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Lesslie Newbigin was a leader in the uniting churches movement, as a founding bishop of the Church of South India, and later a moderator of the United Reformed Church
United and uniting churches are churches formed from the merger or other form of union of two or more different Protestant denominations.

Perhaps the oldest example of a united church is found in Germany, where the Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of predominantly Lutheran and Reformed churches, a union dating back to 1817 in some parts of Germany (see Prussian Union).

Around the world, each united or uniting church comprises a different mix of predecessor denominations. Trends are visible, however, as most united and uniting churches have one or more predecessors with heritage in the Reformed tradition (either Presbyterian, Congregationalist, or both) and many are members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.

Conciliar movement

In the 1950s and 1960s an ecumenical spirit emerged in many churches leading to a conciliar movement known in some circles as Conciliarity. Outproducts of this movement were the Consultation on Church Union (C.O.C.U) and Vatican II. COCU disbanded formally in 2002 but moved into the Churches Uniting in Christ movement.

United and Uniting Churches around the world

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Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. The word Protestant is derived from the Latin protestatio meaning declaration
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Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated as EKD
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Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Church launched the Protestant Reformation and, though it was not
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The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Calvinist system of doctrine, which first arose especially in the Swiss Reformation led by Huldrych Zwingli, but soon afterward appeared in nations throughout Western
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The Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church) (Unionsurkunde) was the merger of the Lutheran Church and the Reformed Church in Prussia, by a series of decrees by King Frederick William III.
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The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Calvinist system of doctrine, which first arose especially in the Swiss Reformation led by Huldrych Zwingli, but soon afterward appeared in nations throughout Western
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Presbyterianism is a tradition shared by a large amount of Christian denominations which is most prevalent within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity. Hallmarks include Calvinist theology and the presbyterian form of church governance.
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Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
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The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) is a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
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In the history of Christianity, the Conciliar movement or "Conciliarism" was a reform movement in the 14th and 15th century Roman Catholic Church which held that final authority in spiritual matters resided with the Roman Church as corporation of Christians, embodied by a
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Conciliarity refers to the adherence of various Christian communities to the authority of ecumenical councils and to synodal church government. It is not to be confused with conciliarism, which refers to a particular historical movement within the Catholic Church.
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Consultation on Church Union (COCU) was a church unity effort in the United States, that became the Churches Uniting in Christ on 20 January 2002. It was a significant part of the Christian movement towards Ecumenism.
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The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965.
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Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC) brings together nine mainline American denominations (including both predominantly white and predominantly black churches), and was inaugurated on January 20, 2002.
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The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was formed on June 22 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterian Church of Australia, and Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union.
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Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
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Presbyterianism is a tradition shared by a large amount of Christian denominations which is most prevalent within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity. Hallmarks include Calvinist theology and the presbyterian form of church governance.
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The Church of Bangladesh is a church of the Anglican Communion in Bangladesh. It is in fact a united church, having been formed by the union of various Christian churches in the region.
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United Church of Canada

The crest of the United Church of Canada. It is a modified version of the pre-Church Union Presbyterian logo of the upended Christian fish with a superimposed Chi, standing for Christ, with in the four quadrants the symbols of Presbyterianism,
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Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
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Christianity

Foundations
Jesus Christ
Church Theology
New Covenant Supersessionism
Dispensationalism
Apostles Kingdom Gospel
History of Christianity Timeline
Bible
Old Testament New Testament
Books Canon Apocrypha
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Presbyterianism is a tradition shared by a large amount of Christian denominations which is most prevalent within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity. Hallmarks include Calvinist theology and the presbyterian form of church governance.
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The China Christian Council (中国基督教协会) or CCC was founded in 1980 as an umbrella organization for all Protestant churches in the People's Republic of China with Bishop K. H.
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EKD redirects here. For the Basque political party, see Democracia Cristiana Vasca.


Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated as EKD
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Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Church launched the Protestant Reformation and, though it was not
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