by Amy Eckert Over the course of the week and a half that the General Council has gathered in Leipzig, attendees have had many opportunities to hear of discernment. But what is discernment precisely? How does the process… Read More

by Amy Eckert When Pastor Elke Bucksch learned in 2015 that the World Communion of Reformed Churches would hold its 2017 General Council meeting in eastern Germany, she couldn’t have been happier. When it was decided just a… Read More

by Hui Jun Chia One could mistake the artsy, vibrant Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg in Berlin as just another bustling capital city with typical restaurants and shopping brands lining its streets. However, this very place belies a solemn history… Read More

by Stephen Brown The World Communion of Reformed Churches has formally joined an ecumenical statement with Roman Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists aiming to overcome divisions between Protestants and Roman Catholics from the time of the Protestant Reformation. “Today… Read More

By Amy Eckert. Photo by Anna Siggelkow. Aus Tiefer Not (“From Deep Distress”), a new psalm commissioned by the WCRC for the occasion of its 2017 General Council in Leipzig, made its world premiere at the Nikolaikirche Tuesday,… Read More

“In the pursuit of communion and common witness” In an ecumenical worship service, held in the City Church in Wittenberg today, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) signed the Wittenberg Witness,… Read More

We will be live streaming a very special ecumenical service from the City Church in Wittenberg beginning at 10 a.m. this morning. At the service both our Association agreement to the JDDJ and the Wittenberg Witness will be… Read More

by Stephen Brown When delegates from the General Council took part in peace prayers at the Leipzig’s historic Nikolaikirche—St Nicholas’ Church—they joined a tradition stretching back 35 years which became a focus for a peaceful revolt against communist… Read More

by Hui Jun Chia In his address on “Strengthening Communion” to the 2017 General Council, Rev. Dr. Collin Cowan drew out the critical question of whether the Communion’s strength was the end in itself, or if strength was… Read More

By Amy Eckert It was only fitting that an organ concert for the General Council on Monday would be held in Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, where organ master Johann Sebastian Bach served as cantor from 1723-1750. The beloved composer premiered… Read More