Evangelical Church
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The term Evangelical Church may refer specifically to:
or more generically to any Church or denomination within:
- Slovak Evangelical Church
- Armenian Evangelical ChurchArmenian Evangelical ChurchThe Armenian Evangelical Church was established on July 1, 1846 by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople.-History:In the 19th century there was intellectual and spiritual awakening in Constantinople. This awakening and enlightenment pushed the reformists to study the Bible...
- Assyrian Evangelical ChurchAssyrian Evangelical ChurchThe Assyrian Evangelical Church is a Presbyterian church in the Middle East that attained a status of ecclesiastical independence from the Presbyterian mission in Iran in 1870.There are several Assyrian Evangelical churches in the diaspora, e.g...
- Christian Evangelical Church of RomaniaChristian Evangelical Church of RomaniaThe Christian Evangelical Church of Romania is a Plymouth Brethren Protestant denomination, one of Romania's eighteen officially recognised religious denominations.-History:...
- Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY)
- Evangelical Church in GermanyEvangelical Church in GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
- largest Protestant denomination in Germany - Evangelical Church of Czech BrethrenEvangelical Church of Czech BrethrenThe Protestant Church of Czech Brethren , was formed in 1918 in Czechoslovakia through the unification of the Protestant churches of the Lutheran and Reformed confessions...
- Evangelical Church of the Dominican RepublicEvangelical Church of the Dominican RepublicThe Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic is one of the largest Protestant denominations in the Dominican Republic with approximately 10,000 members in 55 congregations.- History :...
- Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)The Evangelical Church of Egypt , in Arabic El-Kanisah El-Injiliyah , and sometimes referred to as the Coptic Evangelical Church of Egypt, is a Protestant church that started as a mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America among Muslim and Coptic Egyptians in the late nineteenth...
- Evangelical Church of IndiaEvangelical Church of IndiaThe Evangelical Church of India is a major Christian denomination in India. It has at least 100,000s of members. It has congregations in at least ten states of India. It has Allahabad Bible Seminary in Allahabad, Calcutta Bible Seminary in Kolkata and Madras Theological Seminary and College in...
- Evangelical Church of RomaniaEvangelical Church of RomaniaThe Evangelical Church of Romania , a Protestant denomination, is one of Romania's eighteen officially recognised religious denominations.-History:...
- Evangelical Church of West AfricaEvangelical Church of West AfricaThe Evangelical Church of West Afria now called Evangelical Church Winning All is one of the largest Church denominations in Nigeria, reaching about five million people. ECWA is a partner church of the international Christian Mission Organisation: Serving In Mission...
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three churches. As of December 31, 2009, it had 4,543,037 baptized members, with 2,527,941 of them...
- largest Lutheran denomination in the USA; - Evangelical Lutheran Church in CanadaEvangelical Lutheran Church in CanadaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 152,788 baptized members in 624 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–Canada, having 72,116 baptized members...
- largest Lutheran denomination in Canada; - Evangelical AssociationEvangelical AssociationThe Evangelical Church or Evangelical Association, also known as the Albright Brethren, is a "body of American Christians chiefly of German descent", Arminian in doctrine and theology; in its form of church government, Methodist Episcopal....
- founded by Jacob AlbrightJacob AlbrightJacob Albright was an American Christian leader, founder of Albright's People which was officially named the Evangelical Association in 1816...
often referred to as the Evangelical Church one of the historic predecessor bodies of the United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchThe United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...
; - Evangelical Synod of North AmericaEvangelical Synod of North AmericaThe Evangelical Synod of North America, before 1927 German Evangelical Synod of North America, in German Evangelische Synode von Nord-Amerika, was a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States existing from the mid-19th century until its 1934 merger with the Reformed Church in the...
- founded in the mid-19th century and centered in the Midwest, it was usually referred to simply as the Evangelical Church (and thus not to be confused with the Evangelical Association) and was one of the historic predecessor bodies of the United Church of ChristUnited Church of ChristThe United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
; - Evangelical Church (ECNA)Evangelical Church (ECNA)The Evangelical Church in North America is a national Protestant denomination in the United States. It is closely identified within the holiness movement with roots in Methodism and the teachings of John Wesley...
- American denomination (Wesleyan); - Evangelical Free Church of AmericaEvangelical Free Church of AmericaThe Evangelical Free Church of America is an evangelical Christian denomination. The EFCA was formed in 1950 from the merger of the Swedish Evangelical Free Church and the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association.-History:...
- American denomination representative of evangelicalism, formed in 1942;
or more generically to any Church or denomination within:
- LutheranismLutheranismLutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
; - EvangelicalismEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
- especially those associated with the National Association of Evangelicals.