The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada is a
Reformed Restorationist denomination with 21 congregations across Canada. It functions both as a Canadian national church and as a region within the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. It is affiliated with the
Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council
The Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council (DECC) a.k.a. Disciples of Christ World Communion is a Reformed Restorationist Christian denomination. It is an associate member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. The headquarters is in In ...
and the
World Communion of Reformed Churches
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the largest association of Calvinist churches in the world. It has 230 member denominations in 108 countries, together claiming an estimated 80 million people, thus being the fourth-largest Chris ...
and has
full communion agreements with the
United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada (french: link=no, Église unie du Canada) is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomination after the Catholi ...
and the
United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Calvinist, Lutheran, and Anabaptist traditions, and with approximatel ...
.
History
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada has its origins in a church founded in 1811 in
Charlottetown by a Scottish immigrant. It was officially founded in 1922. It became a region of the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. The denomination started with the Restoration Movement during the Second Great Awakening, first existing during the 19th ...
in USA in 1968. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 21 member churches.
Beliefs
The denomination practices '
believers baptism' meaning that infants are not generally baptized.
Like other mainline denominations, the Disciples of Christ in Canada permits each congregation to decide whether to marry same-sex couples.
References
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External links
Official website
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Restoration Movement denominations
Reformed denominations in Canada