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The Fellowship of Congregational Churches is a conservative congregationaldenomination in Australia. It was formed by the forty congregations of the Congregational Union of Australia who chose not to join the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... A denomination, in the Christian sense of the word, is an identifiable religious body, organization under a common name, structure, and/or doctrine. ... The Congregational Union of Australia was a congregational denomination in Australia. ... Logo of the UCA The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was formed on June 22, 1977 when the Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterian Church of Australia and Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union document. ...
The Fellowship of Congregational Churches was declared to be the legal successor of the Congregational Union of Australia by Act of the New South Wales Parliament. In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
Some ecumenically minded congregations left the Fellowship of Congregational Churches in 1995 and formed the Congregational Federation of Australia. The word ecumenism (also oecumenism, Å“cumenism) (IPA: ) is derived from the Greek oikoumene, which means the inhabited world. In its broadest meaning ecumenism is the religious initiative towards world-wide unity. ... The Congregational Federation of Australia is congregational demonination comprising of fourteen congregations in New South Wales and Queensland. ...
References
Local Ecumenism Working Group, NSW Ecumenical Council (2000). The Congregational Federation of NSW. (htm) When Churches Join - 6. General Documents. URL accessed on 2006-04-18.
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ...
External links
Official Fellowship of Congregational Churches website
The Fellowship of CongregationalChurches is a conservative Congregationaldenomination in Australia.
It was formed by the forty congregations of the Congregational Union of Australia who chose not to join the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977.
The Fellowship of CongregationalChurches was declared to be the legal successor of the Congregational Union of Australia by Act of the New South Wales Parliament.
The Evangelical Fellowship of CongregationalChurches (EFCC) is an association of around 125 independent local churches in the UK, each practising congregationalist church governance.
The EFCC churches share a common doctrinal statement, called the Basis of Faith which is Reformed and Evangelical.
Some of their churches are also in membership of the Congregational Federation.
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