World Communion of Reformed Churches

World Communion of Reformed Churches
Type	Communion
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Reformed
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Reformed Christianity
Polity	Presbyterian
President	Najla Kassab
Interim General Secretary	Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi
Headquarters	Hanover, Germany (2013–present) Geneva, Switzerland (2010–2013)
Origin	2010;15 years ago (2010)
Congregations	131,578 [a] - 200,070 [b]
Members	86,804,041 [a] - 125,473,832 [b]
Official website	wcrc.ch
a. ^ Considering only full members. b. ^ Including associate and affiliated members.

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the largest association of Reformed (Calvinist) churches in the world. It has 230 member denominations (227 members and 3 associate or affiliate members) ^{[n 1]} in 108 countries, together claiming an estimated 86 million people, ^[1] thus being the third-largest Christian communion in the world after the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. ^[2] This ecumenical Christian body was formed in June 2010 by the union of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC). ^[3]

Among the biggest denominations in the WCRC are the Church of South India, Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Presbyterian Church of Korea, Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, Protestant Church in Indonesia, Presbyterian Church (USA), Evangelical Church of Cameroon,and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. 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.

History

The WCRC traces its origins to 1875, with several unifying Reformed organizations emerging in London, England.

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 Calvinist 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 18–26 June 2010 at Calvin College, located at Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. 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 has not taken a position on the issue of homosexuality but includes denominations that affirm same sex marriage. ^[4]

Work

The 2010 Uniting General Council stated that the WCRC should be "called to communion and committed to justice." Its two main program offices are thus focused on these aspects, with theological work included with communion. The Theology and Communion office serves as coordinator for official dialogues with other religious organizations, organizes a bi-annual Global Institute of Theology, and brings Calvinist theological scholars together for various discussions. The Justice office promotes economic, ecological and human rights, basing much of its work on the Accra Confession, a statement adopted at the 2004 General Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and re-endorsed at the 2010 Uniting General Council.

The WCRC also has a General Secretariat which includes the general secretary's office, the communications office and other organizational responsibilities. Through the General Secretariat, the WCRC promotes dialogue between churches, advocates for causes on a global scale and supports the activities of its member churches.

The global headquarters of the WCRC are located in Hanover, Germany, with a North American non-profit subsidiary based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Originally based in Geneva, Switzerland, which played host to John Calvin and earned a reputation as the "Protestant Rome", the group's Executive Committee announced on 8 November 2012, that they would relocate the headquarters to Hanover, Germany, by December 2013, due to overbearing financial strains caused by the high value of the Swiss franc. ^[5]

Organization positions

Ordination of women

In 2017, WCRC published the Declaration of Faith Concerning Women's Ordination, in which it supports the practice of women's ordination and encourages its 42 member denominations that do not ordain women to change their position. ^{[6] [7] [8]} The National Presbyterian Church in Mexico and National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France protested against the declaration, while the Presbyterian Church of Chile abstained. ^[9]

Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

In the same year, WCRC became the 5th signatory of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, after the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (of the Roman Catholic Church), Lutheran World Federation, World Methodist Council and Anglican Communion. ^[10]

Same-sex marriage

The WCRC has no official position on human sexuality. However, many of its member denominations promote same-sex marriage or bless same-sex unions, such as the Remonstrant Church, Spanish Evangelical Church, United Church of Canada, Uniting Church in Australia, Uniting Church in Sweden, United Church of Christ, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Evangelical Church of the River Plate, Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, United Protestant Church in Belgium, United Protestant Church of France, Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine, Protestant Reformed Church of Luxembourg, Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK), Reformed Church in Austria, Reformed Church in America, Swiss Reformed Church, Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa, Reformed Alliance, Church of Lippe, Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany, United Reformed Church, Presbyterian Church in Canada, Presbyterian Church (USA), Church of Scotland, Presbyterian Church of Wales, Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, Waldensian Evangelical Church and Waldensian Evangelical Church of the River Plate. ^[9]

