The Congregational Federation is a small Christian denomination in Great Britain comprising 235 congregations, 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. 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.
It is a member of the International Congregational Fellowship, 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: Action of Churches Together in Scotland Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Churches Together in England Cytûn
Churches
The churches are organised into 10 geographical regions. CC stands for Congregational Church/Chapel.
Eastern ChurchLocationFoundedBattlesbridge Free ChurchBattlesbridge, Essex1836Braintree CCBraintree, Essex1699Cowper Memorial CC, DerehamDereham, Norfolk1873East Bergholt CCEast Bergholt, Suffolk1672Guilden Morden CCGuilden Morden, Cambridgeshire1841West End CC, HaverhillHaverhill, Suffolk1836Hutton Free ChurchHutton, Essex1850Hatfield Road CC, IpswichIpswich, Suffolk1957Worship Jesus Ministries, IpswichIpswich, SuffolkLitlington CCLitlington, Cambridgeshire1815Long Stratton CCLong Stratton, Norfolk1821Nordelph CCNordelph, NorfolkNorth Walsham CCNorth Walsham, Norfolk1657Old Meeting House, NorwichNorwich, Norfolk1643Orsett Community ChurchOrsett, Essex1842Ridgewell CCRidgewell, Essex1662Silver End CCSilver End, Essex1929Stambourne CCStambourne, Essex1662Steeple Bumpstead CCSteeple Bumpstead, Essex1760Thundersley CC (The Beacon)Thundersley, Essex1908Tollesbury CCTollesbury, EssexWivenhoe CCWivenhoe, Essex1672Woodham Ferrers ChapelWoodham Ferrers, Essex1835
References
External links
Official website of the Congregational History Society