Ancient Church of the East

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The Ancient Church of the East (ACE) is an East Syriac Christian denomination based in Baghdad and is composed largely of ethnic Assyrians. It separated from the Assyrian Church of the East in 1964 to establish an independent ecclesial communion, and is one of the churches that descend from historic Church of the East, alongside the Assyrian Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic Church, and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. In 1999, the church reported 75,000 members. As of 2020, according to the World Christian Database, the online version of the World Christian Encyclopedia, published by Edinburgh University Press, the Ancient Church of the East has approximately 11,890 members.

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