Congregational Federation

Christian denomination in Great Britain

Congregational Federation

Logo of the Congregational Federation

Classification| Protestant
Orientation| Congregationalism
Polity| Congregational polity
Associations| International Congregational Fellowship
Region| Great Britain
Origin| Formed in 1972 from congregations which did not join the United Reformed Church
Separated from| Congregational Church in England and Wales
Congregations| 235 (2024)[1]
Publications| The Congregationalist
Official website| www.congregational.org.uk

The Congregational Federation is a small Christian denomination in Great Britain comprising 235 congregations,[1] down from 294 in April 2014. The Federation brings together Congregational churches, and provides support and guidance to member churches both financially and otherwise.

## History

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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 to form the United Reformed Church. The leaders at the time were Reginald Cleaves, Margaret, Viscountess Stansgate, John Wilcox and Elsie Chamberlain.[2] Margaret, Viscountess Stansgate became the Federation's first President.

The Federation was expanded in 2000 by member churches of the Congregational Union of Scotland that chose not to join their merger with the United Reformed Church.[3]

It is a member of the International Congregational Fellowship,[4] 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.

The offices of the Congregational Federation are in Nottingham, England.

## Ecumenical relations

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The Congregational Federation is a member of:[5]

* Action of Churches Together in Scotland
* Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
* Churches Together in England
* Cytûn

## Churches

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

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The churches are organised into 10 geographical regions. CC stands for Congregational Church/Chapel.

### Eastern

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Church  | Location  | Founded

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Battlesbridge Free Church  | Battlesbridge, Essex | 1836
Braintree CC  | Braintree, Essex | 1699
Cowper Memorial CC, Dereham  | Dereham, Norfolk | 1873
East Bergholt CC  | East Bergholt, Suffolk | 1672
Guilden Morden CC  | Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire | 1841
West End CC, Haverhill  | Haverhill, Suffolk | 1836
Hutton Free Church  | Hutton, Essex | 1850
Hatfield Road CC, Ipswich  | Ipswich, Suffolk | 1957
Worship Jesus Ministries, Ipswich  | Ipswich, Suffolk |
Litlington CC  | Litlington, Cambridgeshire | 1815
Long Stratton CC  | Long Stratton, Norfolk | 1821
Nordelph CC  | Nordelph, Norfolk |
North Walsham CC  | North Walsham, Norfolk | 1657
Old Meeting House, Norwich  | Norwich, Norfolk | 1643
Orsett Community Church  | Orsett, Essex | 1842
Ridgewell CC  | Ridgewell, Essex | 1662
Silver End CC  | Silver End, Essex | 1929
Stambourne CC  | Stambourne, Essex | 1662
Steeple Bumpstead CC  | Steeple Bumpstead, Essex | 1760
Thundersley CC (The Beacon)  | Thundersley, Essex | 1908
Tollesbury CC  | Tollesbury, Essex |
Wivenhoe CC  | Wivenhoe, Essex | 1672
Woodham Ferrers Chapel  | Woodham Ferrers, Essex | 1835

## References

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1. ^ a b "Find a Church". www.congregational.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. ^ Team, CWM Communications (11 December 2017). "Member Church feature: Congregational Federation". Council for World Mission. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
3. ^ "Introduction". The Congregational Federation. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
4. ^ "International Congregational Fellowship". The Congregational Federation. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
5. ^ "Who we work with". The Congregational Federation. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

## External links

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* Official website
* Official website of the Congregational History Society

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Catholic|

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Western Christianity|

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* General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
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Baptist|

* Baptist Union of Scotland

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Adventist|

* Seventh-day Adventist Church

Pentecostal|

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* Redeemed Christian Church of God

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Finished
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* Apostolic Church
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* Elim Pentecostal Church

Neo-charismatic|

* Calvary Chapel United Kingdom
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Other|

* Quakers

Restorationism|

| Stone–Campbell|

* Churches of Christ
* International Churches of Christ

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Latter Day Saint/
Mormon|

* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Scotland

Irvingism|

* Catholic Apostolic Church
* New Apostolic Church

1. ^ Not in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox Churches
2. ^ a b Part of the Porvoo Communion

Northern Ireland

| Eastern Christianity|

| Eastern Orthodox|

* Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland (Antioch)
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Western Christianity|

| Catholic|

* Roman Catholic Church

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| Hussite|

* Moravian Church

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Protestant|

| Lutheran|

* Lutheran Church in Ireland

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Calvinist|

| Presbyterian|

* Evangelical Presbyterian Church
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Congregationalist|

* Congregational Union of Ireland

Anglican|

* Church of Ireland[a]

Baptist|

* Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland

Methodist|

* Church of the Nazarene
* Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches
* Methodist Church in Ireland
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Plymouth
Brethren|

* Exclusive Brethren
* Open Brethren
* Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
* Needed Truth Brethren

Adventist|

* Seventh-day Adventist Church

Pentecostal|

* Christian Churches Ireland
* Elim Pentecostal Church

Neo-charismatic|

* Vineyard

Other|

* Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
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Restorationism|

| Stone–Campbell|

* Churches of Christ
* International Churches of Christ

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Latter Day Saint/
Mormon|

* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northern Ireland

Irvingism|

* New Apostolic Church

1. ^ Part of the Porvoo Communion

Wales

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| Eastern Orthodox|

* Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe
* Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Constantinople)
* Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)
* Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh (Moscow)

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Oriental Orthodox|

* British Orthodox Church[a]
* Coptic Orthodox Church
* Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Catholic|

* Syro-Malabar Church
* Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Western Christianity|

| Catholic|

* Anglican Catholic Ordinariate
* Roman Catholic Church

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Protestant|

| Lutheran|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

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Calvinist|

| Presbyterian|

* Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales

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Congregationalist|

* Congregational Federation
* Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches
* Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
* Union of Welsh Independents

Methodist|

* Presbyterian Church of Wales

Anglican|

* Church in Wales[b]

Unitarian|

* General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
* Unitarian Christian Association

Baptist|

* Baptists Together
* Baptist Union of Wales
* Old Baptist Union

Methodist|

* Methodist Church of Great Britain
* Salvation Army

Plymouth
Brethren|

* Exclusive Brethren
* Open Brethren
* Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
* Needed Truth Brethren

Adventist|

* Seventh-day Adventist Church

Pentecostal|

* Assemblies of God
* Elim Pentecostal Church

Other|

* Newfrontiers
* Quakers

Restorationism|

| Stone–Campbell|

* Churches of Christ
* International Churches of Christ

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Latter Day Saint/
Mormon|

* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales

Irvingism|

* New Apostolic Church

1. ^ Not in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox Churches
2. ^ Part of the Porvoo Communion

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