The World Communion of Reformed Churches is an ecumenical

Ecumenism

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 Christian

Christian

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 body formed in June 2010 by the union of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches

World Alliance of Reformed Churches

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches is a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin...

 and the Reformed Ecumenical Council

Reformed Ecumenical Council

The Reformed Ecumenical Council is an international organization of CalvinistChurches. It has 39 member denominations from 25 countries in its membership, and those churches have about 12 million people together. It was founded in 1946 as the Reformed Ecumenical Synod...

. With approximately 80 million members, the WCRC is the third largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 and the Eastern Orthodox Church

Eastern Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

es.

After a two-day meeting ending on 1 February 2006, Douwe Visser, president of the Reformed Ecumenical Council and Clifton Kirkpatrick, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, said in a joint letter to their constituencies, "We rejoice in the work of the Holy Spirit which we believe has led us to recommend that the time has come to bring together the work of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council into one body that will strengthen the unity and witness of Reformed Christians."

After first calling the potential body "World Reformed Communion", this was modified into "World Communion of Reformed Churches".

A Uniting General Council of the WCRC, bringing the organization into existence, took place from June 18–26, 2010 at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. The council focused on the "Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace" mentioned in Ephesians as its main theme, setting a tone of true mutual understanding and acceptance amongst member churches and associates, laying aside differences and other issues as they embark on this shared journey with one another as each seeks to discern the will of God and continue their struggle for justice and peace in the world.

The World Communion of Reformed Churches is the largest association of Reformed churches

Reformed churches

The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John Calvin...

 in the world. Its member denominations on the whole could be considered more liberal than the member denominations of the International Conference of Reformed Churches

International Conference of Reformed Churches

The International Conference of Reformed Churches is a federation of Reformed or Calvinist churches across the world. Its theology is more conservative than the larger World Alliance of Reformed Churches and Reformed Ecumenical Council and is similar to that of the World Reformed Fellowship.-...

 or the World Reformed Fellowship

World Reformed Fellowship

The World Reformed Fellowship is an ecumenical Christian body which promotes unity between conservative Reformed churches around the world.It was formed on October 24, 2000 through the union of the World Fellowship of Reformed Churches and the International Reformed Fellowship .It is similar in...

, which are also large ecumenical Reformed organizations.

Members of the Communion

NOTE: This is a list of potential members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches based upon the membership of the parent organizations as listed on their official websites as of 28 April 2007. This list may require editing following the Uniting General Council Meeting of June 2010.

• Algeria
  • Protestant Church of Algeria
    Protestant Church of Algeria
    The Protestant Church of Algeria is a small religious body formed in 1972 by the union of several smaller Protestant denominations in Algeria.The church has about 1,500 members, mainly in the northern coastal region of the country...
    
    /Eglise protestante d Algerie
• American Samoa
  • Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa/Ekalesia Fa'apotopotoga Kerisiano I Amerika Samoa
• Angola
  • Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola/Igreja Evangélica Congregacional em Angola (IECA)
  • Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola/Igreja Evangélica Reformanda de Angola (IERA)
• Argentina
  • Evangelical Church of the River Plate/Iglesia Evangélica del Rio de la Plata
  • Evangelical Congregational Church/Iglesia Evangélica Congregacional
  • Presbyterian Church of Argentina/Iglesia presbiteriana Argentina
  • Reformed Churches in Argentina/Iglesias Reformadas en la Argentina
• Australia
  • Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
    Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
    The Christian Reformed Churches of Australia is a Christian denomination established in Australia belonging to the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition.-Background:...
    
    
  • Congregational Federation of Australia
    Congregational Federation of Australia
    The Congregational Federation of Australia is Congregational denomination comprising fourteen congregations in New South Wales and Queensland. It has sixteen ordained ministers and some two thousand members and adherents, many of them Samoans.-History:...
    
    
  • Uniting Church in Australia
    Uniting Church in Australia
    The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union....
    
