The Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) clergyman and a long-time educator and ecumenical leader, is the ninth General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA.
 

The NCC is the ecumenical voice of America's Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican, historic African American, evangelical and traditional peace churches. These 35 communions have 45 million faithful members in 100,000 congregations in all 50 states.

 

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Public Statements by the General Secretary

Below are links to public statements, messages and addresses of the Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, NCC General Secretary.

Why "Tell It" Doesn't Say Enough. Sermon, July 10, 2011

The Education Stream in the Ecumenical Movement, April 27, 2011

Bridging Divides through Interfaith Partnerships, April 2011

Address to the NCC Racial Justice Working Group

Gettysburg Seminary Sermon, March 18, 2011

Sermonic Reflections on Habakkuk, March 2011

Report to the General Assembly, November 10, 2010

Report to the Governing Board, September 20, 2010

An Ecumenical Understanding of Mission. What We Have Learned Since Edinburgh 1910.

Report to the Governing Board, May 17, 2010 

Statement to a press conference held by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, June 8, 2010

Address to a rally and march in Times Square on  the eve of the United Nation's 2010 review conference of the parties to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons treaty, May 2, 2010.

Message to an Interfaith Convocation at the CCUN on  the eve of the United Nation's 2010 review conference of the parties to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons treaty, May 2, 2010

Message on poverty to the National Association of Ecumenical and Interfaith Staff (NAEIS), Baltimore, March 16, 2010

Remarks before B'nai B'rith on Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2010

What Does the Ecumenical Movement Say About Human Rights? Bangor Seminary, January 25, 2010

Being a people of Peace and Reconciliation, January 13, 2010

Report to the General Assembly, November 10, 2009

Message to United Methodist Bishops, Lake Junaluska, N.C., November 2, 2009

Report to the Governing Board, September 21, 2009

Reflections on an Ecumenical Vision for the United States in the 21st Century. United Church of Christ General Synod, June 2, 2009

Report to the Governing Board, May 18, 2009

Letter to Speaker Pelosi on legislation designating the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million Armenians as a 'Genocide', May 14, 2009

Message to Congress on human rights abuses in the Philippines, March 25, 2009

Ecumenical Advocacy Days, Transforming 'No Child Left Behind," March 13, 2009

Address to Wisconsin Council of Churches/Interfaith Partners, March 10, 2009

Message to President Obama asking for signs of a more humane immigrations policy, March 5, 2009

The Challenges of Interfaith Ministry. Message to National Association of Ecumenical and Interfaith Staff. February 7, 2009.

Address to 'Heeding God's Call, A Gathering on Peace, in Philadelphia, January 13, 2009

Prayer for peace amid the fighting in Gaza, December 30, 2008

Address to U.N. Advocacy Week, New York, November 17, 2008

Report to the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches and Church World Service, Denver, November 11, 2008

Statement of Congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama, November 6, 2008

Statement calling on candidates to observe the 'Golden Rule' of civil discourse, October 8, 2008

Statement on the Iranian President's presence in the U.S., September 22, 2008

Praying with 'humility and hope' in the midst of hurricane season, September 2, 2008

Keynote address to the National Workshop on Christian Unity, April 15, 2008

Easter Message 2008 

Michael Kinnamon
General Secretary
National Council of Churches

 

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