The Fellowship of Congregational Churches is a conservative Congregational denomination in Australia. It was formed by the forty congregations of the Congregational Union of Australia who chose not to join the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977.

The Fellowship of Congregational Churches was declared to be the legal successor of the Congregational Union of Australia by Act of the New South Wales Parliament.

Some ecumenically minded congregations left the Fellowship of Congregational Churches in 1995 and formed the Congregational Federation of Australia.

Rev. Fred Nile is a well known member and current President-elect of the Fellowship of Congregational Churches.

[edit] References

• Local Ecumenism Working Group, NSW Ecumenical Council (2000). "The Congregational Federation of NSW" (htm). When Churches Join - 6. General Documents. http://nat.uca.org.au/cunity/churchesjoin/cjgeneraldocs/localecumenismkit/cjlocalecukit25app2_2.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-18. 

[edit] External links

• Official Fellowship of Congregational Churches website
• World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship
• Padstow Congregational Church - Sydney Australia

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