    
• Austria
  • Reformed Church in Austria/Evangelische Kirche HB (Reformiert) in Österreich
• Bangladesh
  • St. Thomas' Church
    St. Thomas' Church
    St. Thomas Church, St. Thomas Chapel, or variations may refer to:in China*St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Hong Kongin England*Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral*Sts Thomas Minster, Isle of Wight...
    
    /Church of Bangladesh
    Church of Bangladesh
    The Church of Bangladesh is a church of the Anglican Communion in Bangladesh. It is a united church formed by the union of various Christian churches in the region.The Church of Bangladesh came into being as the outcome of the separation from Pakistan...
    
    
• Belgium
  • United Protestant Church of Belgium/Eglise Protestante Unie de Belgique/Verenigde Protestantse Kerk in Belgie
• Bolivia
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Bolivia/Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana en Bolivia
• Botswana
  • Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana
• Brazil
  • Arab Evangelical Church of São Paulo/Igreja Evangélica Arabe de Sao Paulo
  • Christian Reformed Church of Brazil/Igreja Crista Reformada do Brasil
  • Evangelical Reformed Churches in Brazil/Igrejas Evangélicas Reformadas no Brasil
  • Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil
    Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil
    The Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil is a Mainline Protestant Christian denomination in Brazil. Part of the Reformed family of Protestantism, it is the second oldest Presbyterian denomination in the country, having an estimate 74.224 members, 693 ordained ministers and 510 churches...
    
    /Igreja Presbiteriana Independente do Brasil
  • Presbyterian Church of Brazil
    Presbyterian Church of Brazil
    The Presbyterian Church of Brazil is an Evangelical Protestant Christian denomination in Brazil. Part of the Reformed family of Protestantism, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country, having an estimate 788.553 members, 3,162 ordained ministers and 4,212 churches...
    
    /Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil
  • United Presbyterian Church of Brazil/Igreja Presbiteriana Unida do Brasil
• Bulgaria
  • Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria/Evangelaska Kongreschanska Zewrkwa
• Burkina Faso
  • Reformed Evangelical Church of Burkina Faso/Eglise evangelique reformee du Burkina Faso
• Burma
  • Christian Reformed Church in Myanmar
  • Independent Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
  • Mara Evangelical Church/Evangelical Mission Myanmar/Mara Evangelical Awnanopa
  • The Presbyterian Church of Myanmar/Kawlram Presb Kohhran* Cameroon
  • African Protestant Church/Eglise protestante africaine
  • Evangelical Church of Cameroon/Eglise évangélique du Cameroun
  • Presbyterian Church in Cameroon/Eglise presbyterienne camerounaise
  • Presbyterian Church of Cameroon/Eglise presbytérienne camerounaise
• Canada
  • The Presbyterian Church in Canada/L'Eglise presbytérienne au Canada
    Presbyterian Church in Canada
    The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Protestant Christian church, of presbyterian and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875, although the United Church of Canada claimed the right to the name from 1925 to 1939...
    
    
  • United Church of Canada
    United Church of Canada
    The United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...
    
    
• Central African Republic
  • Protestant Church of Christ the King/Eglise Protestante du Christ-Roi
• Chile
  • Presbyterian Church of Chile/Iglesia Presbiteriana de Chile
  • Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Chile/Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana en Chile
• China, Hong Kong
  • The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
    The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
    The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China is a Protestant Christian church organization in Hong Kong. The Church of Christ in China is a uniting church consisting mainly of churches with Congregational and Presbyterian traditions, including the London Missionary Society, British...
    
    
• China, People's Republic of
  • China Christian Council
    China Christian Council
    The China Christian Council or CCC was founded in 1980 as an umbrella organization for all Protestant churches in the People's Republic of China with Bishop K. H. Ting as its president. It works to provide theological education and the publication of Bibles , hymnals , and other religious...
    
