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 […]
WCRC: Peace, not provocation, for Jerusalem
As Jesus came near and saw the city [Jerusalem], he wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.” –Luke 19:41-42 (NRSV) The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) received the statement by President Trump recognizing Jerusalem […]
World Protestant body issues solidarity message with Palestinian Christians
by Stephen Brown The World Communion of Reformed Churches has urged its more than 225 member churches worldwide to examine their mission, education and investment relationships with Israel and Palestine in the light of the witness of Palestinian Christians. In a resolution adopted by consensus on 7 July, the WCRC’s General Council, meeting in Leipzig, […]
Jesus brought message of liberation from occupation, says Palestinian Christian
by Stephen Brown The mission of Jesus cannot be understood without looking at the context of occupation, according to Palestinian Christian Mitri Raheb, speaking at a global assembly of Reformed churches. “Jesus was born under occupation, he spent his entire life under occupation and was crushed on the cross by occupation,” Raheb said in on […]
WCRC statement on detention, deportation of WCC official
The WCRC stands with the World Council of Churches against the detention, interrogation and deportation of Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri by Israeli security forces when she was attempting to enter the country to attend consultations with church leaders in Jerusalem on the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). In May our Executive Committee […]
WCRC supports WCC over Israeli incident
In response to the detention and deportation of participants to a World Council of Churches climate conference by Israeli authorities, the WCRC’s Executive Committee last week sent a letter of support to WCC General Secretary Olav Fykse Tveit. The letter said, in part: We join with you, Rev. Dr. Tveit, in protesting the “excessive, unreasonable […]
