Congregational Federation
Logo of the Congregational Federation
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Congregationalism
Polity	Congregational polity
Associations	International Congregational Fellowship
Region	Great Britain
Origin	Formed in 1972 from congregations which did not join the United Reformed Church
Separated from	Congregational Church in England and Wales
Congregations	235 (2024)[1]
Publications	The Congregationalist
Official website	www.congregational.org.uk

The Congregational Federation is a small Christian denomination in Great Britain comprising 235 congregations,^[1] down from 294 in April 2014. The Federation brings together Congregational churches, and provides support and guidance to member churches both financially and otherwise.

History

The Federation was formed in 1972 from those Congregational churches which did not enter the union of the Presbyterian Church of England with the Congregational Church in England and Wales to form the United Reformed Church. The leaders at the time were Reginald Cleaves, Margaret, Viscountess Stansgate, John Wilcox and Elsie Chamberlain.^[2] Margaret, Viscountess Stansgate became the Federation's first President.

The Federation was expanded in 2000 by member churches of the Congregational Union of Scotland that chose not to join their merger with the United Reformed Church.^[3]

It is a member of the International Congregational Fellowship,^[4] an international network of Congregational churches and their national associations. Some of its churches are also in membership of the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches.

The offices of the Congregational Federation are in Nottingham, England.

Ecumenical relations

The Congregational Federation is a member of:^[5]

• Action of Churches Together in Scotland
• Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
• Churches Together in England
• Cytûn

Churches

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

The churches are organised into 10 geographical regions. CC stands for Congregational Church/Chapel.

References

External links

• Official website
• Official website of the Congregational History Society

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