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Welcome to the Chesapeake Association - A community of 21 churches that seeks to respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed.
We are an Association in the Central Atlantic Conference, United Church of Christ.
The UCC was founded in 1957 as the union of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. From the beginning of our history we were a church that affirmed the ideal that Christians did not always have to agree to live together in communion.
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.
UCC Facts
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The UCC is the first denomination to ordain an African American pastor.
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The UCC is the first denomination to ordain a female pastor.
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UCC theologian Reinhold Niebuhr introduces the now famous Serenity Prayer: "God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."
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The UCC is the first mainline protestant denomination to ordain an openly gay minister.
