WCRC Europe task force addresses migration issues
The unprecedented flood of refugees into Europe prompted the Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches in Europe (WCRC Europe) to create a “Task Force on Migration and Refugee” to explore appropriate responses to the crisis. These responses include deepening theological reflections on migration, engaging in a dialogue about Christian-Muslim relations, partnering with Middle […]
At Europe’s End
Martin Engels, moderator of the Reformed Alliance in Germany, reports on his visit to Idomeni, Greece. On the way to Idomeni a stork lands on a lamppost on the side of the empty highway, which leads us from Thessaloniki to the small village near the border between Greece and Macedonia. It is the season when […]
Finding refuge in God after Brussels
In this most holy of weeks, we join with our sisters and brothers to mourn the senseless deaths of those in Brussels.
Dimitrios Boukis: The Church should become a real solution
Sabine Dreßler talked to Rev. Dimitrios Boukis, general secretary of the Evangelical Church of Greece, about the current situation of refugees in Greece. How do you experience the current situation in Athens where so many refugees are stranded? The current situation in Athens is becoming more chaotic and complicated by the hour. The once “transit […]
Conference focuses on migration and aggression in Europe
The remains of the Great Church of Emden, a splendid Gothic style construction that was destroyed by Allied bombs during World War II, were transformed in the 1990s into a specialized library for the history of the Reformed church and theology. Over the years the Johannes a Lasco Library has become a well-known Reformed conference center […]
Stressing the roots of our core values in addressing the refugee situation – An interview with Dr Douwe Visser
Attending the WCC/UN high level conference on the refugee crisis in Europe on 18-19 January, executive secretary for theology of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) Dr Douwe Visser was interviewed by the World Council of Churches to share his views on the refugee situation from the perspective of the WCRC. Visser explained the […]
Solidarity visit to Zagreb strengthens ties
With its origins in Europe, the history and traditions of the Reformation are strong across much of the continent. And yet there are member churches of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) that are distinct minorities in their own countries. WCRC Europe, one of the regional councils of the WCRC, has made a point […]
A Letter on the Refugee Crisis in Europe
Take the noise of your songs away from me! I won’t listen to the music of your harps. But let justice flow like a river, and let goodness flow like a never-ending stream. —Amos 5:23-24 (NCV) Dear sisters and brothers, As a Communion of churches from around the world we are joined together through our […]
Prayer Request for Greece
The citizens of Greece find themselves in the midst of a financial crisis that threatens to pull the country into economic failure and potentially out of the Eurozone. While creditors, European officials and Greek leaders wrangle over a solution, the people of Greece have been left to survive during a bank closure and enforced work […]
WCRC members push for solutions on European immigration crisis
International Refugee Day (June 20) is a day intended to raise awareness of the growing migrant crisis around the world. It will come this year in the midst of a global interest the likes of which are unprecedented. Conference of European Churches: Day of intercession in memory of those who have lost their lives at […]