The Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System was formed in London in 1875.
The published reports of the proceedings of these councils contain much valuable matter of all kinds, as papers are read, statistics presented, and many speeches made.
The WARC Secretariat was located in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
In 2000, the WAR was critical of Dominus Iesus, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's document, and considered calling off a formal dialogue in Rome that year.
In 1988 the Executive Committee meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland elected Rev.