Leadership and General Council

General Councils

Council year	City and country	Theme
2010	Grand Rapids, U.S.	Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Living God, Renew and Transform Us [11]
2025	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Persevere in Your Witness [12]

Presidents

WCRC presidents are ordinarily elected for a term of seven years at every General Council:

Year	Name	Church affiliation
2010–2017	Jerry Pillay	Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
2017–2025	Najla Kassab	National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon

General Secretaries

WCRC general secretaries are elected for seven years at every General Council (held septennially):

Year	Name	Church affiliation
2010–2014	Setri Nyomi	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana
2014–2021	Chris Ferguson	United Church of Canada
2021–2023	"Collegial General Secretariat"	(see below)
2023–2025	Setri Nyomi	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana

Setri Nyomi's term was a continuation of his term as general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. Upon the conclusion of Chris Ferguson's term as general secretary in August 2021, the WCRC Executive Committee appointed a "Collegial General Secretariat" originally composed of the three executive secretaries: Hanns Lessing (Secretary of Communion and Witness, Evangelical Church of Westphalia), Philip Vinod Peacock (Secretary of Justice and Witness, Church of North India), and Phil Tanis (Secretary of Communications and Operations, Reformed Church in America). ^[13] They were joined in the Collegium by Muna Nassar (Secretary of Mission and Advocacy) in December 2022. ^[14] In 2023, Setri Nyomi was installed as interim general secretary, to serve until the 2025 General Council. ^[15]

Member churches

Red countries are home to at least one member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches

As of December 2024, the World Communion of Reformed Churches has 227 members and 3 associate or affiliate members: ^{[16] [17] [n 1]}

