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Article: Calls for change in the UCC. (United Church of Christ)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
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A GROUP of prominent United Church of Christ theologians and ministers, claiming to represent the liberal denomination's "often-silent center," is calling on the church to reclaim its heritage and rise above the level of "indifference to Scripture." In a letter titled "Confessing Christ," mailed to about 400 United Church members around the country, the group expressed concern that commitments to "listen to God's Word in Holy Scripture" and to the church's "rich heritage" often are neglected in the 1.6-million-member denomination.
One of the group's leaders, Gabriel J. Fackre of Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, said he and other ...