membership conditions Churches which agree with the WCC basis are eligible to apply for WCC membership. Applications may be approved at an assembly by two-thirds of the member churches or, between assemblies, by two-thirds of the central committee (unless objection from one-third of the member churches is received within six months). A prospective member must evidence "sustained independent life and organization" and "constructive ecumenical relations" with other churches in its country. Ordinarily, member churches have at least 25,000 members (churches with at least 10,000 members may be associate members, eligible to participate in all WCC activities but not to vote in the assembly).

"from every tribe and tongue and nation... ": member church delegates at a plenary session at the WCC's eighth assembly in Harare in 1998

WCC rules state that becoming a member signifies a church's "faithfulness to the basis of the Council, fellowship in the Council, participation in the life and work of the Council and commitment to the ecumenical movement as integral to the mission of the church". There is no membership assessment, but "an annual contribution to the general budget and programmes of the WCC, commensurate with their resources", is listed among membership responsibilities.

List of member churches, associate member churches and national council bodies Names and locations of churches are given according to information available to the WCC at the time of publication. The name of the country appears in square brackets where it is not obvious from the name of the church. Geographical references are provided only where they are necessary to identify the church or when they indicate the location of headquarters of churches with regional or world membership. The mention of a country in this list does not imply any political judgment on the part of the WCC. * associate member church ** national council bodies
AFRICA Africa Inland Church [Sudan] African Christian Church and Schools [Kenya] African Church of the Holy Spirit [Kenya]* African Israel Church, Nineveh [Kenya] African Protestant Church [Cameroon]* Anglican Church of Kenya Anglican Church of Tanzania Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda Botswana Christian Council** Christian Council of Churches in Madagascar** Christian Council of Ghana** Christian Council of Nigeria** Christian Council of Tanzania** Christian Council of Zambia** Church of Christ - Light of the Holy Spirit [Congo] Church of Christ in Congo - Baptist Community of Western Congo - Community of Disciples of Christ - Episcopal Baptist Community - Evangelical Community - Mennonite Community - Presbyterian Community - Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa - Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar Church of Jesus Christ on Earth by his Messenger S.Kimbangu [Congo] Church of the Brethren in Nigeria Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide [Nigeria] Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Church of the Province of Central Africa [Botswana] Church of the Province of Southern Africa [South Africa] Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean [Seychelles] Church of the Province of Uganda Church of the Province of West Africa [Ghana] Council of African Instituted Churches [South Africa]** Council of Christian Churches in Angola** Council of Churches in Namibia** Council of Churches in Sierra Leone** Council of Protestant Churches of Equatorial Guinea** Council of Swaziland Churches** Ecumenical Council of Christian Churches of Congo** Episcopal Church of Burundi Episcopal Church of Rwanda Episcopal Church of the Sudan Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Evangelical Church of Cameroon Evangelical Church of Gabon Evangelical Church of the Congo [Republic of Congo] Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo [Democratic Republic of Congo] 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, Ghana Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola Federation of Protestant Churches and Missions in Cameroon** Gambia Christian Council** " Harrist Church [Côte d'Ivoire] Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church* Lesotho Evangelical Church Liberian Council of Churches** Lutheran Church in Liberia Malagasy Lutheran Church [Madagascar] Malawi Council of Churches** Methodist Church, Ghana Methodist Church in Kenya Methodist Church in Togo Methodist Church in Zimbabwe Methodist Church Nigeria Methodist Church of Southern Africa [South Africa] Methodist Church Sierra Leone	Baptist congregation in Maputo, Mozambique (1984) Moravian Church in Southern Africa [South Africa] Moravian Church in Tanzania National Council of Churches of Burundi** Native Baptist Church of Cameroon Nigerian Baptist Convention Presbyterian Church in Cameroon Presbyterian Church of Africa [South Africa] Presbyterian Church of Cameroon Presbyterian Church of East Africa [Kenya] Presbyterian Church of Ghana Presbyterian Church of Mozambique* Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Presbyterian Church of Rwanda Presbyterian Church of the Sudan Presbytery of Liberia* Protestant Church of Algeria* Protestant Council of Rwanda** Protestant Methodist Church, Côte d'Ivoire Protestant Methodist Church of Benin Reformed Church in Zambia Reformed Church in Zimbabwe Reforemd Church of Christ in Nigeria Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea* South African Council of Churches** Sudan Council of Churches** Uganda Joint Christian Council** Union of Baptist Churches of Cameroon United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe United Church of Zambia United Congregational Church of Southern Africa [South Africa] United Evangelical Church "Anglican Communion in Angola"* Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa [South Africa] Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa [South Africa] Zimbabwe Council of Churches** All Africa Conference of Churches (Conférence des Eglises de toute l'Afrique) Bishop Mvume Dandala , General Secretary Waiyaki Way, PO Box 14205, Westlands Nairobi, Kenya Tel. (+254 2) 44 14 83 or 44 13 38-9 Fax (+254 2) 44 32 41 E-mail: aacc@maf.org WWW: http://www.aacc-ceta.org/
