General Info

First Congregational Church of Stratford is an active member church of the United Church of Christ ( UCC ). While we are part of this national church denomination, our church ( and every UCC church ) is autonomous. We financially support the national organization which acts as a gathering center where all UCC church come together to discuss issues which may affect each and every individual church. Unlike other denominations, national UCC proclamations are non-binding serving as guideposts to the thinking of the collective organization. The United Church of Christ encompasses churches from four very distinct historic backgrounds. Our background our congregational roots were planted firmly in with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.