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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data note">November 28–December 1, 1950</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Membership </div></th><td class="infobox-data">38 Denominations with approx. 40 million members</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalcouncilofchurches.us">nationalcouncilofchurches<wbr />.us</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA</b>, usually identified as the <b>National Council of Churches</b> (<b>NCC</b>), is the largest <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenical</a> body in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NCC is an ecumenical partnership of 38 <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_States" title="Christianity in the United States">Christian faith groups in the United States</a>. Its member communions include <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">mainline Protestant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_North_America" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in North America">Eastern Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_church" title="Black church">African-American</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism_in_the_United_States" title="Evangelicalism in the United States">evangelical</a>, and historic <a href="/wiki/Peace_churches" title="Peace churches">peace churches</a>. Together, it encompasses more than 100,000 local congregations and 40 million adherents.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It began as the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_of_Churches" title="Federal Council of Churches">Federal Council of Churches</a> in 1908, and expanded through merger with several other ecumenical organizations to become the National Council of Churches in 1950.<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> Its Interim President and General Secretary is Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity_in_the_United_States#20th_century" title="History of Christianity in the United States">History of Christianity in the United States § 20th century</a></div> <p>The first efforts at <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenical</a> organization emerged in May 1908 with the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_of_Churches" title="Federal Council of Churches">Federal Council of Churches</a> (FCC). The FCC was created as a response to "industrial problems" that arose during the rapid <a href="/wiki/Industrialization_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrialization in the United States">industrialization of the United States</a>. The primary concern was the protection of workers in a host of areas including wages, working conditions, <a href="/wiki/Child_labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Child labor">child labor</a>, and a six-day work week (reduced from seven).<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> </p><p>During the next 40 plus years, FCC remained engaged in the domestic social problems of the day as well as international problems that threatened to draw the US into war. Its progressive social program along with support of conscientious objectors to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> garnered stiff criticism from <a href="/wiki/Christian_fundamentalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian fundamentalist">Christian fundamentalist</a> circles.<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> By 1950, numerous programs and efforts of social uplift had formed in addition to the FCC. Seeking greater unity, a dozen ecumenical bodies (including the FCC) gathered in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio, in 1950 to discuss how to more effectively organize their common work. Out of this meeting, via the merger of the Federal Council of Churches with several other ecumenical bodies, emerged the NCC.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the late 1950s and early 1960s (it is unclear from the reference how long this continued), the National Council of Churches received some funding from the "Foundation for Youth and Student Affairs", a front funded by the <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a> to <a href="/wiki/Anti-communism" title="Anti-communism">oppose communism</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Council_of_Churches_members" title="List of National Council of Churches members">List of National Council of Churches members</a></div> <p>The council's 38 member communions include <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">mainline Protestant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_church" title="Black church">African-American</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelical</a>, and historic <a href="/wiki/Peace_churches" title="Peace churches">peace churches</a>.<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> Individual adherents of more than 50 Christian faith groups actively participate in NCC study groups, commissions, and ministries. Some of these participants belong to Christian faith groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, fundamentalist groups, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptists" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Baptists">Southern Baptists</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Synod_Lutherans" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri Synod Lutherans">Missouri Synod Lutherans</a>, which are not officially a part of the council's membership.<sup id="cite_ref-google2011_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Council_of_Churches_members" title="List of National Council of Churches members">All NCC member organizations</a> subscribe to the NCC's statement of faith, which forms the preamble to the NCC's charter: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The National Council of Churches is a community of Christian communions, which, in response to the gospel as revealed in the Scriptures, confess Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God, as Savior and Lord. These communions covenant with one another to manifest ever more fully the unity of the Church. Relying upon the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, the communions come together as the Council in common mission, serving in all creation to the glory of God.<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></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Social_and_political_advocacy">Social and political advocacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Social and political advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Social_Creeds">The Social Creeds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Social Creeds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its founding in 1950, one of the primary activities of NCC has been to effect positive change for the betterment of society. Adopted in December 1908, "The Social Creed of the Churches" was a statement by members of the Federal Council of Churches against what it described as "industrial problems". The document spelled out a list of principles, including: </p> <ul><li>Equal rights and complete justice for all men in all stations of life</li> <li>Protection of the worker from dangerous machinery, occupational disease, injuries, and mortality</li> <li>Abolition of <a href="/wiki/Child_labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Child labor">child labor</a></li> <li>Regulation of the conditions of toil for women as shall safeguard the physical and moral health of the community</li> <li>A living wage as a minimum in every industry</li> <li>Provision for the old age of the workers and for those incapacitated by injury</li> <li>Abatement of poverty<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></li></ul> <p>In 2007, the NCC updated its social creed to reflect a new era of globalization. The goal was to "offer a vision of a society that shares more and consumes less, seeks compassion over suspicion and equality over domination, and finds security in joined hands rather than massed arms." In addition to those areas mentioned in the 1908 creed, the "Social Creed for the 21st Century" included additional principles, including: </p> <ul><li>System of <a href="/wiki/Criminal_rehabilitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal rehabilitation">criminal rehabilitation</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Restorative_justice" title="Restorative justice">restorative justice</a> and end to the <a href="/wiki/Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a></li> <li>Limits on the power of private interests in politics</li> <li>Just immigration policies</li> <li>Sustainable use of earth's resources</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament" title="Nuclear disarmament">Nuclear disarmament</a> and redirection of military spending</li> <li>Religious dialogue</li> <li>Strengthening multilateral diplomacy, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, and the rule of international law</li></ul> <p>These creeds have formed the basis, growing out of a common Christian faith, of the work of the NCC in public policy matters.