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The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) is an evangelical Christian denomination in the Radical Pietistic tradition. [1] The EFCA was formed in 1950 from the merger of the Swedish Evangelical Free Church and the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association. It is affiliated with the International Federation of Free Evangelical ...
The Episcopal Church, the largest of the Anglican churches in the U.S., has taken no stance against Masonry, nor have the various smaller continuing Anglican and independent Anglican church bodies. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States and a progressive, mainline Protestant ...
Lorenzo Snow, fifth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; last known President to have been a member of Nauvoo Lodge, U. D. In 1901, the following circular letter from church president Lorenzo Snow and his first counselor, Joseph F. Smith, to all stake presidencies concerning church members' desires to join "secret orders":
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it had 31 national member associations, with 700,000 members in 33 countries. [3]The two largest member federations are the Evangelical Covenant Church and the Evangelical Free Church of America in the United States.
Charles Wesley Brashares (1891–1982), American bishop of the Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church. Raised in Harmony Lodge No. 38, Gorham, Maine. Demitted. [10] Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836–1918), governor of Victoria, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria [153] Member of Apollo University Lodge [12]
Free Methodist Church founder B.T. Roberts was a vocal opponent of Freemasonry in the mid 19th century. Roberts opposed the society on moral grounds and stated, "The god of the lodge is not the God of the Bible." Roberts believed Freemasonry was a "mystery" or "alternate" religion and encouraged his church not to support ministers who were ...
George Frederick Kingston, Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Ionic Lodge No 25 . [1] Rudyard Kipling, UK author and poet. Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C., Lahore, India; founding member, The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, Saint-Omer, France. [208]
Harry R. Jackson Jr. (February 4, 1953 – November 9, 2020) was an American Christian pastor, Pentecostal bishop, and author who served as the senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, and served as the presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches.