Wêreldgemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke

Die Wêreldgemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke (WGGK) is die grootste liggaam van Gereformeerde kerke in die wêreld en die vyfde grootste Christelike gemeenskap in die wêreld, na die Rooms-Katolieke Kerk, die Oosters-Ortodokse Kerk, die Anglikaanse Gemeenskap en die Wêreld Metodisteraad. Dit het 229 denominasies as lede in 108 lande, wat na raming ongeveer 80 miljoen mense verteenwoordig. Hierdie Christelike ekumeniese liggaam is gevorm in Junie 2010 deur die samesmelting van die Wêreldbond van Gereformeerde Kerke (World Alliance of Reformed Churches, of WARC) en die Gereformeerde Ekumeniese Raad (Reformed Ecumenical Council, of REC).

Onder die grootste denominasies in die WGGK is die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Afrika, Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Nigerië, Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Oos-Afrika, die Verenigde Kerk van Kanada, Presbiteriaanse Kerk in die VSA, die Gereformeerde Kerk in Hongarye, die Gereformeerde Kerk in Roemenië, Protestantse Kerk in Indonesië, en die Kerk van Skotland. Die denominasies wat lede is van die WGGK kan in die geheel as meer liberaal beskou word as die lede van die Internasionale Konferensie van Gereformeerde Kerke (International Conference of Reformed Churches) of die World Reformed Fellowship, wat ook groot Gereformeerde ekumeniese liggame is.

Geskiedenis

Na 'n tweedag-vergadering wat eindig op 1 Februarie 2006, het Douwe Visser, voorsitter van die Gereformeerde Ekumeniese Raad en Clifton Kirkpatrick, voorsitter van die Wêreldbond van Gereformeerde Kerke, in 'n gesamentlike brief aan hul lidkerke gesê: "Ons is verheug oor die werk van die Heilige Gees wat ons glo ons daartoe gelei het om aan te beveel dat die tyd aangebreek het om die werk van die Wêreldbond van Gereformeerde Kerke en die Gereformeerde Ekumeniese Raad saam te bring in een liggaam wat die eenheid en getuienis van Gereformeerde Christene kan uitbou."

Nadat die potensiële liggaam aanvanklik "Gereformeerde Wêreldgemeenskap" genoem is, is dit verander in "die Wêreldgemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke".

'n Verenigde Algemene Raad van die WGGK, wat die organisasie byeengebring het, het plaasgevind vanaf 18-26 Junie 2010 by Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, VSA. Die byeenkoms het as hooftema daarop gefokus om die "eenheid wat die Gees tussen julle gesmee het, te handhaaf deur in vrede met mekaar te lewe" soos genoem in Efesiërs 4:3. Dit het 'n toon van wedersydse begrip en aanvaarding onder lidkerke en geassosieerde kerke te vestig, om verskille en ander kwessies ter syde te stel terwyl hulle kon begin om saam met mekaar op reis te gaan terwyl elkeen poog om te onderskei wat die wil van God is en voortgaan in die stryd om geregtigheid en vrede in die wêreld.

Werk

In 2010 het die Verenigende Algemene Vergadering gesê die WGGK moet "geroepe wees tot gemeenskap en verbind tot geregtigheid." Die twee belangrikste programkantore fokus daarom op hierdie aspekte, met teologiese werk ingesluit onder gemeenskap. Die Kantoor vir Teologie en Gemeenskap dien as koördineerder vir amptelike gesprekke met ander godsdienstige organisasies, organiseer 'n twee-jaarlikse Global Institute of Theology, en bring Gereformeerde teoloë byeen vir allerlei besprekings. Die Kantoor vir Geregtigheid bevorder ekonomiese, ekologiese en menslike geregtigheid, en baseer baie van hulle werk op die Accra-belydenis, 'n verklaring wat in 2004 by die Algemene Vergadering van die Wêreldbond van Gereformeerde Kerke (World Alliance of Reformed Churches, WARC) aanvaar is en in 2010 herbevestig is by die Verenigende Algemene Vergadering van die WGGK.

