Editing United and uniting churches

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[[File:Union luthercalvin.jpg|thumb|Glass window in the town church of [[Wiesloch]] (''Stadtkirche Wiesloch'') with [[Martin Luther]] and [[John Calvin]] commemorating the 1821 union of Lutheran and Reformed churches in the [[Grand Duchy of Baden]]]]
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A '''united church''', also called a '''uniting church''', is a denomination formed from the merger or other form of [[church union]] of two or more different [[Protestantism|Protestant]] Christian denominations, a number of which come from separate and distinct denominational orientations or traditions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=United and Uniting churches — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/church-families/united-and-uniting-churches|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2019-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820211159/https://www.oikoumene.org/en/church-families/united-and-uniting-churches|url-status=live}}</ref> '''Multi-denominationalism''', or a multi-denominational church or organization, is a [[Church (congregation)|congregation]] or organization that is affiliated with two or more [[Christian denomination]]s, whether they be part of the same tradition or from separate and distinct traditions.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=What it means to be multidenominational – The Refuge Place |url=https://therefuge.place/about/what-it-means-to-be-multidenominational/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=therefuge.place |archive-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510152730/https://therefuge.place/about/what-it-means-to-be-multidenominational/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Multi-Denomination Congregations in the U.S. and Canada |url=https://paulist.org/the-conversation/multi-denomination-congregations-in-the-u-s-and-canada/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Paulist Fathers |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510152725/https://paulist.org/the-conversation/multi-denomination-congregations-in-the-u-s-and-canada/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Historically, unions of Protestant churches were enforced by the state, usually in order to have a stricter control over the religious sphere of its people, but also for other organizational reasons. As modern Christian [[ecumenism]] progresses, unions between various Protestant traditions are becoming more and more common,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haire|first=James|editor1-first=Geoffrey|editor1-last=Wainwright|editor2-first=Paul|editor2-last=McPartlan|date=2017-03-06|title=United and Uniting Churches|url=https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199600847.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199600847-e-30|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The Oxford Handbook of Ecumenical Studies|pages=431–440|language=en|doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199600847.013.30|isbn=978-0-19-960084-7|archive-date=2021-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626200302/https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199600847.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199600847-e-30|url-status=live}}</ref> resulting in a growing number of united and uniting churches. Examples include the [[United Church of Canada]] (1925), the  [[Church of South India]] (1947), the [[Uniting Church in Australia]] (1977), the [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]] (2004), and the [[United Protestant Church of France]] (2013).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=France|first=Eglise protestante unie de|title=La création de l'Église protestante unie de France|url=https://www.eglise-protestante-unie.fr/histoire/la-creation-de-l-eglise-protestante-unie-de-france-1|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Eglise protestante unie de France|language=fr|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517090348/https://www.eglise-protestante-unie.fr/histoire/la-creation-de-l-eglise-protestante-unie-de-france-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=United Protestant Church of France — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/united-protestant-church-of-france|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2020-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717232643/https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/united-protestant-church-of-france/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Three-way PKN union drastically changes Dutch denominational landscape » The Windmill news articles » goDutch|url=http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=571|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.godutch.com|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193600/http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=571|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Protestant Church in the Netherlands — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/protestant-church-in-the-netherlands|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2020-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719042421/https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/protestant-church-in-the-netherlands/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the developing world, this model has been attractive in countries where Protestants are a small minority of the population; by pooling resources and endorsing cross-attendance between denominations, churches can serve a wider geographical area. In the developed world, since the mid-20th century, and the rise of [[secularism]] worldwide, [[mainline Protestant]]ism has shrunk, reducing the viability of many individual denominations maintaining parallel administrative structures.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mainline Protestants make up shrinking number of U.S. adults|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/05/18/mainline-protestants-make-up-shrinking-number-of-u-s-adults/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Pew Research Center|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912080550/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/05/18/mainline-protestants-make-up-shrinking-number-of-u-s-adults/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-12|title=American Religion Statistics: Trends in U.S. Religious Affiliations|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/chapter-1-the-changing-religious-composition-of-the-u-s/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904140026/https://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/chapter-1-the-changing-religious-composition-of-the-u-s/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-10-10|title=Amid Evangelical decline, growing split between young Christians and church elders|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/1010/Amid-Evangelical-decline-growing-split-between-young-Christians-and-church-elders|access-date=2020-09-04|issn=0882-7729|archive-date=2020-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911135613/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/1010/Amid-Evangelical-decline-growing-split-between-young-Christians-and-church-elders|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Burge|first=Ryan P.