World Communion of Reformed Churches
Prayer Requests
Please join us in responding to the needs of our sisters and brothers through prayer and action. Each prayer request brings new challenges and considerations to the WCRC and the Christian world. Each post links to more info on each specific request.
Prayers and support requested for Belarus
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. —Hebrews 13:3 The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins WCRC Europe’s… Read More
Call for prayer and support for United States
“See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies. They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made. Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and… Read More
WCRC calls for prayers and fasting for West Papua
The World Communion of Reformed Churches, in solidarity with the West Papuan Council of Churches and the Pacific Council of Churches, calls for prayer and fasting for West Papua. The situation of human rights abuses and injustice in… Read More
WCRC calls for prayer for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh region
As the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region moves into a second month, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins with its member church, the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East, to “call for… Read More
WCRC mourns passing of South African church leader
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) mourns the passing of Kobus Gerber, former general secretary of the Dutch Reformed Church and member of the WCRC Executive Committee. “As a member of our Executive Committee, Rev. Dr. Gerber… Read More
WCRC urges prayer and support for Christian Dalits in India
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins with the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) to call for the inclusion of Dalit Christians and Muslims in the scheduled caste list which would allow them access to… Read More
Call to prayer and support for Beirut
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of… Read More
WCRC mourns passing of Kenyan church leader
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) mourns the passing of Peter Kariuki Kaniah, out-going secretary-general of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA). Kaniah, 54, passed away on Sunday of complications from COVID-19, in Nairobi, Kenya. “Rev…. Read More
Let Me Breathe!
God of life, who breathed life into creation; Jesus, Son of God, who breathed the Holy Spirit onto his disciples; Holy Spirit, Comforter, who breathed tongues of fire on to the disciples, give us life, give us breath,… Read More
WCRC joins in call for global prayer on 14 May
The World Communion of Reformed Churches joins with the Higher Committee for Human Fraternity, World Council of Churches, ecumenical partners, and religious leaders to call for a day of prayer on Thursday, 14 May. “Our world is facing… Read More