The American Council of Christian Churches (ACCC) is a
fundamentalist organization set up in opposition to the Federal Council of Churches (now
National Council of Churches
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, usually identified as the National Council of Churches (NCC), is a left-wing progressive activist group and the largest ecumenical body in the United States. NCC is an ecumenical partners ...
).
The council's motto is Jude 3, "Earnestly contending for the Faith".
History
ACCC was founded in 1941 under the leadership of
Carl McIntire.
Membership in the American Council of Christian Churches is available to denominations and individual Christians, who are admitted by a 3/4 majority vote. Agreement with the purposes and doctrinal statement are required and membership is specifically denied to those who have affiliations with
The ACCC has remained small in comparison to the
National Association of Evangelicals and the
National Council of Churches
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, usually identified as the National Council of Churches (NCC), is a left-wing progressive activist group and the largest ecumenical body in the United States. NCC is an ecumenical partners ...
. This is due in part to its strong
separatist
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stance, and in part because separatist denominations will often not participate in "cross-denominational" organizations.
Dan Greenfield currently serves as Executive Secretary. Offices are in
Orwell, Ohio.
In July 2007, the leadership of the ACCC issued a statement criticizing a recent declaration by the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
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on the meaning of the phrase ''
subsistit in'' which re-emphasized the role of the Catholic Church as the subsisting Church of Christ.
ACCC responds to ''proper Church'' comment
Members – April 2019
* Appalachian Independent Minister’s Fellowship
* Association of Ministers of the Reformed Faith
* Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church
* Evangelical Methodist Church of America
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* Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches
* Free Presbyterian Church of North America
* Fundamental Methodist Church
* Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America
* Independent Churches Affiliated
Presidents
* Carl McIntire
* Robert T. Ketcham
* William Wallace Breckbill
* Clyde J. Kennedy (1958–1961)
* Don McKnight
* Richard Harris
* L. Duane Brown
* E. Allen Griffith
* John McKnight
* David Mook
* Jonathan Smith
References
External links
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Christian fundamentalist organizations in the United States
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Christian organizations established in 1941