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width="200" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/LOGO-URCblue.png/300px-LOGO-URCblue.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/LOGO-URCblue.png/400px-LOGO-URCblue.png 2x" data-file-width="663" data-file-height="461" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Orientation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reformed_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed tradition">Reformed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_polity" title="Presbyterian polity">Presbyterian</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Congregationalist_polity" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist polity">Congregationalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Moderator</th><td class="infobox-data">(2023–2024) The Revd Dr. Tessa Henry-Robinson<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Associations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Council_for_World_Mission" title="Council for World Mission">Council for World Mission</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Conference_of_European_Churches" title="Conference of European Churches">Conference of European Churches</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Community_of_Protestant_Churches_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Community of Protestant Churches in Europe">Community of Protestant Churches in Europe</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Churches_Together_in_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Churches Together in Britain and Ireland">Churches Together in Britain and Ireland</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Churches_Together_in_England" title="Churches Together in England">Churches Together in England</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Action_of_Churches_Together_in_Scotland" title="Action of Churches Together in Scotland">Action of Churches Together in Scotland</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Cyt%C3%BBn" title="Cytûn">Cytûn</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Christian_Aid" title="Christian Aid">Christian Aid</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/World_Development_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="World Development Movement">World Development Movement</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">1972<span class="noprint">; 52 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1972</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Church_union" title="Church union">Merger of</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_England" title="Presbyterian Church of England">Presbyterian Church of England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congregational_Church_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational Church in England and Wales">Congregational Church in England and Wales</a>, Re-formed Association of <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congregational_Union_of_Scotland" title="Congregational Union of Scotland">Congregational Union of Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Congregations</th><td class="infobox-data">1,284</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">36,986<sup id="cite_ref-yb23_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yb23-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://urc.org.uk/">https://urc.org.uk/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United Reformed Church</b> (<b>URC</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Christian">Protestant Christian</a> church in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. As of 2024 it had approximately 44,000 members in around 1,250 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-yb23_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yb23-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The URC is a <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">trinitarian</a> church whose theological roots are distinctly <a href="/wiki/Reformed_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed tradition">Reformed</a> and whose historical and organisational roots are in the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a> (<a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Calvinism</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational</a> traditions. Its Basis of Union contains a statement concerning the nature, faith and order of the United Reformed Church which sets out its beliefs in a condensed form.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins_and_history">Origins and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United Reformed Church resulted from the 1972 union of the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_England" title="Presbyterian Church of England">Presbyterian Church of England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_Church_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational Church in England and Wales">Congregational Church in England and Wales</a>. In introducing the United Reformed Church Bill in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> on 21 June 1972,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Lyon_(politician)" title="Alex Lyon (politician)">Alexander Lyon</a> called it "one of the most historic measures in the history of the Christian churches in this country".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About a quarter of English Congregational churches chose not to join the new denomination; in England, there are three main groups of continuing Congregationalists: the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_Federation" title="Congregational Federation">Congregational Federation</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Fellowship_of_Congregational_Churches" title="Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches">Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_Independent_Evangelical_Churches" title="Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches">Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches</a>. </p><p>The URC subsequently united with the Re-formed Association of <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ#Great_Britain" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a> in 1981<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_Union_of_Scotland" title="Congregational Union of Scotland">Congregational Union of Scotland</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, a detailed report was submitted to the General Assembly exploring the church's stand on <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-URC_-_Homosexuality_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-URC_-_Homosexuality-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, the URC allowed the <a href="/wiki/Blessing_of_same-sex_unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessing of same-sex unions">blessing of same-sex unions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 July 2016 the church formally voted by 240 votes to 21 in favour of allowing any local church to offer same-sex marriages, if it chooses to obtain a licence.