About the United Church of Christ

The United Church of Christ is a denomination of over 5000 congregations.  It formed in 1957 when several Protestant denominations merged.  Here is the UCC in brief:

• Our congregations are diverse with many different beliefs. They covenant together to do God's work.
• There is no top down authority: each congregation decides its own organizational structure and theological stances.
• The UCC is ecumenical. It continually seeks to partner with other church bodies in the spirit of Jesus prayer in John 17:21, "that they may all be one".
• The UCC has many firsts, including the first to ordain an African American Pastor (1785), a woman pastor (1853), an openly gay person (1972), and the first to affirm same-gender marriage equality (2005).