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The Churches of Christ in Christian Union (CCCU) is a Wesleyan-Holiness and Restorationist Christian denomination. The CCCU has a presence in 15 U.S. states and several nations, with about 200 churches in the United States. [1] Ohio Christian University is its educational wing with denominational world headquarters nearby, just outside ...
Church of God in Christ: Willow Creek Community Church: South Barrington: IL Dave Dummitt 18,000 [60] Non-denominational: Yes (7) Woodlands Church The Woodlands: TX Kerry Shook: 18,400 [3] Southern Baptist Convention: Woodside Bible Church [61] Troy: MI: Chris Brooks 10,500 [citation needed] Baptist heritage Yes (14+1) World Changers Church Int ...
The largest of these fractures took place within a year of its founding, as the Illinois Christian Union churches voted to join the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, thus becoming the Illinois District of the Southern Methodists. [9] A merger with the Christian Church movement was discussed in 1868, but never consummated. [10]
[2] [3] Nevertheless, many Bible churches hold to a few commonalities. Bible churches can be ruled by elders, being of presbyterian polity (not to be confused with Presbyterianism) or could adhere to episcopal polity (in which a denomination has bishops) or congregationalist polity. [2] In general, Bible churches are committed to expository ...
Calvary Chapel suggests that some churches are led astray by the management of their boards and that a biblical board of elders should aid the ministry and give wise counsel, not control the affairs of the church. In November 2016, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa left the Calvary Chapel Association and formed the Calvary Chapel Global Network.
The Catholic Church, or Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. It considers itself the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Christ founded, [ 64 ] and which Saint Peter initiated along with the missionary work of Saint Paul and others.
Community Chapel and Bible Training Center was a controversial independent church created in 1967 and pastored by Donald Lee Barnett in which he taught his version of Oneness Pentecostalism, later turning into a Unitarian. The church eventually grew to an attendance of over 3,000 before splitting and losing significant numbers in 1988 because ...
6 South America. Toggle South America subsection ... Open Bible Churches Calvary Chapel Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) Congregations: 67,500 ...