Namibian Council of Churches
| Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) |
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| founding | 1978 in Windhoek |
| Seat | Windhoek ( ⊙ ) |
| precursor | Christian Center |
| main emphasis | christian work |
The Namibian Council of Churches (CCN; English Council of Churches in Namibia ) is a private Christian - church organization in Namibia , which promotes the Christian faith in the country and is organized as an umbrella organization of the churches.
The Namibian Council of Churches was founded in 1978 and has also been running democratization programs in various parts of Namibia since the country became independent . It is considered to be the successor organization to the Christian Center founded in Windhoek in 1973 .
The CCN has 19 churches and organizations with around 1.5 million members. The chairman is Reverend Schalk Pienaar .
Members
Full members of the CCN are:
- African Methodist Episcopal Church in Namibia (AMEC-NA)
- Anglican Diocese of Namibia
- Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia (NG)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (DELK) (ELKIN (DELK))
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN)
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa Central-North
- Protestant Unity Church (Oruuano)
- Rhenish Church in Namibia
- Roman Catholic Church in Namibia (RCC)
- United Congregational Church of Southern Africa in Namibia
- United Methodist Church in Namibia
- Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa in Namibia
Associate members are:
- Coptic Church in Namibia
Observation status:
- Apostolic Faith Mission
- Cumenical Institute of Namibia (EIN)
- Pentecostal Protestant Church
- Reformed Churches in Namibia
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Other church facilities
By 2007, the Evangelical Lutheran were churches in Namibia also in the Lutheran World Federation (NNC-LWF) Namibia National Committee combined, by the United Church Board of the Lutheran churches in Namibia replaced (United Church Council of the Namibia Evangelical Lutheran Churches, UCC-NELC) has been.
See also
- Association for Charismatic and Pentecostal Churches - another church umbrella organization in Namibia
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apostolic Faith Mission ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
