Reformed Group Launches New Website

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) announced on Friday that it has launched its new website www.wcrc.ch.

The site is designed to share the news of WCRC's 230 member churches, including the Christian Reformed Church, representing 80 million Christians in 108 countries.

WCRC was created in June 2010 on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., through a merger of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC). Its member churches are active worldwide in initiatives supporting economic, climate and gender justice, mission, and cooperation among Christians of different traditions.

As for the new website, WCRC is "grateful to the Uniting Church of Australia for its generous support of the development of the site," says Kristine Greenaway, head of the WCRC Office of Communication. "The expertise and staff time the church donated made this new site possible. It has been an exciting collaboration."

The website offers news in English, French, Spanish and German about WCRC program initiatives, reports from the Uniting General Council, the group that helped make the merger happen, and links to the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, videos, photos and WCRC promotional materials.

Visitors to the site can subscribe to the organization’s two quarterly periodicals: Reformed Communiqué (newsletter) and Reformed World (theological journal). A special feature offers the opportunity to make online donations or pay membership fees.

The offices of the WCRC are in Geneva, Switzerland. Rev. Setri Nyomi of the Presbyterian Church in Ghana serves as the General Secretary. Rev. Jerry Pillay of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa in South Africa is its first elected president.