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United Church of Christ, American Protestant denomination formed in 1957 by a merger of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches (see Congregationalism Congregationalism, type of Protestant church organization in which each congregation, or local church, has free control of its own affairs. The underlying principle is that each local congregation has as its head Jesus alone and that the relations of the various
..... Click the link for more information. ) and the Evangelical and Reformed Church Evangelical and Reformed Church, Protestant denomination formed by the merger (1934) of the Reformed Church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. Both of these bodies had originated in the Reformation in Europe.
..... Click the link for more information. . The constitution for the new body was adopted in July, 1961, thus completing the union. The statement of faith promulgated in 1959 maintains the noncreedal position common to both religious bodies, holding only to baptism and communion as sacraments, ordination as an act of laying on of hands, and local autonomy in all matters of worship, doctrine, and congregational life. A general synod of the whole church meets biennially and establishes the various agencies through which its social action, ecumenical work, and missionary work are carried out. The church has about 1.4 million members (1997).

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See L. Gunnemann, The Shaping of the United Church of Christ (1977).

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No references found	About 600 people packed into the Congregational Christian Church in Lalomanu on Sunday, one of the worst-hit villages on the south coast of Upolu, the more heavily populated of the country's two main islands. Samoans join in prayer after tsunami by AFP / AFP Asian Edition About 600 people packed into the Congregational Christian Church in Lalomanu on Sunday, one of the worst-hit villages on the south coast of Upolu, the more heavily populated of the country's two main islands. Samoans join in prayer after tsunami by AFP / AFP Global Edition The 2001 population and housing census revealed the following religious distribution of the population: Congregational Christian Church, 35 percent; Catholic, 20 percent; Methodist, 15 percent; the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), 13 percent; and Assembly of God, 7 percent. Samoa by International Religious Freedom Report	congestive heart failure conging process Conglomerate conglomeratic mudstone conglutination conglutination phenomenon conglutinin Congo Congo Basin Congo eel Congo Independence Day Celebration Congo National Days congo red congo red test Congo Republic Congo River Congo, Belgian Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, kingdom of the Congo, Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Kordofanian Congolese Workers Party congregate residence Congregation Congregational Christian Church Congregationalism Congregationalists Congreso Permanente de Unidad Sindical de los Trabajadores de America Congress Congress Boards of Entrepreneurs Congress of Aland Congress of Åland Congress of Industrial Organizations Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO Congress of Racial Equality Congress of Soviets Congress of Soviets of the Northern Region Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Congress of the Komsomol Congress of the Russian Communist Party Congress of the United States Congress Party Congress, Indian National Congress, Library of congression Congressional Black Caucus Congreve Congreve, William Congruence congruence transformation	Congregation of the Holy Family Congregation of the Holy Ghost Fathers, Spiritans Congregation of the Humility of Mary Congregation of the Index Congregation of the Index Congregation of the Inquisition Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians or Lazarists Congregation of the Missionaries of St Francis Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Congregation of the Mother of Carmel Congregation of the Oratory, Oratorians Congregation of the Passion Congregation of the Passion, Passionists Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Congregation of the Resurrection Congregation of the Rosarians Congregation of the Sisters of Charity Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace Congregation Secretary Congregation Shearith Israel Congregation Sisters of St Agnes congregational congregational Congregational Christian Church Congregational Christian Churches in Canada Congregational Christian Churches National Association Congregational Christian Service Committee Congregational Church Congregational Church Congregational Church Congregational Church in England Congregational Church in England and Wales Congregational Church of England and Wales Congregational Church of Littleton Congregational Church of Practical Theology Congregational Church of San Mateo Congregational Churches Congregational Council For World Mission Congregational Foundation for Theological Studies Congregational Libraries Association of British Columbia Congregational Life Ministries Congregational Ministries Division Committee Congregational Order of the Avenging Saviour Congregational Study/Action Issue Congregational Summer Assembly Congregational Union of England and Wales Congregational Union of Scotland Congregational United Church of Christ Congregationalism Congregationalism Congregationalist Congregationalist

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About 600 people packed into the Congregational Christian Church in Lalomanu on Sunday, one of the worst-hit villages on the south coast of Upolu, the more heavily populated of the country's two main islands.

Samoans join in prayer after tsunami by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

Samoans join in prayer after tsunami by AFP / AFP Global Edition

The 2001 population and housing census revealed the following religious distribution of the population: Congregational Christian Church, 35 percent; Catholic, 20 percent; Methodist, 15 percent; the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), 13 percent; and Assembly of God, 7 percent.

Samoa by International Religious Freedom Report

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