70 years ago — May 23, 1949
“The week of November 28 through December 2, 1950, bids fair to stand as one of the signal weeks in the history of American Protestantism. At that time, in some city yet to be announced, the most far-reaching merger of interdenominational agencies will be effected which has yet been seen. Then will the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. be a fact. Then will be provided more nearly than we have ever known the kind of interdenominational structure that we would have from the beginning, if we were starting all over.”
Each denomination remains independent, but with this new body it affords greater cooperation including the educational and mission programs from the “Federal Council of Churches, and almost certainly, the United Council of Church Women. …. The National Council presupposes complete mutual respect for differences in faith and order while it seeks to develop the most efficient channels possible for cooperation in Christian life and work.“
From “The National Council of Churches” by Aubrey N. Brown