Country	denominational subfamily	Denomination	Number of congregations	Number of members	Year
Algeria	Continental reformed	Algerian Reformed Church	-	-	-
American Samoa	Congregational	Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa	113	20,000	2006
Angola	Congregational	Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola	2,800	950,000	2010 [18]
Angola	Continental reformed	Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola	452	200,000	2006 [19]
Argentina	Congregational	Evangelical Congregational Church (Argentina)	120	6,000	2021 [20]
Argentina	United Churches (Continental Reformed and Lutheran)	Evangelical Church of the River Plate	45	25,000	2023 [21]
Argentina	Continental reformed	Reformed Churches in Argentina	11	2,500	2017 [22]
Australia	Congregational	Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand	31	2,985	2004 [23]
Australia	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Methodists)	Uniting Church in Australia	2,500	243,000	2018 [24]
Austria	Continental reformed	Evangelical Church of the Helvetic Confession in Austria (Evangelische Kirche HB (Reformiert) in Österreich)	9	11,155	2023 [25]
Bangladesh	United Churches (Presbyterians and Anglicans)	Church of Bangladesh	32	15,622	2014 [26]
Bangladesh	Presbyterians	Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church in Bangladesh	-	-	-
Belgium	United Churches (Continental Reformed and Lutheran)	United Protestant Church in Belgium	103	3,401	2014 [27]
Bolivia	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Bolivia	12	1,500	2004 [28]
Botswana	Continental reformed	Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana	20	10,000	2016 [29]
Brazil	Continental reformed	Evangelical Reformed Churches in Brazil	13	2,937	2015 [30]
Brazil	Presbyterians	Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil	553	96,396	2019 [31]
Brazil	Presbyterians	United Presbyterian Church of Brazil	44	2,450	2020
Bulgaria	Congregational	Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria	34	5,000	2006 [32]
Burkina Faso	Continental reformed	Association of Evangelical Reformed Churches of Burkina Faso	22	40,000	2006 [33]
Cameroon	Presbyterians	African Protestant Church	32	10,000	2006 [34]
Cameroon	Continental reformed	Evangelical Church of Cameroon	700	2,000,000	2006 [35]
Cameroon	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Cameroon	1,540	2,000,000	2006 [36]
Cameroon	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Cameroon	1,364	1,800,000	2006 [37]
Canada	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Canada	1,337	79,961	2019 [38]
Canada	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Methodists)	United Church of Canada	2,586	352,812	2021 [39]
Central African Republic	Continental reformed	Protestant Church of Christ the King	2	700	2004 [40]
Chile	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Chile	12	1,000	2006 [41]
China (People's Republic of China)	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists and Methodists)	Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China	55	28,361	2006 [42]
Colombia	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Colombia (Presbyterian Synod)	45	12,000	2006 [43]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	United Churches	Evangelical Community in the Congo	87	83,746	2006 [44]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Community in Congo	926	2,500,000	2006 [45]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Presbyterians	Reformed Presbyterian Community in Africa	496	28,000	2004 [46]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Community of Eastern Kasai	104	27,210	2004 [47]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa	186	67,436	2006 [48]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Continental reformed	Protestant Community in Katanga (Protestant Community of Shaba)	28	18,000	2004 [49]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Presbyterians	Reformed Community of Presbyterians	21	11,194	2006 [50]
Congo (Republic of Congo)	Continental reformed	Evangelical Church of Congo	118	150,000	2016 [51]
Costa Rica	Presbyterians	Costa Rican Presbyterian Evangelical Church	24	1,325	2013 [52]
Croatia	Continental reformed	Reformed Christian Church in Croatia	21	3,378	2006 [53]
Cuba	Presbyterians	Reformed Presbyterian Church in Cuba	59	15,000	2006 [54]
Cuba	Moravians	Moravian Church in Cuba	-	600	1997
Czechia	United Churches (Continental Reformed and Lutheran	Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren)	242	58,410	2022 [55]
Denmark	Continental reformed	Reformed Synod of Denmark	4	1,000	2004 [56]
Dominican Republic	Continental reformed	Christian Reformed Church in the Dominican Republic	-	15,000	2022 [57]
Dominican Republic	United Churches (Presbyterians and Methodists)	Dominican Evangelical Church	101	5,000	2022 [58]
Egypt	Presbyterians	Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)	314	14,000	2006 [60]
El Salvador	Continental reformed	Reformed Calvinist Church of El Salvador	5	3,212	2004 [61]
Eswatini	Continental reformed	Swaziland Reformed Church	4	1,600	2016 [62]
Ethiopia	United Churches (Presbyterians and Lutherans)	Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus	-	12,000,000	2023 [21]
France	Continental reformed	Malagasy Protestant Church in France	39	8,000	2006 [63]
France	United Churches (Continental Reformed and Lutheran)	Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine	240	220,000	2023 [21]
France	United Churches (Continental Reformed and Lutheran)	United Protestant Church of France	1,000	250,000	2019 [64]
French Polynesia	Congregational	Maohi Protestant Church	96	130,000	2006 [65]
