Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola

The Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola

Evangelical
(Portuguese: Igreja Evangélica Congregacional em Angola) is a
Reformed Christian denomination in Angola. Congregational Church in
Angola
History Portuguese: Igreja Evangélica
Congregacional em Angola
On November 11, 1880, the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions (now the United Church of Christ in the
USA) and the Congregational Church in Canada sent missionaries
and began to evangelize in the highlands of Angola. The leaders of
this mission were the Rev. William W. Bagster, the Rev. William
Henry Sanders and the Rev. Samuel Taylor Miller (the first Black
African missionary in Angola).

In 1940, a theological school was established to train pastors and Abbreviation IECA
ministers. This resulted in significant growth and development in
Classification Reformed
the church. In 1957, the work of the North American
Protestantism
Congregational Churches was united and the Council of
Evangelical Churches in Angola was founded.[1] Headquarters Huambo, Angola
Founder Missionaries
In 1975, after the country had gained independence, the Angolan
associated with
Civil War broke out. The war devastated Angola's infrastructure
and severely damaged the nation's public administration, economic the United Church
enterprises and religious institutions. The war forced foreign of Christ (USA)
missionaries to leave the country. The church was divided into two and the
parts; rural and urban. During and after the war, the church Congregational
remained divided into the Evangelical Congregational Church in Church in Canada
Angola and the Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola.[2] and their students
Branched from Council of
The Church Today Evangelical
Churches in
The headquarters of the church is in Huambo. The fast-growing Angola
denomination is present in 16 of the 18 Angolan provinces. It has
Congregations 2,800
60 primary and secondary schools and a medical program. The
Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola is the second oldest Members 1,000,000+
Protestant denomination in Angola. It trains ministers in the
Interdenominational Seminary in Huambo. The church has approximately 1,000,000 members in 2,800
congregations across the country.

Theology
Apostles' Creed
Heidelberg Catechism
 Nicene Creed

Interchurch relations
Member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the World Council of Churches and partner
church relationship with the United Church of Canada was established.[3]

References
1. Fasse, Christoph. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions" (http://www.ref
ormiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=127&lg=eng). www.reformiert-online.net. Archived
(https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032419/http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/det
ail.php?id=127&lg=eng) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
2. "Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola — World Council of Churches" (http://www.oi
koumene.org/en/member-churches/evangelical-congregational-church-in-angola).
www.oikoumene.org. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20170619181628/http://www.oik
oumene.org/en/member-churches/evangelical-congregational-church-in-angola) from the
original on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
3. "Angola" (https://web.archive.org/web/20131029232957/http://www.united-church.ca/partner
s/global/africa/angola#ieca). United Church of Canada. Archived from the original (http://ww
w.united-church.ca/partners/global/africa/angola#ieca) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved
2013-10-24.

External links
Official webpage of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola (http://tudosobreangol
a.blogspot.hu/2011/04/igreja-evangelica-congregacional-de.html)
Site oficial da Igreja Evangelica Congregacional em Angola (Pastorado do Bungo) (https://ar
chive.today/20130628031419/http://www.igrejadobungo.com.br/)
Unofficial webpage of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola (http://www.oikoum
ene.org/en/member-churches/evangelical-congregational-church-in-angola)
Official website of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20130307042023/http://www.wcrc.ch/)

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