    
• Colombia
  • Presbyterian Church of Colombia/Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia (Synodo presbiteriano)
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • Evangelical Community in the Congo/Communaute evangelique du Congo
  • Presbyterian Community in the Congo/Communaute presbytérienne au Congo
  • Presbyterian Community of Eastern Kasai/Communaute presbyterienne du Kasai oriental
  • Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa/Communaute presbyterienne de Kinshasa
  • Presbyterian Community of Western Kasai?/Reformed Presbyterian Community in Africa/Communauté presbytérienne au Kasai occidental/Communauté presbytérienne réformée en Afrique
  • Protestant Community of Shaba/Communaute Protestante au Shaba
  • Reformed Community of Presbyterians/Communauté Réformée des Presbyteriens
• Congo, Republic of the
  • Evangelical Church of the Congo/Eglise évangélique du Congo
• Costa Rica
  • Costa Rican Presbyterian Evangelical Church/Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana Costarricense
• Croatia
  • Reformed Christian Church in Croatia/Reformirana Krscanska Crkva U Hrvatskoj
• Cuba
  • Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba/Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada en Cuba
• Czech Republic
  • Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
    Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
    The Protestant Church of Czech Brethren , was formed in 1918 in Czechoslovakia through the unification of the Protestant churches of the Lutheran and Reformed confessions...
    
    /Evangelische Kirche der Böhmischen Brüder/Ceskobratrská Cirkev Evangelická
• Denmark
  • Reformed Synod of Denmark
    Reformed Synod of Denmark
    The Reformed Synod of Denmark is a synod of four Reformed free church congregations in Denmark. A member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, it has approximately 700 members.The current Moderator is Sabine Hofmeister...
    
    /Den reformerte Synode i Danmark
• Dominican Republic
  • Christian Reformed Church of the Dominican Republic
  • Dominican Evangelical Church/Iglesia Evangélica Dominicana
• East Timor
  • Christian Church in East Timor/Gereja Kristen di Timor Timur/Igreja Protestante iha Timor Lorosa'e
• Egypt
  • Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)
    Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)
    The Evangelical Church of Egypt , in Arabic El-Kanisah El-Injiliyah , and sometimes referred to as the Coptic Evangelical Church of Egypt, is a Protestant church that started as a mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America among Muslim and Coptic Egyptians in the late nineteenth...
    
    /El-Kanisah El-Injiliyah
• El Salvador
  • Reformed Calvinist Church of El Salvador/Iglesia Reformada Calvinista de El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea
    Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea
    The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea is a minority church in Equatorial Guinea. It is reformed by its theology and presbyterian by its form of government, as stated in its constitution...
    
    /Iglesia Reformada Presbiteriana de Guinea Ecuatorial
• Ethiopia
  • Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
    Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
    The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is a Christian denomination in Ethiopia. It was created in 1959 with the merger of Lutheran and other congregations established by missionary work in that country, taking its name from the first congregation in Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus...
    
    /Ye Etiopia Wangelawit Betakristian Makane Yesus
• France
  • Evangelical Reformed Church of France/Eglises Reformes Evangeliques Independantes de France (EREI)
  • Malagazy Protestant Church in France/Eglise Protestante Malgache/Fiangonana Protestanta Malagasy
  • Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine/Eglise Réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine
  • Reformed Church of France
    Reformed Church of France
    The Reformed Church of France is a denomination in France with Calvinist origins. It is the original and largest Protestant denomination in France....
    
    /Eglise Reformée de France
• French Polynesia
  • Maòhi Protestant Church/Etaretia Evaneria no Porinetia Farani/Église Protestante Maòhi
• Germany
  • Church of Lippe/Lippische Landeskirche
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany (Synode evangelisch-reformierter Kirchen in Bayern und Nordwestdeutschland)
  • Reformed Alliance/Reformierter Bund
• Ghana
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
    Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
    The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana is a Protestant Christian denomination in Ghana. It is popularly referred to as the "EP Church". It has strong roots in the Evangelical and Reformed traditions.-History:...
    
