WCRC Condemns Demolition of Evangelical Church in Mashhad, Iran
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has received urgent and distressing reports from the Evangelical Church of Iran regarding the complete demolition of their church building in Mashhad, the nation’s second-largest city. According to correspondence from Rev. Sargez Benyamin, Executive Secretary of the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Iran in Diaspora, the property—long […]
A Call to Action with Kairos Palestine: A Focus on Ush Ghurab
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) continues its four-week campaign focused on Bethlehem and the Ush Ghurab area of Beit Sahour, entering now into its third week. The conversation this week continues with the responses from partners from Kairos Palestine and inhabitants of Beit Sahour town, who engage in advocacy and witness to protect […]
Message statement from Africa Communion of Reformed Churches(ACRC) workshop in Nairobi, Kenya
Reading the signs of the times: Current geopolitical situation of Africa – challenges and opportunities for the church At this critical juncture in Africa’s history, the Executive Committee of the ACRC, with representatives of some member churches and representatives of the global office of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) have gathered to read […]
Conversation with Kairos Palestine: A Focus on Ush Ghurab
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) continues its four-week campaign focused on Bethlehem and the Ush Ghurab area of Beit Sahour, entering now into its second week. To understand what is happening at Ush Ghurab, it is necessary first to understand what has been happening across the occupied West Bank. Over the past three […]
2026 Taiwan Ecumenical Forum Communique
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to thepoor, he has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, toset at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18-19) The Taiwan Ecumenical […]
‘Feast of Creation in Christ’ Adopted by Common Lectionary of Protestant Churches
The Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) has officially adopted the festival of ‘Creation in Christ’,also known as ‘Feast of Creation’, by adding it to the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) for a three-year period of trial use. As the lectionary shaping the calendar of many Protestant churches, this is ahistoric breakthrough in Christian ecumenism given its […]
A Focus on Ush Ghurab
On 15 May 1948 — a date Palestinians that marks the Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe – morethan 700,000 people were expelled from their homes, 400 to 600 villages were destroyed, anda people’s connection to their land, their identity, and their future was severed in a historicalact of displacement. The Nakba continues to be the lived […]
2026 Public Witness Statement from WCRC Executive Committee
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” —2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We, the Executive Committee of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, have met in Hannover, Germany, for our first meeting in person since our election at the 27th […]
Living in Hope in the Midst of Hopelessness: WCRC Executive Committee Reflects at Bergen-Belsen
On the fourth day of their gathering, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) Executive Committee paused their meetings to visit Bergen-Belsen. What now stands as a memorial to those who lost their lives at the concentration camp became a sacred space for sorrow, empathy, and a renewed commitment to hope. The morning began with […]
WCRC Executive Committee Meets
On Monday, 4 May 2026, in a meeting room in the centre of Hannover, Germany, the executive committee of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) gathered together. Those who attended the WCRC General Council in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2025, were greeted by familiar faces and worship led by Gerardo Oberman, Glenda Martinez, and […]