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the URC voted to allow the <a href="/wiki/Blessing_of_same-sex_unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessing of same-sex unions">blessing of same-sex civil partnerships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the URC voted to allow its churches to conduct <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">same-sex marriages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecumenism">Ecumenism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ecumenism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BishopLesslieNewbigin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/BishopLesslieNewbigin.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="265" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="265" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lesslie_Newbigin" title="Lesslie Newbigin">Lesslie Newbigin</a> was <a href="/wiki/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly" title="Moderator of the General Assembly">Moderator of the General Assembly</a> of the URC in 1978/1979.</figcaption></figure> <p>Formed in an act of ecumenical union, the URC is committed to <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenism</a>. The denomination is a member of many ecumenical organisations, including <a href="/wiki/Churches_Together_in_England" title="Churches Together in England">Churches Together in England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyt%C3%BBn" title="Cytûn">Cytûn</a> (Churches Together in Wales), the Enfys covenant, <a href="/wiki/Action_of_Churches_Together_in_Scotland" title="Action of Churches Together in Scotland">Action of Churches Together in Scotland</a> (ACTS) and <a href="/wiki/Churches_Together_in_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Churches Together in Britain and Ireland">Churches Together in Britain and Ireland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Conference_of_European_Churches" title="Conference of European Churches">Conference of European Churches</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Leuenberg_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Leuenberg Agreement">Community of Protestant Churches in Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_World_Mission" title="Council for World Mission">Council for World Mission</a>. </p><p>In 1982, the URC voted in favour of a <a href="/wiki/English_Covenant" title="English Covenant">covenant</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Methodist Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church_of_the_British_Province" title="Moravian Church of the British Province">Moravian Church</a>, which would have meant remodelling its moderators as bishops and incorporating its ministry into the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">apostolic succession</a>. However, the Church of England rejected the covenant.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archives">Archives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Archives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The denominational archives of the United Reformed Church are held in the Congregational Library, housed at the <a href="/wiki/Dr_Williams%27s_Library" title="Dr Williams's Library">Dr Williams's Library</a>, in London, as are the archives of the Congregational Union of England and Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The papers of the Presbyterian Church of England are held at <a href="/wiki/Westminster_College,_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Westminster College, Cambridge">Westminster College, Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The papers of associated missionary societies (<a href="/wiki/London_Missionary_Society" title="London Missionary Society">London Missionary Society</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_World_Mission" title="Council for World Mission">Council for World Mission</a> (Congregational), and the Foreign Missions Committee (Presbyterian)) are held by the Archives of the <a href="/wiki/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="School of Oriental and African Studies">School of Oriental and African Studies</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local church records are the responsibility of the church concerned, and will normally be found either in the relevant local record office, or at the church concerned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polity_and_ministries">Polity and ministries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Polity and ministries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Congregational_Church_-_Saltaire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Congregational_Church_-_Saltaire.jpg/220px-Congregational_Church_-_Saltaire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="410" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Congregational_Church_-_Saltaire.jpg/330px-Congregational_Church_-_Saltaire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Congregational_Church_-_Saltaire.jpg/440px-Congregational_Church_-_Saltaire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3724" /></a><figcaption> Grade I listed <a href="/wiki/Saltaire" title="Saltaire">Saltaire</a> United Reformed Church in <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The URC is governed by a combined form of <a href="/wiki/Congregationalist_polity" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist polity">congregationalism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_polity" title="Presbyterian polity">presbyterian polity</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congregation">Congregation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Congregation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to its 2022 Yearbook, the United Reformed Church has approximately 40,000 members in 1,284 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers, 56 non-stipendiary ministers, 110 non-active or in non-URC posts, 844 retired ministers, 209 of whom are active, 30 church-related community workers, 218 ministers of other churches, 36 Synod recognised local lay leaders and lay pastors, 2 mission partners, 342 accredited lay preachers, 7,286 serving elders and 6,278 non serving elders.<sup id="cite_ref-yb23_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yb23-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decline of the denomination matches that of other Christian churches in the United Kingdom such as the Church of England and the Methodist Church.<sup id="cite_ref-yb23_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yb23-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each congregation (local church) within the URC is governed by a Church Meeting consisting of all its members, which is the ultimate decision-making body in the local church. There is also an elders' meeting (similar to the presbyterian <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Session" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirk Session">Kirk Session</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>) which advises the Church Meeting and shares with the minister the spiritual and pastoral oversight of the church. <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_polity#Elder" title="Presbyterian polity">Elders</a> are normally elected to serve for a specific period of time. </p><p>Within the present structures, congregations are able to manage themselves and arrange their services as they choose, reflecting their circumstances and preferences. As a result, congregations, even neighbouring ones, may have quite different characters, types of service and eligibility for <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">communion</a>. </p><p>Congregations, through the Church Meeting, are responsible for the selection (issue of a 'call') of ministers to fill vacancies. They also select elders from within the membership and accept new members. