APPENDIX I. DIASPORA OR SCATTERED CHURCHES OF THE REFORMED FAITH. In addition to those mentioned in the body of this book, there are some scattered Reformed churches in different parts of Europe. Thus Scandinavia, though almost entirely Lutheran, yet has a few congregations. Denmark has a few Reformed church made up of descendants from French refugees as at Copenhagen and Fredericia. In Sweden there is a French Reformed church at Stockholm, made up of descendents of Huguenots. Belgium has two Reformed denominations. One is the old national Walloon church, numbering about ten thousand, composed of descendents of the Walloons of the sixteenth century. The other is the Evangelical church of Belgium, a new organization of the nineteenth century, which has adopted the Belgic confession. It has about seven thousand communicants and is aggressive and evangelistic. Russia, though mainly Greek in religion, yet has several million Lutherans, especially in Finland, and perhaps over fifty thousand Reformed, although it is difficult to get figures on account of recent changes. It was divided into three groups, Polish, Lithuanian and the central consistory at Petersburg. The Polish church in the reformation became strong and influential, many of the nobles joining it and A'Lasco, the Polish reformer, organized it. But Jesuits came in like a flood and crushed out Protestantism. It numbers now perhaps 7,000 adherents and its most prominent church. is at Warsaw. Had Poland become Reformed instead of Jesuit, the words "Finis Poloniae" would not have been spoken. The Reformed Church of Lithuania has about 14 congregations and 5,000 adherents and a Reformed gymnasium at Wilna. The rest are under the consistory at Petersburg. Thus there is a French, German and a Dutch Reformed congregation at St. Petersburg, the Germans having a splendid building and being wealthy. At Moscow there is a German Reformed church. At Odessa, in southern Russia and near it, there is a large German colony, with a strong Reformed church. There used to be large Reformed congregations along the Volga, but many of them have recently emigrated to the Dakotas in the United States, so that it is difficult to get at figures for Russia. There is also one branch of the Molokani, a large Russian sect that is Presbyterian, and there are still some Stundists, a movement that grew out of the Reformed Church in Russia. Spain has a Presbyterian church, but what is there called the Reformed church of Spain is Episcopal. Greece also has a small Presbyterian mission. In addition to these there are scattered all over Europe, in the main cities, churches or halls for English worship, after the Presbyterian and Reformed order, of which we give a list in the next appendix. |