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Local councils of churches (Topical Term)

Preferred form: Local councils of churches
Used for/see from:
  • Councils of churches, Local
  • Church federations, Local
  • Federations, Local church
  • Earlier heading: Local church councils
  • Local church federations
See also:

Growing together: a manual for councils of churches, 1955: p. 15 (state and local councils; church federations) p. 18 (a council of churches is an officially approved and constituted agency of a group of churches and/or communions that desire to forward certain phases of their work in co-operation with one another)

Kessler, D. Councils of churches and the ecumenical vision, 2000: p. 1 (a council of churches may be defined as a voluntary association of separated and autonomous Christian churches within a defined geographic area)

Sanderson, R. Church cooperation in the United States: the nation-wide backgrounds and ecumenical significance of state and local councils of churches... 1960.

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