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Reformed_Church,_Over,_Cheshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/United_Reformed_Church%2C_Over%2C_Cheshire.jpg/220px-United_Reformed_Church%2C_Over%2C_Cheshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/United_Reformed_Church%2C_Over%2C_Cheshire.jpg/330px-United_Reformed_Church%2C_Over%2C_Cheshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/United_Reformed_Church%2C_Over%2C_Cheshire.jpg/440px-United_Reformed_Church%2C_Over%2C_Cheshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2145" data-file-height="1764" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Over,_Cheshire" title="Over, Cheshire">Over</a> United Reformed Church, <a href="/wiki/Winsford" title="Winsford">Winsford</a>, Cheshire</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_the_United_Reformed_Church" title="List of churches in the United Reformed Church">List of churches in the United Reformed Church</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Synod">Synod</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Synod"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At a regional level, representatives of the congregations assemble in a <a href="/wiki/Synod" title="Synod">synod</a>. There are 11 English synods, roughly corresponding to each <a href="/wiki/Region_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Region of England">region of England</a>, one in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and one in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>; each is served by a synod moderator. The synod and its committees provide oversight within the framework of <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_polity" title="Presbyterian polity">presbyterian polity</a>, giving <a href="/wiki/Pastoral_care" title="Pastoral care">pastoral care</a> and making important decisions about where ministers serve and how churches share ministry. Through the synods, the URC relates to other Christian denominations at a regional level such as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Church_of_England_dioceses" title="List of Church of England dioceses">Anglican dioceses</a>. Synods make many key decisions about finance, and about church property, which is usually held in trust by a synod trust company. Synods have committees and employ staff to encourage and serve local churches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Assembly">General Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: General Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Assembly_hall_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Assembly_hall_2014.jpg/220px-Assembly_hall_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Assembly_hall_2014.jpg/330px-Assembly_hall_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Assembly_hall_2014.jpg/440px-Assembly_hall_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="378" /></a><figcaption>The General Assembly of the United Reformed Church meeting in Cardiff, Wales, July 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>The URC has a General Assembly (chaired by a <a href="/wiki/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly" title="Moderator of the General Assembly">Moderator</a>, who can either be an Elder or an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament or a Church Related Community Worker (CRCW) which gathers representatives of the whole of the URC to meet annually. </p><p>Advised by the Assembly Executive, formerly known as the Mission Council, the General Assembly plans the activity of the URC across Great Britain and makes key policy decisions about the direction of the life of the denomination.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It also appoints central staff (i.e. those responsible Britain-wide), receives reports from committees, and deals with substantial reports and mission initiatives. The synods are represented along with the convenors of the Assembly's standing committees. </p><p>There are 11 standing committees appointed by General Assembly to carry out its policy and to advise the Assembly. Each committee relates to a different area of church life, including communications, mission, ministries and education and learning. </p><p>Assembly Executive, formerly known as the Mission Council, the executive body of the General Assembly, meets once a year every February (until 2022 this meeting took place every November). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Church_Related_Community_Work_(CRCW)"><span id="Church_Related_Community_Work_.28CRCW.29"></span>Church Related Community Work (CRCW)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Church Related Community Work (CRCW)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Church Related Community Work (CRCW) is a distinctive ministry within the URC. CRCW ministers use the principles of community development to respond to issues facing their neighbourhoods, working alongside local individuals and organisations, developing initiatives to transform communities. </p><p>Between them, CRCW ministers enable churches to widen their mission by: </p> <ul><li>identifying local needs and opportunities;</li> <li>confronting injustice;</li> <li>organising community action;</li> <li>developing and supporting initiatives that improve the lives and wellbeing of local people; and</li> <li>theologically reflecting upon that action.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Reformed_Church_Youth">United Reformed Church Youth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United Reformed Church Youth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>URC Youth is for young people aged 11–25. Formed in 1974, with the name the <a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_United_Reformed_Youth" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellowship of United Reformed Youth">Fellowship of United Reformed Youth (FURY)</a>, it is led by URC Youth Executive who plan the annual Youth Assembly. The Youth Executive comprises a representative from each Synod, and several other members such as the Moderator and Moderator-Elect. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reform_magazine"><i>Reform</i> magazine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Reformed_Church&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reform magazine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United Reformed Church has published <a href="/wiki/Reform_(magazine)" title="Reform (magazine)"><i>Reform</i> magazine</a> since 1972, as a forum for "News, comment, inspiration debate". A digital edition of the magazine, accessed through an app or online, was launched in April 2015. <i>Reform</i> was called "a prophetic voice" by the theologian <a href="/wiki/Robert_Beckford" title="Robert Beckford">Robert Beckford</a> in 2013.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=URC&rft.atitle=Assembly+Officers&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Furc.org.uk%2Fassembly-officers.