Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT) is a new ecumenical group "growing out of a deeply felt need to broaden and expand fellowship, unity and witness among the diverse expressions of Christian faith today". The word ecumenical comes from a Greek word that means pertaining to the whole world. ... This article is about the religious people known as Christians. ...

CCT is envisioned as a place where people of widely differing Christian backgrounds can come together for dialog and sharing, to seek common ground rather than debate differences. It is not an endeavor to file down the high places with the goal of making all Christian faiths look alike or yield up their distinctives. The organization is less concerned with particular religious creeds than is the National Council of Churches and so is expected to appeal to a wider range of Christian churches in the United States. The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (or NCC) is an organization currently (2004) consisting of 36 Protestant, Anglican, and Orthodox Christian denominations. ...

The group has been in the planning stages for nearly four years, and expects to conduct its organizational meeting in Los Altos, California in June of 2005. Currently more than 35 national churches and church organizations are planning to attend. Los Altos is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula (part of the Silicon Valley). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A founding celebration is planned for September 18, 2005 at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. with participants expected from Catholic, Orthodox, traditional Protestant, Evangelical, Pentacostal, and ethnic Christian faith traditions. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Washington National Cathedral was the site of two Presidential state funerals: for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald W. Reagan, and a presidential burial in the cathedral mausoleum: Woodrow Wilson. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Evangelical has several distinct meanings: In its original sense, it means belonging or related to the Gospel (Greek: euangelion - good news) of the New Testament. ... Charismatic is an umbrella term used to describe those Christians who believe that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit seen in the first century Christian Church, such as glossolalia (known as speaking in tongues), healing and miracles, are available to contemporary Christians and ought to be experienced and practiced today. ...

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• Christian Churches Together (http://www.christianchurchestogether.org/) internet home