Die WGGK het ook 'n Algemene Sekretariaat wat die sekretaris-generaal se kantoor en die kommunikasiekantoor insluit, en na ander organisatoriese verantwoordelikhede omsien. Die huidige algemene sekretaris is die ds. Chris Ferguson, 'n predikant van die United Church of Canada. Deur die Algemene Sekretariaat bevorder die WGGK dialoog tussen kerke, beywer die WGGK hulle vir sake van wêreldbelang, en ondersteun hulle die aktiwiteite van hulle lidkerke op verskillende maniere.

Die wêreldwye hoofkantoor van die WGGK is in 2013 weens kosteoorwegings van Genève, Switserland, verskuif na Hannover, Duitsland, terwyl daar ook 'n takkantoor in Grand Rapids, Michigan, VSA is.

Algemene Sekretaris

Chris Ferguson is 'n predikant, teoloog en kampvegter vir sosiale geregtigheid van die United Church of Canada. Hy is in Mei 2014 tot sekretaris-generaal van die Wêreldgemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke verkies, en het sy sewejaartermyn op 1 Augustus 2014 begin. Ferguson het voorheen gedien as internasionale ekumeniese adviseur vir die Program vir Ekumeniese Begeleiding in Colombië (2011–2014), as verteenwoordiger van die Wêreldraad van Kerke (WRK) by die Verenigde Nasies (2006–2010), as die Wêreldraad van Kerke se verteenwoordiger in Jerusalem (2004–2006) en as uitvoerende beampte van die United Church of Canada se Eenheid vir Geregtigheid, Globale en Ekumeniese Betrekkinge (2002–2004).

Lede van die Gemeenskap

Rooi lande is die tuiste van minstens een lid van die Wêreld Gemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke

Die volgende is 'n lys van die WGGK se lidkerke in Februarie 2016:

