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United Church of Christ - Congregational in The Marshall Islands

The United Church of Christ - Congregational in the Marshall Islands (UCCCMI) is the largest Christian denomination in the Marshall Islands, with approximately 40,000 members comprising 55% of the population. It was established in 1857 by American missionaries and became autonomous from the U.S. church in 1972. The UCCCMI operates schools, churches across the Marshall Islands and beyond, and the Marshalls Theological College for training pastors.

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United Church of Christ - Congregational in The Marshall Islands

The United Church of Christ - Congregational in the Marshall Islands (UCCCMI) is the largest Christian denomination in the Marshall Islands, with approximately 40,000 members comprising 55% of the population. It was established in 1857 by American missionaries and became autonomous from the U.S. church in 1972. The UCCCMI operates schools, churches across the Marshall Islands and beyond, and the Marshalls Theological College for training pastors.

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United Church of Christ – Congregational in

the Marshall Islands


The United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands (UCCCMI) is a Protestant
Christian church in the Marshall Islands. With approximately 40,000 members, the UCCCMI is the largest
religious group in the Marshall Islands,[1] accounting for about 55 percent of the population.[2]

The UCCCMI has its roots in the Christian missionary activity begun in the Marshall Islands in 1857 by the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, which established Congregationalist churches
across the islands. In 1957, when the United Church of Christ was organized in the United States, the
churches in the Marshall Islands were part of this church. The UCCCMI became autonomous of the
American church in 1972 and adopted its present name.[1]

The UCCCMI has 32 congregations in the Marshall Islands and employs 52 pastors. It also has
congregations in Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Eugene, Oregon. The church operates nine elementary
schools and four high schools. The church also operates the Marshalls Theological College, a training
college for Christian pastors.[1]

The UCCCMI is a member of the World Council of Churches and the World Communion of Reformed
Churches[3] and maintains missionary ties with the United Church of Christ, the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) in the United States, and the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan.[1]

Notes
1. World Council of Churches: United Church of Christ–Congregational in the Marshall Islands
(http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/marshall-islands/united-chu
rch-of-christ-congregational-in-the-marshall-islands.html) Archived (https://web.archive.org/w
eb/20080312022755/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/marsh
all-islands/united-church-of-christ-congregational-in-the-marshall-islands.html) March 12,
2008, at the Wayback Machine, oikoumene.org, accessed 2008-03-03.
2. United States Department of State, "Marshall Islands" (https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/ir
f/2007/90144.htm), International Religious Freedom Report 2007, state.gov, accessed 2008-
03-03.
3. "Member Churches :: World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)" (https://web.archi
ve.org/web/20140412134752/http://wcrc.ch/wcrc-member-churches/). Archived from the
original (http://wcrc.ch/wcrc-member-churches/) on April 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13,
2014.

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