Annual review 2009.
THE WCC FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHESAFRICA
Africa Inland Church--Sudan
African Christian Church and Schools [Kenya]
African Church of the Holy Spirit [Kenya]
African Israel Nineveh Church [Kenya]
African Protestant Church [Cameroon]
Anglican Church of Burundi
Anglican Church of Kenya
Anglican Church of Southern Africa [South Africa]
Anglican Church of Tanzania [Tanzania]
Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda [Rwanda]
Association of Evangelical Reformed Churches of Burkina Faso
Church of Christ--Harrist Mission (Harrist Church) [Ivory Coast]
Church of Christ in Congo--Anglican Community of Congo [DRC]
Church of Christ in Congo--Baptist Community of Congo [DRC]
Church of Christ in Congo--Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo [DRC]
Church of Christ in Congo--Evangelical Community of Congo [Republic of Congo]
Church of Christ in Congo--Mennonite Community in Congo [DRC]
Church of Christ in Congo--Presbyterian Community of Congo [DRC]
Church of Christ in Congo--Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa [DRC]
Church of Christ in Congo--Protestant
Baptist Church in Africa/Episcopal
Baptist Community in Africa [DRC]
Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit [DRC]
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
Church of Jesus Christ on Earth by his Special Envoy Simon Kimbangu [DRC]
Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
Church of the Brethren in Nigeria
Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide [Nigeria]
Church of the Province of Central Africa [Zambia]
Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean [Madagascar]
Church of the Province of Uganda
Church of the Province of West Africa [Ghana]
Council of African Instituted Churches [South Africa]
Episcopal Church of the Sudan
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Evangelical Baptist Church in Angola
Evangelical Church of Cameroon
Evangelical Church of Congo [Republic of Congo]
Evangelical Church of Gabon
Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo [DRC]
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa [South Africa]
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana
Evangelical Pentecostal Mission of Angola
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo
Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola
Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lesotho Evangelical Church
Lutheran Church in Liberia
Malagasy Lutheran Church [Madagascar]
Methodist Church Ghana
Methodist Church in Kenya
Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
Methodist Church Nigeria
Methodist Church of Southern Africa [South Africa]
Methodist Church of Togo
Methodist Church Sierra Leone
Moravian Church in South Africa
Moravian Church in Tanzania
Native Baptist Church of Cameroon
Nigerian Baptist Convention
Presbyterian Church in Cameroon
Presbyterian Church in Rwanda
Presbyterian Church of Africa [South Africa]
Presbyterian Church of Cameroon
Presbyterian Church of East Africa [Kenya]
Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Presbyterian Church of Liberia
Presbyterian Church of Mozambique
Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
Presbyterian Church of the Sudan
Protestant Church of Algeria
Protestant Methodist Church of Benin
Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda
Reformed Church in Zambia
Reformed Church in Zimbabwe
Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea
The African Church [Nigeria]
Union of Baptist Churches in Cameroon
United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe
United Church of Zambia
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa [South Africa]
United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast
Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa [South Africa]
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa [South Africa]
ASIA
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Anglican Church in Japan
Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Korea [Republic of Korea]
Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha
Baptist Union of New Zealand
Batak Christian Community Church (GPKB) [Indonesia]
Bengal-Orissa-Bihar Baptist Convention [India]
China Christian Council
Christian Church of Central Sulawesi (GKST) [Indonesia]
Christian Church of Sumba (GKS) [Indonesia]
Christian Churches New Zealand
Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa (GMIM) [Indonesia]
Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud (GMIST) [Indonesia]
Christian Protestant Angkola Church (GKPA) [Indonesia]
Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia (GKPI)
Church of Bangladesh [Bangladesh]
Church of Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Church of Christ in Thailand
Church of North India
Church of Pakistan
Church of South India
Church of the Province of Myanmar
Churches of Christ in Australia
Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches
East Java Christian Church (GKJW) [Indonesia]
Episcopal Church in the Philippines
Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera (GMIH) [Indonesia]
Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua (GKITP) [Indonesia]
Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippines
Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
Indonesian Christian Church (GKI)
Indonesian Christian Church (HKI)
Javanese Christian Churches (GKJ) [Indonesia]
Kalimantan Evangelical Church (GKE) [Indonesia]
Karo Batak Protestant Church (GBKP) [Indonesia]
Korean Christian Church in Japan
Korean Methodist Church
Lao Evangelical Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church [India]
Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar [India]
Mara Evangelical Church [Myanmar]
Methodist Church in India
Methodist Church in Indonesia (GMI)
Methodist Church in Malaysia
Methodist Church in Singapore
Methodist Church of New Zealand
Methodist Church, Sri Lanka
Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar
Myanmar Baptist Convention
Nias Christian Protestant Church (BNKP) [Indonesia]
Orthodox Church in Japan
Pasundan Christian Church (GKP) [Indonesia]
Philippine Independent Church
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
Presbyterian Church of Korea
Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
Protestant Christian Batak Church (HKBP) [Indonesia]
Protestant Christian Church in Bali (GKPB) [Indonesia]
Protestant Church in Indonesia (GPI) [Indonesia]
Protestant Church in the Moluccas (GPM) [indonesia]
Protestant Church in Sabah [Malaysia]
Protestant Church in South-East
Sulawesi (GEPSULTRA) [Indonesia]
Protestant Church in Timor Lorosa'e [East Timor]
Protestant Church in Western Indonesia (GPIB)
Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor (GMIT) [Indonesia]
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches [India]
Simalungun Protestant Christian Church (GKPS) [Indonesia]
Toraja Church (GT) [Indonesia]
United Church of Christ in Japan
United Church of Christ in the Philippines
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India
Uniting Church in Australia
CARIBBEAN
Baptist Convention of Haiti
Church in the Province of the West Indies [Bahamas]
Jamaica Baptist Union
Methodist Church in Cuba
Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas [Antigua and Barbuda]
Methodist Church of Puerto Rico
Moravian Church in Jamaica
Moravian Church in Suriname
Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province [Antigua and Barbuda]
Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago
Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba
United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
United Protestant Church [Netherlands Antilles]
EUROPE
Armenian Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin)
Baptist Union of Denmark
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Baptist Union of Hungary