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+Reformed+Church" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-yb23-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-yb23_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yb23_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yb23_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yb23_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://urc.org.uk/statistics.html">"Summary of Statistics"</a>. <i>The United Reformed Church</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+United+Reformed+Church&rft.atitle=Summary+of+Statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Furc.org.uk%2Fstatistics.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+Reformed+Church" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://urc.org.uk/general-assembly-assembly-executive-assembly-committees/general-assembly/the-manual/">"The Manual"</a>. <i>United Reformed Church</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-05-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=United+Reformed+Church&rft.atitle=The+Manual&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Furc.org.uk%2Fgeneral-assembly-assembly-executive-assembly-committees%2Fgeneral-assembly%2Fthe-manual%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+Reformed+Church" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The United Reformed Church Act 1972 (a <a href="/wiki/Private_bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Private bill">private bill</a>) at section 2 provides that 'United Reformed Church means the church or denomination which on its formation is to be described and known as the United Reformed Church (Congregational–Presbyterian) in England and Wales, or as the United Reformed Church (Congregational–Presbyterian) or as the United Reformed Church'.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">House of Commons Hansard, 21 June 1972</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Section 2 of the United Reformed Church Act 1981 mentions 'the church thenceforth to be known as the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom'.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <i>2008 Year Book</i> published by the URC explains that, after the 2000 union, it is now known simply as the United Reformed Church, as defined in the United Reformed Church Act 2000. In any case, the URC no longer has any congregations in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, a fact acknowledged in URC (2004) <i>A Gift Box</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85346-222-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-85346-222-4">0-85346-222-4</a>); but it does have congregations in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, both outside the United Kingdom.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-URC_-_Homosexuality-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-URC_-_Homosexuality_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081010230150/http://www.urc.org.uk/assembly/assembly2007/Moratorium.pdf">"Moratorium on Policy Decisions on Homosexuality, Document 2"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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God</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Finished_Work" class="mw-redirect" title="Finished Work">Finished<br />Work</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Church_(1916_denomination)" title="Apostolic Church (1916 denomination)">Apostolic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God_in_Great_Britain" title="Assemblies of God in Great Britain">Assemblies of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elim_Pentecostal_Church" title="Elim Pentecostal Church">Elim Pentecostal Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Pentecost" title="The Church of Pentecost">The Church of Pentecost</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neo-charismatic_movement" title="Neo-charismatic movement">Neo-charismatic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calvary_Chapel_Association" title="Calvary Chapel Association">Calvary Chapel United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfrontiers" title="Newfrontiers">Newfrontiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vineyard_Churches_UK_and_Ireland" title="Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland">Vineyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichthus_Christian_Fellowship" title="Ichthus Christian Fellowship">Ichthus Christian Fellowship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quakers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">Restorationism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Stone–Campbell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Churches_of_Christ" title="International Churches of Christ">International Churches of Christ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_England" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Irvingism" class="mw-redirect" title="Irvingism">Irvingism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Apostolic_Church" title="Catholic Apostolic Church">Catholic Apostolic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Apostolic_Church" title="New Apostolic Church">New Apostolic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-note_n0-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note_n0_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not in <a href="/wiki/Koinonia" title="Koinonia">communion</a> with the other <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Churches" title="Oriental Orthodox Churches">Oriental Orthodox Churches</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_n1-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Porvoo_Communion" title="Porvoo Communion">Porvoo Communion</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="reflist"> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Scotland" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Scotland</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Russian_Orthodox_Churches_in_Western_Europe" title="Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe">Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Thyateira_and_Great_Britain" title="Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain">Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Constantinople)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Sourozh" title="Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh">Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh (Moscow)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Orthodox_Church" title="British Orthodox Church">British Orthodox Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n0_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK,_Europe_and_Africa_Malankara_Orthodox_Diocese" title="UK, Europe and Africa Malankara Orthodox Diocese">Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Catholic">Catholic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Great_Britain" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain">Syro-Malabar Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_the_Holy_Family_of_London" title="Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London">Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Personal_Ordinariate_of_Our_Lady_of_Walsingham" title="Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham">Anglican Catholic Ordinariate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Scotland" title="Catholic Church in Scotland">Roman Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_England" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of England">Evangelical Lutheran Church