    /Presbyteria Nyanyui Hame le Ghana
  • Presbyterian Church of Ghana
    Presbyterian Church of Ghana
    The Presbyterian Church of Ghana is a Protestant church in Ghana. The church was started by the Basel missionaries in 1828. The missionaries had been trained in Germany and arrived on the Gold Coast to spread Christianity. The work of the mission became stronger when missionaries from the West...
    
    
• Greece
  • Greek Evangelical Church
    Greek Evangelical Church
    The Greek Evangelical Church is a Presbyterian Reformed denomination in Greece...
    
    /Helliniki Evangeliki Ekklesia
• Grenada
  • Presbyterian Church in Grenada
• Guatemala
  • National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala/Iglesia Evangélica Nacional Presbiteriana de Guatemala
• Guyana
  • Guyana Congregational Union
  • Guyana Presbyterian Church
  • Presbyterian Church of Guyana
• Honduras
  • Christian Reformed Church of Honduras/Iglesia Cristiana Reformada de Honduras
• Hungary
  • Reformed Church in Hungary
    Reformed Church in Hungary
    The Reformed Church in Hungary is a key representative of Christianity in Hungary, being numerically the second-largest denomination in Hungary after the Roman Catholic Church, and the biggest denomination among ethnic Hungarians in Romania...
    
    /Magyarországi Református Egyház
• India
  • Church of North India
    Church of North India
    The Church of North India , the dominant Protestant denomination in northern India, is a united church established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the main Protestant churches working in northern India...
    
    
  • Church of South India
    Church of South India
    The Church of South India is the successor of the Church of England in India. It came into being in 1947 as a union of Anglican and Protestant churches in South India. With a membership of over 3.8 million, it is India's second largest Christian church after the Roman Catholic Church in India...
    
    
  • The Congregational Church of India (Maraland)
  • Evangelical Church of Maraland
    Evangelical Church of Maraland
    Evangelical Church of Maraland is a Church in southern Mizoram in Northeast India. It was founded by English missionary Rev. & Mrs Reginald Arthur Lorrain in 1907. It is the largest Church among Mara people. It is one of the three Mizoram Churches pioneered by English Missionaries in the 19th century...
    
    
  • Lairam Church of Jesus Christ/Isua Krista Kohhran Lairam
  • Presbyterian Church of India
    Presbyterian Church of India
    The Presbyterian Church of India is one of the mainline Protestant Churches in India, with over one million adherents, mostly in Northeast India. It is the largest Christian denomination in that region. The PCI was founded in 1841 by missionaries from the Presbyterian Church of Wales...
    
    
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church, North East India
• Indonesia
  • Christian Church in Central Sulawesi
  • Christian Church in Luwuk Banggai
  • Christian Church in Sulawesi
  • Christian Church of Southern Sumatra
  • Christian Church of Sumba (GKS)
  • Christian Churches of Java
  • Christian Evangelical Church in Bolaang Mongondow
  • The Christian Evangelical Church in Halmahera
  • Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa
  • Christian Evangelical Church in Timor
  • Church of Toraja Mamasa (GTM)
  • The East Java Christian Church
  • Evangelical Christian Church in West Papua
  • Evangelical Church in Kalimantan
  • Indonesia Christian Church
    Indonesia Christian Church
    The Indonesian Christian Church is an Indonesian Christian denomination. GKI was established in continuity with the Indonesian Christian Church in West Java, Central Java and East Java. These three denominations were originally independent, each arising from separate missioniary initiatives...
    
    
  • Indonesian Protestant Church in Buol Toli-Toli
  • Indonesian Protestant Church in Donggala
  • Indonesian Protestant Church in Gorontalo
  • Javanese Christian Churches (GKJ)
  • Karo Batak Protestant Church
    Karo Batak Protestant Church
    The Gereja Batak Karo Protestan or Karo Batak Protestant Church is the largest church among the largely Christian Karo people of North Sumatra, Indonesia. It was established formally in 1941....
    
