World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship
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| World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship | |
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| Abbreviation | WECF |
| Type | Fellowship |
| Orientation | Evangelical Protestant |
| Polity | Congregational |
| Region | Worldwide |
| Origin | 1986 Sussex, England |
The World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship (WECF) is a global association of evangelical Christian Congregational Churches, from various national associations around the world, which is united by a common belief in the lordship of Jesus Christ and the authority of the Bible, as well as by its common desire for evangelism.
Origins
[edit]The idea for the WECF began at a series of annual meetings of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference in 1983, when a number of international delegates at the American meetings expressed an interest in solidifying relationships with other evangelical congregationalists across the globe.[1] A constitutional framework for the Fellowship was ultimately agreed upon, and the WECF held its inaugural assembly in October 1986, in Sussex, England.
Statistics
[edit]According to a denomination census released in 2020, it has 18 denominations members in 17 countries.[2]
Organization
[edit]The WECF is overseen by a number of executive officers from different nations: including a President, vice-president, Treasurer, Secretary, and several members-at-large. It presently meets triennially, with a smaller-scale mid-term meeting, every year and a half.
Members
[edit]List of WECF Members[3]
- Evangelical Congregational Churches, Argentina
- Fellowship of Congregational Churches, Australia
- Alliance of Evangelical Congregational Churches, Brazil
- Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches, Brazil
- Union of Congregational Churches, Bulgaria
- Congregational Christian Churches, Canada
- Evangelical Churches Association (Congregational), Manipur, India
- Evangelsko-Kongresanska Crkva Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
- Chuuk Congregational Church of Christ, Federated States of Micronesia
- Evangelical Churches Association, Myanmar
- Evangelical Congregational Churches, Nepal
- Congregational Union of New Zealand
- Congregational Union of Northern Ireland
- National Association of Congregational Churches, Philippines
- Union of Congregational Churches, Portugal
- Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches, Republic of South Africa
- Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches, United Kingdom
- Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, United States of America
Associate Member
- UCC (Pohnpei) Congregational Churches on Guam and Saipan
References
[edit]- ^ World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship, OUR HISTORY, cong-wecf.org, USA, retrieved August 22, 2020
- ^ World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship, Members, cong-wecf.org, USA, retrieved August 22, 2020
- ^ "Member Fellowships – World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship". Retrieved 2021-11-09.