of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church_in_Great_Britain" title="Lutheran Church in Great Britain">Lutheran Church in Great Britain</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_and_uniting_churches" title="United and uniting churches">United</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Reformed Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Presbyterian_Churches" title="Associated Presbyterian Churches">Associated Presbyterian Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Church_of_Scotland_(since_1900)" title="Free Church of Scotland (since 1900)">Free Church of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Church_of_Scotland_(Continuing)" title="Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)">Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland" title="Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland">Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Presbyterian_Church" title="International Presbyterian Church">International Presbyterian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland">Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Free_Church_of_Scotland" title="United Free Church of Scotland">United Free Church of Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Congregationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist">Congregationalist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Federation" title="Congregational Federation">Congregational Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_Independent_Evangelical_Churches" title="Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches">Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Episcopal_Church" title="Scottish Episcopal Church">Scottish Episcopal Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">Unitarian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_Unitarian_and_Free_Christian_Churches" title="General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches">General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Union_of_Scotland" title="Baptist Union of Scotland">Baptist Union of Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Nazarene" title="Church of the Nazarene">Church of the Nazarene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Methodist Church of Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Salvation_Army" title="The Salvation Army">Salvation Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Reform_Union" title="Wesleyan Reform Union">Wesleyan Reform Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren" title="Plymouth Brethren">Plymouth<br />Brethren</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_Brethren" title="Exclusive Brethren">Exclusive Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Brethren" title="Open Brethren">Open Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren_Christian_Church" title="Plymouth Brethren Christian Church">Plymouth Brethren Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needed_Truth_Brethren" title="Needed Truth Brethren">Needed Truth Brethren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventist">Adventist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Holiness_Pentecostalism" title="Holiness Pentecostalism">Holiness</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Redeemed_Christian_Church_of_God" title="Redeemed Christian Church of God">Redeemed Christian Church of God</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Finished_Work" class="mw-redirect" title="Finished Work">Finished<br />Work</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Church_(1916_denomination)" title="Apostolic Church (1916 denomination)">Apostolic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God_in_Great_Britain" title="Assemblies of God in Great Britain">Assemblies of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elim_Pentecostal_Church" title="Elim Pentecostal Church">Elim Pentecostal Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neo-charismatic_movement" title="Neo-charismatic movement">Neo-charismatic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calvary_Chapel_Association" title="Calvary Chapel Association">Calvary Chapel United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catch_the_Fire_World" title="Catch the Fire World">Catch the Fire World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfrontiers" title="Newfrontiers">Newfrontiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vineyard_Churches_UK_and_Ireland" title="Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland">Vineyard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quakers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">Restorationism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Stone–Campbell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Churches_of_Christ" title="International Churches of Christ">International Churches of Christ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Scotland" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Scotland">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Irvingism" class="mw-redirect" title="Irvingism">Irvingism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Apostolic_Church" title="Catholic Apostolic Church">Catholic Apostolic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Apostolic_Church" title="New Apostolic Church">New Apostolic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-note_n0-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note_n0_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not in <a href="/wiki/Koinonia" title="Koinonia">communion</a> with the other <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Churches" title="Oriental Orthodox Churches">Oriental Orthodox Churches</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_n1-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Porvoo_Communion" title="Porvoo Communion">Porvoo Communion</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="reflist"> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Northern_Ireland" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Northern Ireland</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Eastern_Orthodox" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_the_British_Isles_and_Ireland" title="Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland">Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland (Antioch)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_Ireland" title="Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Ireland">Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Ireland (Constantinople)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Great_Britain_and_Western_Europe" title="Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe">Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Sourozh" title="Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh">Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh (Moscow)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ireland" title="Catholic Church in Ireland">Roman Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proto-Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Protestant">Proto-Protestant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Hussite" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hussite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussite">Hussite</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church_of_the_British_Province" title="Moravian Church of the British