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The Church of Christ in the Congo or CCC (in French, or ECC) is a union of 62
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denominations, in the
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. Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it is often simply referred to as the Protestant Church, as it federates the vast majority of the Protestants in that country. It is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa. According to the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, 95.4% of the country has a
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affiliation; of these, an estimated 48.1% are Protestant, including evangelical Christians and the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth.


History

The Union has its origins in a grouping of different Protestant and Evangelical churches by missionaries that took place in 1902. It was officially founded in 1924 as the Protestant Council of Congo (CPC). In 1934, it took the name of Church of Christ in Congo. This union was named the Church of Christ in
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from 1971 to 1997 under Mobutu's regime. Some statisticians have estimated membership to have reached thirty million.


Functions

The CCC functions as a religious institution, and provides a central administration and a spiritual forum for the numerous Protestant denominations. It functions under a national
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and an executive committee. Both of these entities are assisted in their tasks by a national
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. The CCC is said to be part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, but it also insists on maintaining
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, as they see it as being the only system common to the
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, the primitive church, and African traditions.


Leadership

The Church of Christ in Congo is led by a President that holds the rank of Bishop, and two Vice-Presidents. The president is the presiding minister of the Cathedral of the Protestant Centennial in Congo (), also known as the International Protestant Church of Kinshasa () - the ''de facto'' head church of the CCC. One of the previous Presidents of the CCC was Monsignor Pierre Marini Bodho. Following the end of the
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, transitional institutions were established, consisting of the former warring parties, as well as representatives of the non-belligerent opposition, and representatives of the
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, the upper house of the Congolese Parliament. In the 2006 elections, Mgr. Marini Bodho won a senate seat and went on to serve as a government senator.


Member communities

* Communauté armé du salut * Communauté des Assemblées des Frères au Katanga (CAFKAT) * Baptist Church in Central of Africa (BCCA) in frech Communauté Baptiste au Centre de l'Afrique (3ème CBCA) *Communauté des Eglises des Frères Mennonites au Congo (4ème CEFMC) * Communuatés des Eglises Libres de Pentecôte en Afrique (5ème CELPA) *Communauté des Eglises Baptistes Unies (CEBU) *Communauté des Eglises de Grâce au Congo (GEGC) *Communauté des Eglises de Pentecôte en Afrique Centrale (8ème CEPAC) *Communauté Evangélique Mennonite (CEM) * Communauté des Disciples du Christ au Congo (10 ème CDCC) * Communauté Anglicane au Congo (CAC) *Communauté des Assemblées de Dieu au Congo (CADC) * Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo (CBFC) *Communauté Baptiste du Bas-Uélé (CBCN) * Communauté Baptiste du Congo (CBCO) *Communauté Evangélique du Christ au Cœur de l'Afrique (CECCA) *Communauté Evangélique du Christ eu Ubangi (CECU) *Communauté Evangélique de l'Alliance au Congo (CEAC) *Communauté Evangélique Berreenne au Congo (CEBC) *Communauté Evangélique au Centre de l'Afrique (CECA 20) *Communauté Nations du Christ en Afrique (21e CNCA) *Communauté Association des Eglises Evangéliques de la Lulonga (CADELU) * Communauté Evangélique au Congo (CEC) *Communauté Libre de Maniema-Kivu (CLMK) *Communauté Evangélique du Kwango (CEK) *Communauté Libre Méthodiste au Congo (CLMC) *Communauté Mennonite au Congo (CMCO) *Communauté Méthodiste Unie au Congo Central (CMCC) *Communauté Méthodiste au Sud-Congo (CMSC) *Communauté Pentecôtiste au Congo (CPCO) * Communauté Presbytérienne au Congo (CPC) * Communauté Presbytérienne de Kinshasa (CPK) *Communauté Région Sankuru (CRS) *Communauté Assemblée de Dieu à l'Est du Congo (CADAF) *Communauté Union des Eglises Baptistes au Congo (CUEBC) *Communauté Centrale du Christ en Afrique (CCCA) *Communauté des Assemblées de Dieu au Congo (CADC) *Communauté des Frères en Christ Garenganze (CFCG) *Communauté Assemblée des Frères Evangéliques au Congo (CAFECO) *Communauté des Eglises Chrétiennes en Afrique (CECA) *Communauté des Eglises Baptistes Indépendantes Evangéliques (CEBIE) *Communauté Evangélique Congolaise (CECO) *Communauté des Fidèles Protestants (CFP) *Communauté Evangélique de Pentecôte au Katanga (CEPK) *Communauté Protestante au Katanga (CPK) *Communauté des Assemblées des Frères en Christ au Congo (CAFCC) *Communauté Baptiste Autonome Entre Wamba-Bakali (CBAWB) * Communauté Episcopale Baptiste Africaine (CEBA) *Communauté Chrétienne Evangélique au Congo (CCEC) *Communauté Evangélique en Ubangi Mongala (CEUM) *Communauté Evangélique Luthérienne du Congo Ouest (CELCO) *Communauté Baptiste du Sud-Kwango (CBSK) *Communauté Méthodiste Unie au Nord-Katanga (CMUNK) *Communauté des Eglises Baptistes du Congo-Est (CBCE) *Communauté Evangélique du Kasaï-Occidental (CEK-BOOKE) * Communauté Presbytérienne au Kasaï-Occidental (CPKO) * Communauté Presbytérienne au Kasaï-Oriental (CPKO) *Communauté Evangélique Africaine (CEA) * Communauté Réformée Presbytérienne (CRP) *Communauté de Jésus-Christ au Congo (CJCC) *Communauté de Douze Apôtres au Congo (CDAC) *Communauté du Saint-Esprit en Afrique (CSEA) *Communauté Chrétienne de Pentecôte au Congo *Communauté Réformée du Congo


See also

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List of the largest Protestant bodies This is a list of the largest Protestant denominations. It aims to include sizable Protestant communions, federations, alliances, councils, fellowships, and other denominational organisations in the world and provides information regarding the me ...
* Free University of the Congo *Pastor François-David Ekofo * Religion in the Republic of the Congo *
Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Christianity is the largest religion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is professed by more than 95% of the population. According to the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, an estimated 48.1% of the population are Protestan ...
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Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Catholicism has a major presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, an ...


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