Church of Tuvalu

Te Ekalesia Kelesiano Tuvalu
Te Ekalesia Kelesiano Tuvalu
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Calvinist
Polity	Congregational
Associations	Boys' Brigade International Fellowship,; Council for World Mission; World Association for Christian Communication; World Communion of Reformed Churches; Pacific Conference of Churches; World Council of Churches;
Region	Tuvalu
Headquarters	Funafuti
Founder	Elekana
Origin	1861
Separated from	London Missionary Society, Christian Congregational Church of Samoa
Congregations	18
Members	9,715

The Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu (Tuvaluan: Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu, EKT), commonly the Church of Tuvalu, is a Christian church which is the state church of Tuvalu, although this status merely entitles it to "the privilege of performing special services on major national events"; its adherents comprise about 86% of the 11,600 inhabitants of the archipelago.

Theologically, it is part of the Calvinist tradition.

Section 23 of the Constitution of Tuvalu guarantees freedom of belief, including the freedom of thought, religion and belief, the freedom to change religion or belief, the right not to receive religious instruction at school or to attend religious ceremonies at school, and the right not to "take an oath or make an affirmation that is contrary to [one's] religion or beliefs".

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