Province">Moravian Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church_in_Ireland" title="Lutheran Church in Ireland">Lutheran Church in Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_(Ireland)" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Ireland)">Evangelical Presbyterian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church_of_Ulster" title="Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster">Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Ireland" title="Presbyterian Church in Ireland">Presbyterian Church in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_Ireland" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland">Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Congregationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist">Congregationalist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Union_of_Ireland" title="Congregational Union of Ireland">Congregational Union of Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n0_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Baptist_Churches_in_Ireland" title="Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland">Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Nazarene" title="Church of the Nazarene">Church of the Nazarene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_Independent_Methodist_Churches" title="Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches">Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Ireland" title="Methodist Church in Ireland">Methodist Church in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Salvation_Army" title="The Salvation Army">Salvation Army</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren" title="Plymouth Brethren">Plymouth<br />Brethren</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_Brethren" title="Exclusive Brethren">Exclusive Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Brethren" title="Open Brethren">Open Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren_Christian_Church" title="Plymouth Brethren Christian Church">Plymouth Brethren Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needed_Truth_Brethren" title="Needed Truth Brethren">Needed Truth Brethren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventist">Adventist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Churches_Ireland" title="Christian Churches Ireland">Christian Churches Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elim_Pentecostal_Church" title="Elim Pentecostal Church">Elim Pentecostal Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neo-charismatic_movement" title="Neo-charismatic movement">Neo-charismatic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vineyard_Churches_UK_and_Ireland" title="Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland">Vineyard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-subscribing_Presbyterian_Church_of_Ireland" title="Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland">Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quakers_in_Ireland" title="Quakers in Ireland">Quakers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">Restorationism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restoration_Movement" title="Restoration Movement">Stone–Campbell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Churches_of_Christ" title="International Churches of Christ">International Churches of Christ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Ireland" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Irvingism" class="mw-redirect" title="Irvingism">Irvingism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Apostolic_Church" title="New Apostolic Church">New Apostolic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-note_n0-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note_n0_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Porvoo_Communion" title="Porvoo Communion">Porvoo Communion</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="reflist"> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Wales" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wales</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Russian_Orthodox_Churches_in_Western_Europe" title="Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe">Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Thyateira_and_Great_Britain" title="Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain">Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Constantinople)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Great_Britain_and_Western_Europe" title="Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe">Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Sourozh" title="Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh">Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh (Moscow)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Orthodox_Church" title="British Orthodox Church">British Orthodox Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n0_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n0-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_Wales" title="Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales">Coptic Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK,_Europe_and_Africa_Malankara_Orthodox_Diocese" title="UK, Europe and Africa Malankara Orthodox Diocese">Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Catholic">Catholic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Great_Britain" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain">Syro-Malabar Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_the_Holy_Family_of_London" title="Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London">Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Personal_Ordinariate_of_Our_Lady_of_Walsingham" title="Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham">Anglican Catholic Ordinariate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales" title="Catholic Church in England and Wales">Roman Catholic Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_England" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of England">Evangelical Lutheran Church of England</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_in_England_and_Wales" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales">Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Congregationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist">Congregationalist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Federation" title="Congregational Federation">Congregational Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Fellowship_of_Congregational_Churches" title="Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches">Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_Independent_Evangelical_Churches" title="Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches">Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Welsh_Independents" title="Union of Welsh Independents">Union of Welsh Independents</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinistic_Methodists" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinistic Methodists">Methodist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Wales" title="Presbyterian Church of Wales">Presbyterian Church of Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">Unitarian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Brethren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventist">Adventist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God_in_Great_Britain" title="Assemblies