• Algerië
  • Protestant Church of Algeria/Église Protestante d'Algérie
• Angola
  • Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola/Igreja Evangélica Congregacional em Angola (IECA)
  • Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola/Igreja Evangélica Reformanda de Angola (IERA)
• Argentinië
  • Evangelical Church of the River Plate/Iglesia Evangélica del Rio de la Plata
  • Evangelical Congregational Church in Argentina/Iglesia Evangélica Congregacional
• Australië
  • Congregational Federation of Australia
  • Uniting Church in Australia
• Oostenryk
  • Evangelical Church of the Helvetic Confession in Austria/Evangelische Kirche HB (Reformiert) in Österreich
• Bangladesh
  • Church of Bangladesh
  • Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church in Bangladesh
• België
  • Église Protestante Unie de Belgique/Verenigde Protestantse Kerk in België
• Bolivië
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Bolivia/Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana en Bolivia
• Botswana
  • Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Botswana
• Brasilië
  • Evangelical Reformed Churches in Brazil/Igrejas Evangélicas Reformadas no Brasil
  • Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil/Igreja Presbiteriana Independente do Brasil
  • United Presbyterian Church of Brazil/Igreja Presbiteriana Unida do Brasil
• Bulgarye
  • Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria/Evangelaska Kongreschanska Zewrkwa
• Burkina Faso
  • Association of Reformed Evangelical Churches of Burkina Faso/Église évangélique reformée du Burkina Faso
• Kameroen
  • Africa Protestant Church/Église protestante africaine
  • Evangelical Church of Cameroon/Église évangélique du Cameroun
  • Presbyterian Church in Cameroon/Église presbyterienne camerounaise
• Kanada
  • Christian Reformed Church in North America
  • The Presbyterian Church in Canada/L'Église presbytérienne au Canada
  • Reformed Church in America
  • The United Church of Canada/L'Église unie du Canada
• Sentraal Afrikaanse Republiek
  • Protestant Church of Christ the King/Église Protestante du Christ-Roi
• Chili
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Chile/Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana en Chile
  • Presbyterian Church of Chile/Iglesia Presbiteriana de Chile
• Sjina, Hong Kong
  • The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
• Sjina, Volksrepubliek
  • China Christian Council (assosiaatlid)
• Colombië
  • Presbyterian Church of Colombia/Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia (Synodo presbiteriano)
• Kongo, Demokratiese Republiek van die
  • Evangelical Community in the Congo/Communauté évangélique du Congo
  • Presbyterian Community in the Congo/Communauté presbytérienne au Congo
  • Presbyterian Community of Eastern Kasai/Communauté presbytérienne du Kasai oriental
  • Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa/Communauté presbytérienne de Kinshasa
  • Presbyterian Community of Western Kasai/Reformed Presbyterian Community in Africa/Communauté presbytérienne au Kasai occidental/Communauté presbytérienne réformée en Afrique
  • Reformed Community of Presbyterians/Communauté Réformée des Presbytériens
• Kongo, Republiek van die
  • Evangelical Church of Congo/Église évangélique du Congo
• Costa Rica
  • Costa Rican Presbyterian Evangelical Church/Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana Costarricense
• Kroasië
  • Reformed Christian Church in Croatia/Reformirana Krscanska Crkva U Hrvatskoj
• Cuba
  • Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba/Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada en Cuba
• Tsjeggiese Republiek
  • Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren/Evangelische Kirche der Böhmischen Brüder/Ceskobratrská Cirkev Evangelická
• Denemarke
  • Reformed Synod of Denmark/Den reformerte Synode i Danmark
• Dominikaanse Republiek
  • Christian Reformed Church in the Dominican Republic
  • Dominican Evangelical Church/Iglesia Evangélica Dominicana
• Egipte
  • Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)/El-Kanisah El-Injiliyah
• El Salvador
  • Reformed Calvinist Church of El Salvador/Iglesia Reformada Calvinista de El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea/Iglesia Reformada Presbiteriana de Guinea Ecuatorial
• Ethiopië
  • Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus/Ye Etiopia Wangelawit Betakristian Makane Yesus
• Frankryk
  • Malagasy Protestant Church in France/Église Protestante Malgache/Fiangonana Protestanta Malagasy
  • National Union of Protestant Reformed Evangelical Churches of France/Églises protestantes réformées évangeliques de France (UNEPREF, formerly EREI)
  • Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine/Église Réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine
  • United Protestant Church of France/Église protestante unie de France
• Germany
  • Church of Lippe/Lippische Landeskirche
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany (Synode evangelisch-reformierter Kirchen in Bayern und Nordwestdeutschland)
  • Reformed Alliance/Reformierter Bund
  • Evangelical Old-Reformed Church in Lower Saxony
• Ghana
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana/Presbyteria Nyanyui Hame le Ghana
  • Presbyterian Church of Ghana
• Griekeland
  • Greek Evangelical Church/Helliniki Evangeliki Ekklesia
• Grenada
  • Presbyterian Church in Grenada
• Guatemala
  • National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala/Iglesia Evangélica Nacional Presbiteriana de Guatemala
• Guyana
  • Guyana Congregational Union
  • Guyana Presbyterian Church
  • Presbyterian Church of Guyana
• Honduras
  • Christian Reformed Church of Honduras/Iglesia Cristiana Reformada de Honduras
• Hongarye
  • Reformed Church in Hungary/Magyarországi Református Egyház
• Indië
  • Church of North India
  • Church of South India
  • The Congregational Church of India (Maraland)
  • Evangelical Church of Maraland
  • Presbyterian Church of India
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church, North East India
• Indonesië
  • Christian Church in Central Sulawesi
  • Christian Church in Luwuk Banggai
  • Christian Church in South Sulawesi
  • Christian Church of Southern Sumatra (GKSBS)
  • Christian Church of Sumba (GKS)
  • Christian Churches of Java
  • Christian Evangelical Church in Bolaang Mongondow
  • Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa
  • Christian Evangelical Church in Timor
  • Church of Toraja Mamasa (GTM)
  • The East Java Christian Church
  • Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera
  • Evangelical Christian Church in West Papua
  • Evangelical Church in Kalimantan
  • Indonesia Christian Church
  • Indonesian Protestant Church in Buol Toli-Toli
  • Indonesian Protestant Church in Donggala
  • Indonesian Protestant Church in Gorontalo
  • Javanese Christian Churches (GKJ)
  • Karo Batak Protestant Church
  • Pasundan Christian Church
  • Protestant Christian Church in Bali
  • Protestant Church in Indonesia
  • Protestant Church in the Moluccas
  • Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi
  • Protestant Church in West Indonesia
  • Sangihe-Talaud Evangelical Church
  • Toraja Church
• Iran
  • Synod of the Evangelical Church in Iran
• Ireland
  • Presbyterian Church in Ireland
• Italië
  • Waldensian Evangelical Church (Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches)/Chiesa Evangelica Valdese
• Jamaica
  • The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
• Japan
  • Church of Christ in Japan/Nippon Kirisuto Kyokai
  • Korean Christian Church in Japan/Zainichi Daikan Kirisuto Kyokai Sokai
• Kenya
  • Presbyterian Church of East Africa
  • The Reformed Church of East Africa
• Kiribati
  • Kiribati Protestant Church/Ekaretia ni Boretetanti i Kiribati
• Korea, Republiek van
  • Presbyterian Church of Korea
  • Presbyterian Church in Korea (ChanYang) (Reformed Church of Korea)/Chan Yang (onaktief)
  • Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongChunTong)/Hap Dong Jeong Tong/Hap Dong Chung Tong
  • Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea/Ki Jang
  • Presbyterian Church in Korea (Daeshin)/Dae Shin
• Letland
  • Reformed Church in Latvia/Evangeliska Reformatu-Braju Draudze

