I just attended an ordination in the UCC

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Could someone explain The United Church of Christ doctrine to me? It was a lovely service with a female and transexual amoung the ordained. My kids were blown away–fasinated and confused ( cradle Catholic family and Catholic schooled kids ).

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I didn’t say it was attractive I said it was lovely. This was a non Catholic family member who is a wonderful person. I did a brief search on UCC and have learned some but it always helps me learn about other religions when I can compare that religion to my own. That is why I posted.
 
pammie said:
Could someone explain The United Church of Christ doctrine to me? It was a lovely service with a female and transexual amoung the ordained. My kids were blown away–fasinated and confused ( cradle Catholic family and Catholic schooled kids ).

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They are the most liberal Christian denomination, or close I am sure.
Standard liberal theology. A focus on social and justice issues.
 
My brother-in-law is a pastor in the UCC. I have never really understood just what it is they do believe. I know that a deacon in one of the churches he pastored did not believe in the divinity of Christ. They pretty much seem to believe whatever they want. Very confusing.
 
Yep! I think they are fairly wide open. Curious as to the ordination process, sacraments, Eucharist?
 
UCC has very little to nothing in the way of guidelines, sacraments, etc. For the most part, members can believe pretty much whatever they want (so long as it isn’t “exclusionary” aka, small-o orthodox Christianity, Islam, Orthodox Judaism, etc). It’s basically a collection of like-minded liberal sycretists.
 
<<I didn’t say it was attractive I said it was lovely. >>

How can something be lovely without being attractive? (Would you say, “It was so beautiful I was repulsed”?)

But, OK. There was SOMETHING in the service you found that made it “lovely”. What was it?
 
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Yep! I think they are fairly wide open. Curious as to the ordination process, sacraments, Eucharist?
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Two ordinance, Baptism and Communion.
Ordination-well like most mainline denominations they go to an ATS accredited seminary, although I imagine they may have expections. Here is a link about communion

ucc.org/worship/communion/
 
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<<I didn’t say it was attractive I said it was lovely. >>

How can something be lovely without being attractive? (Would you say, “It was so beautiful I was repulsed”?)
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The same way ET and Yoda can be cute and ugly at the same time. 😉
 
Thanks for the link Brian. It’s very informative–just what I was looking for.
 
One of the guiding principles in the UCC is the autonomy of the local church. That is, each local parish makes its own doctrine (albeit with some small degree of central guidance)

If a local church decided that communion is unimportant, I don’t think they would be required to have it at all.

The best summary I’ve heard is that UCC stands for “Unitarians Considering Christ”
 
The UCC is one of the most liberal denominations in our country. They do not understand the nature of sin, salvation, good works after salvation, justification by faith, and the eternal security of the believer. They open up their church to ordain and marriage and to the pastorate homosexuals which practices God condemns. This group should not be thought of as a main line church but a fringe group that has lots of problems.
 
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The UCC is one of the most liberal denominations in our country. They do not understand the nature of sin, salvation, good works after salvation, justification by faith, and the eternal security of the believer. They open up their church to ordain and marriage and to the pastorate homosexuals which practices God condemns. This group should not be thought of as a main line church but a fringe group that has lots of problems.
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As I understand the UCC IS a mainline church…the security of the believer is not a belief most Protestants hold…but more of an evangelical Calvinist belief…I believe the UCC has it’s roots in Congregational Churches of the 18th century.
 
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