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_NCC_in_Washington">The NCC in Washington</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The NCC in Washington"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a number of years, the NCC maintained a separate policy advocacy office in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> Located in the United Methodist Building on <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill" title="Capitol Hill">Capitol Hill</a>, the NCC Washington Office served as an ecumenical hub through which it could interact with the numerous denominational policy offices also located in the Methodist Building. Its work centered on areas mentioned in the creeds but also primarily focused around two programs, Eco-Justice and the Ecumenical Poverty Initiative. Both of these programs have been spun off into separate independent organizations since NCC restructuring in 2013. </p><p>NCC partners with dozens of other faith-based groups in DC and elsewhere, such as <a href="/wiki/Bread_for_the_World" title="Bread for the World">Bread for the World</a>, <a href="/wiki/Habitat_for_Humanity" title="Habitat for Humanity">Habitat for Humanity</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Defense_Fund" title="Children's Defense Fund">Children's Defense Fund</a>, to press for broad policy initiatives that address poverty issues.<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> The council helped launch the Let Justice Roll <a href="/wiki/Grassroots" title="Grassroots">grassroots</a> anti-poverty campaign that has been successful in raising the minimum wage in more than 20 states since 2005.<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> </p><p>In 2018, the council issued a statement opposing the nomination of <a href="/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh" title="Brett Kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_rights_movement">Civil rights movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civil rights movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NCC was closely aligned with leaders in the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Young" title="Andrew Young">Andrew Young</a>. The NCC was an important link to mainline churches for the civil rights movement and it consistently condemned <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregation</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott" title="Montgomery bus boycott">Montgomery bus boycott</a> and other actions. In a speech to NCC in 1957, King thanked the NCC for its support: "This great body—the National Council of Churches—has condemned segregation over and over again, and has requested its constituent denominations to do likewise."<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> </p><p>The NCC continued to be closely intertwined with the civil rights movement throughout the 1950s and 1960s. NCC created a Race Relations Sunday to educate and call to action mainline <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a> nationwide. In 1961, Andrew Young left his position with the National Council of Churches to join the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference" title="Southern Christian Leadership Conference">Southern Christian Leadership Conference</a>, eventually becoming that organization's executive director. When the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" title="Civil Rights Act of 1964">Civil Rights Act</a> was introduced in 1964, NCC lobbied heavily for its swift adoption.<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> In January 1963, the NCC together with the <a href="/wiki/Synagogue_Council_of_America" title="Synagogue Council of America">Synagogue Council of America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Catholic_Welfare_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="National Catholic Welfare Conference">National Catholic Welfare Conference</a>, convened the <i>National Conference on Religion and Race,</i> which issued <i>An Appeal to the Conscience of the American People</i> for a moral end to racism.<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> From 1966 until 1973 <a href="/wiki/Olivia_P._Stokes" title="Olivia P. Stokes">Olivia P. Stokes</a> was associate director of urban education in the NCC's Department of Educational Development, developing the Black Curriculum Resource Center.<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> <a href="/wiki/W._Sterling_Cary" title="W. Sterling Cary">W. Sterling Cary</a>, the first Black president of the NCC who was elected in 1972, was a vocal advocate for racial justice and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Power_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Power movement">Black Power movement</a>.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its inception, the NCC had been skeptical of the usefulness of war. During World War II, the Federal Council of Churches formed a Committee on Conscientious Objectors to advocate for the right of people of faith to refuse military service.<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> During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, the NCC found itself in opposition to growing <a href="/wiki/Role_of_the_United_States_in_the_Vietnam_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Role of the United States in the Vietnam War">US military action</a>. In 1965, the General Board stated that "unilateral action by the United States in Southeast Asia will not lead to peace."<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> The NCC's position against the Vietnam War became increasingly strident in the 1960s and 1970s, and in some cases, alienated the laity of some member communions.<sup id="cite_ref-google2011_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_East_peace">Middle East peace</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Middle East peace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NCC has been a consistent supporter of a negotiated solution to the <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a>. In partnership with the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>, it has traditionally sought to balance its approach, seeking safety and protection for both the <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> and Palestinian communities. It has focused on meeting needs of the victims of this conflict in all communities and supporting continued negotiations.<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> Since the late 1960s the NCC has taken positions sympathetic towards Palestinian land rights<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and supportive of a secure Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More recently, NCC has been particularly concerned with the plight of Christian communities in the region. Some of NCC's member communions have congregations or partners in the region that are being directly affected. However, the NCC's "witness to the need for vigilance in brokering peace extends to our concern for all people in the region, whether they be Christians, <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼís</a> or others, and whether they be <a href="/wiki/Israelis" title="Israelis">Israelis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syrians" title="Syrians">Syrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egyptians" title="Egyptians">Egyptians</a>, or others."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poverty">Poverty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Poverty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has supported many <a href="/wiki/Poverty_reduction" title="Poverty reduction">poverty alleviation</a> efforts, including increases to the minimum wage<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ecumenical efforts such as the Circle of Protection and the Faithful Budget Campaign. In 2013, during restructuring, NCC spun off its department dealing with poverty issues into a new organization, the Ecumenical Poverty Initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NCC continues its work on poverty through its support of EPI as well as partnerships with other likeminded organizations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/1973_oil_crisis" title="1973 oil crisis">oil crisis of the 1970s</a>, NCC issued a statement in which it called for "Ecological Justice". The statement called for more work on renewable energy, reductions in energy sources that pollute, and support for energy sources that did not have adverse effects on communities (health, economic, etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This statement helped form the basis for the creation of the NCC's Eco-Justice program. Housed in the NCC Washington Office, the program focused on federal environmental policy. In 2013, the Eco-Justice program was spun off into its own organization, Creation Justice Ministries. CJM continues to work with NCC and its 38 member communions to coordinate efforts to protect the environment.