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A video thumbnail history of the Reformation was produced for the 2016 General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, written and narrated by Rev. Dr. John W. Coakley.

The Presbyterian Historical Society has created a downloadable bulletin insert for Reformation Sunday that focuses on Desiderius Erasmus.

In the presence of more than one thousand five hundred participants – delegates, representatives of ecumenical mission agencies and churches from abroad, missionaries working in Thailand, and former missionaries to Thailand – the 34th General Assembly of the Church of Christ in Thailand was opened at a solemn ceremony on Monday, 17 October 2016.

The Synod of the Evangelical Church of the River Plate, which brought together over 150 ministerial and lay delegates from Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, ruled against the construction of mega hydroelectric dams in the Province of Misiones and all plain rivers.

Follow the Road to the Reformation on Facebook to get little-known insights into Luther’s everyday life and to track where Luther was day-by-day 500 years ago!

The Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church will hold a joint ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation on 31 October 2016 in Lund and Malmö, Sweden. Pope Francis, LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan and LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge will lead the common prayer service in Lund and the event in Malmö in cooperation with leaders from Church of Sweden and the Catholic Diocese of Stockholm. The World Council of Churches will be represented at the event by General Secretary Chris Ferguson.