Origin from 2025
At its 2025 General Council in Chiang Mai, Thailand, held under the theme "Persevere in Your Witness", the World Communion of Reformed Churches elected the Reverend Doctor Karen Georgia Thompson of the United Church of Christ as its president, the second woman to hold the office, and installed Philip Peacock of the Church of North India as general secretary for the term beginning in 2026.
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Start YearSourced to the subject's own account StatusSourced to the subject's own accountEstablished marks the communion's own governing council choosing new leadership at Chiang Mai, not a claim about the exact calendar dates of the council, which this source does not record more precisely than the year. In Other Languages (17 names)
- Wêreldgemeenskap van Gereformeerde Kerke
- Comunió Mundial d'Esglésies Reformades
- Weltgemeinschaft Reformierter Kirchen
- Παγκόσμια Κοινωνία Αναμορφωμένων Εκκλησιών
- Comunión Mundial de Iglesias Reformadas
- Reformoitujen kirkkojen maailmanyhteisö
- Communion mondiale d'Églises réformées
- Református Egyházak Világközössége
- Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja Reformed Sedunia
- Comunione Mondiale delle Chiese Riformate
- 세계개혁교회협의회
- World Communion of Reformed Churches
- Światowa Wspólnota Kościołów Reformowanych
- Comunhão Mundial das Igrejas Reformadas
- Всемирное сообщество реформатских церквей
- Всесвітнє співтовариство реформатських церков
- ورلڈ کمیونین آف ریفارمڈ چرچز
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This source names Georgia directly: "elected the Reverend Doctor Karen Georgia Thompson of the United Church of Christ as its president, the second woman to hold the office, and installed Philip Peacock of the Church of North India as..."
This source names Georgia directly: "elected the Reverend Doctor Karen Georgia Thompson of the United Church of Christ as its president, the second woman to hold the office, and installed Philip Peacock of the Church of North India as..."
This source names United Church of Christ directly: "Doctor Karen Georgia Thompson of the United Church of Christ as its president, the second woman to hold the office, and installed Philip Peacock of the Church of North India as general secretary for..."
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Closes a four year gap since 2021's citation of the communion's founding and membership figures, moving the map from the body's own composition to its governing council in session.
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