Germany	Continental reformed	Reformed Alliance Church of Lippe [n 2] Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany [n 2] Evangelical Old-Reformed Church in Lower Saxony [n 2]	320 65 143 12	1,500,000 140,313 159,309 6,275	2022 [66] 2022 [67] 2022 [68] 2022
Ghana	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana	787	200,000	2006 [69]
Ghana	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Ghana	4,889	1,015,174	2019 [70]
Greece	Presbyterians	Greek Evangelical Church	30	6,000	2016
Grenada	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Grenada	3	876	2004 [71]
Guatemala	Presbyterians	National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala	155	25,000	2004 [72]
Guyana	Congregational	Guyana Congregational Union	40	2,452	2006 [73]
Guyana	Presbyterians	Guyana Presbyterian Church	44	2,500	2006 [74]
Guyana	Presbyterians	Guyana Presbyterian Church	25	5,600	2006 [75]
Equatorial Guinea	Presbyterians	Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea	29	8,230	2006 [76]
Honduras	Continental reformed	Christian Reformed Church of Honduras	75	5,000	2011 [77]
Hungary	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Hungary	1,230	943,982	2022 [78]
India	United Churches (Presbyterians, Anglicans, Methodists and Disciples of Christ)	Church of North India	4,000	1,250,000	2018 [79] [80]
India	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Continental Reformed, Anglicans and Methodists)	Church of South India	10,114	2,800,000	2014 [81]
India	Congregational	Congregational Church of India (Maraland)	23	5,500	2006 [82]
India	Congregational	Evangelical Church of Maraland	74	30,327	2006 [83]
India	Congregational	Association of Evangelical Churches (India)	200	35,000	2017 [84]
India	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of India	4,054	1,578,119	2024 [85]
India	Presbyterians	Reformed Presbyterian Church, North East India	105	11,376	2021 [86]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Central Sulawesi Christian Church	625	501,750	2022 [87] [88]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Christian Church in South Sulawesi	41	6,555	2004 [89]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Christian Church of Southern Sumatra	62	39,900	2004 [90]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Christian Churches of Java	218	211,279	2004 [91]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Christian Church of Sumba	72	173,000	2004 [92]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Sangihe Talaud Evangelical Church	255	220,000	2004 [93]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Toraja Mamasa Church	353	80,000	2004 [94]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	East Java Christian Church	118	153,000	2004 [95]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera	328	150,000	2004 [96]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Evangelical Church in Kalimantan	785	219,145	2004 [97]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Evangelical Christian Church in West Papua	1,869	650,000	2004 [98]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Evangelical Christian Church In Bolaang Mongondow	176	86,200	2004 [99]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Indonesian Christian Church	231	263,688	2020 [100] [101]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Karo Batak Protestant Church	913	317,060	2019 [102]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Pasundan Christian Church	45	30,000	2004 [103]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Protestant Christian Church in Bali	50	6,871	2004 [104]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi	64	30,000	2006 [105]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Toraja Church	452	350,000	2006 [106]
Indonesia	Continental reformed	Protestant Church in Indonesia Protestant Church in Western Indonesia [n 3] Evangelical Christian Church In Minahasa [n 3] Protestant Church in the Moluccas [n 3] Evangelical Christian Church in Timor [n 3] Indonesian Protestant Church in Buol Toli-Toli [n 3] Indonesian Protestant Church in Gorontalo [n 3] Indonesian Protestant Church in Donggala [n 3] Christian Church in Luwuk Banggai [n 3]	3,622 280 1,500 782 634 200 - - 226	4,107,783 600,000 730,000 575,000 2,000,000 14,434 11,103 30,114 73,000	2006 2006 [107] 2006 [108] 2006 [109] 2006 [110] 2004 [111] 2006 [112] 2006 [112] 2004 [113]
Iran	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Iran	14	9,000	2018 [114]
Ireland	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Ireland	500	200,000	2020 [115]
Israel	Presbyterians	Baraka Bible Presbyterian Church	2	50	2004 [116]
Italy	Waldenses	Waldensian Evangelical Church	177	21,657	2017
Jamaica	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Disciples of Christ)	United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands	204	60,000	2006 [117]
Japan	Churches of Christ	Church of Christ in Japan	137	13,102	2006 [118]
Japan	Presbyterians	Korean Christian Church in Japan	100	7,160	2006 [119]
Kenya	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of East Africa	3,200	4,000,000	2010 [120] [121]
Kenya	Continental reformed	Reformed Church of East Africa	600	50,000	2021 [122]
Kiribati	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Anglicans)	Kiribati Uniting Church	136	25,216	20202020 [123]
Latvia	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Latvia	3	40	2006 [124]
Lebanon	Presbyterians	Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East	25	9,500	2006 [125]
Lebanon	Presbyterians	National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon	36	8,000	2006 [126]
Lebanon	Presbyterians	National Evangelical Union of Lebanon	9	2,000	2006 [127]
