United Church of Christ
Mainline Protestant
Date Founded: 1957
Membership: 1,058,423 Number of Clergy: 10,174 Congregations: 5,227
Headquarters: 700 Prospect Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115
Schools & Seminaries:
Full Members of the UCC Council for Higher Education
Publications: All news publishing is done online at http://www.ucc.org/news/
Core Beliefs: "The UCC has roots in the "covenantal" tradition—meaning there is no centralized authority or hierarchy that can impose any doctrine or form of worship on its members. Christ alone is Head of the church. We seek a balance between freedom of conscience and accountability to the apostolic faith. The UCC therefore receives the historic creeds and confessions of our ancestors as testimonies, but not tests of the faith." To read more on the UCC beliefs and Statements of Faith, go to: https://www.ucc.org/what-we-believe/
Short History: Created by the merger of the Congregational Christian Churches (formed by the merger of the Congregationalists and the Christian Churches) and the Evangelical and Reformed Church (formed by the merger of the German Reformed Church and the German Evangelical Synod of North America). The UCC churches in the Louisville area are from the German Evangelical tradition.
Local Churches:
Immanuel UCC, 2300 Taylorsville Rd., Louisville KY 40205-2230
Bethlehem UCC,1480 S Sixth St, Louisville, KY 40208-2204
Church Locator: https://www.ucc.org/church-finder/
