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  WORLD EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
The formation of an international evangelical Congregational union was proposed and the participants agreed to meet together a year later for further discussions.
Present were Rev. Len Kingston, Rev. Edward S. Guest, Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches of Great Britain, Rev. Francisco de Souza, a young missionary with dual standing in the CCCC and the Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches of Brazil, and the Executive and Fraternal Relations Committee of the CCCC.
Participants in the inaugural assembly meetings were: the Fellowship of Congregational Churches, Australia, the Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches of Brazil, the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches, Great Britain, the Congregational Union of Ireland, the Union of Congregational Churches of Portugal, and the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, USA.
www.wecf-cong.org /history.asp   (975 words)

  
  EVANGELICAL UNION - Online Information article about EVANGELICAL UNION
UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)
Academy for holding " Morisonian " doctrines, and in 1845 eight churches were disjoined from the Congregational Union of Scotland and formed a connexion with the Evangelical Union.
In 1889 the denomination numbered 93 churches; and in 1896, after prolonged negotiation, the Evangelical Union was incorporated with the Congregational Union of Scotland.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /EUD_FAT/EVANGELICAL_UNION.html   (506 words)

  
 Evangelical Church
External union, facilitated by the prevailing religious indifference, was adopted in Nassau and in the Rhenish Palatinate (1818), in Baden (1821), in Rhenish Hesse (1822), in Würtemberg (1827).
The defenders of the union argued that its disruption would produce at least five particular churches at war with one another and powerless to withstand the inroads of the Catholic Church; that the union was a Prussian achievement to be supported by all true lovers of Prussia.
Court preacher Zimmermann of Darmstadt founded the Gustav-Adolfs-Verein (1841-2), a union whose avowed primary object is to support the evangelical missions in outlying districts (the Diaspora), its secondary object being to bind together all Protestants regardless of denominational differences, and to oppose a solid bulwark to the encroachments of Catholicism.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/evangelical_church.html   (3550 words)

  
 Evangelical Union - LoveToKnow 1911
Morison was suspended by the presbytery in 1841 and thereupon definitely withdrew from the Secession Church.
Nine students were expelled from the Congregational Academy for holding "Morisonian" doctrines, and in 1845 eight churches were disjoined from the Congregational Union of Scotland and formed a connexion with the Evangelical Union.
The Union exercised no jurisdiction over the individual churches connected with it, and in this respect adhered to the Independent or Congregational form of church government; but those congregations which originally were Presbyterian vested their government in a body of elders.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Evangelical_Union   (150 words)

  
 evangelical - definition by dict.die.net
Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845.
Evangelical Union, a religion sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also Morisonians.
dict.die.net /evangelical   (149 words)

  
 Evangelical bishops join legal row over Christian Unions | Ekklesia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The move followed decisions by student guilds and associations at three universities, Exeter, Birmingham and Edinburgh, to suspend Christian Unions from membership or use of premises on the grounds that their constitutions or meetings are exclusionary and discriminate against both Christians and non-Christians and particularly gay people.
UCCF, the body which runs the Christian Unions, have rejected suggestions that the doctrinal statement might be replaced by one of the historic creeds which churches from across the Christian denominations use.
Whilst leaders in Christian Unions are permitted to hold differing views on a range of moral and ethical issues such as war, and social justice, UCCF insists that only one approach is taken on the issue of homosexuality.
www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_061123christianunions.shtml   (934 words)

  
 Eesti EKB Koguduste Liit :: Union of Free Evangelical and Baptist Churches of Estonia
The beginning of the Union of Evangelical Christian and Baptist Churches of Estonia (union) goes back to the Estonian national reawakening in the 19th century, when two Swedish schoolmasters, Thorén and Österblom, started preaching in the island of Vormsi and the peninsula of Noarootsi, West Estonia.
The principle of the union is to be a Biblical missionary movement aiming at holiness and church growth.
Members of the union are actively involved in the society and are having their say in a number of important aspects of the country's life; for example, the law on churches, and matters of religious instruction in schools.
www.ekklesia.ee /index.php?a=35   (2333 words)

  
 Welcome to the Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America
Received into Union with The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America
The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America
The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Church of the Hussites in America and Europe
www.evangelicalorthodoxcatholic.org /toc.html   (272 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Evangelical Alliance
During the years that witnessed the beginning of the Oxford Movement in the Church of England, there progressed a movement in favour of union among men whose sympathies were diametrically opposed to those of the Tractarians, but who in their own way longed for a healing of the divisions and differences among Christians.
In England the progress of the Tractarian Movement led many distinguished Evangelical Nonconformists to desire "a great confederation of men of all Churches who were loyal in their attachment to Evangelical Protestantism in order to defend the faith of the Reformation" (Dale, History of Eng.
From its principles the Evangelical Alliance is necessarily opposed to the doctrine and authority of the Catholic Church; and Catholics, while sympathizing with the desire for union among Christians, realize that the unity by which we are made one in Christ is not to be won by such methods.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05641a.htm   (1218 words)

