Member Church News: COP28, Advent, Visits

The United Reformed Church (UK) is inviting all its members to act in solidarity with church partners in the Holy Land by NOT lighting the 2nd Advent candle, the Bethlehem candle—and has provided an accompanying downloadable liturgy. The… Read More

Member Church News: Women Leaders, COP28, Advent

Among other members, the Uniting Church in Australia, as part of its commitment to the equality and safety of all people, joins people around the world in marking 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which begins on… Read More

Member Church News: Advent, Records, Peace

Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church and its community project, The Mead Centre, have become official Guinness World Record breakers. Collectively known as MK Can, the church, alongside 250 organisations, joined Milton Keynes Food Bank’s effort in creating the… Read More

Member Church News: Books, Peace, Prayers

The introduction and installation of Tara Curlewis as WCRC ecumenical liaison officer in Rome and pastor of St. Andrews Church, respectively, has received coverage from both the Church of Scotland and the Waldensian Evangelical Church. A Christian perspective… Read More

Member Church News: Pets, Peace, Freedom

AIPRAL shares the first issue of the new season of the Alliance magazine: VOICES in Alliance seeks to reflect the increasingly complex reality of the Latin American region and the implications of its churches in their contexts, their… Read More

Member Church News: Empowered Women, Peace Calls

“A New Thing:” Karen Georgia A. Thompson was installed as general minster and president of the United Church of Christ on 20 October. She is the first female to hold this leadership post. In India, various social and… Read More

Member Church News: Peace, Papers, Peoples

Both the United Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church in Canada have signed an ecumenical statement to end the violence in Israel/Palestine and uphold the rights of all civilians to life and freedom from violence and discrimination… Read More

Member Church News: Calls for Peace

Several member denominations and ecumenical partners have issued statements on the conflict in Israel/Palestine, including the Christian Reformed Church in North America, Churches for Middle East Peace, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Church of Canada, Uniting Church in Australia,… Read More

Member Church News: Creation, Refugees, Friendships

The Season of Creation closed with an online worship service led by ecumenical youth. Networks as a response to the challenge of migration: More than 50 people met virtually to discuss Women and Migration in Latin America, within… Read More

Member Church News: Orange Day, Korea Peace Appeal, more

September 30th 2023 is the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. This date was chosen in conjunction with Orange Shirt Day, a grassroots commemoration marked by the wearing of Orange Shirts on September 30… Read More