# Isa-e Church

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{{Infobox Christian denomination
| name = <big> Isa-e Church </big>
| image =
| imagewidth = 80px
| caption =
| main_classification = [Protestant](/source/Protestant)
| leader / moderator =
| theology = [Calvinist](/source/Calvinism)
| orientation = [Reformed](/source/Reformed_Churches)
| governance = [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian)
| founder =
| founded_date = 1999
| found_place =
| separated_from =
| father =
| merger =
| separations =
| associations = [World Reformed Fellowship](/source/World_Reformed_Fellowship)<ref name = FRM>{{cite web | url = https://wrf.global/about/membership-list/denominational-members | title = World Reformed Fellowship Members | accessdate = July 31, 2020}}</ref>
| area = [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh) and [India](/source/India)
| church =
| congregations = 127 (2020) <ref name = CONG>{{cite web | url = https://www.isaechurchbd.org/congregation/ | title = Isa-e Church Organization | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>
| members = 6,000 (2015) <ref name = HIST>{{cite web | url = https://www.internetbode.nl/regio/reimerswaal/134119/yerseke-bouwt-voor-bangladesh/ | title = Church History Isa -e | date = September 25, 2015 | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>
| footnotes =
| website = {{url | https://www.isaechurchbd.org/}} {{url | https://www.isaechurchin.org/}}
}}

The '''Isa-e Church ''' is a denomination [Reformed](/source/Reformed_Churches) [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) in [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh) and [India](/source/India). It was founded in 1999 by Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, an ex-Muslim convert to [Christianity](/source/Christianity).<ref name=HIST/><ref name=HIST1>{{cite web | url = https://www.faith2share.net/network/network-members/isa-e-jamat | title = Church Isa-e | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1985, Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, an ex-Muslim, converted to Christianity. After living abroad and becoming a pastor, Abdul returned to Bangladesh in 1997.

However, meeting with a group of former ex-Muslims, he acknowledged that the country's Christian denominations were culturally disconnected from the country's majority population. Chowdhury then begin working on establishing a church that adopts Bengali Muslim culture as tool of evangelization in the country.

On September 2, 1999, she was formed  in Jamat Isa-e Bangladesh.<ref name = HIST3>{{cite web | url = https://advancingnativemissions.com/cause/isa-e-church-bangladesh/ | title = Inter-Church Relations of Liberated Reformed Churches | accessdate = December 22, 2021 | archive-date = December 24, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211224113317/https://advancingnativemissions.com/cause/isa-e-church-bangladesh/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Later, a denomination adopted the name "Isa-e Church Bangladesh".<ref name = UNDER>{{cite web | url = https://www.isaechurchin.org/about-us/|title=History of the Church Isa-e | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>

The denomination soon spread across the country. As of 2015, it had 6,000 <ref name = HIST /> members in 127 local churches.<ref name=CONG/><ref>{{cite web | url =https://docplayer.nl/57822178-Jaarverslag-2016-van-isa-e-church-in-bangladesh-groei-in-kennis-en-geloof.html | title = Church Growth Isa-e Bangladesh | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>

The Isa-e Theological Institute was founded by the denomination, which serves to prepare new pastors and leaders.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kerkinactie.protestantsekerk.nl/verhalen/investeren-in-leiderschap-in-de-kleine-gemeenten-in-bangladesh/ | title = Isa-e Theological Institute | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>

== Doctrine ==
The appellation affirms the [Five Solae](/source/Five_Solae), practices [pedobaptism](/source/pedobaptism), and adheres to [Reformed Tradition](/source/Calvinism).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wrfnet.org/articles/2017/09/specific-reformed-legacy-reformation#.YcWsOBjmM0M | title = Reformed denominations in the world | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>

== Inter-ecclesiastical Relations ==
The church is a member of the [World Reformed Fellowship](/source/World_Reformed_Fellowship)<ref name=FRM/> and has relations with the [Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)](/source/Reformed_Churches_in_the_Netherlands_(Liberated)).<ref name=BBK>{{cite web | url = http://www.eeninwaarheid.info/index.php?rub=7&item=1807 | title = Report of the General Assembly of Liberated Reformed Churches 2020 | date = August 13, 2020 | accessdate = December 22, 2021}}</ref>

== References ==

{{Reflist|3}}

Category:Reformed denominations in Asia
Category:Members of the World Reformed Fellowship
Category:Presbyterian denominations in Asia

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