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The Congregational Christian Churches in Canada ( or 4Cs ) is an evangelical, Protestant, Christian denomination, headquartered in Brantford, Ontario, and a member of the World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship.
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Among those major Protestant Christian traditions that employ congregationalism are those Congregational Churches known by the " Congregationalist " name that descended from the Anglo-American Puritan movement of the 17th century, the Baptist churches, and most of the groups brought about by the Anabaptist movement in Germany that immigrated to the U. S. in the late 18th century.
The United Church of Christ ( UCC ) is the result of a union constructed according to congregationalist theory between the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches.
The General Council of Congregational Christian Churches was formed from a merger between the National Council of Congregational Churches and the General Convention of the Christian Church, also known as Christian Churches or Christian Connection ( not to be confused with, although partially related to, the Disciples of Christ ).
* National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Prayers were said by the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa for an accident-free changeover and Samoa's Red Cross carried out a blood donation campaign in case of a surge of accidents.
* June 25 – The United Church of Christ is formed in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
An 1870 map of Memphis shows religious buildings of the Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and other Christian denominations and a Jewish congregation.
Following the war, in 1765 Putnam publicly professed his Christian faith and joined the Congregational Church in Brooklyn.
Blountsville Congregational Christian Church http :// groups. yahoo. com / group / blountsville-reunion
The town has churches for several different Christian denominations, including a Congregational church, a Roman Catholic Church, a Methodist Church, an Episcopal church and a Church of the Nazarene.
There are a number of major, annual events such as the Strawberry Festival, held every Father's Day and sponsored by the Tuesday Club of Assonet, the Chicken Barbecue sponsored by the East Freetown Congregational Christian Church, and several events during the Fourth of July, including a parade and a fireworks display over the Assonet River.
Medway is home to four churches: St. Joseph Catholic Church on Village Street ; The Community Church of West Medway, which has Congregational and Baptist roots and is currently a member of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference ( CCCC ); Medway Village Church on Village Street, also a member of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference ( CCCC ); and Christ Episcopal Church on School Street.
Image: Ridgeway_Township_Congregational_Christian_Church. JPG | Congregational Christian Church, E. Chicago Blvd.
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The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.
* Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches
The shift in power to the congregation led to the rise of the Congregational Churches.
The Reverend Noyce was a Congregational clergyman and the associate superintendent of the Iowa Conference of Congregational Churches in the 1930s and 1940s.
A theological battle with the Congregational Churches resulted in the formation of the American Unitarian Association at Boston in 1825.
* October 5 – The United Reformed Church is founded out of the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches.
Also includes shops, the square, the post office, the American Legion hall, the old fire department, and Trinity Lutheran and First Congregational Churches.
Carleton College ( then Northfield College ) was founded in 1866 on the northern edge of town by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches.
The school was founded on May 3, 1866, by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches as Northfield College.
The URC subsequently united with the Re-formed Association of Churches of Christ in 1981 and the Congregational Union of Scotland in 2000.
The URC is a trinitarian church whose theological roots are Calvinist and whose historical and organisational roots are in the Presbyterian ( Reformed ), Congregational and Churches of Christ traditions.
* Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches
Modern congregationalism in the U. S. is split into three bodies: the United Church of Christ, with which most local Congregational churches affiliate ; the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches ; and the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, an evangelical group.
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Many of the former UCC congregations banded together as the new Congregational Christian Churches in Canada.
* Congregational Christian Churches in Canada
The United Church was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Protestant denominations: the Methodist Church of Canada, the Congregational Union of Ontario and Quebec, two-thirds of the congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and the Association of Local Union Churches.
In the early 20th century, the main Evangelical Protestant denominations in Canada were the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches.
The United Church of Canada is an amalgamation of the Union of Methodists, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches.
With the creation of the United Church of Canada after the union of the Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian Churches, the New Toronto Methodist Church opened a new Church building, the first to be built specifically as a United Church, called the Century United Church.
On June 10, 1925, this building was used as the venue for the inaugural service of the United Church of Canada, which united the Presbyterians, the Methodist Church of Canada, and the Congregational Union of Canada.
There is a national bank and a credit union in town along with a United Church of Canada ( Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational ), an Anglican Church and a Catholic Church.
He had opposed the first attempt to merge the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches of Canada in 1904 saying " I cannot recall one moment when I ever doubted that it was our duty to maintain the Presbyterian Church in Canada in the interests of truth, sound church government, spiritual freedom and national righteousness.
During this time as a recorder, he also taught liturgics and jurisprudence in the Congregational College of Canada, which was affiliated with McGill University.
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Prof. C. H. Dodd, 76, a Congregational minister and a leading authority on the New Testament, is general director of the project and chairman of the New Testament panel.
The UCC is by far the most diverse of the Reformed churches in the U. S. In the United Kingdom, the United Reformed Church was formed in 1972 by the merger of the Presbyterian and the Congregational churches, on presbyterian principles of union but within a continuing congregational regard for local diversity.
Congregational prayer is forbidden, except for the case of the Prayer for the Dead.
The Methodist Church of Australasia merged with the majority of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia in 1977, becoming the Uniting Church. Wesley Mission in Pitt Street Sydney is not only the largest parish in the Uniting Church but also strongly in the Wesleyan tradition.
" Speaking on " Lies, Misreporting, and Catastrophe in the Middle East ," at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 22 September 2010, Fisk stated, " I think it is the duty of a foreign correspondent to be neutral and unbiased on the side of those who suffer, whoever they may be.
Congregational churches are sometimes called " Presbyterian " if they are governed by a council of elders ; but the difference is that every local congregation is independent, and its elders are accountable to its members, and congregationalism's wider assemblies are not ordinarily empowered to enforce discipline.
In Protestant churches from Reformed, Baptist, Congregational, and Non-denominational backgrounds, it is very common for the altar-like table to have on it only an open Bible and a pair of candlesticks ; it is not referred to as an " altar " because they do not see Communion as sacrificial in any way.
* The Congregational Church building ( CHL # 261 ) is the oldest such in the state.
The First Congregational Church is also listed on the NRHP.
* Stroh Park is off of Route 159 near Wilson Congregational Church towards the south end of town.
The dominant building in Centerbrook, from a historical standpoint, is the Congregational Church.
The Redeemer Lutheran Church is located at the " Village Hill " area of town, with the Lebanon Bible Church and Goshen Congregational Church located in the " Goshen " area of town.
The building of the Old Lyme Congregational Church is known for the many paintings that have been made of it, most notably by Childe Hassam.
The Congregational Church is the second oldest church in the state still in use, with portions of the structure dating from 1754.
About a mile north of the Congregational Church is Christ Episcopal Church, which contains several windows designed and constructed by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
The oldest existing church building in Wilmette is the First Congregational Church ( 1909 ) designed in the Tudor Revival style.
The city is home to several long-established churches including a United Methodist Church, a Congregational Church, the Faith Baptist Church ( Independent ) and the First Baptist Church.
In the mid 1850s, the Old Stone Church building was being used by the Congregational church and is now the present site of the Winnebago Cemetery.
The Congregational Church of Medway ( 1874 ), designed and built by Mansford Cushman, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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