united church of christ
n · noun
Simple meaning
A socially liberal mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Restorationist, Continental Reformed.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
juˈnaɪtədˈtʃɝˈtʃʌvkˈɹaɪst
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Definition
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n
A socially liberal mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Restorationist, Continental Reformed, and Lutheran traditions, and with approximately 4,600 churches and 712,000 members.
The United Church of Christ in Mission Hill, South Dakota is a church which was built in 1913.
noun
Merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957
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