The Conference of Churches on the Rhine is an ecumenical organization of European Christians founded in 1961. It is a member of the World Council of Churches and a grouping within the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe. It includes churches in Germany, France, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Its members include:Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria Evangelical Church of the Palatinate Evangelical Church in Baden Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg Evangelical Church in the Rhineland Evangelical Church in Germany Evangelical Church of the Canton of Thurgau Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Landschaft Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of St. Gallen Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches Protestant Church in Baden Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine Protestant Church in the Netherlands Protestant Federation of France Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine Reformed Church of Aargau