    
  • Pasundan Christian Church
  • Protestant Christian Church in Bali
  • Protestant Church in the Moluccas
  • Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi
  • Protestant Church in West Indonesia
  • Sangihe-Talaud Evangelical Church
  • Southern Sumatra Christian Church/Gereja Kristen Sumatra Bagian Selatan (GKSBS)
  • Toraja Church
    Toraja Church
    Toraja Church is a protestant Christian denomination in Tana Toraja, Indonesia, of which the majority of the Toraja people are members. This church is a member of Indonesian council of churches since 1950. On November 7, 1913 Rev. A.A. van de Loosdrecht became the first missionaries who came in...
    
     (GT)
• Iran
  • Synod of the Evangelical Church of Iran/Klesoy Injili Iran
• Ireland
  • Presbyterian Church in Ireland
    Presbyterian Church in Ireland
    The Presbyterian Church in Ireland , is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland...
    
    
• Israel
  • St. Andrew's Scots Memorial Church
• Italy
  • Waldensian Evangelical Church
    Waldensian Evangelical Church
    The Waldensian Evangelical Church is an Italian historical Protestant denomination.After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology and became the Italian branch of Reformed churches....
    
     (Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches
    Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches
    The Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches is an Italian united church.It was founded in 1975 with the union of the Waldensian Evangelical Church and the Italian Methodist Church....
    
    )/Chiesa Evangelica Valdese
• Jamaica
  • The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
    United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
    The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is a united church formed on 1 December 1965 as the "United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman" by bringing the Protestant denominations "Presbyterian Church in Jamaica" and "Congregational Union of Jamaica" together...
    
    
• Japan
  • Church of Christ in Japan/Nippon Kirisuto Kyokai
  • Korean Christian Church in Japan/Zainichi Daikan Kirisuto Kyokai Sokai
  • The Reformed Church in Japan
• Kenya
  • Presbyterian Church of East Africa
    Presbyterian Church of East Africa
    Presbyterian Church of East Africa is a Presbyterian denomination headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It was started by missionaries from Scotland, most notable of whom was Dr John Arthur. It has its headquarters in Nairobi South C....
    
    
  • The Reformed Church of East Africa
• Kiribati
  • Kiribati Protestant Church
    Kiribati Protestant Church
    The Kiribati Protestant Church is a Congregationalist Protestant Christian denomination in Kiribati...
    
    /Ekaretia ni Boretetanti i Kiribati
• Korea, Republic of
  • General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Reformed Church of Korea)/Chan Yang
  • Presbyterian Church in Korea/Hap Dong Jeong Tong/Hap Dong Chung Tong
  • Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea/Ki Jang
  • Presbyterian Church of Korea
    Presbyterian Church of Korea
    The Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea and currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world...
    
    /Dae Shin I
  • Presbyterian Church of Korea
    Presbyterian Church of Korea
    The Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea and currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world...
    
    /Tong Hap
• Latvia
  • Reformed Church in Latvia/Evangeliska Reformatu-Braju Draudze
• Lebanon
  • Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
    Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
    The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 congregations throughout Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran Iraq and Australia...
    
    
  • National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
  • The National Evangelical Union of Lebanon/Al-Ittihad Al Injili Al-Watani Fi Lubnan
• Lesotho
  • Lesotho Evangelical Church/Kereke ea Evangeli Lesotho
• Liberia
  • Presbyterian Church of Liberia
• Lithuania
  • Synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church - Unitas Lithuaniae/Lietuvos Evangeliku Reformatu Baznycia
• Luxembourg
  • Protestant Reformed Church of Luxemburg H.B./Protestantisch-Reformierte Kirche von Luxembourg H.B./Eglise Protestante Réformée du Luxembourg
• Madagascar
  • Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
    Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
    The Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar is the second-largest Christian denomination in Madagascar. The FJKM is the national church of Madagascar, but it is not the established church of the state....
    
