Presidents of the National Council of Churches

The Presidents of the National Council of Churches. They come from all walks of life: bishops, pastors, teachers, lay leaders, government officials, civil rights leaders, business leaders and lawyers. For more than 50 years, they have represented a wide range of church traditions and social backgrounds. What they have in common is a commitment to work together with other Christians and other faiths for the good of all, and to live out the prayer of Jesus Christ, "that they all should be one."

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Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill 1950-1952	Bishop William C. Martin 1952-1954	Rev. Eugene Carson Blake 1954-1957	Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg 1957-1960
J. Irwin Miller 1960-1963	Bishop Reuben H. Mueller 1963-1966	Arthur S. Flemming 1966-1969	Cynthia C. Wedel 1969-1972
Rev. W. Sterling Cary 1972-1975	William P. Thompson 1975-1978	Rev. M. William Howard 1979-1981	Bishop James Armstrong 1982-1983
Bishop Philip R. Cousin 1983-1987	Rev. Patricia McClurg 1988-1989	Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky 1990-1991	Rev. Dr. Syngman Rhee 1992-1993
Rev. Dr. Gordon L. Sommers 1994-1995	Bishop Melvin G. Talbert 1996-1997	Rt. Rev. Craig B. Anderson 1998-1999	Ambassador Andrew Young 2000-2001
Elenie K. Huszagh 2002-2003	Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt Jr 2004-2005	Rev. Michael E. Livingston 2006-2007	Archbishop Vicken Aykazian 2008-

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