Communion

Office of Theology and Communion

WCRC consciously calls itself a “communion of churches”. As a communion WCRC is based on the understanding of koinonia. Jesus Christ has revealed that koinonia is the reality of the participation of his sisters and brothers into his body. This reality is clearly visible in our life when we share bread and wine at Christ’s table when in fact we share the body and blood of Christ and when through this koinonia ‘all kinds of injustice, racism, separation and lack of freedom are radically challenged’. Therefore WCRC affirms that there can be no communion without justice and no justice without communion. Any separation between the call to communion and the commitment to justice would ignore the basis of koinonia.

In Reformed theology, we affirm and embody characteristics that distinguish how we see our place in God’s world. The basics for Reformed Theology are:

• The unconditional subordination of tradition and doctrine to the Bible
• The assignment of our own denomination to the one, ecumenical church
• The integration of our own denomination in the pilgrimage of God’s people
• The powerful claim of God to our whole life
• The common character of the Christian life under one head

The office of Theology and Communion is responsible for:

• Developing and promoting Reformed Identity and Theology
• Developing the understanding of Communion
• Promoting Christian Unity
• Coordinating worldwide development of (Reformed) Spiritual and Worship renewal
• Exchange of pastors and lay leadership
• Developing the understanding of what it means to be a confessing church
• The preparation for the 2017 Reformation Jubilee
• Interfaith dialogues
• The Global Institute of Theology
• The theological journal Reformed World

Key documents:

Communion and justice have always been core callings of Reformed people, but never more urgently than today!

Cartigny message
…we are a people on a journey to become more fully the communion we are called to be…

UGC section report: Reformed Identity, Theology, Communion
It strengthens Reformed Christians worldwide in their desire for unity among the churches.

UGC section report: Christian Unity and Ecumenical Engagement

Links:

Global Institute of Theology www.globalinstituteoftheology.org

Executive Secretary – Rev. Dr. Douwe Visser dvi@wcrc.ch
Administrative Assistant – Ms Daphne Martin-Gnanadason dma@wcrc.ch

Support Us - More information can be found here