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History. The United Church of Christ began on June 25, 1957 in the union between the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church.Dr. James E. Wagner, the president of the Evangelical and Reformed General Synod, and Dr. Fred E. Hoskins, the Minister of the Congregational Christian General Council, were elected co-presidents of the new denomination.
St. John's is the oldest German Protestant church in Detroit, founded in 1833 by Rev. Friedrich Schmid, who had been sent to America by the Evangelical Mission Society of Basel, Switzerland. The first worship service took place August 18, 1833 in the carpenter shop of John Hais. Pastor Schmid served the congregation until July 1836.
United Church of Christ. The United Church of Christ ( UCC) is a socially liberal mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Restorationist, Continental Reformed, and Lutheran traditions, and with approximately 4,600 churches and 712,000 members.
Clare Congregational Church. 110 W. Fifth St., Clare, Michigan. / 43.81972°N 84.76944°W / 43.81972; -84.76944. The Clare Congregational Church, also known as the Clare Congregational United Church of Christ, is a church located at 110 West Fifth Street in Clare, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site [2] and listed ...
The General Synod of the United Church of Christ is the national decision-making body for the denomination, responsible for giving general direction to the evangelistic, missionary, and justice programs of the UCC. [1] Because the UCC holds to an explicitly congregational polity, though, any decisions made by the Synod are not binding upon the ...
The Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ is a Christian confession of faith written in 1959 to express the common faith of the newly founded United Church of Christ, formed in 1957 by the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church with the Congregational Christian Churches. The statement was prepared by a 28-member commission ...
Website. oaklandcc .edu. Oakland Community College ( OCC) is a public community college with five campuses in Oakland County, Michigan. [2] Established in 1964, OCC is the largest community college in Michigan, with the state's third-largest undergraduate enrollment. [3] Enrollment at the college for the Spring 2022 semester was 14,511. [4]
A series of 1966 sit-ins by Voice, the campus political party of Students for a Democratic Society, prompted the administration to ban sit-ins, a move that, in turn, led 1,500 students to conduct a one-hour sit-in in the administration building. In September 1969, a 12,000-student march followed a Michigan football game; on October 15, 1969 ...