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mass_incarceration">Mass incarceration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mass incarceration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the past three years<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup>, NCC has taken a more active role in the struggle against <a href="/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States" title="Incarceration in the United States">mass incarceration</a>. As early as 1979, NCC recognized the problem of a justice system based on <a href="/wiki/Retributive_justice" title="Retributive justice">retribution</a> and the over-representation of communities of color in the prison population.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, NCC has worked for sentencing reform to reduce <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_sentencing" title="Mandatory sentencing">mandatory minimum sentences</a>, advocated for <a href="/wiki/Clemency" class="mw-redirect" title="Clemency">clemency</a> for individuals who were over sentenced, and <a href="/wiki/Prison_conditions" class="mw-redirect" title="Prison conditions">prison conditions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, NCC has also broadened this work to include <a href="/wiki/Police_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Police reform">police reform</a>, especially in the wake of much publicized shootings in places such as <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publishing_and_research">Publishing and research</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Publishing and research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NCC fostered the multi-denominational research effort that produced the <a href="/wiki/Revised_Standard_Version" title="Revised Standard Version">Revised Standard Version</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">New Revised Standard Version</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>, and holds the copyrights to both translations.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NCC sponsors the research program on which the <i>Uniform Sunday School Lesson Series</i> is based. The series began in 1872 under the auspices of the National Sunday School Convention.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NCC also published until 2012 the annual <i><a href="/wiki/Yearbook_of_American_and_Canadian_Churches" title="Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches">Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches</a></i>, since 1916 a widely used reference work on trends, statistics and programmatic information on religious organizations in North America. Future editions of the yearbook will be published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theological_and_ecumenical_dialogue">Theological and ecumenical dialogue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Theological and ecumenical dialogue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NCC is a member of the interdenominational <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, through the WCC, is in communication with denominations of numerous theological stances. They have released several joint statements over the years. Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker Smith of the <a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.">National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.</a>, a member church of the NCC, is the WCC's president from North America.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NCC Faith and Order Commission is an ongoing, scholarly, ecumenical dialogue among North American Christian theologians and ecclesiastical historians, including evangelical, Pentecostal, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">Roman Catholic</a>, Orthodox, mainline Protestant, and African-American scholars.<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. (March 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2007, the commission celebrated its fiftieth anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interfaith_dialogue">Interfaith dialogue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Interfaith dialogue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through the "Interreligious Relations Convening Table", the NCC is in dialogue with representatives of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2004, the NCC aided in forming the "National Muslim-Christian Dialogue" with the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Circle_of_North_America" title="Islamic Circle of North America">Islamic Circle of North America</a>, and the United States Council of Muslim Organizations. In addition to theological discussions, the dialogue has focused on social issues including <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia_in_the_United_States" title="Islamophobia in the United States">Islamophobia in the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2010, there has been an annual dialogue between the participants. In 2015 the interfaith dialogue participants came to 16 theological points of agreement between Christianity and Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NCC is in dialogue with the National Council of Synagogues, a partnership of <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reformed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Judaism" title="Conservative Judaism">Conservative</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Reconstructionist_Judaism" title="Reconstructionist Judaism">Reconstructionist</a> groups in Judaism for the purpose of interfaith affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main focus of discussion between the NCC and NCS is pastoral affairs and community issues such as <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their most recent meeting was in December of 2023. <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Judaism</a> is presently not in dialogue with the NCC. </p><p>Concerning their dialogue with Hinduism, the NCC established the "National Hindu-Christian Dialogue" in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through this dialogue, they are in discussions with the <a href="/wiki/Vedanta_Society" title="Vedanta Society">Vedanta Society</a> of Southern California which is under the spiritual leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Order" title="Ramakrishna Order">Ramakrishna Order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They also established the "National Buddhist-Christian Dialogue" in 2018 for discussions with those of the Buddhist faith. In addition to the NCC, participants include the Guibord Center, Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple, <a href="/wiki/Claremont_School_of_Theology" title="Claremont School of Theology">Claremont School of Theology</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West" title="University of the West">University of the West</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Presently the dialogue is focused on bilateral understanding of the two faiths. </p><p>The "National Sikh-Christian Dialogue" was started by the NCC in 2019 and is in communication with the Sikh Council of Interfaith Relations.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recent discussions include understanding the history of persecution which impacted both faiths. