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Interdenominational Churches built for the purpose of bringing together Christians of different denominations are often referred to as united and uniting churches. This sometimes leads to doctrinal and stylistic compromises, leading to the idea that there are "primary" and "secondary" issues in faith. Primary issues describe those about which there can be no disagreement, whereas secondary issue can be compromised upon. This is the ethos behind the Christian Union movement for instance (UCCF). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The word ecumenism (also oecumenism, Å“cumenism) is derived from Greek (oikoumene), which means the inhabited world, and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. ... St. ... Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ... A denomination, in the Christian sense of the word, is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and/or doctrine. ... United and uniting churches are churches that bring together (or unite) different (predominantly) Protestant denominations in one organisation. ... In the United Kingdom, Christian Unions are evangelical Christian student groups. ... UCCF (the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship) is an extreme right wing group that represents and supports affiliated fundamentalist university and college Christian Unions within Great Britain. ...

Christian faith-based organisations which act independent of church oversight are called interdenominational or parachurch organisations (para, is Greek for beside, or alongside). They are typically Protestant or evangelical. Many organisations set up in the last few centuries by evangelical christians are interdenominational and called parachurch organisations See also Neo-evangelical parachurch organisations Subcategories There is 1 subcategory to this category. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to a broad collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which are found among conservative Protestant Christians. ...

See also

• Ecumnism
• Ecumenical council
• Evangelicalism
  • Parachurch organization
• Unitarian Universalism
• Christian ecumenism
• Religious pluralism
• Hinduism
• Traditionalist School
• Perennial philosophy
• Non denominational