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The UCC adopted its [[Constitution (corporate)|constitution]] and [[by-laws]] on July 4, 1961.<ref name="UCC-ShortCourse" /><ref name="const">{{Cite web |date=July 5, 1961 |title=United Church of Christ Adopts Constitution for Merger of 2 Million Protestant Members |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396648394/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Wilkes-Barre The Times Leader |place=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |page=3 |language=en}}</ref> The Constitution gives autonomy to local churches, and it provides for a representative-type of governance of regional and national church organizations.<ref name= const/> Prior to the vote, 3,669 out of 4,036 Congregational churches voted to accept it.<ref name= const/> There were 367 Congregational Christian churches that decided to stay out.<ref name= const/> Some of those churches challenged it in court, saying that it was contrary to traditional Congregational principles.<ref name= const/> Their court challenges were unsuccessful.<ref name= const/> The vote to adopt the Constitution and by-laws was unanimous among the delegates that met in Philadelphia on July 4, 1961.<ref name= const/> |
The UCC adopted its [[Constitution (corporate)|constitution]] and [[by-laws]] on July 4, 1961.<ref name="UCC-ShortCourse" /><ref name="const">{{Cite web |date=July 5, 1961 |title=United Church of Christ Adopts Constitution for Merger of 2 Million Protestant Members |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396648394/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Wilkes-Barre The Times Leader |place=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |page=3 |language=en}}</ref> The Constitution gives autonomy to local churches, and it provides for a representative-type of governance of regional and national church organizations.<ref name= const/> Prior to the vote, 3,669 out of 4,036 Congregational churches voted to accept it.<ref name= const/> There were 367 Congregational Christian churches that decided to stay out.<ref name= const/> Some of those churches challenged it in court, saying that it was contrary to traditional Congregational principles.<ref name= const/> Their court challenges were unsuccessful.<ref name= const/> The vote to adopt the Constitution and by-laws was unanimous among the delegates that met in Philadelphia on July 4, 1961.<ref name= const/> |
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The [[Afro-Christian Convention]] was a long |
The [[Afro-Christian Convention]] was a long ignored "Fifth Stream" that had been neglected voice or visibility, resulting in an official apology from the denomination at the 2023 General Synod in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Agostino |first=Maic |date=2023-07-04 |title=From Synod stage, Dorhauer apologizes to Afro-Christian Convention for 'rewriting of our history' |url=https://www.ucc.org/from-synod-stage-dorhauer-apologizes-to-afro-christian-convention-for-rewriting-of-our-history/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=United Church of Christ |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Beliefs== |
==Beliefs== |