World Communion of Reformed Churches

God of Belhar, Forty years after this confession was born,its call still echoes among us. Do not allow these days to become only memories. May unity become our practice.May reconciliation become our courage.May justice become our witness. Keep before us the faces we have encountered,the stories we have heard,the friendships we have received,the commitments we […]

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The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) opened its consultation, Confessing Against Empire: Belhar’s Call to Unity, Reconciliation, and Justice Today, on Thursday 22 October at the University of South Africa’s Muckleneuk Campus (UNISA), marking forty years since the Dutch Reformed Mission Church formally adopted the Confession of Belhar in 1986. The gathering draws participants […]

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Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock, General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), brought greetings and a keynote address to the 39th General Assembly of the Church of Christ in Thailand (CCT), meeting this week in Chiang Mai. Speaking on behalf of the WCRC’s 231 member churches in 109 countries, Peacock began with heartfelt […]

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Earlier this month, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) Ecumenical Office in Rome, together with the Facoltà Valdese di Teologia, hosted the 3rd Reformed Ecumenical Symposium (6–7 October 2026) under the thought-provoking theme “Theology, Ministry, and Ethics in the Era of AI.” The gathering brought together theologians, ethicists, church leaders, theology students, clergy, members […]

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Rev. Dr Hanns Lessing, Executive Secretary for Communion and Theology, addressed the Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany (EMW). In a greeting delivered to the EMW General Assembly, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) expressed deep gratitude for the partnership that sustains its theological, personnel, and financial work, particularly the funding of […]

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With heavy hearts, we come before God on behalf of our sisters and brothers in Indonesia. For months, forest fires across many islands have claimed human and animal lives, and the situation continues to worsen. Churches and the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) have called on the government to act, yet the cries of […]

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Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,  We come before God with heavy hearts, lifting up the people of Maybrat in South West Papua. On 13 August 2026, three Indigenous Papuan civilians, Anike Fatie, Selfiana Sorry, and Silvester Asem, were shot and wounded in Ainod Village, in the District of Aifat. They were in a camp […]

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The Reformed Alliance gathered in Nordhorn for its General Assembly. Rev. Dr Hanns Lessing, Executive Secretary for Communion and Theology at the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), delivered a presentation titled “Christian Nationalism and the Reformed.” His address came as the Assembly focuses on “Law and the Rule of Law from a Reformed Perspective”, […]

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The Reformed Churches Ecumenical Office Rome and the Facoltà Valdese invite you to attend the 3rd Ecumenical Symposium this year, “Theology, Ministry, and Ethics in the Era of AI”. Date: 6-7 October Location: Facoltà Valdese Via Pietro Cossa 42 00193 Roma. Translation: as required for English and Italian languages. The Tuesday program may be of […]

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The United Church of Christ (UCC) continued its season of identity discernment and strategic visioning with “A Tent of Our Own Making,” a gathering that brought together a broad swath of constituencies from across the life of the church. The event, part of a process launched in late 2024 by UCC General Minister and President, […]

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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, With joy and thanksgiving, we share an update from the Christian community in Syria.  After years of Islamic occupation and twelve long years of exile, the Christian village of Ghassaniyah in the Idlib Governorate of northwestern Syria has finally been returned to its people. For over a decade, the […]

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Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock, general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), greeted the 111th General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) and the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK), calling the churches to be peacemakers on a peninsula that still bears the wound of division. On a Peninsula […]

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As global military spending reaches its highest level ever recorded and war economies continue to divert vital resources away from climate action and human needs, a diverse gathering of global faith leaders has issued a profound challenge to the world’s economic order. From 26 to 28 August 2026, theologians, church leaders, economists, youth, and Indigenous […]

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The International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) concluded on 13 September with a closing sermon by Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock, general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), who called churches to peacemaking grounded in honest reckoning with irreversible loss and closeness to the wounded. Jointly convened by the World Council of Churches (WCC), […]

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An International Ecumenical Peace Convocation convenes 9–13 September in Seoul, Republic of Korea, under the theme “World Peace and the Korean Peninsula: The Church as a Community of Healing, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding” Co-organised by the World Council of Churches, the Christian Conference of Asia, and the National Council of Churches in Korea, the gathering brings […]

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The “Christianity without Zionism: Mapping and Combating Christian Zionism in Asia and Africa” conference convened 66 theologians, church leaders, and activists from 34 countries in Istanbul to address the growing influence of Christian Zionism across the Global South. The conference took place 1 – 6 September 2026. Hosted by Dar al-Kalima University and the Presbyterian […]

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The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is pleased to introduce a new worship resource for Reformation Sunday 2026, 25 October, developed to enrich the worship life of our global communion. These materials, now available for member churches and worshipping communities worldwide, are inspired by the theological rationale for Reformation Sunday 2026 and shaped by […]

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“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Grace and peace to you from God our Creator and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who draws near to all who suffer. It is with deep sorrow that we in the World Communion of Reformed […]

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This year marks a significant milestone for the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), alongside five ecumenical partners, has gathered 22 church leaders in Panama City for an intensive programme that equips them to […]

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As the global Methodist family gathered in El Salvador for the World Methodist Council meeting (August 13-17, 2026), as a voice from the Reformed tradition, Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock, general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), delivered a keynote address that challenged the assembly to consider the radical demands of God’s justice. […]

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