The term Evangelical Church may refer specifically to:
- Slovak Evangelical Church
- Armenian Evangelical Church
- Assyrian Evangelical Church
- Christian Evangelical Church of Romania
- Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY)
- Evangelical Church in Germany - largest Protestant denomination in Germany
- Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
- Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic
- Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)
- Evangelical Church of India
- Evangelical Church of Romania
- Evangelical Church of West Africa
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - largest Lutheran denomination in the USA;
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - largest Lutheran denomination in Canada;
- Evangelical Association - founded by Jacob Albright often referred to as the Evangelical Church one of the historic predecessor bodies of the United Methodist Church;
- Evangelical Synod of North America - founded in the mid-19th century and centered in the Midwest, it was usually referred to simply as the Evangelical Church (and thus not to be confused with the Evangelical Association) and was one of the historic predecessor bodies of the United Church of Christ;
- Evangelical Church (ECNA) - American denomination (Wesleyan);
- Evangelical Free Church of America - American denomination representative of evangelicalism, formed in 1942;
or more generically to any Church or denomination within:
- Lutheranism;
- Evangelicalism - especially those associated with the National Association of Evangelicals.
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“He felt that it would be dull times in Dublin, when they should have no usurping government to abuse, no Saxon Parliament to upbraid, no English laws to ridicule, and no Established Church to curse.”
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