• Libanon
  • National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
  • The National Evangelical Union of Lebanon/Al-Ittihad Al Injili Al-Watani Fi Lubnan
  • Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East/Մերձաւոր Արեւելքի Հայ Աւետարանական Եկեղեցիներու Միութիւն
• Lesotho
  • Lesotho Evangelical Church/Kereke ea Evangeli Lesotho
• Liberië
  • Presbyterian Church in Liberia
• Litaue
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania/Unitas Lithuaniae/Lietuvos Evangeliku Reformatu Baznycia
• Luxemburg
  • Protestant Reformed Church of Luxemburg H.B./Protestantisch-Reformierte Kirche von Luxembourg H.B./Eglise Protestante Réformée du Luxembourg
• Madagaskar
  • Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar/Église de Jésus-Christ à Madagascar/Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara
• Malawi
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Harare Synod
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Nkhoma Synod
• Maleisië
  • Presbyterian Church Malaysia/Gereja Presbyterian Malaysia
• Marshall Islands
  • Reformed Congregational Churches
  • United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands/Jarin Parik Dron
• Mauritius
  • Presbyterian Church of Mauritius/Eglise presbytérienne de Maurice
• Mexico
  • Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico/Iglesia Presbiteriana Asociada Reformada de México (IPAR)
  • National Presbyterian Church in Mexico, A. R./Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México, A. R.
  • Presbyterian Reformed Church of Mexico/Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada de México
• Marokko
  • Evangelical Church in Morocco/Eglise évangélique au Maroc
• Mosambiek
  • Evangelical Church of Christ in Mozambique/Igreja Evangelica de Cristo em Mocambique
  • Presbyterian Church of Mozambique/Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique
  • Reformed Church in Mozambique/Igreja Reformada em Mocambique
  • United Church of Christ in Mozambique/Igreja de Christo Unida em Mocambique (Ex-Missao American Board)
• Myanmar
  • Christian Reformed Church in Myanmar
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Myanmar
  • Independent Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
  • Mara Evangelical Church/Evangelical Mission Myanmar/Mara Evangelical Awnanopa
  • The Presbyterian Church of Myanmar/Kawlram Presb Kohhran
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church in Myanmar
• Nederland
  • Bond van Vrije Evangelische Gemeenten in Nederland
  • De Protestantse Kerk in Nederland (PKN)
  • Remonstrantse Broederschap
• Nieu-Kaledonië
  • Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands/Église evangélique en Nouvelle Calédonie et aux Îles Loyauté
• Nieu-Seeland
  • Niue Niue Church/Ekalesia Niue
  • Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• Niger
  • Evangelical Church of the Republic of Niger/Eglise évangélique de la République du Niger/Ekklisiyar Bishara Ta Kasar Niger
• Nigerië
  • Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
  • Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv/Nongo u Kristu u ken Sudan hen Tiv (NKST)
  • Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ
  • Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
  • Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria
  • United Church of Chris

