The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) was a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. They are now merged into the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
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