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{{Short description|US ecumenical organization (founded 2002)}}
{{Short description|US ecumenical organization (founded 2002)}}
{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Churches Uniting in Christ
| name         = Churches Uniting in Christ
| image                   = Churches Uniting in Christ Logo.png
| image         = Churches Uniting in Christ Logo.png
| type                     = Religious
| type         = Religious
| founded_date            = January 20, 2002
| founded      = January 20, 2002
| location                 = North America
| location     = North America
| origins                 = [[Consultation on Church Union]]
| origins       = [[Consultation on Church Union]]
| leader_title             = President
| leader_title = President
| leader_name             = Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst
| leader_name   = Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst
| leader_title2           = Vice President
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_name2             = Bishop Jeffrey N. Leath
| leader_name2 = Dr. Pene’ Woods
| leader_title3           = Secretary
| leader_title3 = Secretary
| leader_name3             = Rev. Rock R. Fremont Jr.
| leader_name3 = Rev. Rock R. Fremont Jr., OCC
| leader_title4           = Treasurer
| leader_title4 = Treasurer
| leader_name4             = Ruling Elder Juliet Owuor
| leader_name4 = Ruling Elder Juliet Owuor
| key_people               =  
| key_people   =  
| area_served              = North America
| region_served = North America
| focus                   = [[Ecumenism]], [[mainline Protestantism]]
| focus         = [[Ecumenism]], [[mainline Protestantism]]
| former name              = Consultation on Church Union
| former_name  = Consultation on Church Union
| homepage                = {{URL|churchesuniting.org}}
| affiliations = Partnered with [[National Council of Churches]], [[World Council of Churches]],  Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, and Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
| affiliations             = Partnered with [[National Council of Churches]], [[World Council of Churches]],  Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, and Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
| website       = www.churchesuniting.org
| website                 = www.churchesuniting.org
}}
}}


