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The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination that maintains a national ("national setting") website and offices. The organization provides denominational governance (General Synod, constitution and bylaws, elected officers and board), archival and historical resources, and centralized staff and legal offices.
The UCC supplies practical resources and programmatic support for local congregations and clergy, including worship materials (liturgies, sermon seeds, Daily Devotional), ministerial credentialing and search-and-call support (MESA), stewardship and giving resources, tax and legal guidance, and a church-finder directory. It also administers research and data services (yearbook, statistics, databases) and publishes news and columns about denominational life.
Through wider-church ministries the UCC organizes and coordinates social-justice and outreach work: public policy and advocacy (including a Washington, D.C. office and action center), racial justice, gender and sexuality ministries, environmental justice, refugee/migration and disaster response (Global H.O.P.E.), volunteer and global mission partnerships, scholarships/grants, and special mission offerings. The site also lists events, webinars, training opportunities, and ways to give and connect with UCC social channels.
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Religious denomination / national church (United Church of Christ) Topics: worship resources, clergy support and ministerial credentialing, denominational governance (General Synod), congregational resources, public policy and advocacy, racial justice, gender & sexuality ministries (LGBTQ), environmental justice, global mission and disaster relief, fundraising and special offerings, research and data (yearbook, statistics), archives and history