of God in Great Britain">Assemblies of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elim_Pentecostal_Church" title="Elim Pentecostal Church">Elim Pentecostal Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Communion</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="reflist"> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Communion_of_Protestant_Churches_in_Europe_member_churches" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="#cite_note-note_n0-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />"Federations"</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Protestant_Churches_of_Alsace_and_Lorraine" title="Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine">Alsace and<br />Lorraine</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(0.25 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_of_Alsace_and_Lorraine" title="Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine">Lutheran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformed_Church_of_Alsace_and_Lorraine" title="Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine">Reformed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Church in Germany">Germany</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(19.2 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_churches" class="mw-redirect" title="United churches">United</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(8.1 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_Anhalt" title="Protestant Church of Anhalt">Anhalt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Baden" title="Protestant Church in Baden">Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_Berlin,_Brandenburg_and_Silesian_Upper_Lusatia" title="Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia">Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Bremen" title="Evangelical Church of Bremen">Bremen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_Central_Germany" title="Evangelical Church in Central Germany">Central Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Hesse_Electorate-Waldeck" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck">Hesse Electorate-Waldeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Hesse_and_Nassau" title="Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau">Hesse and Nassau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Palatinate" title="Evangelical Church of the Palatinate">Palatinate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_the_Rhineland" title="Evangelical Church in the Rhineland">Rhineland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Westphalia" title="Evangelical Church of Westphalia">Westphalia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(10.8 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Bavaria" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria">Bavaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Brunswick" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical-Lutheran_Church_of_Hanover" title="Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Northern_Germany" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany">Northern Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Oldenburg" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg">Oldenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical-Lutheran_Church_of_Saxony" title="Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony">Saxony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Schaumburg-Lippe" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe">Schaumburg-Lippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church_in_W%C3%BCrttemberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church in Württemberg">Württemberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Reformed</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(0.3 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Lippe" title="Church of Lippe">Church of Lippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_in_Germany" title="Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany">Evangelical Reformed Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_Switzerland" title="Protestant Church of Switzerland">Switzerland</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2.4 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Reformed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Reformed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_of_Aargau" title="Reformed Church of Aargau">Aargau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_Appenzell" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of Appenzell">Appenzell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_Basel-Landschaft" title="Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Landschaft">Basel-Landschaft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_Basel-Stadt" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt">Basel-Stadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Churches_of_the_Canton_Bern-Jura-Solothurn" title="Reformed Churches of the Canton Bern-Jura-Solothurn">Bern-Jura-Solothurn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_Freiburg" title="Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Freiburg">Freiburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_Geneva" title="Protestant Church of Geneva">Geneva</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Glarus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Glarus (page does not exist)">Glarus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelisch-Reformierte_Landeskirche_des_Kantons_Glarus" class="extiw" title="de:Evangelisch-Reformierte Landeskirche des Kantons Glarus">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_Graub%C3%BCnden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of Graubünden (page does not exist)">Graubünden</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelisch-reformierte_Landeskirche_Graub%C3%BCnden" class="extiw" title="de:Evangelisch-reformierte Landeskirche Graubünden">de</a>; <a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselgia_evangelica_refuormada_dal_Grischun" class="extiw" title="rm:Baselgia evangelica refuormada dal Grischun">rm</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Lucerne">Lucerne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reformed Church of the Canton of Neuchâtel (page does not exist)">Neuchâtel</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_r%C3%A9form%C3%A9e_%C3%A9vang%C3%A9lique_du_canton_de_Neuch%C3%A2tel" class="extiw" title="fr:Église réformée évangélique du canton de Neuchâtel">fr</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_Nidwalen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of Nidwalen (page does not exist)">Nidwalen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelisch-Reformierte_Kirche_Nidwalden" class="extiw" title="de:Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Nidwalden">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_of_Evangelical-Reformed_Churches_in_the_Canton_of_Obwalden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Association of Evangelical-Reformed Churches in the Canton of Obwalden (page does not exist)">Obwalden</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verband_der_evangelisch-reformierten_Kirchgemeinden_des_Kantons_Obwalden" class="extiw" title="de:Verband der evangelisch-reformierten Kirchgemeinden des Kantons