Tag: peace

WCRC calls for participation in peace prayer campaign for Korea

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) invites its members and all sisters and brothers around the world to join in the ecumenical “70 Days of Prayers – Global Prayer Campaign” for peace on the Korean Peninsula. The campaign will run from 1 March to 15 August, during which hundreds of thousands of people worldwide […]

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 […]

WCRC calls to renew prayers for Cameroon

Sisters and brothers in Cameroon have recently reported a number of “barbaric and inhuman acts such as gunshots, killing, colossal and collateral destruction of property through the burning of houses in some localities and villages in the North West and South West [anglophone] regions” of the country. An ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church in […]

WCRC responds to situation in northeast Syria

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33 Rev. Najla Kassab, president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, has declared that the WCRC is in total solidarity with the affected people […]

Ecumenical commitment to address the anglophone crisis in Cameroon

Communiqué on convening an Ecumenical Forum on the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon On September 7-9, 2019, global and regional ecumenical organisations, churches and mission societies met in Wuppertal, Germany, to discuss the deteriorating situation  affecting the Anglophone communities and regions of Cameroon and to explore ways of constructive engagement for justice and peace in Cameroon. […]

Ecumenical Forum on Korea presses for peace

The Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula (EFK) met 10-12 July in Bangkok, Thailand. Among the 46 participants from 11 countries were members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, including General Secretary Chris Ferguson and Hong Jung Lee, WCRC Executive Committee member and general secretary of the National […]

WCRC condemns abduction of children in Cameroon

On Sunday, 4 November, nearly 80 children and three staff members were kidnapped from Presbyterian School Bamenda by armed men in northwest Cameroon. This was the second kidnapping of students within the week. Update: the students and driver have been released! However, the kidnappers continue to hold the school principal and a teacher. The World […]

WCRC calls for prayers and action for Cameroon

Social and political conflicts between the anglophone and francophone areas of Cameroon have resulted in a human rights and humanitarian crisis. Member churches of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) are being impacted even as they work for peace and call for dialogue, non-military solutions, a halt to repression and full respect for human […]

Let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding

The WCRC calls on all its member churches to remember Sunday the 12thof August 2018 as a day of prayer for the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula. The 15th of August is celebrated as liberation day in Korea, commemorating Korean independence from Japanese colonialism. The 10thGeneral Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, […]