Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand

The Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand is a Congregational denomination originally comprising fourteen congregations in New South Wales and Queensland but now including congregations in New Zealand.[1]

Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand
ClassificationProtestant
TheologyReformed
PolityCongregational
ModeratorJoe Goodall
Origin1992
Separated fromFellowship of Congregational Churches
Official websitehttp://cfanz.org.au/

History

Forty congregations of the Congregational Union of Australia decided not to join the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, and some formed the New South Wales based Fellowship of Congregational Churches. Other remained independent. Others formed the Queensland Congregational Fellowship.

In July 1995 the ecumenically minded congregations left the Fellowship of Congregational Churches because of its conservative and non-ecumenical orientation and with other churches who had remained outside the Uniting Church including the Queensland Congregational Fellowship formed the Congregational Federation of Australia, now the Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand.[1] The Federation has also attracted Samoan, Western Samoan, Filipino and Tokelauan churches meeting in Australia and New Zealand.[2]

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References
  1. "About us". The Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". reformiert-online.net.
  3. "Welcome". Congregational Federation of Australia and New Zealand. Retrieved 31 December 2015.


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