Fellowship of Congregational Churches

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Short description|Protestant denomination in Australia}} {{Infobox Christian denomination |name = Fellowship of Congregational Churches |image=Fellowship of Congregational Churches logo.png |founded_date = 1977 |area =Australia |separations = [[Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand|Congregational Federation of Australia]] (1995) |congregations = 28 (2021) |website={{url|https://www.fccaus.org/}} }} {{Portal|Reformed Christianity}} The '''Fellowship of Congregational Churches''' is a conservative [[Congregational church|Congregational]] [[Christian denomination|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 (organization)|legal successor]] in [[New South Wales]] of the Congregational Union of Australia by [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[New South Wales Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fellowship of Congregational Churches (New South Wales) Incorporation Act 1977 No 39 |url=https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1977-039 |accessdate=30 December 2015 }}</ref>

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

The Rev. [[Fred Nile]], a long-term member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]], served as the President of the Fellowship of Congregational Churches for the years 2007 to 2012, and again for the 2013/2014 year.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fellowship of Congregational Churches Year Book 2018}}</ref>

In 2021, 28 Congregations were listed on their official website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Churches — Fellowship Of Congregational Churches |url=https://www.fccaus.org/churches |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128055808/https://www.fccaus.org/churches |archive-date=2021-01-28 |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=Fellowship of Congregational Churches}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |author=Local Ecumenism Working Group, NSW Ecumenical Council |year=2000 |title=The Congregational Federation of NSW |work=When Churches Join – 6. General Documents |url=http://nat.uca.org.au/cunity/churchesjoin/cjgeneraldocs/localecumenismkit/cjlocalecukit25app2_2.htm |accessdate=2006-04-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819162042/http://nat.uca.org.au/cunity/churchesjoin/cjgeneraldocs/localecumenismkit/cjlocalecukit25app2_2.htm |archivedate=2006-08-19}}

==External links== *[https://www.fccaus.org/ Official website of the Fellowship of Congregational Churches]

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