenical Council, the only Burmese denomination to do so. But REC merged with the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, now the Christion Reformed Church is affiliated with the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
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