| − | The '''National Council of Churches''' is the United States wing of the [[World Council of Churches]] and a key part of the [[Ecumenical Movement]]. The NCC is known for left-wing advocacy, especially around issues of [[race]], [[feminism]], [[homosexual]] issues, [[immigration]], and support for [[Communist]] dictators and left-wing revolutionary movements in the [[Third World]].{{fact}} They are also known for mainly [[modernist]] views on Christian [[theology]]. | + | The '''National Council of Churches''' is the United States wing of the [[World Council of Churches]] and a key part of the [[Ecumenical Movement]]. The NCC is known for left-wing advocacy, especially around issues of [[race]], [[feminism]], [[homosexual]] issues, [[immigration]], and support for [[Communist]] dictators and left-wing revolutionary movements in the [[Third World]].{{fact}} They are also known for mainly [[modernist]] views on Christian [[theology]]. As such, the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], the largest American Protestant denomination which holds to conservative theology, is not a member. |
| − | Along with the [[Center for Democratic Renewal]] they were a key player in the [[black church-burning hoax]] of the late 1990s. <ref>Wilcox, Laird. ''The Watchdogs''. Olathe, KS; Editorial Research Service, 1999, pp. 69-70.</ref> | + | Along with the [[Center for Democratic Renewal]] they were a key player in the [[black church-burning hoax]] of the late 1990s.<ref>Wilcox, Laird. ''The Watchdogs''. Olathe, KS; Editorial Research Service, 1999, pp. 69-70.</ref> |
| | + | Originally, the National Council of Churches called itself [[Federal Council of Churches]],<ref>[http://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/about/history.php History]</ref> but changed its name in 1950 when it merged with other left-leaning church organizations.<ref>[http://library.columbia.edu/content/dam/libraryweb/locations/burke/fa/wab/ldpd_8631339.pdf National Council of Churches Records, 1948 - 1973]</ref> |