United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Mainline |
Polity | modified Congregationalist and Presbyterian |
Associations | Churches Uniting In Christ National Council of Churches World Alliance of Reformed Churches World Council of Churches |
Geographical area | United States |
Origin | 1957 |
Merge of | Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches |
Congregations | 5,518 |
Members | 1.2 million |
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition. The UCC formed in 1957 with the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. These churches in turn arose from the merger of various Protestant churches in the United States, tracing their roots back to Switzerland, John Calvin, and the Protestant Reformation.
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