<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Reformed Evangelistic Fellowship]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering missionaries through reformed Calvinist principles]]></description><link>https://www.refglobal.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:18:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.refglobal.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[“The Emergence of Insider Movements]]></title><description><![CDATA[”  Identifying the elephant  Getting underneath the skin of insider movements, moving beyond the anecdotes,  aphorisms and hype is no easy task. Shrouded in mystery, accompanied by hushed  tones, as if the very telling of its stories places real people in danger, trying to get to its  roots is a bit like Rudyard Kiplingʼs blind men trying to describe what is in fact an  elephant. It seems too big, and is too diverse for anyone to gain a coherent picture. In  part, I think this confusion is...]]></description><link>https://www.refglobal.org/post/the-emergence-of-insider-movements</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6745b365a8c8dd285c8b44</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:49:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Bill Nikides</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elders in Context: ConsideringInternational Church LeadershipFrom a Reformed and CovenantalPerspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction:  The long and winding road  I never intended to write what you see here. This started as a modest response to a  request by the International Presbyterian Church. The IPC, is a diverse lot,  representing many nationalities and cultures. That diversity extends to other things  as well. Presbyterianism itself, as IPCers know is not monolithic. Though it is united  within a broad, common polity, there are significant differences among Presbyterians  and other Reformed churches....]]></description><link>https://www.refglobal.org/post/elders-in-context-consideringinternational-church-leadershipfrom-a-reformed-and-covenantalperspecti</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a66a91f388acffd1e3906c9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:41:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Bill Nikides</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfinished Reformation: Protestants in light of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church]]></title><description><![CDATA[The unfinished Reformation  I think it is appropriate for Zurich to be the place where we call to complete the work that the Protestant Reformers began but never finished, but why bother? The events of the 16th and 17th century were incredible painful and costly. What could have been worth the lives of so many faithful Christians? These were real people after all: Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos the Augustinian monks who heard the gospel from  Luther &#38; ended at the stake in Antwerp in 1523....]]></description><link>https://www.refglobal.org/post/unfinished-reformation-protestants-in-light-of-the-one-holy-catholic-and-apostolic-church</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a66a6bd35380d3132b69552</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:32:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Bill Nikides</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>