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Evangelical Covenant Church
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
Evangelical
Theology
Radical Pietism[1][2]
Polity
Congregational[3]
Region
United States, Canada
Origin
1885 Chicago, Illinois
Separated from
Lutheranism
Branched from
Mission Friends
Congregations
878
Members
129,015
Official website
www.covchurch.org
The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is a Radical Pietistic denomination of evangelical Christianity.[1][2][4] The denomination has 129,015 members in 878 congregations and an average worship attendance of 219,000 people[5][page needed] in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Of Lutheran Pietist roots and 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.[6][needs independent confirmation]
^ abShantz, Douglas H. (2013). An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe. JHU Press. ISBN 9781421408804. Groups with Radical Pietist roots include the North American Baptist Conference (German Baptists), the Moravian Church, the Church of the Brethren, the Mennonite Brethren, the Evangelical United Brethren, Brethren in Christ, the Evangelical Free Church, the Baptist General Conference (Swedish Baptists), and the Evangelical Covenant Church.
^ ab"We Are Pietists". The Evangelical Covenant Church (Podcast). 2021-11-16. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
^"Structure – ECC - Who We Are". The Evangelical Covenant Church. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
^"America's Changing Religious Landscape: Appendix B: Classification of Protestant Denominations". Pew Research Center. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^"Covenant Yearbook (2019-2020) – ECC | Resources". Archived from the original on 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
^"History", Who we are, Cov church, archived from the original on 2012-04-17, retrieved 2012-04-01.
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