United Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
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The United Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands is a
Reformed tradition
.
It was formed in 1968Papua).
Since 1996, there is a United Church in Papua New Guinea and a separate United Church in Solomon Islands.[3]
History
The formation of the United Church pre-dates the merger of its corresponding (and one missionary parent though Methodists from
Roman Catholic churches
in Papua New Guinea for reasons of church tradition as well as for Anglicans' cultural attitudes where it is substantial, the United Church welcomes female clergy. Like Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregationalist and United or Uniting churches elsewhere, its services are primarily for worship with scripture lessons, prayers and sermons, communion being once in a month or every few months. As these denominations in western countries have in recent years lost many members and participants to a lack of worship at all in recent decades, the United Church of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has lost some to more fundamentalist sects.
Local and overseas affiliations
The United Church is a member of the
Lutheran
churches.
Traditionally, many of the United Church's personnel were recruited from earlier-established Methodist and Congregationalist churches in
United States of America
and, to a lesser extent, Australia.
Many of Papua New Guinea's leaders have had a United Church background.
Eminent United Churchmen and Churchwomen
Literature
- Neville Threlfall, One Hundred Years in the Islands. The Methodist/United Church in the New Guinea Islands Region 1875–1975, The United Church (New Guinea Islands Region), Toksave na Buk dipatmen: Rabaul 1975, ISBN 0 86938 016 8
See also
References
- ^ The National (3 August 2017). "Launching of unity logo to mark anniversary celebrations". The National. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "United Church in Papua New Guinea — World Council of Churches". www.oikoumene.org. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Team, CWM Communications (31 December 2018). "Member Church Feature: United Church in Solomon Islands (UCSI)". Council for World Mission. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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