The Protestant Church in the Netherlands in its ecumenical network

The PCN is a member of a number of ecumenical organisations. First of all, the PCN participates in the World Council of Churches. The WCC is the central body in the ecumenical field, binding together more than 340 churches from all over the world. They come from most of the main confessional traditions. The Roman Catholic Church is not a member, but co-operates with the WCC in many areas.  

On a European level, the PCN belongs to the Conference of European Churches (CEC). In this body nearly all European WCC member churches together address issues with a specifically European flavour.

The Dutch WCC/CEC churches, together with the Dutch Church Province of the Roman Catholic Church and a few others, meet every month in the National Council of Churches (Raad van Kerken in Nederland), to fulfil their common calling in our national context. 

Within the family of Reformation Churches the PCN is part of four international ecumenical bodies, i.e. the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC) and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europa (CPCE or: Leuenberg Community of Churches). This reflects the fact that the PCN is strongly rooted in the Reformed tradition (WARC, REC), deeply appreciates the Lutheran part of its constituency (LWF), and above all seeks the visible unity of all Reformation churches on a European level (CPCE).