Free Church
a name often given by English Noncomformists to the Christian denominations in England free from state patronage and control. In ecclesiology and English Church history, an association which has for one object to abolish in the Church of England pew rents as well as pews, maintaining the equal right of all parishioners to the free use of seats in churches. The society was founded in 1866. This association at times aids various churches with pecuniary grants, but only if they are "free."
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