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Fellowship of Congregational Churches

Fellowship of Congregational Churches

Church denomination in Australia

The Fellowship of Congregational Churches is a conservative Congregational denomination 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.

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The Fellowship of Congregational Churches was declared to be the legal successor in New South Wales of the Congregational Union of Australia by Act of the New South Wales Parliament.[1]

Some ecumenically minded congregations left the Fellowship of Congregational Churches in 1995 and formed the Congregational Federation of Australia.

The Rev. Fred Nile, a long-term member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, served as the President of the Fellowship of Congregational Churches for the years 2007 to 2012, and again for the 2013/2014 year.[2]

In 2021, 28 Congregations were listed on the official website.

References

  1. [1]
    "Fellowship of Congregational Churches (New South Wales) Incorporation Act 1977 No 39". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    Fellowship of Congregational Churches Year Book 2018.


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