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 
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

Verwysings

Eksterne skakels 
 Wêreld Gemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke Amptelike webwerf
 CRC bied eerste vergadering van die Wêreldgemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke aan 
 Internasionale Konferensie van die Gereformeerde Kerke – Amptelike webwerf
 World Reformed Fellowship – Amptelike webwerf
 Ortodokse Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Suid-Korea

Christelike organisasies
Protestantisme