ASIA Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Anglican Church of Australia Anglican Church of Korea Anglican Communion in Japan (Nippon Seiko Kai) Associated Churches of Christ in New Zealand Baptist Union of New Zealand Batak Christian Community Church [Indonesia]* Batak Protestant Christian Church [Indonesia] Bengal-Orissa-Bihar Baptist Convention [India]* China Christian Council Christian Church in East Timor Christian Church of Central Sulawesi [Indonesia] Christian Church of Sumba [Indonesia] Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa [Indonesia] Christian Evangelical Church in Sangihe Talaud [Indonesia] Christian Protestant Angkola Church [Indonesia] Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia Church of Bangladesh* Church of 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 Communion of Baptist Churches in Bangladesh Communion of Churches in Indonesia** Conference of Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand** Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches Council of Churches of Malaysia** East Java Christian Church [Indonesia] Episcopal Church in the Philippines Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera [Indonesia] Evangelical Christian Church in Irian Jaya [Indonesia] Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippines Hong Kong Christian Council [China]** Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Indonesian Christian Church (HKI) Javanese Christian Churches (JKG) [Indonesia] Kalimantan Evangelical Church [Indonesia] Karo Batak Protestant Church (GBKP) [Indonesia] Korean Christian Church in Japan* Korean Methodist Church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church [India] Maori Ecumenical Body in Aotearoa-New Zealand** Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar [India] Mara Evangelical Church [Myanmar]* Methodist Church in India Methodist Church in Malaysia Methodist Church in Singapore* Methodist Church of New Zealand Methodist Church, Sri Lanka Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar Myanmar Baptist Convention Myanmar Council of Churches** National Christian Council in Japan** National Christian Council of Sri Lanka** National Council of Churches in Australia** National Council of Churches in India** National Council of Churches in Korea** National Council of Churches in the Philippines** National Council of Churches of Singapore**	St Paul's Church in Nanjing, China (1987) Nias Protestant Christian Church [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 Church in Bali (GKPB) [Indonesia]* Protestant Church in Indonesia (GPI) Protestant Church in Sabah [Malaysia] Protestant Church in South-East Sulawesi [Indonesia] Protestant Church in the Moluccas (GPM) [Indonesia] 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 [Indonesia] United Church of Christ in Japan United Church of Christ in the Philippines United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India Uniting Church in Australia Christian Conference of Asia Dr AHN Jae Woong, General Secretary 92 2nd District, Pak Tin Village Mei Tin Road, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong, China Tel. (+852) 26 91 10 68 Fax (+852) 26 92 43 78 Web: http://www.cca.org.hk/
CARIBBEAN Church in the Province of the West Indies [Antigua] Council of Churches of Cuba** Council of Churches of Porto Rico [USA]** Jamaica Baptist Union Jamaica Council of Churches** Methodist Church in Cuba* Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas [Antigua] Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province [Antigua] Moravian Church in Jamaica Moravian Church in Surinam Presbyterian Church in Trinidad & Tobago Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Christian Council** United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands United Protestant Church [Curaçao]* Caribbean Conference of Churches Mr Gerard A.J. Granado, General Secretary PO Box 616, Bridgetown Barbados, West Indies Tel. (+1 246) 427 2681 Fax (+1 246) 429 2075 E-mail: cccbdos@ndl.net	Methodist health clinic at La Saline, Haiti (1993)
EUROPE Action of Churches Together in Scotland** Armenian Apostolic Church Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Poland Baptist Union of Denmark Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptist Union of Hungary Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany Christian Council of Norway** Christian Council of Sweden** Church in Wales Church of England Church of Greece Church of Ireland Church of Norway Church of Scotland Church of Sweden Churches Together in England** Council of Christian Churches in Germany** Council of Christian Churches in Switzerland** Council of Christian Churches for Britain and Ireland** Council of Churches in the Netherlands** Cytun - Churches Together in Wales** Czechoslovak Hussite Church [Czech Republic] Ecumenical Council of Churches in Austria** Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary** Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic** Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Slovak Republic** Ecumenical Council of Churches in Yugoslavia** Ecumenical Council of Denmark** Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople [Turkey] Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church European Continental Province of the Moravian Church [Netherlands] Evangelical Baptist Union of Italy* Evangelical Church in Germany -Church of Lippe -Evangelical Church in Baden -Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg -Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau -Evangelical Church in Württemberg -Evangelical Church of Anhalt -Evangelical Church of Bremen -Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck -Evangelical Church of the Palatinate -Evangelical Church of the Province of Saxony -Evangelical Church of the Rhineland -Evangelical Church of the Silesian Oberlausitz -Evangelical Church of Westphalia -Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria -Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick -Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg -Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia -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 Northwestern 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 the Slovak Republic Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine [France] Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Evangelical Lutheran Church of France Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia Evangelical Methodist Church of Italy Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal* Evangelical Synodal Presbyterial Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania French Protestant Federation** Finnish Ecumenical Council** 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 [UK] Methodist Church in Ireland Mission Covenant Church