Classification Protestant Theology Calvinist Region Great Britain | Orientation Evangelical Polity Congregationalist | |
Associations International Congregational Fellowship | ||
The Congregational Federation is a small Christian denomination in Great Britain comprising just under 300 congregations. The Federation brings together independent churches characterised by a congregationalist church governance and evangelical Calvinist theology. It provides support and guidance to member churches both financially and otherwise.
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The Federation was formed in 1972 from those Congregational churches which did not enter the union of the Presbyterian Church of England with the Congregational Church in England and Wales (the body that succeeded the Congregational Union of England and Wales in 1966) to form the United Reformed Church. These were joined in 2000 by member churches of the Congregational Union of Scotland that chose not to join their merger with the United Reformed Church.
It is a member of the International Congregational Fellowship, an international network of Congregational churches and their national associations. Some of its churches are also in membership of the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches.
Secretariat
The offices of the Congregational Federation are located in Nottingham, England.
Ecumenical relations
The Congregational Federation is a member of: