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Twenty Reformed pastors, theologians, professors, seminary presidents, and denominational administrators from across North America gathered in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss denominationalism in our post-Christian context.
From The Banner magazine (CRCNA): According to a survey released at the end of August by the Pew Research Center, people around the globe favor leaders who stand up for their constituents with religious beliefs, even if the leader has no strong belief of their own.
The 2024 Mid-Year Report of WRF Denominational Member The Sudanese Reformed Churches (September 2024, by Patrick Wic) -- The Sudanese Reformed Church (SRC) originated in Khartoum, Sudan in February 1992. Subsequently, in October 2005 SRC was re-organized and instituted as Reformed denomination. Up to date SRC has two classes (Khartoum & Juba) with sixteen (16) congregations plus 18 preaching centers in different IDPs and refugee camps with a membership of more than 6000.
From The International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR): Nairobi, Kenya — Religious leaders in Nigeria are renewing and amplifying their call for the government to pay compensation for the destruction of churches by Boko Haram, even as the Islamist militants escalate attacks in the country’s northern states.
On April 1st and 2nd, 2025 the North American East Coast Regional Board of The World Reformed Fellowship will be sponsoring a two day consultation at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Bethesda Maryland, on the theme of The Future of Denominationalism.
From The International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty (AIDLR): Police in Sudan arrested and interrogated seven church leaders last week in Omdurman, Sudan before releasing them on bail, sources said.
On June 24, 2024, Board Member Cameron Shaffer published his impressions after participating in the Forty-Fourth General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. You may read his review at https://mereorthodoxy.com/epc-general-assembly-2024
A Survey of Presbyterian Mission History in Africa – Historic Beginnings (c.1790s to c.1930s) Volume One is a seminal and fascinating book released in November 2023 by Barnabas Academic Publishers, Wellington, South Africa, 782 pages.
The Presbyterian Reformed Church in India held its 2023 Conference for Pastors and Leaders in October 3 to 6. Read the report below:
The 2023 Annual Report of WRF Denominational Member The Sudanese Reformed Churches (SRC), March 27, 2024 (Patrick Wic) -- The Sudanese Reformed Church (SRC) originated in Khartoum, Sudan in February 1992. In October 2005 SRC was re-organized and instituted as Reformed denomination. As of now, SRC has two classes (Khartoum & Juba) with sixteen (16) congregations plus 18 church plants in different towns and IDPs and refugee camps with a membership of 6000+..
On 3rd May 2023, All Tribal Students Union Manipur (ATSUM) organized a Peaceful Rally in Churachandpur district against the Manipur high court order, granting the Scheduled Tribe status of the Meitei community. Meitei forms the majority population (about 53%) of the state. Towards the end of the peaceful march, miscreants (Meitei people) burnt the Memorial Gate and houses of the tribals situated between Churachandpur and Moirang. Upon hearing, the tribals went to the spot and confronted the miscreants and torched Meitei houses. That was how the situation escalated.
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), and the Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine (CEPCU) join efforts to issue a statement on Ukraine marking one year since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. The statement precedes a partnering summit on March 1-3, 2023 in Poland that will bring together key leaders from various alliances, denominations, and organizations from Ukraine, Europe and around the world. The purpose of the gathering is to strengthen the response of the global Evangelical community to significant crises, responding to and learning from the situation in Ukraine.
Last week, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck along the Turkey-Syria border. The two major earthquakes affect about 14 million people living in 10 major cities in Turkey. More than 35,000 deaths have been recorded, though the estimates are that many more will be added to that number.
WEA senior theological advisor Thomas K. Johnson has co-edited with William S. Barker a provocative new book in the WEA World of Theology series. Called The Decalogue Project: Disciples from Six
Continents Engage God’s Ten Commandments, it contains 18 original essays by Christian leaders. We asked Dr. Johnson to explain the importance of this book, which will become available online this
month.
The 2022 Mid-Year Report of WRF Denominational Member The Sudanese Reformed Churches (August 2022, by Patrick Wic) -- The Sudanese Reformed Church (SRC) originated in Khartoum, Sudan in February 1992. Subsequently, in October 2005 SRC was re-organized and instituted as Reformed denomination. Up to date SRC has two classes (Khartoum & Juba) with sixteen (16) congregations plus 18 preaching centers in different IDPs and refugee camps with a membership of more than 6000.
Registration is now open for the TEASA Bible College Consultation on 14-16 June 2022. The theme this year is Serving the Church in Bible Education, based on feedback from previous years. See www.teasa.co.za for further details. We have an excellent roster of experienced speakers this year!
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has received a letter from Rev. Vitaly Vlasenko, General Secretary of the Russian Evangelical Alliance, one of WEA’s 143 national member bodies, with the request to share it with its worldwide constituency. The following is the letter in full – also available in French and Spanish.
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a denominational member of the WRF. The EPC´s World Outreach Ministry sent out this Sunday (February 27th, 2022) a letter with a call to prayer for Ukraine and very helpful links with crucial information for further reading and for contributing for the EPC´s Disaster Relief Fund.
Signed by the International Director of the World Reformed Fellowship (Dr. Davi Charles Gomes) and the Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher), the brief declaration calls for the cessation of acts of hostility and for prayer and support for the people of Ukraine and especially Evangelical and Reformed Christians, organizations and churches in Ukraine.
The 2021 Annual Report of WRF Denominational Member The Sudanese Reformed Churches (February 2022, by Patrick Wic) -- The Sudanese Reformed Church (SRC) originated in Khartoum, Sudan in February 1992. Subsequently, in October 2005 SRC was re-organized and instituted as Reformed denomination. Up to date SRC has two classes (Khartoum & Juba) with sixteen (16) congregations plus 18 preaching centers in different IDPs and refugee camps with a membership of more than 6000.
WRF member Dr. Richard Smith (Westminster Ph.D., 1996) lives and ministers in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has published a new book called Such a Mind as This: A Biblical-Theological Study of Thinking in the Old Testament (Wipf and Stock).
WRF Member Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher makes his book, "Fundamentalism: When Religion becomes Dangerous" available for FREE download
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia met by videoconference on Tuesday, 12 October 2021, to discuss the matter of vaccination status and access to public services of worship.
From EPConnection: Collaboration, encouragement, fellowship, and worship were on the agenda for more than 30 EPC children’s ministry, student ministry, and family ministry leaders on October 6-7 in Orlando. The workers from local churches in all 14 Presbyteries met for the inaugural Next Generation Ministries Leadership Summit, hosted by the Next Generation Ministries Council (NGMC).
From The Aquila Report: Over 100 incidents of persecution documented in one-year span -- With the intensified crackdown against churches, both state-vetted and underground, there is no longer a safe place to be a Christian in China. Almost every province in China has seen an increase in Christian persecution over the last year (Written by International Christian Concern | Monday, October 11, 2021). Read the full article in The Aquila Report.