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    The Nauru Congregational Church is the largest religious denomination in Nauru, claiming approximately 60% of Nauru's population of 10,000 members. In 2011, 35.7% of Nauru's population affiliated with the NCC, and in 2021 that number was 34.3% of Nauru's population of 11,680. The NCC is a Protestant Congregationalist denomination with seven congregations in Nauru, each headed by a deacon. In 2015, Pastor Wanda Joleen Hiram and Pastor Ruth Omodien Garabwan became the first women ordained as ministers in the NCC.

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    The Nauru Congregational Church is the largest religious denomination in Nauru, claiming approximately 60% of Nauru's population of 10,000 members. In 2011, 35.7% of Nauru's population affiliated with the NCC, and in 2021 that number was 34.3% of Nauru's population of 11,680. The NCC is a Protestant Congregationalist denomination with seven congregations in Nauru, each headed by a deacon. In 2015, Pastor Wanda Joleen Hiram and Pastor Ruth Omodien Garabwan became the first women ordained as ministers in the NCC.

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    Nauru Congregational Church

    The Nauru Congregational Church (NCC) is the largest religious denomination in Nauru, claiming as
    members approximately 60% of Nauru's population of about 10,000.[1][2][3]

    In the 2011 census, it was noted that those affiliating to the NCC made up 35.7% of the island's population,
    3,552 out of 9,945 people.[4] In the following census, 10 years later in 2021, 4001 people, out of a
    population of 11,680 people (34.3%) claimed affiliation with the NCC. This was followed very closely by
    the Roman Catholic Church with 3,959 (33.9%).[4]

    The NCC is a Protestant Congregationalist denomination. It has seven congregations in Nauru.[1] Each of
    the congregations is headed by a deacon. Rene Harris, a former president of Nauru, has served as the
    general secretary of the church.[1]

    In 2015, Pastor Wanda Joleen Hiram and Pastor Ruth Omodien Garabwan became the first women to be
    ordained as ministers in the NCC.[5]

    See also
    Religion in Nauru

    Notes
    1. Council for World Mission: Nauru Congregational Church (http://www.cwmission.org.uk/abo
    ut/view_church.cfm?ChurchID=21), cwmission.org.uk, accessed 2008-03-31.
    2. "Nauru", 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica.
    3. Uniting World website (http://www.unitingworld.org.au/about/our-overseas-partners/the-pacifi
    c/nauru-congregational-church/)
    4. Nauru 2021 Population and Housing Census - Analytical Report (https://spccfpstore1.blob.c
    ore.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/17/17393b49917952d43c970aad4eb0ef39.pdf?sv=
    2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=FgjhbNsba9qp0l%2FoX74oNtOVDUyooKe9JY6j7BY%2BHa0%3D
    &se=2024-05-13T09%3A58%3A24Z&sp=r&rscc=public%2C%20max-age%3D864000%2
    C%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application%2Fpdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%2
    2Nauru_2021_Population_and_Housing_Census_Analytical_report.pdf%22) (PDF). SPC’s
    Headquarters, B.P. D5, 98 848, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia (published August 2023).
    2023. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-982-00-1510-4.
    5. Council for World Mission website, article dated December 1, 2015 (https://www.cwmission.
    org/nauru-makes-history-by-ordaining-their-very-first-women-ministers/?highlight=nauru)

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nauru_Congregational_Church&oldid=1186342255"

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