History
The FIEC was formed in 1922 under the name A Fellowship of Undenominational and Unattached Churches and Missions, but was later renamed The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The Fellowship brought together many independent churches and mission halls, which had been somewhat isolated.
The FIEC is in the Independent/Congregationalist tradition, which traces its roots back to separatists, such as Robert Browne in the time of Elizabeth I and James I of England. For example Westminster Chapel, a leading church in the Independent/Congregationalist tradition, joined the FIEC when the Congregational Union merged with the English Presbyterian Church to form the United Reformed Church denomination (URC). A number of Baptist churches are also represented in the FIEC.
Former Presidents include Rev. Theodore Harold Bendor-Samuel (1967, 1978).
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