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United Church of Christ, American Protestant denomination formed in 1957 by a merger of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches (see Congregationalism Congregationalism, type of Protestant church organization in which each congregation, or local church, has free control of its own affairs. The underlying principle is that each local congregation has as its head Jesus alone and that the relations of the various ..... Click the link for more information. ) and the Evangelical and Reformed Church Evangelical and Reformed Church, Protestant denomination formed by the merger (1934) of the Reformed Church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. Both of these bodies had originated in the Reformation in Europe. ..... Click the link for more information. . The constitution for the new body was adopted in July, 1961, thus completing the union. The statement of faith promulgated in 1959 maintains the noncreedal position common to both religious bodies, holding only to baptism and communion as sacraments, ordination as an act of laying on of hands, and local autonomy in all matters of worship, doctrine, and congregational life. A general synod of the whole church meets biennially and establishes the various agencies through which its social action, ecumenical work, and missionary work are carried out. The church has about 1.4 million members (1997). BibliographySee L. Gunnemann, The Shaping of the United Church of Christ (1977). |
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In the late 1960s, there were 29 members of the United Church of Christ in Congress. He noted several ABC affiliates declined to show the movie ``Saving Private Ryan'' on Veterans Day because they feared fines and that CBS and NBC refused to run an ad from the United Church of Christ suggesting gay couples are welcome there. The United Church of Christ had bent over backward with a document that was balanced, emphasizing the sins of both sides. |
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