National Council of Churches

National Council of Churches
Founded	November 28–December 1, 1950
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Website	nationalcouncilofchurches.us

The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, usually identified as the National Council of Churches (NCC), is the largest ecumenical body in the United States.^[1] NCC is an ecumenical partnership of 38 Christian faith groups in the United States. Its member communions include mainline Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, African-American, evangelical, and historic peace churches. Together, it encompasses more than 100,000 local congregations and 40 million adherents.^[2] It began as the Federal Council of Churches in 1908, and expanded through merger with several other ecumenical organizations to become the National Council of Churches in 1950.^[3] Its Interim President and General Secretary is Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie.

^ "National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. | Description, History, & Membership". Encyclopædia Britannica. Edinburgh: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Lindner, Eileen W., ed. (2012). Yearbook of American & Canadian churches 2012 (Eightieth issue. ed.). Nashville: Abingdon Press. ISBN 978-1-4267-4666-6.
^ "Civil Rights Greensboro: National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA". Library.uncg.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

[britannica1-1] "National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. | Description, History, & Membership". Encyclopædia Britannica. Edinburgh: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[2] Lindner, Eileen W., ed. (2012). Yearbook of American & Canadian churches 2012 (Eightieth issue. ed.). Nashville: Abingdon Press. ISBN 978-1-4267-4666-6.

[3] "Civil Rights Greensboro: National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA". Library.uncg.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

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