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council was the original anchor tenant in the 19-story <a href="/wiki/Interchurch_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Interchurch Center">Interchurch Center</a> built in 1952 adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_Theological_Seminary_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Theological Seminary (New York City)">Union Theological Seminary</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Riverside_Church" title="Riverside Church">Riverside Church</a> in New York City. It vacated these premises in 2013 when it consolidated its offices in the building long used by its public-policy staff at 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Churches&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Churches_Together" title="Christian Churches Together">Christian Churches Together</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Council_of_Churches" title="Canadian Council of Churches">Canadian Council of Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of 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Abroad">Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar_Thoma_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Mar Thoma Church">Mar Thoma Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(USA)" title="Presbyterian Church (USA)">Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_America" title="Reformed Church in America">Reformed Church in America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</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/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)">Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Brethren" title="Church of the Brethren">Church of the Brethren</a></li> <li><a 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Diocese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Orthodox_Church_of_Antioch" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch">Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch</a> (Archdiocese of the Eastern United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Catholic</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/Assyrian_Church_of_the_East" title="Assyrian Church of the East">Assyrian Church of the East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Catholic_Communion" title="Ecumenical Catholic Communion">Ecumenical Catholic Communion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_National_Catholic_Church" title="Polish National Catholic Church">Polish National Catholic Church</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/International_Council_of_Community_Churches" title="International Council of Community Churches">International Council of Community Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_of_Christ" title="Community of Christ">Community of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedenborgian_Church_of_North_America" title="Swedenborgian Church of North America">Swedenborgian Church of North America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</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/Federal_Council_of_Churches" title="Federal Council of Churches">Federal Council of Churches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishing <br />and research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Rwanda" title="Anglican Church of Rwanda">Anglican Church of Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Southern_Africa" title="Anglican Church of Southern Africa">Anglican Church of Southern Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Tanzania" title="Anglican Church of Tanzania">Anglican Church of Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Christ_in_Congo_-_Anglican_Community_of_Congo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Church of Christ in Congo - Anglican Community of Congo (page does not exist)">Church of Christ in Congo - Anglican Community of Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Nigeria" title="Church of Nigeria">Church of Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Province_of_Central_Africa" title="Church of the Province of Central Africa">Church of the Province of Central Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Province_of_West_Africa" title="Church of the Province of West 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href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Korea" title="Anglican Church of Korea">Anglican Church of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ceylon" title="Church of Ceylon">Church of Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Province_of_Myanmar" title="Church of the Province of Myanmar">Church of the Province of Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Province_of_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean">Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_Jerusalem_and_the_Middle_East" title="Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East">Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_the_Philippines" title="Episcopal Church in the Philippines">Episcopal Church in the Philippines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_in_Aotearoa,_New_Zealand_and_Polynesia" title="Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia">Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Australia" title="Anglican Church of Australia">Anglican Church of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Melanesia" title="Anglican Church of Melanesia">Anglican Church of Melanesia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Assyrian_Church" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Assyrian Church</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Global</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/Holy_Apostolic_Catholic_Assyrian_Church_of_the_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East">Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Baptists" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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="/w/index.php?title=Association_of_Baptist_Churches_in_Rwanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda (page does not exist)">Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Community_of_Congo" title="Baptist Community of Congo">Baptist Community of Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Baptist_Churches_in_Central_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Community of Baptist Churches in Central Africa (page does not exist)">Community of Baptist Churches in Central Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Evangelical_Church_in_Angola" title="Baptist Evangelical Church in Angola">Baptist Evangelical Church in Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Episcopal_Baptist_Community_in_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Episcopal Baptist Community in Africa (page does not exist)">Episcopal Baptist Community in Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_Baptist_Church_of_Cameroon" title="Native Baptist Church of Cameroon">Native Baptist Church of Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Baptist_Convention" title="Nigerian Baptist Convention">Nigerian Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Baptist_Churches_of_Cameroon" title="Union of Baptist Churches of Cameroon">Union of Baptist Churches of Cameroon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Asia</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/Bangladesh_Baptist_Church_Sangha" title="Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha">Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Orissa_Bihar_Baptist_Convention" title="Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention">Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Philippine_Baptist_Churches" 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href="/wiki/Baptist_Church_of_Hungary" title="Baptist Church of Hungary">Baptist Union of Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Evangelical_Christian_Union_of_Italy" title="Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy">Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">North America</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/American_Baptist_Churches_USA" title="American Baptist Churches USA">American Baptist Churches USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention_of_America_International,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.">National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.">National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_National_Baptist_Convention" title="Progressive National Baptist Convention">Progressive National Baptist Convention</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Latin America</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/Jamaica_Baptist_Union" title="Jamaica Baptist Union">Jamaica Baptist Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Convention_of_Haiti" title="Baptist Convention of Haiti">Baptist Convention of Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptist_Association_of_El_Salvador&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baptist Association of El Salvador (page does not exist)">Baptist Association of El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Convention_of_Nicaragua" title="Baptist Convention of Nicaragua">Baptist Convention of Nicaragua</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Oceania</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/Baptist_Churches_of_New_Zealand" title="Baptist Churches of New Zealand">Baptist Union of New