Lesotho	Continental reformed	Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa	109	800,000	2020 [128]
Liberia	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Liberia	15	1,083	2006 [129]
Lithuania	Continental reformed	Evangelical Reformed Church of Lithuania	14	7,000	2008 [130]
Luxembourg	Continental reformed	Protestant Reformed Church of Luxembourg	4	3,500	2006 [131]
Madagascar	Continental reformed	Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar	5,795	3,500,000	2004 [132]
Malawi	Presbyterians	Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Nkhoma Synod Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Blantyre Synod	800	2,498,969	2018 [133]
Malaysia	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Malaysia	100	7,000	2004 [134]
Marshall Islands	Congregational	Reformed Congregational Churches	9	4,000	2004 [135]
Marshall Islands	Congregational	United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands	32	37,130	2021 [136]
Mauritius	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Mauritius	5	501	2011 [137]
Mexico	Presbyterians	National Presbyterian Church in Mexico	6,000	2,800,000	2010 [138]
Mexico	Presbyterians	Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico	63	2,365	2004 [139]
Mexico	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Reformed Church of Mexico	102	26,000	2004 [140]
Mexico	Presbyterians	Mexican Communion of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches	-	-	-
Morocco	Continental reformed	Evangelical Church in Morocco	9	2,500	2016 [141]
Mozambique	Presbyterians	Evangelical Church of Christ in Mozambique	500	40,000	2004 [142]
Mozambique	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Mozambique	350	100,000	2004 [143]
Mozambique	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Mozambique	75	80,000	2019 [144]
Mozambique	Congregational	United Church of Christ in Mozambique	22	15,000	2011 [145]
Myanmar	Continental reformed	Christian Reformed Church in Myanmar	50	5,000	2004 [146]
Myanmar	Presbyterians	Independent Presbyterian Church of Myanmar	182	4,932	2004 [147]
Myanmar	Congregational	Mara Evangelical Church	96	17,170	2006 [148]
Myanmar	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Myanmar	245	33,000	2001 [149]
Myanmar	Presbyterians	Reformed Presbyterian Church in Myanmar	35	2,500	2021
Myanmar	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Myanmar	33	5,000	2004 [150]
Netherlands	United Churches (Continental Reformed and Lutheran)	Protestant Church in the Netherlands	-	1,430,000	2024 [151]
Netherlands	Arminians	Remonstrant Brotherhood	44	5,050	2015
Netherlands	Congregational	Covenant of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands	40	7,000	2004 [152]
New Caledonia	Continental reformed	Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia	-	70,000	2006 [153]
New Zealand	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand	434	29,000	2006 [154]
Niger	Continental reformed	Evangelical Church of the Republic of Niger	-	12,000	2019 [155]
Nigeria	Continental reformed	Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria	62	120,000	2004 [156]
Nigeria	Continental reformed	Universal Reformed Christian Church (Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv)	-	1,000,000	2023 [157]
Nigeria	Continental reformed	Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ	267	1,500,000	2004 [158]
Nigeria	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Nigeria	2,000	3,806,690	2013 [159]
Nigeria	Continental reformed	Church of Christ in Nations	64	250,000	2006 [160]
Nigeria	Continental reformed	United Church of Christ in Nigeria	81	66,000	2004 [161]
Niue	Congregational	Congregational Christian Church of Niue	16	1,190	2006 [162]
Pakistan	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Pakistan	220	300,000	2006 [163]
Pakistan	United Churches (Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans and Anglicans)	Church of Pakistan	400	500,000	2014 [164]
Philippines	Continental reformed	Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines	37	4,575	2004 [165]
Philippines	United Churches (Presbyterians, Baptists, Disciples of Christ and Methodists)	United Church of Christ in the Philippines	2,564	470,792	2020 [166] [27]
Philippines	United Churches (Presbyterians and Methodists)	United Evangelical Church of Christ in the Philippines	72	30,000	2004 [167]
Poland	Continental reformed	Polish Reformed Church	13	3,200	2020 [168]
Portugal	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal	21	3,000	2006 [169]
Romania	Continental Reformed	Reformed Church in Romania	1,352	495,380	2021 [170]
Rwanda	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Rwanda	73	120,000	2004 [171]
Samoa	Congregational	Congregational Christian Church of Samoa	325	70,000	2006 [172]
Senegal	Continental reformed	Protestant Church in Senegal	5	1,000	2015 [173]
Serbia	Continental reformed	Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Montenegro	15	17,000	2004. [174]
Singapore	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Singapore	37	21,000	2020 [175]
Slovakia	Continental reformed	Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia	304	85,271	2021 [176]
Slovenia	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Slovenia	4	400	2004 [177]
Solomon Islands	United Churches (Presbyterians and Methodists)	United Church in the Solomon Islands	191	50,000	2006 [178]
South Africa	Continental reformed	Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK)	1,158	1,074,765	2013 [179]
South Africa	Continental reformed	Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK)	303	114,112	2013
South Africa	Continental reformed	Dutch Reformed Church in Africa	-	-	-
South Africa	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa	42	48,000	2006 [180]
