Church of Pakistan

Church of Pakistan
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Anglican, Reformed
Polity	Episcopal
Moderator	Sammy Azariah
Associations	Anglican Communion, World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches,[1] Christian Conference of Asia
Origin	1970 Pakistan
Merger of	Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Lutherans
Members	500,000[2]
Ministers	600[2]

Part of a series on Christianity in Pakistan
Background
Christianity Anglican Catholic Church Church of Pakistan Roman Catholicism in Pakistan
People
Alvin Robert Cornelius Anthony Mascarenhas Esther John Julius Salik Mervyn Middlecoat John Permal Cecil Chaudhry Anthony Theodore Lobo Joseph Coutts Mary Emily Colin Saldanha Menin Rodrigues Antao D'Souza Wallis Mathias Bohemia (musician) Rt. Rev. Mushtaq Andrew Fr. Reuben Iqbal Shallum Asher Xavier Shahbaz Bhatti Michael Chowdry
Churches
His Grace Churches International Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore St. Patrick's Cathedral Christ Church Rawalpindi All Saints Church St Philip's Church St John's Church St. Luke's Church, Abbottabad

The Church of Pakistan is a united church in Pakistan, which is part of the Anglican Communion and a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches^[3] and the World Methodist Council.

Establishment of the church

It was established in 1970 with a union of Anglicans, Scottish Presbyterians (Church of Scotland), United Methodists, and Lutherans. It is the only united church in South Asia which involves Lutherans. Though united, it is mainly Anglican in theology and outlook, since Anglicans form the bulk of the 800,000 strong membership and most of the important episcopal sees.

The church has two theological seminaries: the Gujranwala Theological Seminary and St Thomas' Theological College, Karachi.

List of dioceses

• Faisalabad
• Hyderabad
• Karachi
• Lahore
• Multan
• Peshawar
• Raiwind
• Sialkot

The Diocese of Sialkot is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Today, the whole Church of Pakistan is listed as a member on the WCRC website. The Sialkot Diocese has more than 40,400 members in 45 congregations and 28 house fellowships. It adheres to the Apostles Creed, Heidelberg Catechism, Westminster Shorter Catechism and Nicene Creed.^[3]

See also

• Christianity in Pakistan

References

1. Database (undated). "Member Churches" Archived 21 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.. World Communion of Reformed Churches. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
2. "Church of Pakistan". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
3. Database (9 February 2006). "Sialkot Diocese of the Church of Pakistan". Reformed Online. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

Bibliography

• Linda Greene, World Methodist Council. Handbook of Information 2002-2006, Biltmore Press, Asheville (NC) 2002
• The Anglican Communion Official Website: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/province.cfm?ID=P

External links

• Diocese of Raiwind website