[RoosterRedux]

I’m certainly not an authority on the UCC but IIRC the different UCC churches have a lot of freedom (hence Jeremiah Wright opening his church up to muslims).

[2ndDivisionVet]

Jeremiah Wright was a Muslim, prior to “converting” to Christianity.

[hinckley buzzard]

The UCC's congregational tradition allows for wide diversity of positions. The General Synod is the governing body of the denomination, but has not the power of say the Episcopal church's presiding bishop or the Catholic church's hierarchy. Then again, the stated positions of the UCC have little to do with Christianity as it has historically been understood. In recent years they refused to pass a resolution witnessing Jesus Christ as the Incarnate Son of God. Indeed, at their founding convention in 1957, (I wasn't there but my father was) there were many who did not believe even then in the divinity of Christ. The UCC has little use for sacraments or historic creeds, which in many ways define Christianity as opposed to secular social service agencies.