Reformed Church of France

Reformed Church of France
Logo of the Reformed Church of France. The script in the left side of the bush reads, "Exode III.2 Flagror Non Consumor" (Exodus 3:2 Burning, yet not consumed)
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Reformed
Polity	Presbyterian
Associations	World Alliance of Reformed Churches, World Council of Churches, Protestant Federation of France
Region	France
Origin	1559; merged in 2013 with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in France to form the United Protestant Church of France
Separated from	Roman Catholic Church
Members	300,000 at the time of merger
Official website	https://www.eglise-protestante-unie.fr/

The Reformed Church of France (French: Église Réformée de France, ÉRF) was the main Protestant denomination in France with a Reformed orientation that could be traced back directly to John Calvin. In 2013, the Church merged with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in France to form the United Protestant Church of France.

The church was a member of the Protestant Federation of France (Fédération protestante de France), the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the World Council of Churches.

The church had approximately 300,000 members at the time of merger, distributed in a somewhat unequal fashion throughout French metropolitan territory with the exception of Alsace-Moselle and the Pays de Montbéliard as the Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine brings together most of local Calvinists there. The church consists of 400 parishes, organised in 50 presbyteries (consistoires) and eight administrative regions.

Emerging from the Reformation in the 16th century, the reformed Churches in France were organised independently and, by force of circumstance, . The first national synod of the Reformed Churches was held in 1559; their first formal confession of faith (the Confession of La Rochelle) was composed in 1571. Recognised but restricted by the Edict of Nantes in 1598, the last official synod met in 1659; subsequently, the churches were suppressed in France by the Edict of Fontainebleau of 1685, which revoked the Edict of Nantes.