WCRC joins in support of gender equality

In 1995, 189 countries adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, an ambitious roadmap for gender equality. In the last 26 years, religious actors have been working from the local to the global level to transform gender… Read More

Tax justice critical agree economists and church leaders

Addressing the upcoming G20 International Taxation Symposium, a webinar brought together economists, activists, and church representatives to explore how tax justice and reparations—as called for in the ecumenical Zacchaeus Tax (ZacTax) campaign—could help the world attain a just… Read More

Essays invited for Lombard Prize

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), in association with Lombard, Odier & Cie, Bankers of Geneva, Switzerland, invite young people to participate in the WCRC Youth Network’s call for essays. The focus of theological education on ministerial… Read More

WCRC congratulates LWF general secretary-elect

Anne Burghardt was congratulated on her election as the next general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) by the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). “We are very grateful that the LWF has elected a person of… Read More

WCRC calls for support to end US blockade of Cuba

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) renews its call to end the blockade by the United States of America on Cuba. A letter sent by the Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba noted that the United Nations will discuss… Read More

Webinar to address global tax system

An ecumenical webinar will focus on using the global tax system as a tool to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to repair systemic issues such as rising socio-economic inequality and runaway climate change. “ZacTax: A Reparatory Tax… Read More

WCRC mourns death of Allen Nafuki

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins with those around the world mourning the death of Allen Nafuki, chief executive officer/assembly clerk of the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu (PCV) and a former member of the WCRC Executive… Read More

Virtual Executive Committee sets future course

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) Executive Committee, meeting for the first time in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, approved an interim leadership plan, set task groups for sustainability and the next General Council, adopted… Read More

WCRC calls for prayers, mourning for victims of residential schools

The World Communion of Reformed Churches joins with sisters and brothers in Canada in mourning all those children who suffered and died at residential schools across Canada. According to The Guardian, “Between 1867 and 1996, the Canadian state… Read More

Webinar on ecumenical dialogues looks to future

A webinar on “Justification and Justice: The Journey of the WCRC from Columbus to Notre Dame” gathered nearly two dozen participants to trace “the steps of a journey on which we’ve made momentous advances in the unity of… Read More