|title=Evangelicals Show No Decline, Despite Trump and Nones|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/march/evangelical-nones-mainline-us-general-social-survey-gss.html|access-date=2020-09-04|website=News & Reporting|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830125208/https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/march/evangelical-nones-mainline-us-general-social-survey-gss.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Among others, [[Calvinism|Reformed]] (Calvinist), [[Anglicanism|Anglican]], and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] churches have merged, often creating large nationwide denominations.<ref name=":0" /> In some countries, [[Methodist]] and [[Congregational]] denominations have also merged. The phenomenon is much less common among [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]], [[Nondenominational Christianity|nondenominational]] and [[Charismatic Christianity|charismatic]] churches as new ones arise and many of them remain independent of each other, although in some cases instances of evangelical church congregations joining multiple denominations in a phenomenon known as "multi-denominationalism" does occur; but in most cases Evangelicals cooperate with each other through [[Ecumenism|interdenominationalism]] while still maintaining denominational distinctions.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />

Perhaps the oldest official united church is found in Germany, where the [[Protestant Church in Germany]] is a federation of Lutheran, United ([[Prussian Union of Churches|Prussian Union]]) and [[Continental Reformed church|Reformed churches]], a union dating back to 1817. The first of the series of unions was at a synod in [[Idstein]] to form the [[Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau]] in August 1817, commemorated in naming the church of Idstein [[Unionskirche, Idstein|Unionskirche]] one hundred years later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nassau-info.de/geschichte-jb-kirche.htm |title=Staatlicher Dirigismus und neue Gläubigkeit (Die Kirche im Herzogtum Nassau) |publisher=Nassau-info.de |language=de |access-date=2011-06-10 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234050/http://www.nassau-info.de/geschichte-jb-kirche.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Block|first=Mathew|date=2017-10-05|title=Remembering the 200th anniversary of the forced union of Lutheran and Reformed churches in Prussia|url=https://ilc-online.org/2017/10/05/remembering-200th-anniversary-forced-union-lutheran-reformed-churches-prussia/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=International Lutheran Council|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012551/https://ilc-online.org/2017/10/05/remembering-200th-anniversary-forced-union-lutheran-reformed-churches-prussia/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Around the world, each united or uniting church comprises a different mix of predecessor Protestant denominations.<ref name=":0" /> Trends are visible, however, as most united and uniting churches have one or more predecessors with heritage in the Reformed tradition and many are members of the [[World Alliance of Reformed Churches]].

== Conciliar movement ==
In the 1950s and 1960s, an ecumenical spirit emerged in many churches in the United States, leading to a [[Conciliarism|conciliar movement]] known in some circles as [[Conciliarity]]. A product of this movement was the [[Consultation on Church Union]] (COCU). The COCU disbanded formally in 2002 but moved into the [[Churches Uniting in Christ]] movement.<ref>Lahutsky, Nadia (Winter 2003). "The Union of Christians and Disciples in 1832 and COCU/CUIC". ''Discipliana''. 63 (4): 120. [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] [[issn:0732-9881|0732-9881]].</ref>

== Denominations by country ==

[[File:Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau Logo.svg|thumb|Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (founded in 1817) is a United Protestant member church under the Protestant Church in Germany's umbrella.]]
[[File:Unionskirche Idstein.JPG|thumb|Unionskirche in Idstein held by the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau. It commemorates the union of Lutheran and [[Calvinism|Reformed]] Protestants in the [[Duchy of Nassau]] in August 1817, the first of its kind and a month before the [[Prussian Union of Churches|Prussian Union]] in September of the same year.]]
* Australia: [[Uniting Church in Australia]], the 1977 union of the [[Congregational Union of Australia]], [[Methodist Church of Australasia]], and [[Presbyterian Church of Australia]] churches.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UCA - Our History|url=https://nswact.uca.org.au/about-us/our-history/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=nswact.uca.org.au|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725131302/https://nswact.uca.org.au/about-us/our-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Bangladesh: [[Church of Bangladesh]], established in 1974 as a union of [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] and [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] churches.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-01-29|title=Our History|url=http://churchofbangladesh.org/about/foundation/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Church of Bangladesh|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630094437/http://churchofbangladesh.org/about/foundation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Belgium: [[United Protestant Church in Belgium]], formed in 1979 as a union of the [[Calvinism|Reformed]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] churches.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oikoumene.org/member-churches/united-protestant-church-of-belgium | title=United Protestant Church of Belgium | access-date=2023-03-02 | archive-date=2023-03-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302174048/https://www.oikoumene.org/member-churches/united-protestant-church-of-belgium | url-status=live }}</ref>
* Canada: [[United Church of Canada]], the 1925 union of [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]], [[Methodist Church, Canada|Methodist Church (Canada)]], and a majority of the [[Presbyterian Church in Canada]] (including Bermuda).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.united-church.ca/history/overview/brief |title=A Brief History &#124; The United Church of Canada |publisher=United-church.ca |access-date=2013-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511200557/http://www.united-church.ca/history/overview/brief |archive-date=2013-05-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Czech Republic: [[Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren]], formed in 1918 in Czechoslovakia through the unification of the Protestant churches of the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] and [[Calvinism|Reformed]] (Calvinist) confessions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Archa|first=Tomáš Pilát|title=Českobratrská církev evangelická|url=https://www.e-cirkev.cz/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.e-cirkev.cz|language=en|archive-date=2019-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325111738/https://www.e-cirkev.cz/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the ECCB has deeper roots in the [[Bohemian Reformation|Czech Reformation]]: in the [[Utraquism|Utraquist]] [[Hussites|Hussite Church]] (1431–1620) and in the [[Unity of the Brethren (Czech Republic)|Unity of Brethren]] aka [[Moravian Church]] (1457–1620).
