Formerly Evangelical Protestant Churches of North America. A religious denomination formed in 1911 at Cincinnati by consolidation of the German Evangelical Protestant Ministers' Association, and the German Evangelical Ministers' Conference. Since October 20, 1925, the Association has been regularly affiliated with the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. They believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, protesting against any compulsion in matters of faith and conscience, and granting to everyone the privilege of individual examination and research.
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