Zealand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Disciples_of_Christ_&amp;_Christian_Churches" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Disciples_of_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Disciples of Christ">Disciples of Christ & Christian Churches</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/Community_of_Disciples_of_Christ" title="Community of Disciples of Christ">Church of Christ in Congo - Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Asia</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/United_Reformed_Church" title="United Reformed Church">United Reformed Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">North America</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/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)_in_Canada" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada">Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)">Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Latin America</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="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical_Church_of_the_Disciples_of_Christ_in_Argentina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical Church of the Disciples of Christ in Argentina (page does not exist)">Evangelical Church of the Disciples of Christ in Argentina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Oceania</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="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Churches_New_Zealand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christian Churches New Zealand (page does not exist)">Christian Churches New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ_in_Australia" title="Churches of Christ in Australia">Churches of Christ in Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Eastern_Orthodoxy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria_and_All_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Eastern Asia</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/Orthodox_Church_in_Japan" title="Orthodox Church in Japan">Orthodox Church in Japan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe & Western Asia</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/Ecumenical_Patriarchate" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate">Ecumenical Patriarchate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Cyprus" title="Church of Cyprus">Church of Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Greece" title="Church of Greece">Church of Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Antioch_and_All_the_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Autocephalous_Church_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania">Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_the_Czech_Lands_and_Slovakia" title="Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia">Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Finland" title="Orthodox Church of Finland">Orthodox Church of Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church">Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Romanian Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">North America</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/Orthodox_Church_in_America" title="Orthodox Church in America">Orthodox Church in America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Evangelical" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Evangelical" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical">Evangelical</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/Africa_Inland_Church_Sudan" title="Africa Inland Church Sudan">African Inland Church of South Sudan and Sudan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Asia</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/Lao_Evangelical_Church" title="Lao Evangelical Church">Lao Evangelical Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Lutheranism" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/Ethiopian_Evangelical_Church_Mekane_Yesus" title="Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus">Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Congo" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Ghana" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Namibia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_the_Republic_of_Namibia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia">Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Southern_Africa" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Tanzania" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Zimbabwe" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church" title="Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church">Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutheran_Church_in_Liberia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutheran Church in Liberia (page does not exist)">Lutheran Church in Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Lutheran_Church" title="Malagasy Lutheran Church">Malagasy Lutheran Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Asia</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/Batak_Christian_Community_Church" title="Batak Christian Community Church">Batak Christian Community Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Protestant_Angkola_Church" title="Christian Protestant Angkola Church">Christian Protestant Angkola Church</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Protestant_Church_in_Indonesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia (page does not exist)">Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Jordan_and_the_Holy_Land" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Indonesian_Christian_Church" title="The Indonesian Christian Church">The Indonesian Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Christian_Church_of_Nias" title="Protestant Christian Church of Nias">Protestant Christian Church of Nias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Christian_Batak_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Christian Batak Church">Protestant Christian Batak Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Sabah" title="Protestant Church in Sabah">Protestant Church in Sabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simalungun_Protestant_Christian_Church" title="Simalungun Protestant Christian Church">Simalungun Protestant Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches_in_India" title="United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India">United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe</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_Norway" title="Church of Norway">Church of Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sweden" title="Church of Sweden">Church of Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church" title="Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church">Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Poland" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland">Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Romania" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania">Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_Slovakia" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia">Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary</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/Church_of_Iceland" title="Church of Iceland">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Latvia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Romania" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_Abroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad">Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Church in Germany">Protestant Church in Germany</a> <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_Church_in_Central_Germany" title="Evangelical Church in Central Germany">Central Germany</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></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silesian_Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession" title="Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession">Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession</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">Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">North America</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_Lutheran_Church_in_America" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in America">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Canada" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Latin America</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/Bolivian_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church" title="Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church">Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Lutheran_Confession_in_Brazil" title="Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil">Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Chile" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salvadorean_Lutheran_Synod&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salvadorean