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The World Communion of Reformed Churches ( WCRC) is the largest association of Reformed ( Calvinist) churches in the world. It has 230 member denominations in 108 countries, together claiming an estimated 80 million people, [1] thus being the fourth-largest Christian communion in the world after the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and ...
- 80 million
- Protestant
- 2010; 13 years ago
- Najla Kassab
The Reformed Church in Romania consist of two dioceses. These are: Reformed Diocese of Királyhágómellék [7] Reformed Diocese of Transylvania [8] In Transylvania, the Calvinist faith took root in the 16th century. In 1564, a Synod was held in Nagyenyed (today Aiud) when the Calvinist and Lutheran churches separated.
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Many conservative Reformed churches which are strongly Calvinistic formed the World Reformed Fellowship which has about 70 member denominations. Most are not part of the World Communion of Reformed Churches because of its ecumenical attire.
The Uniting General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has come and gone. For many in the Christian Reformed Church, it was an intensely busy time. Since the Council was held on the campus of Calvin College, we were a primary host denomination and had responsibilities for all kinds of activities and services. And since our people are the kind of people they are, they ...
In 2010 the Alliance united with the Reformed Ecumenical Council, which encompassed some 12 million members in 26 countries, and was renamed the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). The majority of WCRC member churches are located in developing countries, and the group seeks to promote Christian unity, theology, and social justice .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The WCRC and its member churches have roots in the 16th-century Reformation led by John Calvin, John Knox, Ulrich Zwingli and the earlier reforming movements of Jan Hus and Peter Valdes. Our churches are Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed and United/Uniting and Waldensian.
Jan 13, 2022 · As of Dec. 31, 2021, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America were released from their respective classes (regional groups of churches) in the national denomination, representing a splitting of one of the oldest Protestant bodies in the United States. The departures were anticipated after the RCA’s General Synod in October when ...
