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During their deliberation of the vision and mission statements of the church at a 1994 Joint Council retreat, President Wallace B. Smith first suggested a new name for the church, Community of Christ. [2] The Joint Council was often designated as the policy approval body in legislation passed at World Conferences over a period of many decades.
The Long Island Council of Churches (LICC), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, coordinates the ecumenical work of churches in Nassau and Suffolk Counties in Long Island, New York. [1] [2] As of 2004, the LICC represented 800 Protestant churches, and had non-voting representatives from the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Jewish communities.
This is the only such meeting recorded in the New Testament, and may be referred to also in the Epistle to the Galatians. [9] This meeting of the Church in Jerusalem was not a gathering of representatives coming from all areas, like an ecumenical council. It is called the Apostolic Council, because of the participation in it of the apostles. [10]
Hungarian Reformed Church in America: Reformed International Council of Community Churches: Community Church movement Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad: Reformed (Presbyterian) Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American diocese Oriental Orthodox Mar Thoma Church: Reformed Moravian Church in America: Moravian National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
The ICCC is a member of Churches Uniting in Christ, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and the World Council of Churches. In 2010, the ICCC had 148 congregations with 68,300 members. [2] Membership is concentrated primarily in the Midwest. [3] However, there are several congregations in California, New York, and Florida. [3]
The Council of Churches of the City of New York (CCCNY) was established in 1815 as the Brooklyn Church and Mission Society. It is the oldest ecumenical council of churches in the United States. [1] [2] The council represents 1.5 million Protestants, Anglicans and Orthodox Christians. [3] A. R. Bernard is the president of the council. [3]
The Lutheran Free Church subsequently joined the ALC in 1963. Finally, the ULCA, the Danish Church, and the Augustana Synod merged in 1962 to form the Lutheran Church in America. These mergers resulted in the NLC having only two members, and at the end of 1966 it was superseded by the Lutheran Council in the United States of America. [2]
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