Lutheran Synod (page does not exist)">Salvadorean Lutheran Synod</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iglesia_Evang%C3%A9lica_Luterana_Unida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida (page does not exist)">United Evangelical Lutheran Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Mar_Thoma_Church" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mar Thoma Church</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Global</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/Mar_Thoma_Syrian_Church_of_Malabar" class="mw-redirect" title="Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar">Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Methodism" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodism</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/Methodist_Church_Ghana" title="Methodist Church Ghana">Methodist Church Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Methodist_Church_in_Kenya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Methodist Church in Kenya (page does not exist)">Methodist Church in Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Methodist_Church_in_Zimbabwe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (page does not exist)">Methodist Church in Zimbabwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist Church Nigeria">Methodist Church Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Methodist_Church_of_Ivory_Coast&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast (page does not exist)">United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Asia</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_Methodist_Church_in_the_Philippine_Islands" title="Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands">Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Methodist_Church" title="Korean Methodist Church">Korean Methodist Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_India" title="Methodist Church in India">Methodist Church in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Indonesia" title="Methodist Church in Indonesia">Methodist Church in Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Malaysia" title="Methodist Church in Malaysia">Methodist Church in Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Singapore" title="Methodist Church in Singapore">Methodist Church in Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Methodist Church in Sri Lanka">Methodist Church in Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church,_Upper_Myanmar" title="Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar">Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Methodist_Church_in_Benin" title="Protestant Methodist Church in Benin">Protestant Methodist Church in Benin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe</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/Methodist_Evangelical_Church_in_Italy" title="Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy">Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist Church">Methodist Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Ireland" title="Methodist Church in Ireland">Methodist Church in Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">North America</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/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church">African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="Christian Methodist Episcopal Church">Christian Methodist Episcopal Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Latin America</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_Methodist_Church_in_Argentina" title="Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina">Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Methodist_Church_in_Bolivia" title="Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia">Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Brazil" title="Methodist Church in Brazil">Methodist Church in Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_the_Caribbean_and_the_Americas" title="Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas">Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_Chile" title="Methodist Church in Chile">Methodist Church in Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Methodist_Church_in_Mexico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Methodist Church in Mexico (page does not exist)">Methodist Church in Mexico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Oceania</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/Free_Wesleyan_Church_of_Tonga" title="Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga">Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Fiji_and_Rotuma" title="Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma">Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Moravian_and_Historic_Peace_Churches" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peace_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace Churches">Historic Peace</a> Churches</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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_Brethren_in_Nigeria" title="Church of the Brethren in Nigeria">Church of the Brethren in Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_Church_in_South_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moravian Church in South Africa (page does not exist)">Moravian Church in South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_Church_in_Tanzania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moravian Church in Tanzania (page does not exist)">Moravian Church in Tanzania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Asia</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/Philippine_Independent_Church" title="Philippine Independent Church">Philippine Independent Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe</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/Mennonites_in_the_Netherlands" title="Mennonites in the Netherlands">Mennonite Church in the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_Church_in_Western_Europe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moravian Church in Western Europe (page does not exist)">Moravian Church in Western Europe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">North America</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/Canadian_Yearly_Meeting" title="Canadian Yearly Meeting">Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Brethren" title="Church of the Brethren">Church of the Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian Church in America">Moravian Church in America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_National_Catholic_Church" title="Polish National Catholic Church">Polish National Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friends_General_Conference" title="Friends General Conference">Religious Society of Friends: Friends General Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friends_United_Meeting" title="Friends United Meeting">Religious Society of Friends: Friends United Meeting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Latin America</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="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_Church,_Eastern_West_Indies_Province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province (page does not exist)">Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church_in_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian Church in Jamaica">Moravian Church in Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_Church_in_Nicaragua&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moravian Church in Nicaragua (page does not exist)">Moravian Church in Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_Church_in_Suriname&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moravian Church in Suriname (page does not exist)">Moravian Church in Suriname</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Old-Catholic" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church" title="Old Catholic Church">Old-Catholic</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe</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_Diocese_of_the_Old_Catholics_in_Germany" title="Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany">Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_Austria" title="Old Catholic Church of Austria">Old Catholic Church of Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_the_Netherlands" title="Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands">Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Catholic_Church_of_Switzerland" title="Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland">Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Catholic_Mariavite_Church_in_Poland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Catholic