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federated church

American  

noun

  1. a church whose membership includes two or more congregations of different denominational affiliation.


Etymology

Origin of federated church

First recorded in 1925–30


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It is my opinion that for a community that is like this one a federated church is a great means to secure Christian unity and efficiency.

From Six Thousand Country Churches by Charles Otis Gill

The following are the replies to the request made at the end of the questionnaire, “Kindly express frankly your opinion of the federated church as a means of securing Christian unity and church efficiency”: 1.

From Six Thousand Country Churches by Charles Otis Gill

I am pastor of this church and North Thetford, another federated church about five miles south.

From Six Thousand Country Churches by Charles Otis Gill

In Northfield, Summit County, the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches united by verbal agreement in a federated church on December 1, 1914.

From Six Thousand Country Churches by Charles Otis Gill

In the long run the officials who now entertain objections to the federated church will doubtless not permit them to stand in the way of rural church progress.

From Six Thousand Country Churches by Charles Otis Gill

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