Celebration photo gallery for Wednesday, November 10, 1999

Cleveland Mayor Michael White welcomes the NCC's return after 50 years.

R. Nathaniel Dett Concert Choir of the Cleveland School of the Arts sings spirituals and gospel music.

Survivors of the No Gun Ri massacre were special guests at the welcoming luncheon. The NCC is bringing them together with U.S. Army veterans who were witnesses to the massacre during the Korean War.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Zacharias Mar Theophilus, bishop of the Mar Thoma diocese in the United States. Mar Thoma—an ancient church with roots in South India—is one of the Oriental Orthodox communions that belongs to the NCC—a body that unites cultures as well as religious traditions.

The welcoming luncheon at Cleveland's Public Auditorium—the same location as the first NCC assembly in 1949.

Bishop Melvin Talbert was master of ceremonies at Tuesday's luncheon.

The luncheon.

The Dett Choir.

Bishop J. Clinton Hoggard, one of the NCC's founders.

Photos by Andy Lang and James Solheim.

Saturday, November 13, 1999

Friday, November 12, 1999

Thursday, November 11, 1999

Wednesday, November 10, 1999

Historical Photo Gallery

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