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== History ==
== History ==
 
{{Update|section|September 2012|date=December 2025}}
=== Origins ===
=== Origins ===
CUIC is the successor organization to the [[Consultation on Church Union]] (COCU), which had been founded in 1962. The original task of COCU was to negotiate a consensus<ref>While the term "merger" is widely used to describe the set of COCU proposals, it was rejected in general because of its relation to corporate culture. {{Citation| last1 = Moede | first1 = Gerald | title = The COCU Consensus| publisher = The Consultation on Church Union| place = Baltimore, MD| year = 1985 | page=vii}}</ref> between its nine (originally four) member communions (it also included three "advisory participant" churches).<ref>{{Citation| title = Churches in Covenant Communion| publisher = The Consultation on Church Union| place = Princeton, NJ| year = 1989}}</ref> However, it never succeeded in this goal, despite making progress on several ecumenical fronts.<ref>{{Citation| last1 = Moede | first1 = Gerald | title = The COCU Consensus| publisher = The Consultation on Church Union| place = Baltimore, MD| year = 1985 | page=1}}</ref> At COCU's 18th plenary meeting in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] (January 1999), CUIC was proposed as a new relationship among the nine member communions.<ref>{{Citation| title = Signs of Hope - Promise of Change| publisher = Forward Movement Publications| place = Cincinnati, OH| year = 2002}}</ref> Each member communion voted to join CUIC over the next few years.
CUIC is the successor organization to the [[Consultation on Church Union]] (COCU), which had been founded in 1962. The original task of COCU was to negotiate a consensus<ref>While the term "merger" is widely used to describe the set of COCU proposals, it was rejected in general because of its relation to corporate culture. {{Citation| last1 = Moede | first1 = Gerald | title = The COCU Consensus| publisher = The Consultation on Church Union| place = Baltimore, MD| year = 1985 | page=vii}}</ref> between its nine (originally four) member communions (it also included three "advisory participant" churches).<ref>{{Citation| title = Churches in Covenant Communion| publisher = The Consultation on Church Union| place = Princeton, NJ| year = 1989}}</ref> However, it never succeeded in this goal, despite making progress on several ecumenical fronts.<ref>{{Citation| last1 = Moede | first1 = Gerald | title = The COCU Consensus| publisher = The Consultation on Church Union| place = Baltimore, MD| year = 1985 | page=1}}</ref> At COCU's 18th plenary meeting in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] (January 1999), CUIC was proposed as a new relationship among the nine member communions.<ref>{{Citation| title = Signs of Hope - Promise of Change| publisher = Forward Movement Publications| place = Cincinnati, OH| year = 2002}}</ref> Each member communion voted to join CUIC over the next few years.
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=== Task forces ===
=== Task forces ===
The Coordinating Council of CUIC created several task forces: Racial and Social Justice, Ministry, Young Adult and Local and Regional Ecumenism. Each task force represented an important part of early CUIC work.<ref>{{cite web | last = Solheim | first = Hames | title = Churches Uniting in Christ 'finding momentum' | date = November 18, 2003| url = http://archive.wfn.org/2003/11/msg00170.html | access-date = 20 September 2012}}</ref>  Local ecumenical liturgies were encouraged, and excitement initially built around "pilot programs" in Denver, Los Angeles, and Memphis. The Racial and Social Justice task force created gatherings and discussions on racial justice. The Ministry task force received much of the attention from church structures, however. The group had been given a mandate to complete work on reconciliation by 2007, and in 2003 began working on a document entitled "Mutual Recognition and Mutual Reconciliation of Ministries."<ref>{{cite journal | title = Recommendation to the churches for a new relationship, Churches Uniting in Christ | journal = Mid-Stream| volume = 39 | issue = 1–2 | pages = xiii | date = January 2000 | issn = 0544-0653 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Lampman | first = Jane | title = In largest unity movement ever, churches blur denominational lines | journal = Christian Science Monitor| date = 3 January 2002 | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0103/p12s2-lire.html | access-date = 9 September 2012}}</ref>
The Coordinating Council of CUIC created several task forces: Racial and Social Justice, Ministry, Young Adult and Local and Regional Ecumenism. Each task force represented an important part of early CUIC work.<ref>{{cite web | last = Solheim | first = Hames | title = Churches Uniting in Christ 'finding momentum' | date = November 18, 2003| url = http://archive.wfn.org/2003/11/msg00170.html | access-date = 20 September 2012}}</ref>  Local ecumenical liturgies were encouraged, and excitement initially built around "pilot programs" in Denver, Los Angeles, and Memphis. The Racial and Social Justice task force created gatherings and discussions on racial justice. The Ministry task force received much of the attention from church structures, however. The group had been given a mandate to complete work on reconciliation by 2007, and in 2003 began working on a document entitled "Mutual Recognition and Mutual Reconciliation of Ministries."<ref>{{cite journal | title = Recommendation to the churches for a new relationship, Churches Uniting in Christ | journal = Mid-Stream| volume = 39 | issue = 1–2 | pages = xiii | date = January 2000 | issn = 0544-0653 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Lampman | first = Jane | title = In largest unity movement ever, churches blur denominational lines | journal = Christian Science Monitor| date = 3 January 2002 | url = https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0103/p12s2-lire.html | access-date = 9 September 2012}}</ref>


=== Mutual Recognition and Mutual Reconciliation of Ministries (MRMRM) ===
=== Mutual Recognition and Mutual Reconciliation of Ministries (MRMRM) ===
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*[[United Church of Christ]]
*[[United Church of Christ]]
*[[United Methodist Church]]
*[[United Methodist Church]]
=== Partners in mission and dialogue ===
*[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elca.org/faith/ecumenical-and-inter-religious-relations/concillar|title=Concillar|website=www.elca.org}}</ref>


==Leadership==
==Leadership==
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=== Vice Presidents ===
=== Vice Presidents ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!President
!Vice President
!Denomination
!Denomination
!Tenure
!Tenure
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|Jacquelyn DuPont Walker
|Jacquelyn DuPont Walker
|African Methodist Episcopal Church
|African Methodist Episcopal Church
|?–present
|
|-
|Bishop Jeffrey N. Leath
|African Methodist Episcopal Church
|
|-
|Dr. Pene’ Woods
|[[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]]
|present
|}
|}


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|-
| Bertrice Wood  
| Bertrice Wood  
||| 2002–2005  
|United Church of Christ|| 2002–2005  
|-
|-
| Thomas Dipko  
| Thomas Dipko  
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107201146/http://churchesunitinginchrist.org/ Churches Uniting in Christ homepage]
* [https://www.churchesuniting.org Churches Uniting in Christ homepage]
* [http://www.sdpconference.info/ Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference]
* [http://www.sdpconference.info/ Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference]
* [http://www.geii.org/ Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute]
* [http://www.geii.org/ Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute]
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