Member Church News: Responding, Praying, Believing

Red Crearte has posted a taste of worship from AIPRAL’s 12th Assembly on their YouTube channel. The Assembly also issued a pastoral letter calling for daily care of God’s creation. In response to unprecedented flooding in southern Louisiana,… Read More

Member Church News: Biking, Gathering, Finding

Representatives from more than 25 Presbyterian and Reformed churches in Latin America are gathered to celebrate the 12th General Assembly of AIPRAL. To commemorate the centenary of the birth of Pastor Xie Wei, the Xie Wei Memorial Presbyterian… Read More

Member Church News: Supporting, Welcoming, Recovering

Nancy Loucks, a member of the Church of Scotland, speaks about her job as chief executive of Families Outside, a charity supporting families of prisoners. The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Mr Stuart McMillan has welcomed… Read More

Member Church News: Protests, Programmes, Pokemon

Churches throughout India are stepping up protests against the country’s discriminatory caste system which disadvantages Dalit Christians and Muslims. The caste system is a Hindu-based status system that grades different groups of people on a social scale. Trump’s… Read More

Member Church News: Challenges, Cries, Visits

This week, the Republican National Convention is bringing 50,000 visitors to Cleveland, home of the United Church of Christ national offices, creating a host of challenges and opportunities for those living in the city and working at the… Read More

Member Church News: Responses

The United States has once again been embroiled in a series of shootings that have “sparked debate over gun violence, racism and use of force by police.” WCRC member churches in North America have responded to these events…. Read More

Member Church News: Nesting

Several immigrant families from East Africa have found a “nest” in which they can gather for worship on Sunday afternoons at Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reflecting a church-planting trend called “nesting,” which is… Read More

Member Church News: Movements and Transformations

J. Herbert Nelson was overwhelmingly elected stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA), becoming the first black man selected as the top ecclesial officer of the United States’ largest Reformed body, a largely white denomination. Transforming the future… Read More

Statements on United Kingdom’s European Union Referendum

In the wake of the “Brexit” vote and as a global Communion of churches, we join with our sisters and brothers to continue our commitment to unity and justice across national boundaries and despite differing political views. Jerry… Read More

Member Church News: Synods, Assemblies, Meetings

There’s a lot of news coming from the Presbyterian Church (USA) as they hold their 22nd General Assembly. On the 60th anniversary of making women eligible to be pastors, and the 85th anniversary of ordaining its first woman… Read More