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Congregational Union of New Zealand
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P.O. Box 112
14 St. Catherine Crescent, West Harbour
Auckland 4066
New Zealand (Ocenania)
Telephone: +64 9 416 7463
Fax: +64 9 378 9563
Address-No.: 1213 / 5033
The Congregational Fellowship was founded in the far north by Pastor Barzillai Quaife in 1840. Forty years later there were still only 12 ministers in the whole country. The first Congregational Union was held in 1887. In 1893 women were admitted to the Assembly as full members, and a few years later a woman became president of the Assembly. In 1920 the Congregational Union approached the Presbyterian Church with a view to church union, but it later withdrew “until the Meth could join in.” In 1947 the Assembly accepted responsibility for Samoan, Cook Island, and Niuean Christians in New Zealand (former London Missionary Society Churches). But in 1963 The Pacific Island Congregational Church (PICC) split over matters of language and culture to form a Samoan Church. The majority of the remaining PICC joined the Presbyterian Church (cf. no. 1).
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Note: We did not manage to contact this church. Therefore, we cannot exclude that its address has changed or that the church does not exist any more.
Whoever has information about this church may contact us. We will be happy to update our information.
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Statistic data of church
Members |
total: 850 |
Parishes |
(conventionally): 15 |
house fellowships |
(Number of growing parishes): 15 |
Ordained clergy |
total: 14 |
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women´s ordination |
Elders/Presbyters |
total: 0 |
Deacons |
total: 0 |
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no information about deacons |
Missionaries |
total: 0 |
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missionaries working abroad |
Baptismal practise |
infant and believer´s baptism
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Godparents |
No information about godparents
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Lord's Supper |
Frequency per annum: 12
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Newspapers/ Periodicals |
no information about publication of magazines |
Theological training facilities |
Number: 1 |
Schools providing general education |
no information about other schools |
Founded in |
1840 |
Organizational structures |
Districts amd annual National Assembly |
Official languages |
- English
- Maori
- Samoan
- CookIsland
- Niuean
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International assiciations
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last update: 27.02.2004
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