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Cook Islands Christian Church : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cook Islands Christian Church
The Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) is the largest religious denomination in the Cook Islands. It belongs to the Reformed family of churches.〔(www.reformiert-online.net/weltweit/land.php?id=32&lg=eng )〕 The CICC is a Christian Congregationalist church and has approximately 18,000 members,〔(Cook Islands Christian Church ), oikoumene.org, accessed 2008-03-19.〕 including 56 per cent of the residents of the Cook Islands.〔Central Intelligence Agency, (The World Factbook: Cook Islands ), cia.gov, accessed 2008-03-19.〕 The church also has congregations in New Zealand and Australia.〔 ==History==
The CICC has its origins in the work of the London Missionary Society (LMS), which began work in the Cook Islands in 1821. In 1852, the LMS founded the Cook Islands LMS Church.〔 The church became autonomous in 1968 with the passage of the Cook Islands Christian Church Incorporation Act by the Parliament of the Cook Islands.〔("Bill signals change for Cook Islands Christian Church" ), press release, 3 July 2003, cook-islands.gov.ck, accessed 2008-03-19.〕 This Act officially changed the church's name to the Cook Islands Christian Church.〔 The first president of the CICC after the Act was passed was Bill Marsters, who in the late 1970s was forced to resign his position when he became involved in a scandal involving church funds that went missing.〔http://www.cicc.net.ck/cicc/about-the-assembly〕
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