(ENI)- The leaders of two worldwide Reformed church groupings have proposed the creation of a new global body called the World Reformed Communion to unite the more than 80 million Protestants in their two organizations.
"We believe that this new, united, Reformed body will be a blessing to the broader ecumenical movement and to the reconciliation of the world," said Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), and Rev. Douwe Visser, president of the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC), in a joint statement.
Geneva-based WARC has 75 million members in 218 churches in 107 countries, including The Presbyterian Church in Canada. Grand Rapids, Michigan-headquartered REC is in 25 countries with 12 million members belonging to 40 churches.
