The United Christian Church of Dubai (UCCD) is an evangelical church. Established in 1962 as a small fellowship of expatriate oil and gas workers in the Emirate of Dubai, it now comprises more than 1,000 people from well over 50 nationalities, meeting in the Dubai Evangelical Church Centre on Friday mornings.
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