Catholic Diocese of the Old-Catholics in Germany
Church in Wales
Church of England
Church of Greece
Church of Ireland
Church of Norway
Church of Scotland
Church of Sweden
Czechoslovak Hussite Church [Czech Republic]
Ecumenical Patriarchate
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evangelical Baptist Union of Italy
Evangelical Church in Germany
--Bremen Evangelical Church
--Church of Lippe
--Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz
--Evangelical Church in Baden
--Evangelical Church in Central Germany
--Evangelical Church in Hesse & Nassau
--Evangelical Church in Rhineland
--Evangelical Church in Wurttemberg
--Evangelical Church of Anhalt
--Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
--Evangelical Church of the Palatinate
--Evangelical Church of Westphalia
--Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
--Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick
--Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
--Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
--Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg
--Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony
--Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
--Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and North-Western Germany
--North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
--Pomeranian Evangelical Church
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren [Czech Republic]
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg and Helvetic Confessions in Austria
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Evangelical Lutheran Church of France
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
Evangelical Methodist Church in Italy
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal
Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Romania
Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
Greek Evangelical Church
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad [Germany]
Lusitanian Church of Portugal
Lutheran Church in Hungary
Mennonite Church in Germany
Mennonite Church in the Netherlands
Methodist Church [United Kingdom]
Methodist Church in Ireland
Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
Moravian Church in Western Europe [Germany]
Old-Catholic Church in Austria
Old-Catholic Church in the Netherlands
Old-Catholic Church of Switzerland
Old-Catholic Mariavite Church in Poland
Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Orthodox Church of Finland
Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Poland
Polish Catholic Church in Poland
Presbyterian Church of Wales
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Protestant Church of the Augsburg
Confession of Alsace and Lorraine [France]
Reformed Christian Church in Serbia and Montenegro
Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia
Reformed Church in Hungary
Reformed Church in Romania
Reformed Church of France
Reformed Protestant Church of Alsace and Lorraine [France[
Remonstrant Brotherhood [Netherlands]
Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Scottish Episcopal Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
Silesian Evangelical Church of the
Augsburg Confession in the Czech Republic
Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia & Montenegro
Spanish Evangelical Church
Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
Union of Welsh Independents
United Free Church of Scotland
United Protestant Church of Belgium
United Reformed Church [United Kingdom]
Waldensian Church [Italy]
LATIN AMERICA
Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America [Argentina]
Association The Church of God [Argentina]
Baptist Association of El Salvador
Baptist Convention of Nicaragua
Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Christian Biblical Church [Argentina]
Christian Reformed Church of Brazil
Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil
Evangelical Church of the Disciples of Christ in Argentina
Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil
Evangelical Church of the River Plate [Argentina]
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile
Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia
Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina
Free Pentecostal Missions Church of Chile
Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil
Methodist Church in Brazil
Methodist Church in Uruguay
Methodist Church of Chile
Methodist Church of Mexico
Methodist Church of Peru
Moravian Church in Nicaragua
Pentecostal Church of Chile
Pentecostal Mission Church [Chile]
Presbyterian Church of Colombia
Salvadorean Lutheran Synod [El Salvador]
United Evangelical Lutheran Church [Argentina]
United Presbyterian Church of Brazil
MIDDLE EAST
Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia) ]Lebanon]
Church of Cyprus
Coptic Orthodox Church [Egypt]
Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East [Israel/Palestine]
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Iran
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt, Synod of the Nile
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa [Egypt]
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East [Syrian Arab Republic]
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem [Israel/Palestine]
National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East ]Lebanon]
NORTH AMERICA
African Methodist Episcopal Church [USA]
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church [USA]
American Baptist Churches in the USA
Anglican Church of Canada
Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States of America
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church [USA]
Church of the Brethren [USA]
Episcopal Church in the USA
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad [Canada]
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East [USA]
Hungarian Reformed Church in America
International Council of Community Churches [USA]
International Evangelical Church [USA]
Moravian Church in America
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.
Orthodox Church in America
Polish National Catholic Church [USA]
Presbyterian Church USA
Presbyterian Church in Canada
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. [USA]
Reformed Church in America
Religious Society of Friends: Friends General Conference [USA]
Religious Society of Friends: Friends United Meeting [USA]
United Church of Canada
United Church of Christ [USA]
United Methodist Church [USA]
PACIFIC
Church of Melanesia [Solomon Islands]
Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa
Congregational Christian Church in Samoa
Congregational Christian Church of Niue
Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu
Cook Islands Christian Church
Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Isles
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga (Methodist Church in Tonga)
Kiribati Protestant Church
Maohi Protestant Church [French Polynesia]
Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma
Methodist Church of Samoa
Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu
United Church in Papua New Guinea
United Church in the Solomon Islands
United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands
The World Council of Churches has 349 member churches representing 18 church families in more than 140 countries on six continents.
The total membership represents more than 550 million people. Among these Europe as a region and the Eastern Orthodox as a church family have the largest membership of churches within the WCC.
To learn more about the WCC member churches go to: oikoumene.org
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Publication: | The Ecumenical Review |
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Geographic Code: | 1USA |
Date: | Oct 1, 2010 |
Words: | 2058 |
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