* France: [[United Protestant Church of France]], formed in 2013 through the unification of the [[Reformed Church of France]] and the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in France|Evangelical Lutheran Church of France]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>The [[Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine]] is not an actual united church, but a union of churches, even if the differences are quite faint in the field.</ref>
* Germany: Ten united [[Landeskirche|church bodies]] within the [[Protestant Church in Germany]] from unions of Lutheran and Reformed churches: [[Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia]], the [[Evangelical Church in the Rhineland]], the [[Evangelical Church of Westphalia]] (all of them are successors of the [[Prussian Union of Churches]]), the [[Evangelical Church of Anhalt]], the [[Protestant Church in Baden]], the [[Evangelical Church of Bremen]], the [[Evangelical Church in Central Germany]], the [[Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau]], the [[Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck]] and the [[Evangelical Church of the Palatinate]] (Protestant State Church).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Protestant Church in Germany|url=https://www.ekd.de/EKD-98.htm|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.ekd.de|language=en}}</ref>
* India: [[Church of North India]], the 1970 union of Anglican, Methodist, [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]], Presbyterian, Congregational, and the [[Church of the Brethren]] churches.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CNI|title=History – CNI|url=http://new.cnisynod.org/history/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127200041/http://new.cnisynod.org/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* India: [[Church of South India]], the 1947 union of Anglican, Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed churches.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CSI SYNOD|url=http://www.csisynod.com/aboutus.php|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.csisynod.com|archive-date=2020-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811022709/http://csisynod.com/aboutus.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Indonesia: [[Indonesia Christian Church]] or ''Gereja Kristen Indonesia'', union of GKI East Java, GKI West Java and GKI Central Java in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/indonesian-christian-church-gki|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2018-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210195359/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/indonesian-christian-church-gki|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Italy: [[Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches]], the 1975 union of [[Waldensian Evangelical Church]] and the [[Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy]].
* Jamaica: [[United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands]], the 1965 union of Presbyterian, Congregationalist, and Disciples of Christ churches.<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/united-church-in-jamaica-and-the-cayman-islands|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2018-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228194352/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/united-church-in-jamaica-and-the-cayman-islands|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Japan: [[United Church of Christ in Japan]], the 1941 union of thirty-three Protestant denominations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KYODAN - The United Church of Christ in Japan|url=http://uccj-e.org/history|access-date=2020-09-04|language=ja|archive-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327014537/http://uccj-e.org/history|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Kiribati: [[Kiribati Uniting Church]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kiribati Uniting Church — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/kiribati-protestant-church|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2016-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408175525/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/kiribati-protestant-church|url-status=live}}</ref> a union of several Protestant denominations in Kiribati, including Congregationalists, Evangelicals, Anglicans, and Presbyterians.
* Melanesia: [[United Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Church in Papua New Guinea — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/united-church-in-papua-new-guinea|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2020-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319083805/https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/united-church-in-papua-new-guinea/|url-status=live}}</ref> a United church in the Methodist and the Reformed tradition
* Netherlands: [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]], the 2004 union of the [[Dutch Reformed Church]], the [[Reformed Churches in the Netherlands]], and the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands]].<ref name=":2" />
* Pakistan: [[Church of Pakistan]], the 1970 union of Anglicans, Scottish Presbyterians ([[Church of Scotland]]), Methodists, and Lutherans.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Office|first=Anglican Communion|title=Anglican Communion: Member Church|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church.aspx|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Anglican Communion Website|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406210613/https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Philippines: [[Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo]], a merger of indigenous Presbyterian and Methodist denominations in 1932.<ref>Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo, Manwal ng Manggagawang Unida. 2007</ref>
* Philippines: [[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.uccpchurch.com/our-story/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421150132/https://www.uccpchurch.com/our-story/|url-status=live}}</ref> a merger of the Evangelical Church of the Philippines, the Philippine Methodist Church, the Disciples of Christ, the [[United Evangelical Church]] and several independent congregations.<ref>Norwood B. Tye, ''Journeying with the United Church of Christ in the Philippines: A History'' (Quezon City: United Church of Christ in the Philippines, 1994), 246-247</ref><ref>Guillermo Manuel, "''A Study of the Movement for Union and Closer Cooperation Among the Protestant Churches of the Philippines''", p. 54.</ref>
* Philippines: [[Union Church of Manila]], an interdenominational congregation resulting from the union of Presbyterian and Methodist churches in 1914.