    /Eglise de Jésus-Christ à Madagascar/Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara
• Malawi
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - General Synod
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Nkhoma Synod
• Malaysia
  • Presbyterian Church Malaysia/Gereja Presbyterian Malaysia
• Marshall Islands
  • Reformed Congregational Churches
  • United Church of Christ - Congregational in the Marshall Islands/Jarin Parik Dron
• Mauritius
  • Presbyterian Church of Mauritius/Eglise presbytérienne de Maurice
• Mexico
  • Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico/Iglesia Presbiteriana Asociada Reformada de México (IPAR)
  • National Presbyterian Church in Mexico, A. R./Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México, A. R.
  • Presbyterian Reformed Church of Mexico/Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada de México
• Morocco
  • Evangelical Church in Morocco/Eglise évangélique au Maroc
• Mozambique
  • Evangelical Church of Christ in Mozambique/Igreja Evangelica de Cristo em Mocambique
  • Presbyterian Church of Mozambique/Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique
    Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique
    Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique is one of the largest Protestant denominations of Mozambique. It is a Presbyterian church. It has existed for several years. Mozambique is among the countries which has a history of persecution of Christians....
    
    
  • Reformed Church in Mozambique/Igreja Reformada em Mocambique
  • United Church of Christ in Mozambique/Igreja de Christo Unida em Mocambique (Ex-Missao American Board)
• The Netherlands
  • The Protestant Church in the Netherlands
    Protestant Church in the Netherlands
    The Protestant Church in the Netherlands is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in the Netherlands. With 2,000 congregations and a membership of some 1.8 million , it is the second largest church in the Netherlands after the Roman Catholic Church.It was founded 1 May 2004 as a merger of...
    
     (PCN)/De Protestantse Kerk in Nederland (PKN)
  • Remonstrant Brotherhood/Remonstrantse Broederschap
• New Caledonia
  • Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands/Eglise evangélique en Nouvelle Calédonie et aux Îles Loyauté
• New Zealand
  • Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
    Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
    The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand is the main Presbyterian church in New Zealand.-History:The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand was formed in October 1901 with the amalgamation of churches in Synod of Otago and Southland with those north of the Waitaki River.Presbyterians had by and...
    
    
• Niger
  • Evangelical Church of the Republic of Niger/Eglise évangélique de la République du Niger/Ekklisiyar Bishara Ta Kasar Niger
• Nigeria
  • Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
    Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
    Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria is a major Christian denomination. It has been founded in 1904. The reason for its existence was Sudan United Mission —British Branch. Its headquarters is in or near Takum, Taraba State. It has more than 100,000 members....
    
    
  • Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv
    Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv
    The Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv is a Christian denomination from Nigeria. It has more than 200,000 members. It was founded in 1957. It recognises the Heidelberg Catechism. It is a member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council...
    
    /Nongo u Kristu u ken Sudan hen Tiv (NKST)
  • Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ
  • Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
    Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
    Presbyterian Church of Nigeria is a major Christian denomination of Nigeria. It is Presbyterian. It has at least hundreds of thousands members. It is the result of a Scottish Mission. It cooperates with the Church of Scotland...
    
    
  • Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria
  • United Church of Christ in Nigeria/Habaddiyar Ekklisiyar Kristi a Nigeria
• Niue
  • Church of Niue/Ekalesia Niue
• Pakistan
  • Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
    Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
    Presbyterian Church of Pakistan is a major Protestant denomination of Pakistan. The Church of Pakistan is another Christian denomination. The Presbyterian Church of Pakistan has a membership of around 400,000. It was constituted in 1993. It belongs to the World Alliance of Reformed Churches as well...
    
    
  • Sialkot Diocese of the Church of Pakistan
• The Philippines
  • Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines
  • United Church of Christ in the Philippines
    United Church of Christ in the Philippines
    The United Church of Christ in the Philippines is a Christian denomination in the Philippines...
    
