Congregational Federation

The Congregational Federation is a small Christian

Congregational Federation
denomination in Great Britain comprising 235 congregations,[2]
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 Logo of the Congregational
and Wales to form the United Reformed Church. The leaders at Federation
the time were Reginald Cleaves, Margaret, Viscountess
Classification Protestant
Stansgate, John Wilcox and Elsie Chamberlain.[3] Margaret,
Viscountess Stansgate became the Federation's first President. Orientation Congregationalism
Polity Congregational
The Federation was expanded in 2000 by member churches of
polity
the Congregational Union of Scotland that chose not to join their
merger with the United Reformed Church.[4] Associations International
Congregational
It is a member of the International Congregational Fellowship,[5] Fellowship
an international network of Congregational churches and their
Region Great Britain
national associations. Some of its churches are also in
membership of the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Origin Formed in 1972
Churches. from
congregations
The offices of the Congregational Federation are in Nottingham, which did not join
England.
the United
Reformed Church
Ecumenical relations Separated from Congregational
Church in England
The Congregational Federation is a member of:[6] and Wales

Action of Churches Together in Scotland Congregations 294 (2014)[1]

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Publications The
Churches Together in England Congregationalist
Cytûn Official website www
.congregational
Churches .org.uk (https://ww
w.congregational.o
rg.uk/)
The churches are organised into 10 geographical regions. CC stands for Congregational Church/Chapel.

Eastern

Church Location Founded

Battlesbridge Free Church Battlesbridge, Essex 1836

Braintree CC Braintree, Essex 1699

Cowper Memorial CC, Dereham Dereham, Norfolk 1873

East Bergholt CC East Bergholt, Suffolk 1672

Guilden Morden CC Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire 1841

West End CC, Haverhill Haverhill, Suffolk 1836

Hutton Free Church Hutton, Essex 1850

Hatfield Road CC, Ipswich Ipswich, Suffolk 1957

Worship Jesus Ministries, Ipswich Ipswich, Suffolk

Litlington CC Litlington, Cambridgeshire 1815

Long Stratton CC Long Stratton, Norfolk 1821

Nordelph CC Nordelph, Norfolk

North Walsham CC North Walsham, Norfolk 1657

Old Meeting House, Norwich Norwich, Norfolk 1643

Orsett Community Church Orsett, Essex 1842

Ridgewell CC Ridgewell, Essex 1662

Silver End CC Silver End, Essex 1929

Stambourne CC Stambourne, Essex 1662

Steeple Bumpstead CC Steeple Bumpstead, Essex 1760

Thundersley CC (The Beacon) Thundersley, Essex 1908

Tollesbury CC Tollesbury, Essex

Wivenhoe CC Wivenhoe, Essex 1672

Woodham Ferrers Chapel Woodham Ferrers, Essex 1835

References
1. "Find a Church" (http://www.congregational.org.uk/find-a-church/church-finder). The
Congregational Federation. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
2. "Find a Church" (https://www.congregational.org.uk/find-a-church/church-finder).
www.congregational.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
3. Team, CWM Communications (11 December 2017). "Member Church feature:
Congregational Federation" (https://www.cwmission.org/member-church-feature-congregatio
nal-federation/). Council for World Mission. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
4. "Introduction" (http://www.congregational.org.uk/introduction/introduction). The
Congregational Federation. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
 5. "International Congregational Fellowship" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234219/htt
p://www.congregational.org.uk/who-we-work-with/international-congregational-fellowship-1).
The Congregational Federation. Archived from the original (http://www.congregational.org.u
k/who-we-work-with/international-congregational-fellowship-1) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved
26 April 2014.
6. "Who we work with" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140302200609/http://www.congregation
al.org.uk/who-we-work-with/who-we-work-with). The Congregational Federation. Archived
from the original (http://www.congregational.org.uk/who-we-work-with/who-we-work-with) on
2 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

External links
Official website (https://www.congregational.org.uk/)
Official website of the Congregational History Society (http://conghistsoc.org.uk)

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