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The Mainline churches founded many colleges, universities and divinity schools.  They were leaders in many reform movements, ranging from anti-slavery to temperance to the [[Social Gospel]] and [[Civil Rights Movement]].  They are organizers and dominate the [[National Council of Churches]].

The Mainline churches founded many colleges, universities and divinity schools.  They were leaders in many reform movements, ranging from anti-slavery to temperance to the [[Social Gospel]] and [[Civil Rights Movement]].  They are organizers and dominate the [[National Council of Churches]].

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Ahlstrom, Sydney E. ''A Religious History of the American People'' (1976; 2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Religious-History-American-People/dp/0300100124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243520377&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

* Ahlstrom, Sydney E. ''A Religious History of the American People'' (1976; 2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Religious-History-American-People/dp/0300100124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243520377&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]; see [[A Religious History of the American People]]

* Balmer, Randall. ''Grant Us Courage: Travels along the Mainline of American Protestantism'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/read/106364823?title=Grant%20Us%20Courage%3a%20%20Travels%20along%20the%20Mainline%20of%20American%20Protestantism online edition]

* Balmer, Randall. ''Grant Us Courage: Travels along the Mainline of American Protestantism'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/read/106364823?title=Grant%20Us%20Courage%3a%20%20Travels%20along%20the%20Mainline%20of%20American%20Protestantism online edition]

* Billingsley, K. L. ''From Mainline to Sideline: The Social Witness of the National Council of Churches'' (1991)

* Billingsley, K. L. ''From Mainline to Sideline: The Social Witness of the National Council of Churches'' (1991)