    
  • United Evangelical Church of Christ/Iglesia Evangélica Unida de Cristo
• Poland
  • Polish Reformed Church
    Polish Reformed Church
    The Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the republic of Poland is a historic Protestant church in Poland established in the 16th century, still in existence today.-Structure and organisation:An internal census showed that in 2004 the Polish Reformed Church...
    
    /Kosciol Ewangelicko-Reformowany w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
• Portugal
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal/Igreja Evangélica Presbiteriana de Portugal
• Reunion
  • Protestant Church of Reunion/Eglise Protestante de La Réunion
• Romania
  • Reformed Church in Romania
    Reformed Church in Romania
    The Reformed Church in Romania is the organization of the Calvinist church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language...
    
     (Oradea)/Kiralyhagomelleki Reformatus Egyhazkeruelet (Oradea)
  • Reformed Church in Romania
    Reformed Church in Romania
    The Reformed Church in Romania is the organization of the Calvinist church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language...
    
     - Transylvanian District/Romaniai Reformatus Egyhaz - Erdelyi Egyhazkerület
• Rwanda
  • Presbyterian Church in Rwanda/Eglise presbytérienne au Rwanda
• Senegal
  • Protestant Church of Senegal/Eglise protestante du Sénégal
• Serbia, Republic of, and Montenegro, Republic of
  • Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Montenegro/Reformatska Hriscanska Crkva u SFRJ
• Singapore
  • Presbyterian Church in Singapore
• Slovakia
  • Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia/Reformovaná Krest. Cirkev na Slovensku
• Slovenia
  • Reformed Church in Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
  • United Church in the Solomon Islands
• South Africa
  • Dutch Reformed Church (DRC)/Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk
    Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk
    The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa. It also has a presence in neighboring countries, such as Namibia, Swaziland, and parts of Botswana and Zimbabwe...
    
     (NGK)
  • Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA)/(NGKA)
  • Dutch Reformed Church of Africa/Nederduitsch Reformed Church in Africa - NH Church
    Nederduitsch Reformed Church in Africa - NH Church
    The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika like the NG Church traces its origins back to the Dutch settlement in South Africa in 1652. The church developed as an autonomous Reformed Church in South Africa during the Great Trek of Afrikaner-Boers in the late 1830’s...
    
     (NHKA)
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa
  • Peoples Church of Africa/Volkskerk van Afrika
  • Presbyterian Church of Africa
  • Reformed Church in Africa, South Africa
  • United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
    United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
    The United Congregational Church in Southern Africa began with the work of the London Missionary Society, who sent missionaries to the Cape colony in 1799. Congregationalist missionaries from the American Board of Foreign Missions began work in KwaZulu-Natal in 1830, and several congregations of...
    
    
  • Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
    Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
    The Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa was formed and constituted in 1999 as the outcome of the union between the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa .These two churches shared the same origin dating back to the 19th century...
    
    
  • Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
    Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
    The Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa was formed by the union of the black and coloured Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk mission churches.-Main markers in the URCSA'S history:...
    
    / Verenigende Gereformeerde Kerk in Suider Afrika
• Spain
  • Spanish Evangelical Church/Iglesia Evangélica Espanola
• Sri Lanka
  • Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka
  • Presbytery of Lanka
• Sudan
  • Africa Inland Church Sudan
• Swaziland
  • Swaziland Reformed Church (SRC)
• Sweden
  • The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
    Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
    The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden , founded in 1878, is a Swedish Reformed free church. It is the second-largest Christian denomination in the country, after the national church, the Church of Sweden...
    
     or Svenska Missionskyrkan
• Switzerland
  • Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
    Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
    The Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches is a federation of 26 member churches — 24 cantonal churches and two free churches . The SEK-FEPS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with their own theological and formal organisation...
    
     or Fédération des Eglises protestantes de la Suisse or Federazione delle Chiese evangelische della Svizzera
• Taiwan
  • Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
    Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
    The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan was planted in Taiwan in the 19th century by Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell Snr of the Presbyterian Church of England and Dr George Leslie Mackay of the Presbyterian Church in Canada....
    
