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<p><b>Church union</b> is the name given to a merger of two or more <a href="page.php?w=Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="page.php?w=Christian_denomination">denominations</a>.  Such unions may take on many forms, including a <b>united church</b> and a <b>federation.</b></p>

<p><big> United churches </big></p>
<p>A united church is the result of a merger of churches of various denominations. One of the first of these occurred in 1817, when <a href="page.php?w=Lutheran">Lutheran</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Reformed_tradition">Reformed</a> churches in <a href="page.php?w=Prussia">Prussia</a></p><p>
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