Member Church News: Creation, Assembly, Mourning

From the Uniting Church in Australia, in Week 3 of Season of Creation, Ngarrindjeri man and Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress leader Sean Weetra offers a reflection on what it means to listen to the voice of… Read More

Member Church News: WCC Assembly Wrap-Up

The World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, has concluded. Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches were actively involved. Below are a few of those stories: Two members of the Communion, elected as… Read More

Member Church News: WCC 11th Assembly

All ecumenical eyes are on Karlsruhe, Germany, where the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly is currently taking place. Members of the WCRC are actively involved at the Assembly: Gail Allan, a member of the World Council… Read More

Member Church News: Assembling, Praying, Advocating

With “Swissness” and Reformed dynamism: The Protestant Church of Switzerland represents Swiss Protestantism at the World Council of Churches Assembly. A young Church of Scotland musician has been named one of the winners of a songwriting competition to… Read More

Member Church News: Commemorating, Partnering, Attending

In many places in Lebanon, there is no longer a nationwide supply of electricity. The Christian Aid Association in the Orient supports its partner in the Armenian Evangelical Church Union in supplying the church, school, and associated boarding… Read More

Member Church News: Solidarity, Celebrations

The Council for World Mission (CWM) held a Roundtable Meeting for the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar (PCM) and its partners from 2-3 August 2022. It brought together PCM leaders, its partners from Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand… Read More

Member Church News: Women Leaders, Indigenous Rights, Peacemaking

The United Church of Canada’s historic General Council was held virtually, spanning over seven months, and also marked the election of the first Indigenous woman as moderator, the Carmen Lansdowne. She will be installed at a live-streamed service… Read More

Member Church News: Helping Refugees, Speaking Truth

Reformed and united churches urge “reconciliation must not become a silencing discourse”: The WCRC’s Hanns Lessing moderated a confessional meeting of Reformed and United churches at the meeting of the World Council of Churches Central Committee. In 2020,… Read More

Member Church News: Celebrating, Thanking, Walking

After a one-year delay, the 175th Anniversary celebrations and events of the Armenian Evangelical Church are scheduled to take place in Yerevan, Stepanavan and Hankavan, Armenia, in the week of 1-7 July. Representatives, pastors, lay leaders and young… Read More

Member Church News: New Leaders, Travel Tips

AIPRAL’s new executive committee approved a strategic plan for its work through 2027, providing continuity with current objectives, and also met with member churches in Colombia. The Indigenous Day of Prayer, the Sunday before National Indigenous Peoples Day… Read More