South Africa	Continental reformed	Maranatha Reformed Church of Christ	68	23,950	2004 [181]
South Africa	United Churches	Peoples Church of Africa	220	21,216	2004 [182]
South Africa	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Africa	242	3,381,000	2006 [183]
South Africa	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Africa (South Africa)	12	2,386	1996 [184]
South Africa	Continental reformed	Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa	783	900,000	2019 [185]
South Africa	Presbyterians	Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa	473	80,000	2000 [186]
South Africa	Congregational	United Congregational Church of Southern Africa	450	500,000	2013 [187]
South Korea	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Korea (TongHap)	9,473	2,207,982	2023 [188]
South Korea	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Korea (BaekSeok)	7,373	2,000,037	2023 [189]
South Korea	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea	1,637	193,221	2023 [190]
South Sudan	Continental reformed	Africa Inland Church Sudan	340	125,000	2006 [191]
South Sudan	Continental reformed	Sudanese Reformed Churches	34	6,000	2023 [192]
Spain	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Waldensians, Methodists and Lutherans)	Spanish Evangelical Church	40	3,000	2014 [27]
Sri Lanka	Continental reformed	Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka	41	3,000	2014 [193] [194]
Sri Lanka	Presbyterians	Presbytery of Lanka	3	500	2004 [195]
Sweden	United Churches (Baptists, PT and Methodist)	Uniting Church in Sweden	640	58,569	2021 [196]
Switzerland	Continental reformed	Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches	-	1,920,000	2019 [197]
Sudan	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Sudan	500	1,000,000	2006 [198]
Taiwan	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church in Taiwan	1,205	238,372	2009 [199]
Thailand	United Churches (Presbyterians, Lutherans and Baptists)	Church of Christ in Thailand	550	130,000	2006 [200]
Togo	Presbyterians	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo	581	180,000	2006 [201]
Trinidad and Tobago	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago	108	40,000	2004 [202]
Tuvalu	Congregational	Tuvalu Christian Church	18	9,682	2012 [203]
Uganda	Continental reformed	Christian Reformed Church of East Africa	-	100,000	2019 [204]
Uganda	Presbyterians	Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uganda	12	5,000	2004 [205]
Uganda	Presbyterians	Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Uganda)	-	-	-
Ukraine	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Sub-Carpathia/ Reformed Church in Transcarpathia	108	70,000	2015 [206]
United Kingdom	Presbyterians	Church of Scotland	1,264	283,600	2021 [207]
United Kingdom	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Wales	600	20,000	2020 [208]
United Kingdom	Congregational	Union of Welsh Independents	390	20,000	2006 [209]
United Kingdom	Presbyterians	United Free Church of Scotland	47	1,839	2023 [210]
United Kingdom	United Churches (Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Disciples of Christ)	United Reformed Church	1,383	46,481	2018 [211]
United States of America	Continental reformed	Christian Reformed Church in North America	1,000	189,753	2024 [212]
United States of America	Arminians	Cumberland Presbyterian Church	679	71,204	2022 [213]
United States of America	Arminians	Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America	111	14,473	2020 [214]
United States of America	Presbyterians	ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians	400	127,000	2022 [215] [216]
United States of America	Continental reformed`	Hungarian Reformed Church in America	27	6,080	2006 [217]
United States of America	Presbyterians	Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	302	55,000	2003 [218]
United States of America	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church (USA)	8,572	1,094,733	2023 [219]
United States of America	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in America	692	87,925	2023 [220]
United States of America	United Churches (Continental Reformed, Congregational and Lutheran)	United Church of Christ	4,603	712,296	2023 [221]
Uruguay	Waldenses	Waldensian Evangelical Church of the River Plate	23	13,685	2004 [222]
Vanuatu	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu	-	65,000	2018 [223]
Venezuela	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Venezuela	17	800	2018 [224]
Vietnam	Presbyterians	Presbyterian Church of Vietnam	-	17,000	2015 [225]
Zambia	Presbyterians	Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Synod of Zambia	83	75,000	2018
Zambia	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Zambia	154	500,000	2004 [226]
Zambia	United Churches (Presbyterians and Methodists)	United Church of Zambia	1,060	3,000,000	2006 [227]
Zimbabwe	Continental reformed	Reformed Church in Zimbabwe	49	100,000	2006 [228]
Zimbabwe	Presbyterians	Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Harare Synod	28	8,574	2018
Global	Total	World Communion of Reformed Churches (full members only)	131,578	86,804,041	2004-2024
China (People's Republic of China)	United Churches	China Christian Council (associate member)	60,000	38,000,000	2018 [229]
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Baptists	Baptist Community of the Faithful in Africa (affiliate member)	-	-	-
Global	Disciples of Christ	Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council (associate member)	8,492	1,069,791	2022 [n 4] [230]
Global	Total	World Communion of Reformed Churches (including associate and affiliate members)	200,070	125,473,832	2004-2024