Mariavite Church in Poland (page does not exist)">Old Catholic Mariavite Church in Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Catholic_Church_in_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Catholic Church in Poland">Polish Catholic Church in Poland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Pentecostal" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical_Pentecostal_Mission_of_Angola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical Pentecostal Mission of Angola (page does not exist)">Evangelical Pentecostal Mission of Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Faith_Mission_of_South_Africa" title="Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa">Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">North America</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="/w/index.php?title=International_Evangelical_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International Evangelical Church (page does not exist)">International Evangelical Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Latin America</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="/w/index.php?title=Association_The_Church_of_God&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Association The Church of God (page does not exist)">Association The Church of God</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Biblical_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christian Biblical Church (page does not exist)">Christian Biblical Church</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Free_Pentecostal_Missions_Church_of_Chile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Free Pentecostal Missions Church of Chile (page does not exist)">Free Pentecostal Missions Church of Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentecostal_Church_of_Chile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentecostal Church of Chile (page does not exist)">Pentecostal Church of Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentecostal_Mission_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentecostal Mission Church (page does not exist)">Pentecostal Mission Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Oriental_Orthodoxy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox Church">Oriental Orthodoxy</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Eastern Asia</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/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church" title="Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church">Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe & Western Asia</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/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_of_Cilicia" title="Holy See of Cilicia">Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_See_of_Holy_Etchmiadzin" title="Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin">Armenian Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="Reformed" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Reformed_churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed churches">Reformed</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/African_Protestant_Church" title="African Protestant Church">African Protestant Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Reformed_Evangelical_Church_of_Burkina_Faso" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Reformed Evangelical Church of Burkina Faso">Association of Reformed Evangelical Church of Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Central_Africa_Presbyterian_%E2%80%93_Blantyre_Synod" title="Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Blantyre Synod">Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Blantyre Synod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Community_in_Congo" title="Evangelical Community in Congo">Evangelical Community in Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Community_in_Congo" title="Presbyterian Community in Congo">Presbyterian Community in Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Community_in_Kinshasa" title="Presbyterian Community in Kinshasa">Presbyterian Community in Kinshasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_in_Madagascar" title="Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar">Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Cameroon" title="Evangelical Church of Cameroon">Evangelical Church of Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Congo" title="Evangelical Church of Congo">Evangelical Church of Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Gabon" title="Evangelical Church of Gabon">Evangelical Church of Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Congregational_Church_in_Angola" title="Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola">Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church,_Ghana" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana">Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_in_South_Africa" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa">Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Egypt_(Synod_of_the_Nile)" title="Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)">Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_of_Togo" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo">Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Reformed_Church_of_Angola" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola">Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Evangelical_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesotho Evangelical Church">Lesotho Evangelical Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Cameroon" title="Presbyterian Church in Cameroon">Presbyterian Church in Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Rwanda" title="Presbyterian Church in Rwanda">Presbyterian Church in Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Africa" title="Presbyterian Church of Africa">Presbyterian Church of Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Cameroon" title="Presbyterian Church of Cameroon">Presbyterian Church of Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_East_Africa" title="Presbyterian Church of East Africa">Presbyterian Church of East Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Ghana" title="Presbyterian Church of Ghana">Presbyterian Church of Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Liberia" title="Presbyterian Church in Liberia">Presbyterian Church in Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Mozambique" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian Church of Mozambique">Presbyterian Church of Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Nigeria" title="Presbyterian Church of Nigeria">Presbyterian Church of Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Sudan" title="Presbyterian Church in Sudan">Presbyterian Church of South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_Algeria" title="Protestant Church of Algeria">Protestant Church of Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_Zambia" title="Reformed Church in Zambia">Reformed Church in Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_Zimbabwe" title="Reformed Church in Zimbabwe">Reformed Church in Zimbabwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_of_Christ_in_Nigeria" title="Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria">Reformed Church of Christ for Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea">Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Asia</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/Central_Sulawesi_Christian_Church" title="Central Sulawesi Christian Church">Central Sulawesi Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_of_Sumba" title="Christian Church of Sumba">Christian Church of Sumba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Evangelical_Church_in_Minahasa" title="Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa">Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Evangelical_Church_in_Sangihe-Talaud" title="Christian Evangelical Church in Sangihe-Talaud">Christian Evangelical Church in Sangihe-Talaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_in_Thailand" title="Church of Christ in Thailand">Church of Christ in Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_North_India" title="Church of North India">Church of North India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Pakistan" title="Church of Pakistan">Church of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_South_India" title="Church of South India">Church of South India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Java_Christian_Church" title="East Java Christian Church">East