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World Communion of Reformed Churches
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is a Christian ecumenical body formed in June 2010 by the merger of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC).
The WCRC is the largest association of Reformed (Calvinist) churches in the world. It has 230 member denominations (227 full members and 3 associate or affiliate members) in 108 countries.
Together, the full member denominations claim about 100 million members. Associated and affiliated denominations, the largest of which are the China Christian Council and Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council, represent another 40 million people.
The WCRC is the largest or second largest Protestant communion in the world.For this reason, it is the third or fourth largest Christian communion in the world, in the world after the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and, possibly, the Anglican Communion.
Among the biggest denominations in the WCRC are the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, Church of South India, Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Presbyterian Church of Cameroon, United Church of Zambia, Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Protestant Church in Indonesia, Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Presbyterian Church of Africa, National Presbyterian Church in Mexico, Presbyterian Community in Congo and Evangelical Church of Cameroon.
Its member denominations on the whole could be considered more liberal than the member denominations of the International Conference of Reformed Churches or the World Reformed Fellowship, which are also large ecumenical Calvinist organizations. The WCRC differs from other global Reformed communities in its liberal stance on homosexuality, abortion, women's ordination, and ecumenism.
In 2025, the Public Witness Report, approved by the General Council of the WCRC, highlighted the organization's goals: combating the exclusion of LGBT people from the life and leadership of its member churches and encouraging pastoral practices that hold sacred the abortion rights of women. Decision 2 of the same Council listed combating homophobia, racism, Christian Zionism, caste systems, colonialism, and discrimination against women, as well as promoting climate justice, as objectives of the WCRC.
Reformed Faith emerged in Europe in the 16th century. From then on, it spread through migration and missions throughout the world. Since the 19th century, Reformed Christians began to organize structures that would allow for communion and the witness of unity among Reformed people around the world.
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World Communion of Reformed Churches
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is a Christian ecumenical body formed in June 2010 by the merger of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC).
The WCRC is the largest association of Reformed (Calvinist) churches in the world. It has 230 member denominations (227 full members and 3 associate or affiliate members) in 108 countries.
Together, the full member denominations claim about 100 million members. Associated and affiliated denominations, the largest of which are the China Christian Council and Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council, represent another 40 million people.
The WCRC is the largest or second largest Protestant communion in the world.For this reason, it is the third or fourth largest Christian communion in the world, in the world after the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and, possibly, the Anglican Communion.
Among the biggest denominations in the WCRC are the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, Church of South India, Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Presbyterian Church of Cameroon, United Church of Zambia, Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Protestant Church in Indonesia, Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Presbyterian Church of Africa, National Presbyterian Church in Mexico, Presbyterian Community in Congo and Evangelical Church of Cameroon.
Its member denominations on the whole could be considered more liberal than the member denominations of the International Conference of Reformed Churches or the World Reformed Fellowship, which are also large ecumenical Calvinist organizations. The WCRC differs from other global Reformed communities in its liberal stance on homosexuality, abortion, women's ordination, and ecumenism.
In 2025, the Public Witness Report, approved by the General Council of the WCRC, highlighted the organization's goals: combating the exclusion of LGBT people from the life and leadership of its member churches and encouraging pastoral practices that hold sacred the abortion rights of women. Decision 2 of the same Council listed combating homophobia, racism, Christian Zionism, caste systems, colonialism, and discrimination against women, as well as promoting climate justice, as objectives of the WCRC.
Reformed Faith emerged in Europe in the 16th century. From then on, it spread through migration and missions throughout the world. Since the 19th century, Reformed Christians began to organize structures that would allow for communion and the witness of unity among Reformed people around the world.