President’s Report for 2019

The year-end report for 2019 has been published. In God’s mercy and guidance, the year 2019 was busy yet fruitful for the Council. As the Council has officially changed its name as the Christian...

Disciples of Christ: A Brief Description

CCU’s new publication, Disciples of Christ: A Brief Description, written by Rev. Dr. Robert Welsh, is an overview of the Disciples of Christ as a global Christian body. This handbook provides very concise information on Disciples history, identity,...

President’s Report

The year 2018 has proved that the ecumenical movement is indeed in the mode of discernment. However, it doesn’t mean that we are only contemplating about what we could do for bringing unity of...

Multi-Faith Study Series 1

We unequivocally affirm that to be faithful to God’s call in today’s religiously pluralistic world summons Disciples intentionally and whole-heartedly to engage in interfaith relations and work.

President’s Report, Spring 2018

The President’s Report is a comprehensive report on a Council on Christian Unity’s ministries and initiatives. The report is intended to express clearly the mission and foci of the Council to the Board of Directors of the CCU...

Report on Full Communion with The United Church of Canada

Background Information: In 2016, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the US and Canada and The United Church of Canada determined that a full communion agreement would provide an opportunity to bear witness...

President’s Report, Fall 2017

President’s Report to the Board of Directors of the Council on Christian Unity November 2, 2017 Reformation, Restoration, and then what? What kind of church does the Disciples of Christ want to be...

An Open Letter to Our Jewish Colleagues and Friends

Leadership of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ offered an open letter to Jewish colleagues and friends today to offer solidarity and support in the wake of the many...

DECC Response to WCC’s TCTCV

We heartily commend this document to our churches, especially to our seminaries and theological schools, in the hope that they will be shaped by it, drawing practical consequences from it in structuring their life,...

Ecumenical Prayer Service for Election Eve/Day

What we often experience, whenever we go to the polls, is a sense of disunity among us. The cultural context of American elections is somewhat similar to the context of sport games nowadays; Either...