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The word "Free" was suggested and adopted because the new church was to be an anti-slavery church (slavery was an issue in those days), because pews in the churches were to be free to all rather than sold or rented (as was common), and because the new church hoped for the freedom of the Holy Spirit in the services rather than a stifling formality.
The Association is based in the United States, being founded in 1965 by churches who left the mainline Methodist Church because of disagreements on church government and doctrinal matters. [1] As of 2024, the denomination has 110 churches in 11 U.S. states, concentrated mostly in the Southern United States. [2]
The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC) is the sixth largest Lutheran church body in the United States. The AFLC includes congregations from the former Lutheran Free Church in 27 different U.S. states and four Canadian provinces. The AFLC is not an incorporated synod, but a free association. Each local congregation is a separate ...
The Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church (PFWBC) is a Holiness Pentecostal denomination of Christianity with Free Will Baptist roots. The PFWBC is historically and theologically a combination of both denominational traditions, having begun as a small group of Free Will Baptist churches in North Carolina that accepted the teachings of Holiness movement, and later, accepting the teaching of a ...
The suit, one of a pair filed by former members, alleged First Bossier Pastor Brad Jurkovich illegally amended the bylaws in 2014. Louisiana Supreme Court dismisses church as defendant in bylaws suit.
As a lay church, there is no hierarchy. All members, including church officers, are bound by the rules of the Manual. [10] Under the Manual, the church officers comprising the Board of Directors are charged with administration, [7] and have no authority to govern the church, amend or interpret by-laws or create new ones.