Obwalden">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_St._Gallen" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangalical-Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Schaffhausen" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangalical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Schwyz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Schwyz (page does not exist)">Schwyz</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelisch-reformierte_Kantonalkirche_Schwyz" class="extiw" title="de:Evangelisch-reformierte Kantonalkirche Schwyz">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Solothurn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Solothurn (page does not exist)">Solothurn</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelisch-Reformierte_Kirche_im_Kanton_Solothurn" class="extiw" title="de:Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche im Kanton Solothurn">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical_Reformed_Church_of_Ticino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical Reformed Church of Ticino (page does not exist)">Ticino</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_evangelica_riformata_nel_Ticino" class="extiw" title="de:Chiesa evangelica riformata nel Ticino">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Thurgau" title="Evangelical Church of the Canton of Thurgau">Thurgau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_Uri" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of Uri">Uri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Vaud" title="Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud">Vaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_in_Valais" title="Evangelical Reformed Church in Valais">Valais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich" title="Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich">Zürich</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical-Reformed_Church_of_the_Canton_of_Zug&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Zug (page does not exist)">Zug</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelisch-reformierte_Kirchgemeinde_des_Kantons_Zug" class="extiw" title="de:Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde des Kantons Zug">de</a>]</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_churches" class="mw-redirect" title="United churches">United</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1.94 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Protestant_Church_in_Belgium" title="United Protestant Church in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Czech_Brethren" title="Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Protestant_Church_of_France" title="United Protestant Church of France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Methodist_and_Waldensian_Churches" title="Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_Liechtenstein" title="Evangelical Church in Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_Luxembourg" title="Protestant Church of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_the_Netherlands" title="Protestant Church in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Evangelical_Church" title="Spanish Evangelical Church">Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(8.6 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Austria" title="Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_the_Republic_of_Croatia" title="Evangelical Church in the Republic of Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silesian_Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession" title="Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Denmark" title="Church of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church" title="Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Russia,_Ukraine,_Kazakhstan_and_Central_Asia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical-Lutheran_Church_in_Hungary" title="Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Iceland" title="Church of Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church_in_Ireland" title="Lutheran Church in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Italy" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li>Latvia <ul><li>German Lutheran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_Worldwide" title="Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Worldwide"><span style="color:Orange;">Abroad</span></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Lithuania" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Norway" title="Church of Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Poland" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li>Romania <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Romania" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania">German Lutheran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Romania" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania">Hungarian Lutheran</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Russia,_Ukraine,_Kazakhstan_and_Central_Asia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Serbia" title="Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Slovakia" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Slovenia" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches_in_Switzerland_and_the_Principality_of_Liechtenstein" title="Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein">Switzerland</a></li> <li>Ukraine <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Russia,_Ukraine,_Kazakhstan_and_Central_Asia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia">German Lutheran</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Reformed</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(3.06 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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title="Protestant Reformed Church of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Reformed_Church" title="Polish Reformed Church">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_in_Portugal" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_Romania" title="Reformed Church in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li>Scotland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Kirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Free_Church_of_Scotland" title="United Free Church of Scotland">United Free Church</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Christian_Church_in_Serbia" title="Reformed Christian Church in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Christian_Church_in_Slovakia" title="Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_Sub-Carpathia/_Reformed_Church_in_Transcarpathia" title="Reformed Church in Sub-Carpathia/ Reformed Church in Transcarpathia">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Wales" title="Presbyterian Church of Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(12.23 million)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Ireland" title="Methodist Church in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church"><span style="color:Orange;">United Methodist Church</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sweden" title="Church of Sweden">Church of Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniting_Church_in_Sweden" title="Uniting Church in Sweden">Uniting Church in Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Latvia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-note_n0-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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