Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
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The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, known as the CCCC or 4C's, is an evangelical Christian denomination organized in 1948 by churches of the old Congregational Christian Conference who wanted to keep conservative doctrines. These did not join the parent church's merger with the Evangelical and Reformed Church into the United Church of Christ in 1957.
The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference is a theologically conservative denomination believing strongly in the autonomy of each local church under the headship of Christ, with the Bible as its infallible authority. Member churches include those who are Congregational, Christian, and Evangelical and Reformed in their background, as well as independent Community churches. Member ministers also come from diverse backgrounds.
Though solidly committed to the basic doctrines of the Christian faith, the CCCC allows for diversity in many areas where Christians have tended to disagree. Though members hold strong biblical convictions, they do not believe that Christians should divide over secondary issues. In recent years, dozens of United Church of Christ congregations which left that body over acceptance of homosexuality and other liberal doctrines have swelled the ranks of the CCCC.
The CCCC has over 280 churches and 40,000 members in the USA.