* South Africa: [[Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa]]. 
* Sweden: [[Evangelical Free Church in Sweden]], the 2002 union of the [[Örebro Mission]], the [[Free Baptist Union]] and the [[Swedish Holiness Union|Holiness Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Intro till EFK - Evangeliska Frikyrkan (EFK)|url=https://www.efk.se/intro/intro-till-efk.html|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.efk.se|language=sv|archive-date=2020-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920123441/https://efk.se/intro/intro-till-efk.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Sweden: [[Uniting Church in Sweden]], the 2011 union of the [[Baptist Union of Sweden]], the [[United Methodist Church in Sweden|Swedish branch]] of the [[United Methodist Church]], and the [[Mission Covenant Church of Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uniting Church in Sweden — World Council of Churches|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/uniting-church-in-sweden|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.oikoumene.org|language=en|archive-date=2019-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026041147/https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/uniting-church-in-sweden|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Thailand: [[Church of Christ in Thailand]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ประวัติศาสตร์ – The Church of Christ in Thailand|url=http://www.cct.or.th/history-2/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=th|archive-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918104322/http://www.cct.or.th/history-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* United Kingdom: [[United Reformed Church]], the 1972 union of the [[Congregational Union of England and Wales]] and the [[Presbyterian Church of England]], later joined by the [[Churches of Christ in Europe|Churches of Christ (Europe)]] and the [[Congregational Union of Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About us|url=https://urc.org.uk/about-us.html|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The United Reformed Church|language=en-gb|archive-date=2020-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810125137/https://urc.org.uk/about-us.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* United Kingdom: [[United Free Church of Scotland]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History – United Free Church of Scotland|url=https://www.ufcos.org.uk/about-us/history/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920020347/https://www.ufcos.org.uk/about-us/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> formed in 1900 by the union of the [[United Presbyterian Church (Scotland)|United Presbyterian Church of Scotland]] (or UP) and the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|majority of the 19th-century Free Church of Scotland]].
* United States: [[United Church of Christ]], the 1957 union of the two previously united churches: [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregational Christian Churches]] and the [[Evangelical and Reformed Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.ucc.org/about|access-date=2020-09-04|website=United Church of Christ|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819103325/https://www.ucc.org/about|url-status=live}}</ref>
* United States: [[United Methodist Church]], the 1968 union of the [[The Methodist Church (USA)|Methodist Church]] and the [[Evangelical United Brethren Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.umc.org/en/who-we-are/history|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The United Methodist Church|language=en|archive-date=2020-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925074023/https://www.umc.org/en/who-we-are/history|url-status=live}}</ref>
* United States: [[Wesleyan Church]], the 1968 union of the [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (United States)|Wesleyan Methodist Church]] and the [[Pilgrim Holiness Church]].<ref name="SatterfieldCope2018">{{cite book |last1=Satterfield |first1=Ray |last2=Cope |first2=Daniel |title=A Heritage of Holiness: The Story of Allegheny Wesleyan Methodism |date=2018 |publisher=Allegheny Press |location=[[Salem, Ohio|Salem]]|page=149}}</ref> 
* United States: [[Unitarian Universalist Association]], the 1961 consolidation of the [[American Unitarian Association]] and the [[Universalist Church of America]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Unitarian Universalism {{!}} UUA.org|url=https://www.uua.org/beliefs/who-we-are/history|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.uua.org|language=en|archive-date=2010-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204070253/http://www.uua.org/visitors/ourhistory/6904.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Ethiopia has an estimated 9 million members of United churches.<ref name="a573">{{cite book | last=Zurlo | first=G. | title=Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe | publisher=Zondervan Academic | year=2022 | isbn=978-0-310-11363-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdFTEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 | access-date=2024-12-05 | page=119}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Christianity]]
* [[Congregationalist polity]]
* [[Continuing church]]
* [[English Covenant]]
* [[List of Christian denominations]]

==References==
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