Q: Can the roots of the United Church of Christ be as old as the roots of 'The City Different'?

OUR CHRISTIAN ROOTS GO BACK 2000 YEARS, BUT OUR THINKING IS NOT THAT OLD. WE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH FOR OUR WORLD SITUATION TODAY.

A few historical facts:

The United Church of Santa Fe was started in 1979 as part of the United Church of Christ.

From a small group of 30, we have grown to over 500 members and friends, adults, children and youth.

The first organized church met at El Gancho, having to pass through the bar area to assemble!

The church building now located at the corner of Arroyo Chamiso and St. Michael's Drive has been built in stages with careful consideration given to mountain and high desert views, grounding us to the environment surrounding us.

Since the beginning, we have had a strong commitment to children and youth, hiring an ordained minister to develop varied programming for a range of ages 18 years and under.

Our Legacy:

In 1957, four denominations with very deep roots: Congregational, Christian, Evangelical, Reformed, united because they believed that God calls us to be one people. They believed that as Christians there are more things we hold in common than things than things that divide us.

The heritage of these denominations had many firsts:

1700 — published first anti-slave tract.
1785 — ordained first African American in the mainline Protestant traditions.
1853 — ordained first woman.
1972 — first African American represented Georgia in Congress.
1985 — welcomed members regardless of sexual orientation.

For more about the United Church of Christ go to their official web site, at http://www.ucc.org.

“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets:
I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.”
Matthew 5: 17