Ministerial association

{{Short description|Ecumenical Christian group}} A '''ministerial association''' is an ecumenical Christian group that is active on the local level.<ref name="GrosMcManus1998">{{cite book|last1=Gros|first1=Jeffrey|last2=McManus|first2=Eamon|last3=Riggs|first3=Ann|title=Introduction to Ecumenism|year=1998|publisher=Paulist Press|language=English|isbn=9780809137947|page=[https://archive.org/details/introductiontoec0000gros/page/87 87]|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontoec0000gros/page/87}}</ref><ref name="Conference1990">{{cite book|title=Minutes of the North Indiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RvrqAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=13 August 2017|year=1990|publisher=United Methodist Church|language=English|page=1635}}</ref> Clergy from various congregations, including Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Congregationalist, Lutheran, Methodist, Moravian, Orthodox, Presbyterian, and Reformed, often meet monthly to discuss local issues that they can collectively address, in addition to hosting events such as community Lenten services,<ref name="Graham2012">{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Kevin M.|title=Beyond Redistribution: White Supremacy and Racial Justice|date=10 July 2012|publisher=Lexington Books|language=English|isbn=9780739130988|page=11}}</ref> or an interdenominational Good Friday service.<ref name="Inc.2008">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of World Religions|date=1 May 2008|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=English|isbn=9781593394912|page=309}}</ref>

==United Methodist Church clusters== In the United Methodist Church there are church clusters which consist of three of more congregations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umcom.org/learn/sum-is-greater-than-parts-when-churches-work-together|title=Sum is greater than parts when churches work together|work=United Methodist Communications|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117061105/http://www.umcom.org/learn/sum-is-greater-than-parts-when-churches-work-together|archive-date=2020-01-17|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Christianity}} * Local ecumenical partnership

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==External links== *[http://www.nacministers.com/minister-s-association What is a Ministerial Association?]

Category:Christian ecumenism