Welcome from the Rev. Dr.
Michael Kinnamon
General Secretary,
National Council of Churches
Welcome to the NCC's Web Site.
 As you
browse these pages, you will glimpse life-changing ministries made
possible when churches live and work together in Christian unity.
We hope you will want to discover more – about the National Council of
Churches and the whole
ecumenical movement of which we are a part.
The National Council of Churches
is a communion, not an agency. It is a gathering place for the 35
communions who come together to share the work and the joy of the
household of God.
When we get together we represent a wide range
of Christian traditions and experiences: Anglicans, Orthodox,
high-church and low-church Protestants, evangelicals, historic African
American churches and peace churches.
More than a half-century ago, our
forebears thought it good to bring all these traditions to the table we
call the National Council of Churches. We are richly varied in our
differences, but we are united in the conviction that God has brought us
together in Christ.
As we strive to live the
visible unity of God's church, we occasionally stumble over issues and
convictions on which we cannot agree. But that does not mean we are
inevitably fractious.
We are, in a fundamental way, already one. Unity
is not synonymous with agreement. Like any family, we try to recognize
our disagreements and address them. This is what it means to be in
Christ. We can fight like cats and dogs and still sit at the same table.
We know that the Spirit that has claimed us has also claimed others at
the table. That common bond is what enables us to deal with conflicts as
sisters and brothers.
The historic streams of the
ecumenical movement are faith and order, word and work, and mission and
evangelism. All the communions that sit at the NCC table are committed
to understanding one another better, striving together for justice and
peace, and working together to bring the risen Christ into households,
parliaments and executive chambers.
In these pages, you
will find highlights of the NCC's part in all these aspects of the
great ecumenical movement. You will also find exciting ways to connect
with ministries that touch people as near as a study group in your
congregation, as far as a village half a world away. Through the
NCC, members join with partners in more than 80 countries, in ministries
of disaster relief, development and refugee assistance; unity, justice,
Christian education, Bible translation, and public witness.
Please join with us and pray with us as
we respond to God's call to work together in unity so that God's will
may be done at home and around the world.
Grace and Peace,
Michael Kinnamon
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