• Pakistan
  • Church of Pakistan
  • Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
• die Filippyne
  • Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines
  • United Church of Christ in the Philippines
  • United Evangelical Church of Christ (Iglesia Evangélica Unida de Cristo)
• Pole
  • Reformed Evangelical Church in Poland/Kosciol Ewangelicko-Reformowany w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
• Portugal
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal/Igreja Evangélica Presbiteriana de Portugal
• Romenië
  • Reformed Church in Romania (Oradea)/Kiralyhagomelleki Reformatus Egyhazkeruelet (Oradea)
  • Reformed Church in Romania – Transylvanian District/Romaniai Reformatus Egyhaz – Erdelyi Egyhazkerület
• Rwanda
  • Presbyterian Church in Rwanda/Eglise presbytérienne au Rwanda
• Samoa
  • Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa
  • Congregational Christian Church in Samoa/Ekalesia Fa' apotopotoga Kerisinao I Samoa
• Senegal
  • Protestant Church in Senegal/Eglise protestante du Sénégal
• Serbië, Republiek van, en Montenegro, Republiek van
  • Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Montenegro/Reformatska Hriscanska Crkva u SFRJ
• Singapoer
  • Presbyterian Church in Singapore
• Slowakye
  • Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia/Reformovaná Krest. Cirkev na Slovensku
• Slovenië
  • Reformed Church in Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
  • United Church in the Solomon Islands
• Suid-Afrika
  • Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK)
  • Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA)/Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Afrika (NGKA)
  • Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA)
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa
  • Volkskerk van Afrika
  • Presbyterian Church of Africa
  • United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
  • Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
  • Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa/ Verenigende Gereformeerde Kerk in Suider Afrika (VGK)
  • Maranatha Reformed Church of Christ (MRCC)
• Suid-Soedan
  • Sudanese Reformed Churches
• Spanje
  • Spanish Evangelical Church/Iglesia Evangélica Espanola
• Sri Lanka
  • Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka
  • Presbytery of Lanka
• Soedan
  • Presbyterian Church in Sudan
  • Africa Inland Church Sudan
• Swaziland
  • Swaziland Reformed Church (SRC)
• Swede
  • Uniting Church in Sweden or Equmeniakyrkan (founded 2011 by member church Mission Covenant Church of Sweden and two other denominations)
• Switserland
  • Federasie van Switserse Protestantse Kerke (Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund, Fédération des Églises protestantes de Suisse, Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera, Federaziun da las Baselgias evangelicas da la Svizra SEK-FEPS)
• Tahiti
  • Maòhi Protestant Church/Etaretia Evaneria no Porinetia Farani/Église Protestante Maòhi
• Taiwan
  • Presbyterian Church in Taiwan/Tâi-oân Ki-tok Tiúⁿ-ló Kàu-hōe
• Thailand
  • Church of Christ in Thailand
• Togo
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo/Eglise évangélique presbytérienne du Togo
• Trinidad en Tobago
  • Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago
• Tuvalu
  • Tuvalu Christian Church/Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu
• Uganda
  • Christian Reformed Church of East Africa
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uganda
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Uganda)
• Ukraine
  • Reformed Church in Sub-Carpathia/ Reformed Church in Transcarpathia/Karpataljai Reformatus Egyhaz
• Verenigde Koninkryk
  • Church of Scotland
  • The Presbyterian Church in Ireland
  • Presbyterian Church of Wales/Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru
  • Union of Welsh Independents/Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg
  • United Free Church of Scotland
  • United Reformed Church
• Verenigde Statee van Amerika
  • Christian Reformed Church in North America
  • Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  • Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
  • ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (provisional member)
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church
  • Hungarian Reformed Church in America
  • Korean Presbyterian Church in America
  • Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church/Lietuviu Evangeliku Reformatu Baznycia-JAV
  • Presbyterian Church (USA)
  • Reformed Church in America
  • United Church of Christ
• Uruguay
  • Waldensian Evangelical Church of the River Plate/Iglesia Evangelica Valdense de Rio de la Plata
• Vanuatu
  • Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu/Presbiterian Jyos Blong Vanuatu
• Venezuela
  • Presbyterian Church of Venezuela/Iglesia Presbiteriana de Venezuela
• Vietnam
  • Presbyterian Church of Vietnam
• Zambië
  • Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Synod of Zambia
  • Reformed Church in Zambia
  • United Church of Zambia
• Zimbabwe
  • Reformed Church in Zimbabwe

Eksterne skakels

• Wêreld Gemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke Amptelike webwerf
• CRC bied eerste vergadering van die Wêreldgemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke aan Geargiveer 27 September 2011 op Wayback Machine
• Internasionale Konferensie van die Gereformeerde Kerke – Amptelike webwerf
• World Reformed Fellowship – Amptelike webwerf
• Ortodokse Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Suid-Korea