Christian Congregation in the United States
The Christian Congregation in the United States is a non-sectarian, non-denominational fellowship of assemblies with roots in the Italian Pentecostal revival in Chicago, which began in 1907,[1] as part of the larger Christian Congregation (Pentecostal).
Doctrinally holds the Bible as fount of faith and guidance for life; believes Jesus Christ as the only Savior whose atonement work dispenses the saving Grace; practices the adult water baptism and holy supper.[2]
Currently, the church in the United States has approximately seventy houses of worship and two thousand nine hundred members. This fellowship of churches under the present name began to hold yearly meetings in 1980 and it has no headquarters, but convenes yearly in rotation basis in Arlington Heights; Illinois, Alhambra, California; and Snyder, near to Buffalo, New York.[3]
. Besides having affiliated churches in Canada and Mexico, the American church keeps fellowship with other churches in about fifty countries, with approximately 3 million members, 2.5 million being in Brazil.
The Christian Congregation in the United States is member[4] of the United Religions Initiative.
References
- ↑ History
- ↑ Christian Congregation in the United States. Doctrine & By-laws. Buffalo, NY. 1997
- ↑ Nelson, R.E. "Authority, Organization and Societal Context in Multinational Churches" in Administrative Science Quarterly 38:44. 1993
- ↑
- Alves, Leonardo M. Christian Congregation in North America: Its Inception, Doctrine, and Worship. Dallas, 2006.
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- Assemblies of God in Italy (Assemblee di Dio in Italia)
- Belmont Assembly of God
- Calvary Temple of Philadelphia
- Christian Assembly Evangelical (Asamblea Cristiana Evangelica)
- Christian Assembly Gos is Love (Asamblea Cristiana Dios es Amor)
- Christian Assembly of Villa Devoto (Asamblea Cristiana de Villa Devoto)
- Christian Church Biblical (Iglesia Cristiana Biblica)
- Christian Congregation Church
- Christian Church of North America
- Christian Church Remaining
- Christian Churches of U.S.A.
- Christian Pentecostals Congregations (Congregazioni Cristiane Pentecostali)
- Church of the Full Gospel
- Evangelical Christian Church Italian (Chiesa Cristiana Evangelica Italiana)
- International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
- Italian Evangelical Church
- Italian Christian Church in Northern Europe (Chiesa Cristiana Italiane nel Nord Europa)
- The Churches in the Valleys of the Sele and Dell'Irno (Le Chiese nella Valli del Sele e dell’Irno)
- The Free Church of Bagheria (La Chiesa Libera di Bagheria)
- The Evangelical Christian Churches of Palermo (Le Chiese Cristiane Evangeliche di Palermo)
- The Christian Church Pentecostal Italian (La Chiesa Cristiana Pentecostale Italiana)
- Seventh Day Christian Congregation
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