World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)

• Call to Prayer for Investigation in Maybrat

  30.09.2026 13:41:00 +00:00

  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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• Law, Liturgy, and the Limits of Power: WCRC Executive Secretary for Communion and Theology Addresses Reformed Alliance General Assembly in Nordhorn

  28.09.2026 08:52:18 +00:00

  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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• 3rd Ecumenical Symposium, 6-7 October: Theology, Ministry, and Ethics in the Era of AI

  25.09.2026 09:16:27 +00:00

  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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• WCRC General Secretary delivers keynote at the UCC Conference: “A Tent of Our Own Making”

  24.09.2026 14:06:14 +00:00

  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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• Homecoming of Hope: The Return of Ghassaniyah and the Witness of Christian Unity in Syria

  23.09.2026 12:31:25 +00:00

  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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• WCRC General Secretary Brings Greetings to Two Korean Presbyterian Assemblies

  18.09.2026 04:51:00 +00:00

  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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• “Peace is Inseparable from Justice”: Churches Call for a New Economy of Peace

  17.09.2026 10:49:21 +00:00

  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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• WCRC general secretary closes International Ecumenical Peace Convocation: “Peace Built by Drawing Close to Woundedness”

  13.09.2026 11:47:42 +00:00

  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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• Peace as a Demand: WCRC Joins Conversations at the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation

  10.09.2026 07:06:36 +00:00

  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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• WCRC Leadership on Confronting Christian Zionism

  07.09.2026 13:15:23 +00:00

  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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