National Council of Churches - Bangladesh
Founded in 1949 as the East Pakistan Christian Council. It became the National Council of Churches - Bangladesh after the independence of the country in 1971.
Basis: The member churches hold the faith that the church ever held in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world, in whom men and women are saved by grace through faith, in accordance with the revelation of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They accept the holy scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as containing all things necessary to salvation and as the ultimate standard of faith.
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Members:(Within the WCC membership) |
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Other members: |
Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha Bangladesh Evangelical Holiness Church Bangladesh Methodist Church Bogra Christio Mondoli Church of Bangladesh Church of Christ Church of God Gospel for Bangladesh Churches Hill Tracts Presbyterian Church United Church of Bangladesh
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Associate members:(Within the WCC membership) |
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Bangladesh Bible Society Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh Christian Medical Association Bangladesh Community Health Care Project Dishari Foundation Ecumenical Social Action Group |