    /Tâi-oân Ki-tok Tiúⁿ-ló Kàu-hōe
• Thailand
  • Church of Christ in Thailand
    Church of Christ in Thailand
    The Church of Christ in Thailand is a Protestant Christian association. It is the largest Protestant denomination in Thailand and is considered to be the largest by group of Protestant members in Thailand....
    
    
• Togo
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo/Eglise évangélique presbytérienne du Togo
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
  • Reformed Church in Tunisia/Eglise Reformee de Tunisie
• Tuvalu
  • Tuvalu Christian Church/Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu
• Uganda
  • Christian Reformed Church of East Africa
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uganda
• Ukraine
  • Reformed Church in Sub-Carpathia/ Reformed Church in Transcarpathia/Karpataljai Reformatus Egyhaz
• United Kingdom
  • Church of Scotland
    Church of Scotland
    The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
    
    
  • The Presbyterian Church in Ireland
    Presbyterian Church in Ireland
    The Presbyterian Church in Ireland , is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland...
    
    
  • Presbyterian Church of Wales
    Presbyterian Church of Wales
    The Presbyterian Church of Wales , also known as The Calvinistic Methodist Church , is a denomination of Protestant Christianity. It was born out of the Welsh Methodist revival and the preaching of Hywel Harris Howell Harris in the 18th century and seceded from the Church of England in 1811...
    
    /Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru
  • Union of Welsh Independents/Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg
  • United Free Church of Scotland
    United Free Church of Scotland
    The United Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland...
    
    
  • United Reformed Church
    United Reformed Church
    The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...
    
    
• United States of America
  • Christian Reformed Church in North America
    Christian Reformed Church in North America
    The Christian Reformed Church in North America is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed churches of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founded by Gijsbert Haan and Dutch immigrants who left the Reformed Church in...
    
    
  • Cumberland Presbyterian Church
    Cumberland Presbyterian Church
    The Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Christian denomination spawned by the Second Great Awakening. In 2007, it had an active membership of less than 50,000 and about 800 congregations, the majority of which are concentrated in the United States...
    
    
  • Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
    Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
    The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America is a primarily African-American denomination which developed from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1874....
    
    
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church
  • Hungarian Reformed Church in America
  • Korean Presbyterian Church in America
  • Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church/Lietuviu Evangeliku Reformatu Baznycia-JAV
  • Presbyterian Church (USA)
    Presbyterian Church (USA)
    The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
    
    
  • Reformed Church in America
    Reformed Church in America
    The Reformed Church in America is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 170,000 members, with the total declining in recent decades. From its beginning in 1628 until 1819, it was the North American branch of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1819, it...
    
    
  • United Church of Christ
    United Church of Christ
    The United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
    
    
• Uruguay
  • Waldensian Evangelical Church of the River Plate/Iglesia Evangelica Valdense de Rio de la Plata
• Vanuatu
  • Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu/Presbiterian Jyos Blong Vanuatu
• Venezuela
  • Presbyterian Church of Venezuela/Iglesia Presbiteriana de Venezuela
• Western Samoa
  • Congregational Christian Church in Samoa/Ekalesia Fa' apotopotoga Kerisinao I Samoa
• Zambia
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Zambia Synod
  • Reformed Church in Zambia
  • United Church of Zambia
• Zimbabwe
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Harare Synod
  • Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa
  • Reformed Church in Zimbabwe

External links

• World Communion of Reformed Churches Official site
• Official launch in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA in June 2010
• World Reformed Communion announcement
• CRC to Host Inaugural Meeting of Reformed World Communion
• Reformed Ecumenical Council - Official website
• World Alliance of Reformed Churches - Official website
• International Conference of Reformed Churches - Official website
• World Reformed Fellowship - Official website