Stanley Congregational Church
and the United Church of Christ
"No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you're welcome here."

The United Church of Christ is a community of faith that seeks to respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed. The UCC was founded in 1957 as the union of four different Christian traditions: Congregational, Christian, Evangelical, and Reformed. Our motto—"that they may all be one"—is Jesus' prayer for the unity of the church.

The UCC is one of the most diverse Christian churches in the United States. From the beginning of our history, we were a church that affirmed the ideal that Christians did not always have to agree in order to live together in communion. Although the General Synod, the central governing body of the UCC, publishes guidelines on a variety of issues, each church is free to accept or reject those guidelines. We are governed democratically by our members.

We spread the message of God’s extravagant welcome, reaching out especially to those who have felt there is no room for them within Christianity and the church – the excluded and alienated, the spiritually homeless, the questioning.

Want to learn more? Visit these pages:

• The United Church of Christ Home Page
• The UCC's recent full-page ad in the New York Times
• The Open and Affirming Program
• Top 10 Reasons to Check Out the UCC
• UCC Firsts