TESF Profile: Claudette Williams
Claudette Williams The Theological Education Scholarship Fund for Women in the South (TESF) was established in 2001 as a means to increase the number of women in ordained ministry and to enable women from a wide network of Reformed churches in the south build their capacity for effective partnership in God’s mission. See more information […]
/TESF PROFILE: EVERLYNE NEKESA BIBOKO
TESF PROFILE: Everlyn Nekesa Biboko The Theological Education Scholarship Fund for Women in the South (TESF) was established in 2001 as a means to increase the number of women in ordained ministry and to enable women from a wide network of Reformed churches in the south build their capacity for effective partnership in God’s mission. […]
/TESF PROFILE: Greta Montoya Ortega
TESF PROFILE: Greta Montoya Ortega The Theological Education Scholarship Fund for Women in the South (TESF) was established in 2001 as a means to increase the number of women in ordained ministry and to enable women from a wide network of Reformed churches in the south build their capacity for effective partnership in God’s mission. […]
History
With roots in the 16th-century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin, the World Communion of Reformed Churches dates its organisational history to 1875—and has been unifying churches over the course of its existence. “The Alliance of the Reformed Churches throughout the World holding the Presbyterian System” was formed in London in 1875, […]
Worship Resource: The Canaanite
The gospel passage for 16 August 2020 from the Revised Common Lectionary—Matthew 15:21-28—was the Scriptural basis for a Bible study by Elsa Tamez at the 2017 General Council. In the introduction to her unique Bible study, titled The Canaanite, Tamez noted, “I will use the chorus as in Greek tragedy to accompany the narration together […]
Profile: Priscilla Rawade
The World Communion of Reformed Churches is particularly committed to gender justice and the just and full participation of women in all areas of church and society. The 2017 General Assembly adopted “The Declaration of Faith on the Ordination of Women” and pledged to journey with those members who do not yet ordain women. The […]
Profile: Rola Sleiman
The World Communion of Reformed Churches is particularly committed to gender justice and the just and full participation of women in all areas of church and society. The 2017 General Assembly adopted “The Declaration of Faith on the Ordination of Women” and pledged to journey with those members who do not yet ordain women. The […]
President Najla Kassab
Najla Kassab Abousawan, president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), is an ordained minister in the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (NESSL). She obtained her B.A. in Christian education from the Near East School of Theology (NEST) in 1987 and her Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1990. In […]
An interview with Chris Ferguson
Chris Ferguson was elected general secretary of the WCRC at the executive committee’s May 2014 meeting, taking over in September from Setri Nyomi, who had served the allowed two terms. An ordained minister in the United Church of Canada Chris has served in ministry in Canada, the Middle East, various parts of Latin America and […]
Membership
The member churches of the WCRC are the life bread of the organization. If your church is interested in becoming a member of the WCRC, please consider the following: Churches of the Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed, United and Uniting, Waldensian and other First Reformation traditions are eligible for membership. Member churches affirm the WCRC Constitution (English, […]
