About: Evangelical Covenant Church

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The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is a Radical Pietistic denomination with Lutheran roots in the evangelical Christian tradition. The denomination has 129,015 members in 878 congregations and an average worship attendance of 219,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Founded in 1885 in North America by Swedish immigrants, the church is now one of the most rapidly growing and multi-ethnic denominations on the continent. Historically Lutheran in theology, piety and background, it is now a broadly evangelical movement.

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  • The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is a Radical Pietistic denomination with Lutheran roots in the evangelical Christian tradition. The denomination has 129,015 members in 878 congregations and an average worship attendance of 219,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Founded in 1885 in North America by Swedish immigrants, the church is now one of the most rapidly growing and multi-ethnic denominations on the continent. Historically Lutheran in theology, piety and background, it is now a broadly evangelical movement. (en)
  • Evangelical Covenant Church är ett kristet samfund i USA, systerkyrka till Svenska Missionskyrkan. Det uppstod ur väckelserörelsen på 1860-talet och de så kallade Missionsvännerna vilka verkade i Amerikas svenskbygder. Samfundet är medlem i Internationella federationen av fria evangeliska kyrkor. (sv)
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  • The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is a Radical Pietistic denomination with Lutheran roots in the evangelical Christian tradition. The denomination has 129,015 members in 878 congregations and an average worship attendance of 219,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Founded in 1885 in North America by Swedish immigrants, the church is now one of the most rapidly growing and multi-ethnic denominations on the continent. Historically Lutheran in theology, piety and background, it is now a broadly evangelical movement. (en)
  • Evangelical Covenant Church är ett kristet samfund i USA, systerkyrka till Svenska Missionskyrkan. Det uppstod ur väckelserörelsen på 1860-talet och de så kallade Missionsvännerna vilka verkade i Amerikas svenskbygder. Samfundet är medlem i Internationella federationen av fria evangeliska kyrkor. (sv)
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  • Evangelical Covenant Church (en)
  • Evangelical Covenant Church (sv)
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