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The Constitution of the Church in South India (1947) Message of the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1948) The Unity We Have and Seek (1952) A Message from the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1954) The Unity of the Church, St. Andrews (1960) The Church's Unity, World Council of Churches, New Delhi (1961)
The move is unusual for Southern Baptist churches which almost universally affiliate with conventions in their states or region. But it represents a growing interest in denominational links by affinity rather than geography, say some observers. [9] In 2014, at the annual meeting of the BGAV approved some reorganization changes to their bylaws.
Staub Memorial Congregational Church in Portland, Oregon joined in 1958. Over a quarter million members of Congregational Christian Churches opposed or abstained from the vote to form the UCC. [23] Despite the scale of concern, the conference started very small, having only sixteen churches in 1959. [8]
A cell church is a Christian church structure centering on the regular gathering of cell groups. Small group ministries are often called cell groups, but may also be called home groups, home friendship groups, home care groups, house fellowships, or life groups. A church with cell groups is not necessarily a cell church.
These groups are known by a variety of other names, including life groups, small groups, [3] home groups, classes or class meetings (used historically in Methodism) [4] and fellowship groups. Colin Marshall uses the term growth group , suggesting that the aim is for group members to "grow in Christ", and, through the group, for the gospel to ...
The Global Methodist Church (GM Church, or GMC) is a Methodist denomination within Protestant Christianity subscribing to views that were propounded by the conservative Confessing Movement. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The denomination is headquartered in the United States and has a presence internationally.
Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 12 autonomous monthly meetings. [1] " Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of monthly meetings within a geographic region.
Some Christian bodies are large (e.g. Catholics, Orthodox, Pentecostals and nondenominationals, Anglicans or Baptists), while others are just a few small churches, and in most cases the relative size is not evident in this list except for the denominational group or movement as a whole (e.g. Church of the East, Oriental Orthodox Churches, or ...