# Fellowship of Congregational Churches

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Protestant denomination in Australia

Fellowship of Congregational Churches Region Australia Origin 1977 Separations Congregational Federation of Australia (1995) Congregations 28 (2021) Official website www.fccaus.org

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The **Fellowship of Congregational Churches** is a conservative [Congregational](/source/Congregational_church) [denomination](/source/Christian_denomination) in [Australia](/source/Australia). It was formed by the forty congregations of the [Congregational Union of Australia](/source/Congregational_Union_of_Australia) who chose not to join the [Uniting Church in Australia](/source/Uniting_Church_in_Australia) in 1977.

The Fellowship of Congregational Churches was declared to be the [legal successor](/source/Legal_successor_(organization)) in [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) of the Congregational Union of Australia by [Act](/source/Act_of_Parliament) of the [New South Wales Parliament](/source/New_South_Wales_Parliament).[1]

Some [ecumenically](/source/Ecumenism) minded congregations left the Fellowship of Congregational Churches in 1995 and formed the [Congregational Federation of Australia](/source/Congregational_Federation_of_Australia).

The Rev. [Fred Nile](/source/Fred_Nile), a long-term member of the [New South Wales Legislative Council](/source/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.[2]

In 2021, 28 Congregations were listed on their official website.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Fellowship of Congregational Churches (New South Wales) Incorporation Act 1977 No 39"](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1977-039). Retrieved 30 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Fellowship of Congregational Churches Year Book 2018*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Churches — Fellowship Of Congregational Churches"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210128055808/https://www.fccaus.org/churches). *Fellowship of Congregational Churches*. Archived from [the original](https://www.fccaus.org/churches) on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

- Local Ecumenism Working Group, NSW Ecumenical Council (2000). ["The Congregational Federation of NSW"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060819162042/http://nat.uca.org.au/cunity/churchesjoin/cjgeneraldocs/localecumenismkit/cjlocalecukit25app2_2.htm). *When Churches Join – 6. General Documents*. Archived from [the original](http://nat.uca.org.au/cunity/churchesjoin/cjgeneraldocs/localecumenismkit/cjlocalecukit25app2_2.htm) on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2006.

## External links

- [Official website of the Fellowship of Congregational Churches](https://www.fccaus.org/)

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