World Communion of Reformed Churches
Prayer Requests
Please join us in responding to the needs of our sisters and brothers through prayer and action. Each prayer request brings new challenges and considerations to the WCRC and the Christian world. Each post links to more info on each specific request.
WCRC calls for prayer and support for Afghanistan
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) calls its member churches to prayer for the people of Afghanistan. Since the withdrawal of NATO-led forces from Afghanistan, armed conflict between the Afghan government and the Taliban has resulted in… Read More
Call to observe day for elimination of sexual violence in conflict
The World Communion of Reformed Churches joins the South Sudan Council of Churches in inviting churches to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, observed globally on 19 June. The council published a… 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
WCRC calls for peace with justice in Jerusalem
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) strongly condemns the attacks by the Israeli security forces on those worshipping at the al-Aqsa Mosque. These actions during the time of Ramadan, at the third most holy site of the… Read More
WCRC calls for prayer and support of Colombian people
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), along with partners, is calling for prayer and support for protestors in Colombia. Protests, which began at the end of April, continue across Colombia, despite dozens of people killed and hundreds… Read More
WCRC calls for prayer and support for UCCP
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) calls on its members and partners to support the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) through prayer and action as it faces increasing harassment and repression from the Filipino… Read More
WCRC calls on members to help save Sheikh Jarrah
The World Communion of Churches (WCRC) calls its membership and the wider ecumenical movement into prayer and action for the impending evictions in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. This latest threat of evictions is part of… Read More
Call for prayers and actions in Philippines
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins with the United Church of Christ in the Philippines and Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice) in their condemnation of the killings and arrests of… Read More
Prayers and support requested for Belarus
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. —Hebrews 13:3 The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joins WCRC Europe’s… Read More
Call for prayer and support for United States
“See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies. They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made. Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and… Read More