From Africa to the World: A Prayer for Healing and Renewal
Gracious God,With you we thank you for the continent of AfricaFor its wonderful diversityIts forests and desertsRivers and valleysMountains and plainsFor its rich and vibrant historyIts many cultures and languagesFor its spirit of freedom and independenceFor its art and wisdomFor the WCRC and its commitment to communion and justiceFor the Accra Confession, a gift to […]
Global Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation: Palestine
Global Initiatives for Peace and Reconciliation: Palestine In 2017, the General Council received a call from the Palestinian Christian community to respond to the ongoing crisis in their homeland. In response, the assembly adopted Action 55, which affirmed that the integrity of Christian faith and practice is at stake in light of the injustice and […]
New resource focuses on Palestine
“The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is noted for being called to communion and committed to justice. Perhaps nowhere is this and the theological implications of it so much brought together as in the case of what is happening in Palestine,” said Philip Vinod Peacock, WCRC executive for justice and witness as part of […]
New resource focuses on justice for Palestinians
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has responded to a call from the Palestinian Christian community by producing Focus: Palestine, a comprehensive resource that lifts up their voices while placing the situation into theological, historical, and political contexts. The resource is composed of three parts—1) Voices and Lenses, 2) Theologies, Ideologies, and Resistance, and […]
WCRC calls on members to help save Sheikh Jarrah
The World Communion of Churches (WCRC) calls its membership and the wider ecumenical movement into prayer and action for the impending evictions in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. This latest threat of evictions is part of the ongoing suppression of human rights of Palestinians and a denial of their right to life and […]
Sharing session focuses on Middle East
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)’s “COVID & Beyond” discernment process continues with a sharing session on Wednesday, 28 April, at 15:00 (CEST). The idea of the sharing session is to express areas of particular urgency in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the injustices it exposes and to generate ideas how the […]
Cry for Hope: A Call to Decisive Action
We stand with Kairos Palestine and Kairos Global and share in the Cry for Hope issued by a broad coalition of Palestinian Christians and partners around the world—theologians, church leaders, lay and clergy—to end the oppression of the Palestinian people. Embrace this Cry. Share it widely with members of your community. Implement and encourage the work […]
Annexation will undermine peace and justice
Ecumenical Statement on the Planned Annexation of Occupied Palestinian Territory The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. —Psalm 103:6 As faith-based organizations representing believers worldwide,* we express our concern over the planned annexation of occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank by the Government of Israel. Annexation of such territories is in […]
WCRC calls for a just plan for peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you be secure. —Psalms 122:6 The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) strongly rejects the Middle East Peace Proposal that has been presented by the Trump Administration and calls for a plan that will take into account all peoples living within the Israeli/Palestinian area as […]
The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed (Psalm 103:6)
The 2017 General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) affirmed: “that, with respect to the situation of injustice and suffering that exists in Palestine, and the cry of the Palestinian Christian community, the integrity of Christian faith and praxis is at stake” It encouraged member churches to examine their mission, education and […]