of Sweden Moravian Church in Great Britain and Ireland Students and teachers at an Orthodox school in Novosibirsk (1994). Netherlands Reformed Church Old Catholic Church of Austria Old Catholic Church of Switzerland Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands Old Catholic Mariavite Church in Poland Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania Orthodox Church of Finland Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia [Czech Republic] Polish Catholic Church in Poland Polish Ecumenical Council** Presbyterian Church of Wales Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia [Slovak Republic] Reformed Christian Church in Yugoslavia Reformed Church in Hungary Reformed Church in Romania [Cluj] Reformed Church in Romania [Oradea] Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine [France] Reformed Church of France Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Remonstrant Brotherhood [Netherlands] Romanian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church Scottish Episcopal Church Serbian Orthodox Church [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession [Czech Republic] Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Yugoslavia Spanish Evangelical Church Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church* Swiss Protestant Church Federation Union of Welsh Independents United Free Church of Scotland United Protestant Church of Belgium United Reformed Church [UK] Waldensian Church [Italy] Conference of European Churches (Conférence des Eglises européennes) (Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen) Rev. Dr Keith Clements, General Secretary 150 route de Ferney PO Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel. (+41 22) 791 6228 Fax (+41 22) 791 6227 Web: http://www.cec-kek.org/
LATIN AMERICA Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America [Argentina] Baptist Association of El Salvador* Baptist Convention of Nicaragua Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church* Christian Biblical Church [Argentina]* Christian Reformed Church of Brazil Church of God [Argentina]* Church of the Disciples of Christ [Argentina]* Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil Evangelical Church of the River Plate [Argentina] Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia* Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay* Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina Evangelical Methodist Church of Costa Rica* Free Pentecostal Mission Church of Chile Methodist Church in Brazil Methodist Church of Chile* Methodist Church of Mexico Methodist Church of Peru* Moravian Church in Nicaragua National Council of Christian Churches in Brazil** Pentecostal Church of Chile Pentecostal Mission Church [Chile] Salvadorean Lutheran Synod* United Evangelical Lutheran Church [Argentina]* United Presbyterian Church of Brazil* Latin American Council of Churches (Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias) Rev. Israel Batista, General Secretary Casilla 17-08-8522 Inglaterra 943 y Mariana de Jesus Quito, Ecuador Tel. (+593 2) 55 39 96 or 52 99 33 Fax (+593 2) 50 43 77 Web: http://www.clai.org	Worship in a Presbyterian chapel in Chimaltenango, Guatemala (1986)
MIDDLE EAST Armenian Apostolic Church [Lebanon] Church of Cyprus Coptic Orthodox Church [Egypt] Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East [Egypt] Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa [Egypt] Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East [Syria] Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem [Israel] Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East [Iraq] National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon [Lebanon] Synod of the Evangelical Church of Iran Synod of the Nile of the Evangelical Church [Egypt] Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East [Lebanon] Middle East Council of Churches Rev. Dr Riad Jarjour, General Secretary PO Box 4259 3722 Limassol, Cyprus Tel. (+357 5) 32 60 22 or 58 62 35 Fax (+357 5) 58 46 13 Web: http://www.mecchurches.org/	Village dignitaries and priests in the church in Fuhaila, Syria (1987)
NORTH AMERICA African Methodist Episcopal Church [USA] African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church [USA] American Baptist Churches in the USA Anglican Church of Canada Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, N.A. Diocese Canadian Council of Churches** Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian Methodist Episcopal Church [USA] Church of the Brethren [USA] Episcopal Church Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad [Canada] Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Hungarian Reformed Church in America International Council of Community Churches [USA] International Evangelical Church [USA] Moravian Church in America National Baptist Convention of America National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA** Orthodox Church in America Polish National Catholic Church Presbyterian Church in Canada Presbyterian Church (USA) Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. [USA] Reformed Church in America [USA] Religious Society of Friends [USA] - Friends General Conference - Friends United Meeting United Church of Canada United Church of Christ [USA] United Methodist Church [USA]	Wry humour on a church notice board in the USA
PACIFIC Church of the Province of Melanesia [Solomon Islands] Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa Congregational Christian Church in Samoa Cook Islands Christian Church Ekalesia Niue Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Isles [New Caledonia] Evangelical Church of French Polynesia Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea Kiribati Protestant Church Methodist Church in Fiji Methodist Church in Samoa Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga [Methodist Church in Tonga] National Council of Churches in American Samoa** Papua New Guinea Council of Churches** Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu " Samoa Council of Churches** Tonga National Council of Churches** Tuvalu Christian Church United Church in Papua New Guinea United Church in the Solomon Islands United Church of Christ - Congregational in the Marshall Islands Pacific Conference of Churches (Conférence des Eglises du Pacifique) Rev. Valamotu Palu, General Secretary 4 Thurston Street, PO Box 208 Suva, Fiji Tel. (+679) 31 12 77 Fax (+679) 30 32 05 E-mail: pacific@is.com.fj Web: www.pacificforum.com/pcc	Two Methodist pastors praying, Suva, Fiji (1986)