Acronyms Reference List (Communions are identified by italics)

ABC American Baptist Churches in the USA ACC Apostolic Catholic Church (Ecumenical Catholic Communion) ACCE Association of Christian Church Educators AGS Associate General Secretary of the NCC AME African Methodist Episcopal Church AMEZ African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church AoB Alliance of AoC Armenian Church of America BC Bylaws Committee (NCC Committee of the Governing Board) BTU Bible Translation and Utilization Committee CBF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship CC (DoC) Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) CCT Christian Churches Together in the USA CDF Children’s Defense Fund CME Christian Methodist Episcopal Church CoB Church of the Brethren CoC Community of Christ COC(NA) Coptic Orthodox Church in NA CRC Christian Reformed Church in America CT Convening Table CUG Christian Unity Gathering CUIC Churches Uniting in Christ CUS Committee on Uniform Series CWS CWU Church Women United ECF Ecumenical Commitment Fund ECUSA The Episcopal Church, USA ELCA Evangelical Lutheran Church in America EO Ecumenical Officers ER Ecclesial Relations Committee FM Friendship Ministries FUM Religious Society of Friends, Friends United Meeting GB Governing Board of the NCC GOA Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America GS General Secretary HRCA Hungarian Reformed Church in America ICCC International Council of Community Churches ITT Intergenerational Think Tank KPCA Korean Presbyterian Church in America

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LOC Leaders of Communion LRE Local and Regional (NCC Committee of the Corporation) MOR Moravian Church MOSC Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church MTC Mar Thoma Church NBC, Inc. National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. NBCUSA National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. NC Nomination Committee (NCC Committee of the Governing Board) NCCCUSA/NCCC/NCC National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA NF New Fire Young Adult Ecumenical Movement NGO Non- Governmental Organization NMBCA National Missionary Baptist Convention of America NRSV New Revised Standard Version of the Bible OCA Orthodox Church in America OGS Office of the General Secretary of the NCC PCUSA Presbyterian Church (USA) PNBC Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. PNCC Polish National Catholic Church PPROCUSA Patriarchal Parishes of the in the USA PYM Religious Society of Friends, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting RCA Reformed Church in America RSV Revised Standard Version of the Bible SCM Student Christian Movement SCNA Swedenborgian Church of North America SOC Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada SOCA Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, Archdiocese of the Eastern UCC UMC The UOC Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America WCC World Council of Churches WCCR World Council of Churches Relations (NCC Committee of the Corporation) WSCF World Student Christian Federation

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