Dialogue report sees koinonia as God’s gift and calling
The Reformed-Anglican Dialogue’s report of its work, Koinonia: God’s Gift and Calling, is now available for purchase and downloading. The report looks at the theological foundations of koinonia (communion), how the church’s ecclesiology might be understood in the light of it, and at the implications for living with conflict and engaging in mission. It states, […]
WCRC co-sponsors series on ecumenism in a pandemic-stricken world
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), Korean Institute for Future Ecumenism (KIFE), and the Transformative Ecumenism Collective (TEC) are co-sponsoring a series of webinars on “Discerning Transformative Ecumenism in a Pandemic-Stricken World.” The series of nine webinars, which require registration, begin on Wednesday, 4 November, continue through 4 December, and feature a variety of […]
Interfaith panel addresses debt cancellation and reparations
A panel of experts of different faiths spoke on debt cancellation and reparations as tools for promoting justice, sustainability and life-affirming economies in the third 2020 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management public webinar held on 2 October. The webinar addressed faith perspectives on debt, how financial structures can be aligned to faith-rooted values, […]
Public webinar to present interfaith perspectives on just finances
The third public webinar hosted through the GEM School will focus on debt cancellation and reparations as tools for promoting justice, sustainability and life-affirming economies. The webinar will take place on Friday, 2 October, 14:00-15:30 (CET). The COVID-19 pandemic is aggravating the debt crisis, deepening socio-economic inequality. At the same time, the world continues to […]
Joint Ecumenical Peace Message
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War: 25 June 2020 National Council of Churches in Korea National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA National Council of Churches in Australia Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Church of Christ in Thailand United Church of Canada National […]
WCRC joins ecumenical call against racism
United Nations Human Rights Council debate on “current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful protests.” As people of faith, we welcome the debate held by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on 17-18 June on “current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, […]
WCRC joins in Pope’s call to prayer
“But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not comes from us. We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair; persecuted but not forsaken; struck down but not destroyed.” —2 Corinthians 4:7-10 […]
JDDJ signatories look toward common future
The five signatories of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) looked toward a future “realizing a deeper communion towards the full visible unity of the church and to make manifest the growth in communion which we have already been experiencing.” “In a broken, violent and fearful world, it is urgent that the […]
Council called to strengthen communion
by Hui Jun Chia In his address on “Strengthening Communion” to the 2017 General Council, Rev. Dr. Collin Cowan drew out the critical question of whether the Communion’s strength was the end in itself, or if strength was the means for capacity for transformative praxis to respond to discerning and doing God’s mission. “Embedded in […]
Ferguson calls for joint LWF-WCRC assemblies
In his greetings to the Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF), Chris Ferguson, general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), called for consideration of a joint meeting between the organizations. “There are many things that we can and should do together,” Ferguson said. “I give thanks that God has given us […]