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January 9, 2008
Christian Churches Together holds second annual meeting
Leaders commissioned as U.S.’s largest ecumenical grouping gathers
New CCT Moderator Leonid Kishkovsky (right) addresses the second annual meeting of the ecumenical body as outgoing Moderator Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (left) looks on.
Photo courtesy of CCT. The group — which includes 37 participating churches and 6 participating organizations — was officially launched in Pasadena, CA, last February. CCT member churches include representatives of five identified “families”: Evangelical/Pentecostal, Catholic, Orthodox, Historic Protestant, and historically Racial/Ethnic. Participating organizations include Bread For The World, Habitat For Humanity, World Vision, Evangelicals for Social Action, Sojourners/Call to Renewal, and the American Bible Society.
At the opening worship service here, outgoing Moderator Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, general secretary of the Reformed Church in America, was thanked for his engagement in the five years of conversations that led to the CCT’s formation.
The Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, director of external affairs and interchurch relations for the Orthodox Church in America, was commissioned as Granberg-Michaelson’s successor. Kishkovsky has also been involved in CCT conversations since their inception.
The group also installed its first full-time executive administrator, the Rev. Richard Hamm of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), who served as chief executive of his denomination from 1993-2003.
Christian Churches Together seeks to bring Christians from across the theological and denominational spectrum together for fellowship and common witness. The two foci of CCT’s work are evangelism and domestic poverty.
“As the four day meeting unfolds, the group looks forward to further developing its strategies in these two important arenas,” Hamm said.
Information for this story furnished by the Rev. Richard Hamm. |
