The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s own news account of the Uniting General Council, held through 28 June 2010 at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council approved articles of union forming the World Communion of Reformed Churches on Friday, 18 June 2010. Gives the two bodies' relative size, 214 member churches in 107 countries for WARC against 41 member churches in 25 countries for REC, and reports a debate over women's representation that amended the new constitution to require that delegations of four or more be half women.
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A member denomination's own contemporary news account of a public ecumenical council it was party to, tier 2 for a primary institutional report naming exact dates, a location and membership figures consistent with the independently sourced Wikipedia article above. NotesUsed for the exact 18 to 28 June 2010 dates, the Grand Rapids, Michigan location, and both bodies' membership figures.
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PublisherPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Publication Year2010
URLhttps://old.pcusa.org/news/2010/6/21/world-communion-reformed-churches-born/
Source Typechurch body
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This source names Michigan directly: "at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council approved articles of union forming the World Communion of Reformed..."
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