National Association of Congregational Christian Churches

The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches ( NACCC; German: National Association of Congregational Christian Churches ) is a Congregational Church in the United States. In 2000 it had 432 churches with 66,000 members and 650 pastors.

History

The NACCC originated from several mergers Congregational churches that rejected the planned since the 1940s merger of the Congregational Christian Churches (CCC), the largest concentration Congregational churches, with other Protestant churches. My main reason was the fear of losing the merger, the autonomy of the individual communities that is constitutive of Congregational churches. A community of Brooklyn struggled in 1949 to a lawsuit against the former chairman of the CCC, Helen Kenyon; she was denied the right to lead the connected communities in a national merger. After five years of litigation ended with a defeat to the applicant community. Then formed about 200 municipalities NACCC.

Construction

The connected communities send once a year, usually in June, delegates to an Annual Meeting. The office of the church is located in Oak Creek, Michigan. Between conferences, the church is headed by an Executive Director and his staff. According to the Congregational policy it has no spiritual or organizational authority over the surrounding communities. The center is, however, periodicals and maintains two foundations, the Congregational Foundation to cover administrative expenses and the Congregational Foundation for Theological Studies for the support of theological students and research.

Source

Weblink

• Website of the NACCC

• Reformed Church in the United States
• Reformed Denomination