  
 International Awards of Affirmation
The Union, formed in 1924 as a consolidation of the Armenian Evangelical movement which began in the 1820's, is comprised of congregations whose beginnings intersect Common Global Ministries' mission history and is rooted in the longer history of Armenian Christianity.
The Rev. Shengjie Cao graduated from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary in 1953 and served St. Peter's Church and Grace Church in Shanghai as an evangelist.
The United Reformed Church was formed in 1972 by the union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales, and the Presbyterian Church in England.
www.disciples.org /dns/Releases2003/0340.htm   (1138 words)

  
 Evangelical students fail in bid to be called 'Christian Union' | Ekklesia
Evangelical students at Exeter university have failed in their bid to call themselves the "Christian Union" and have had their accounts frozen pending a full review into the society's Equal Opportunities policy.
A referendum was held at the university this week about whether the 'Evangelical Christian Union' should be able to change its name to the 'Christian Union'.
Voting in the referendum at Exeter University, about whether the Evangelical Christian Union should be able to change its name to the 'Christian Union', finished on Friday.
www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_061014christian_union.shtml   (666 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lutherans and Lutheranism
The chief events in the Lutheran Churches in Germany during the nineteenth century were the Evangelical Union and the revival of orthodoxy.
A union symbol was drawn up and signed by the Protestants at Sandomir in 1570, and three years later they concluded a religious peace with the Catholics, in which it was agreed that all parties should enjoy equal civil rights.
In the United Evangelical Church of Germany the agenda of Frederick William III (1817) is the official form.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09458a.htm   (6259 words)

  
 Union of Evangelical Churches   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The EKU was an historic union of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions in Germany.
It was the ancestral church of many German-American pioneers who founded the "Evangelical Synod in the United States"—one of the UCC's antecedent tradtions.
A number of UCC congregations partner with Evangelical parishes in Germany, and there are formal exchanges between UCC Conferences and their partner Landeskirchen (regional churches) of the UEK.
www.ucc.org /ecumenical/uek.htm   (202 words)

  
 THE ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Mesrob, evangelized the Armenian territories and the neighboring states of Georgia and Azerbaijan; he preached the Gospel, invented the alphabets, and translated the Scriptures to Armenia, Georgian and Alan (Azerbaijani).
The Armenian Evangelical Union of North America (AEUNA) was organized at a Constitutional Assembly, October 6-10, 1971, at the Armenian Congregational Church in Southfield, Michigan.
This was the merger of the Union of the Eastern States (1901), and the Union of California (1908).
www.cacc-sf.org /c-aehistory.htm   (2525 words)

  
 Evangelical Protestantism
The conversion of John Wesley in 1738 is often regarded as the beginning of the evangelical movement.
Evangelicals like Wesley insisted on rigorous standards of personal conduct, frequent examination of conscience, the infallibility of the Bible, detailed Bible study and lay activity.
One of those who became convinced of this was James Keir Hardie, a trade union leader and lay preacher for the Evangelical Union Church.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REevangelical.htm   (551 words)

  
 Armenian Evangelical Identity - Historical and Theological Perspectives - Rev. Barkev N. Darakjian
He is the former editor of CHANASSER, the official monthly publication of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches of the Near East, and the past editor of the Armenian Evangelical Union of North America's quarterly publication, The Forum.
Darakjian's essay, first published by the Armenian Evangelical Union of North America in the 1980's, is a serious attempt to explore the distinctive identity and character of the Armenian Evangelical Church and how knowledge of its history and awareness of its distinctive mission will enhance its ministry.
Are we, the Evangelical Armenians, a church or a Millet, i.e.
www.muncherian.com /armenia/ael-darakjian-aei.html   (7177 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Programmes | State Of The Union: The Evangelical vote
Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser, famously said that the key to this election was turning out four million evangelical Christians who did not vote in the year 2000.
All year long we were told that the three big issues of this election would be the war in Iraq, the war on terrorism and the economy.
The final episode of State Of The Union was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Friday, 5 November, 2004 and repeated on Sunday 7, November, 2004.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/3992067.stm   (1655 words)

  
 Allen Guelzo: For the Union of Evangelical Christendom
Allen Guelzo: For the Union of Evangelical Christendom
They have, in the process, often forgotten that during the nineteenth century their church was racked by a divisive struggle that threatened to tear apart the very fabric of the Episcopal Church.
For the Union of Evangelical Christendom tells this largely forgotten story using the case of the Reformed Episcopalians to open up the ironic anatomy of American religion at the turn of the century.
www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-01002-9.html   (277 words)

