The Congregational Union of Ireland is strongly associated with the Puritans and Oliver Cromwell.[1] The Irish Congregational Church was formed in 1829. In 1899 it absorbed the Irish Evangelical Society. By 1927 there were about 10,000 members in Ireland.[2]
The denomination affirms the Savoy Declaration.[3][4]
It has close contacts with the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches.[5]
Church membership is around 3,200 in 26 congregations.[6] Most members are in Northern Ireland; the Republic of Ireland census of 2016 enumerated 68 Congregationalists.[7]
The chairman is Rev. Nigel Kissing.[8][as of?]