Member Profile

   Presbyterians (40.14%)

   Continental Reformed (29.91%)

   Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (13.89%)

  Others United and uniting churches (13.74%)

   Congregationalism (2.16%)

   Arminians (0.10%)

   Waldenses (0.04%)

   Moravians and Churches of Christ (0.02%)

Considering only full members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, 40.14% of individual members are Presbyterians. The Continental Reformed Churches represent 29.91% of members and the United and uniting churches are 27.63%.

Among the united churches is the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. It is a denomination of Lutheran theology, with a synod of Reformed tradition. ^{[231] [232] [233]} This is the largest denomination members of communion. Alone, it represents 13.89% of members. The others united churches account for 13.74% of the members.

Among the smallest groups within the communion are Congregationalism, which represents 2.16% of members. The Waldenses are 0.04% of the members of the communion.

Arminians have historically not been considered part of the Reformed Tradition. ^[234] However, Arminian denominations represent 0.10% of individual members of the WCRC.

Other groups, such as Moravians and Churches of Christ together they represent about 0.02% of individual members.

Former members

The Arab Evangelical Church of São Paulo was previously members of WCRC. ^[235] However, after 2015, the denomination joined the Brazilian Baptist Convention and left the WCRC.

Due to the WCRC's increasingly liberal stance, theologically conservative denominations left tit in the 2020s.

On June 22, 2023, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church approved a resolution by which it withdrew from the WCRC and reaffirmed that it would base its global relations with other Reformed churches on the more conservative World Reformed Fellowship. ^[17]

In February 2024, the Presbyterian Church of Chile also passed a resolution to withdraw from the WCRC.

In June 2024, the National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France also withdrew from the organization. ^[236]

See also

• Reformed Christianity portal

• List of the largest Protestant denominations

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Notes

1. The list of the World Communion of Reformed Churches lists the Evangelical Reformed Church of Lithuania twice, both in Lithuania and in the United States. Furthermore, Arab Evangelical Church of São Paulo, Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States), Presbyterian Church of Chile and National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France, who have already left the organization, which is why the CMIR list reports 232 denomination Full members and 3 associate and affiliated members.
2. member of the Reformed Alliance, which is already a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Therefore, the number of churches and members of this denomination are not included in the total sum.
3. member of the Protestant Church in Indonesia, which is already a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Therefore, the number of churches and members of this denomination are not included in the total sum
4. excluding numbers from the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa, Church of North India, United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, and United Reformed Church, which are already members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

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