  
 Albright College - Mission, History and Tradition
Union Seminary, founded in 1856 and rechartered as Central Pennsylvania College in 1887, merged with Albright College in 1902.
In 2005, Albright formally reaffirmed its affiliation with the Church, noting the College’s historic roots in the Evangelical and Methodist tradition, as well as a strong present-day relationship with the Eastern and Central Pennsylvania Conferences and the Wyoming Conference of the Church.
In 1968 the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church merged to become the United Methodist Church.
www.albright.edu /about/mission.html   (748 words)

  
 The Armenian Church
After the dismemberment of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Republic of Armenia, the Evangelical believers emerged from their underground existence and organized themselves as active churches and fellowships in their new inde-pendent and democratic 'hairenik'.
Each of the five Church Unions - the Armenian Evangelical Union of France, Armenian Evangelical Union of North America, Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East, Union of Evangelical Churches in Armenia and Armenian Evangelical Union of Eurasia have organized various religious, cultural and artistic programs.
Va/ian H. Tootikian is the President of the Armenian Evangelical World Council and the Moderator of the Armenian Evangelical Union of North America.
www.churcharmenia.com /evangelical/evmain1_27_01.html   (1927 words)

  
 The Armenian Church
Vahan Tootikian and Minister to the Union Rev. Karl Avakian.
The Union appointed a committee of fellowship members to assist the ministry by conducting visitations, preaching the Word, and serving in different ways.
He had served the Armenian Evangelical church in Chicago for 21 years and had recently retired and moved to Glendale with his family.
www.churcharmenia.com /evangelical/evmain1_15_01.html   (1548 words)

  
 The Story of Methodism in the Philippines: Methodism and its Ecumenical Relations
In 1907, the Methodists and Presbyterians began Union Theological Seminary, which was later to include the United Brethren (1911), the Disciples (1916), and in 1919 the Congregationalists.
Then, in the country as a whole, there was the Evangelical Union, which lasted from 1901 until 1928 officially binding the churches together in cooperative endeavor.
In 1929, the union of the United Brethren, Presbyterians and Congregationalists was consummated in the formation of the United Evangelical Church
users.drew.edu /loconer/books/deats/deats16.htm   (1703 words)

  
 History of Calvary Armenian Congregational Church
The Evangelical churches in the United States have raised millions of dollars to send abroad for missions of mercy and compassion but they never thought of assisting and strengthening one another.
However, in 1901 a group of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the East banded together and formed the Armenian Evangelical Union of the Eastern States.
The AEUNA is part of the Armenian Evangelical World Council which consists of the Armenian Evangelical Union of France, The Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East, The Union of Evangelical Churches in Armenia, The Armenian Evangelical Union of Eurasia, and the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in Bulgaria.
www.cacc-sf.org /c-ourhistory.html   (1747 words)

  
 evangelical - Definitions from Dictionary.com
an adherent of evangelical doctrines or a person who belongs to an evangelical church or party.
Of or relating to the group in the Church of England that stresses personal conversion and salvation by faith.
Evangelical A member of an evangelical church or party.
dictionary.reference.com /browse/evangelical   (434 words)

  
 Russia’s Union of Evangelical Baptists Expands Mission
The Russia-based Union of Evangelical Christians Baptists (UECB) has made a statement explaining its intentions to intensify its outside contacts.
The Russia-based Union of Evangelical Christians Baptists (UECB) has made a statement announcing its intentions to intensify its outside contacts.
The department has three divisions: its diplomatic and representation desk intends to propagate the union’s activities and convictions both internally and externally and contribute to the strengthening of inter-church relations in Russia and abroad.
www.christiantoday.com /article/russias.union.of.evangelical.baptists.expands.mission/9390.htm   (391 words)

  
 The Story of Methodism in the Philippines: The Evangelical Union   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Evangelistic efforts were also begun in the islands by the Baptists, the Presbyterians, the Congregationalists, the United Brethren, the Disciples of Christ, the Christian and Missionary Alliance, the Seventh Day Adventists, and the Episcopalians.
The Evangelical Union, which was formed in 1901, had as its purpose the furtherance of cooperation among the denominations at work in the Philippines.
It is however, highly unfortunate that, although Gregorio Aglipay met with representatives of the Evangelical Union in August of 1902 in an effort to come to some agreement with the Protestants, no understanding was reached between them.
users.drew.edu /loconer/books/deats/deats3.htm   (424 words)

  
 Union Evangelical Cemetery
Union Evangelical Cemetery is located on both sides of Snyder Church Road, between Bickel Church Road and Stemen Road, outside Baltimore, Ohio (Liberty Township, Fairfield County).
The coordinates are 39° 52' 56.32" N, 82° 38' 33.65" W. Union Evangelical Cemetery is still active.
The oldest gravestones are on the east side, and most are in great condition.
www.graveaddiction.com /unioneva.html   (83 words)

  
 Union - LoveToKnow 1911
There is more than one meaning of Union discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.
We are planning to let all links go to the correct meaning directly, but for now you will have to search it out from the list below by yourself.
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