National Council of Churches
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The National Council of Churches (NCC) is the largest ecumenical religious organization in the US. Its 36 mainstream Protestant and Orthodox churches have a membership of approximately 50 million Americans in more than 100,000 individual congregations.
Every major Christian church in the US is a member of the NCC, with the exception of the Catholic Church and Fundimentalist organizations like the Southern Baptist Convention.
In recent years, the NCC has attracted attention through its work in peace, social justice, civil rights and environmental issues. Recent NCC resolutions have condemned the Iraq War, called for the dismantling of the security wall between Israel and Palestine and requested a stronger global response to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The mainstream media tends to ignore NCC activism and resolutions, preferring to quote leaders from the far right whenever commentary on faith and American life is required. Nevertheless, the NCC remains one of the most influential organizations in terms of social activism in the US.
Member churches of the NCC are:
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Alliance of Baptists
- American Baptist Churches in the USA
- The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
- Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
- Church of the Brethren
- The Coptic Orthodox Church in North America
- The Episcopal Church
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Friends United Meeting
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Hungarian Reformed Church in America
- International Council of Community Churches
- Korean Presbyterian Church in America
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
- Mar Thoma Church
- Moravian Church in America Northern Province and Southern Province
- National Baptist Convention of America
- National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.
- National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
- Orthodox Church in America
- Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
- Polish National Catholic Church of America
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
- Reformed Church in America
- Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada
- The Swedenborgian Church
- Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America
- United Church of Christ
- The United Methodist Church
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