World Communion of Reformed Churches

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The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is a Christian ecumenical body formed in June 2010 by the merger of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC). The WCRC is the largest association of Reformed (Calvinist) churches in the world. It has 227 member denominations (224 full members and 3 associate or affiliate members) in 108 countries. Together, the full member denominations claim about 100 million members. Associated and affiliated denominations, the largest of which are the China Christian Council and Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council, represent another 40 million people. In 2020, according to the World Christian Encyclopedia, published by Edinburgh University Press, excluding United and Uniting Churches, the communion reportedly had 60 million members. The WCRC is the largest or second largest Protestant communion in the world. For this reason, it is the third or fourth largest Christian communion in the world, after the...

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