Java Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Christian_Church_in_Halmahera" title="Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera">Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_of_Iran" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Iran">Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_Kalimantan" title="Evangelical Church in Kalimantan">Evangelical Church in Kalimantan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Council_of_the_Church_of_Christ_in_China" title="Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China">Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Christian_Church_Synod" title="Indonesian Christian Church Synod">Indonesian Christian Church Synod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javanese_Christian_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Javanese Christian Churches">Javanese Christian Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karo_Batak_Protestant_Church" title="Karo Batak Protestant Church">Karo Batak Protestant Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Christian_Church_in_Japan" title="Korean Christian Church in Japan">Korean Christian Church in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mara_Evangelical_Church" title="Mara Evangelical Church">Mara Evangelical Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Evangelical_Synod_of_Syria_and_Lebanon" title="National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon">National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasundan_Christian_Church" title="Pasundan Christian Church">Pasundan Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Taiwan" title="Presbyterian Church in Taiwan">Presbyterian Church in Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_the_Republic_of_Korea" title="Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea">Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Korea" title="Presbyterian Church of Korea">Presbyterian Church of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Pakistan" title="Presbyterian Church of Pakistan">Presbyterian Church of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Christian_Church_in_Bali" title="Protestant Christian Church in Bali">Protestant Christian Church in Bali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Indonesia" title="Protestant Church in Indonesia">Protestant Church in Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Southeast_Sulawesi" title="Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi">Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_the_Moluccas" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Church in the Moluccas">Protestant Church in the Moluccas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Western_Indonesia" title="Protestant Church in Western Indonesia">Protestant Church in Western Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_East_Timor" title="Protestant Church in East Timor">Protestant Church in East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Evangelical_Church_in_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor">Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toraja_Church" title="Toraja Church">Toraja Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe</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_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_Hussite_Church" title="Czechoslovak Hussite Church">Czechoslovak Hussite Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church" title="Dutch Reformed Church">Dutch Reformed Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Czech_Brethren" title="Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren">Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_and_Helvetic_Confessions_in_Austria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical Church of the Augsburg and Helvetic Confessions in Austria (page does not exist)">Evangelical Church of the Augsburg and Helvetic Confessions in Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal">Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Evangelical_Church" title="Greek Evangelical Church">Greek Evangelical Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Wales" title="Presbyterian Church of Wales">Presbyterian Church of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Church in Germany">Protestant Church in Germany</a> <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 in Germany</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_the_Netherlands" title="Protestant Church in the 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href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_River_Plate" title="Evangelical Church of the River Plate">Evangelical Church of the River Plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Presbyterian_Church_of_Brazil" title="Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil">Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian Church of Colombia">Presbyterian Church of Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago">Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian-Reformed_Church_in_Cuba" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba">Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Oceania</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_Christian_Church_in_American_Samoa" title="Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa">Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Christian_Church_in_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational Christian Church in Samoa">Congregational Christian Church in Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Niue" title="Congregational Christian Church of Niue">Congregational Christian Church of Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu">Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_New_Caledonia_and_the_Loyalty_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands">Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiribati_Uniting_Church" title="Kiribati Uniting Church">Kiribati Uniting Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maohi_Protestant_Church" title="Maohi Protestant Church">Maohi Protestant Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand">Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Vanuatu" title="Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu">Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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" style="background#"><div id="United_christianity" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">United christianity</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Africa</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/United_Church_of_Christ_in_Zimbabwe" title="United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe">United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Zambia" class="mw-redirect" title="United Church of Zambia">United Church of Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Congregational_Church_of_Southern_Africa" title="United Congregational Church of Southern Africa">United Congregational Church of Southern Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniting_Presbyterian_Church_in_Southern_Africa" title="Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa">Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniting_Reformed_Church_in_Southern_Africa" title="Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa">Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa</a></li></ul> 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Europe</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_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Church in Germany">Protestant Church in Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Bremen" title="Evangelical Church of Bremen">Bremen</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-Silesian Oberlausitz</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_Anhalt" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Church of Anhalt">Anhalt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Hesse_Electorate-Waldeck" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical 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href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada" title="United Church of Canada">United Church of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lavender;">Latin America</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/United_Church_in_Jamaica_and_the_Cayman_Islands" title="United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands">United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Presbyterian_Church_of_Brazil" title="United Presbyterian Church of Brazil">United Presbyterian Church of Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Protestant_Church_of_Cura%C3%A7ao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Protestant Church of Curaçao (page does not exist)">United Protestant Church of 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