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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Christian Churches Together Launch Postponed
This just in:
Black Church Indifference Postpones Launch of Christian Churches Together
Some question whether another ecumenical group is necessary.
By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service | posted 06/08/2005 09:30 a.m.A new group that aims to bring U.S. Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Christians together for the first time has been postponed because the effort has received little interest from black churches, leaders said.
The fledgling group, Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT), has struggled to recruit historically black churches, who have been skeptical that their issues would be addressed in another ecumenical group.
At a meeting last week (June 1-3) in Los Altos, Calif., 67 leaders from some 31 church bodies decided to postpone a formal launch that was scheduled for September to allow more “productive and positive conversation” with churches that have not yet joined.
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