Churches Call for Financial Transformation at Global Summit in Seville
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), along with global ecumenical partners, has released a joint message to the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), calling for urgent and structural transformation of the global financial system. The FfD process, coordinated by the United Nations, brings together governments, international financial institutions, civil society and […]
Two Decades On, Reformed Churches Recommit to Justice in New Accra +20 Publication
Twenty years after it first offered a bold and prophetic critique of global economic injustice, the Accra Confession remains a clarion call for churches seeking to live faithfully amid deepening climate crisis, inequality, and systemic violence. This week, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has released a new theological reflection titled “Accra +20 Consultation: […]
Walter Brueggemann: A Life Lived in Prophetic Imagination
“Imperial economics is designed to keep people satiated so that they do not notice. Its politics is intended to block out the cries of the denied ones. Its religion is to be an opiate so that no one discerns the misery alive in the heart of God.” — Walter Brueggemann The voice of Walter Brueggemann […]
Faith and Finance Intersect in Powerful Communique on Debt Justice
Churches call for urgent debt cancellation and structural reform rooted in biblical justice. The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), in partnership with the Council for World Mission (CWM), convened a pivotal Theological Consultation on Debt from 13–15 May 2025. Bringing together theologians, church leaders, economic justice advocates, and grassroots practitioners, the consultation culminated in […]
GEM School
The Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) for an Economy of Life aims to build economic literacy within churches by equipping participants with the tools and languages to effectively advocate for urgent transformations in the global financial and economic realm. Held annually as part of the NIFEA project the GEM School gathers current […]
Economic Justice
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FOqG6auAiXY?si=Xhel3KEAjUdMW45I We have heard that creation continues to groan, in bondage, waiting for its liberation. (Romans 8:22). We are challenged by the cries of the people who suffer and by the woundedness of creation itself. We see a dramatic convergence between the suffering of the people and the damage done to the rest of creation. […]
Tax justice focus of workshop
The quest for tax justice in Latin America was the topic of a workshop hosted by the Latin American Alliance of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches (AIPRAL) at the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly. Moderated by Raíssa Vieira Brasil, a vice-president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), the panel included Dora Arce Valentin, […]
GEM School grounds economic justice biblically
The first face-to-face GEM School held since 2019 has opened in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on ecological and feminist economics. The Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life—GEM School—is a program within the New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) project. “The pandemic underlined yet again the need for […]
Toolkit equips churches for tax justice
The Zacchaeus Tax Campaign calls for a global tax and economic system that acts like Zacchaeus, the tax collector who repented of his wicked ways, which delivers equity and makes reparation for exploitation and injustice. The campaign advocates for tax justice, addressing social and ecological debts, including reparations for colonialism and slavery, at local, national […]
A life-affirming “degrowth” is possible, economists and theologians find
An online conference “Degrowth – Living Sufficiently and Sustainably” held on 1 October discussed proposals and strategies for moving away from growth-driven and extractive economies to life-affirming systems of sustenance. Speakers and participants looked towards the G20 Leaders’ Summit taking place in late October in Rome with the theme, “People, Planet and Prosperity.” “This conference […]
