On January 7-9, 2004, 50 church leaders from a very broad range of Christian churches met together at Camp Allen near Houston, Texas, to work toward the launch in 2005 of an historic new inter-confessional entity, Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A. (CCT). The purpose of CCT is "to enable churches and national Christian organizations to grow closer together in Christ in order to strengthen our Christian witness in the world."

Churches from all major Christian families-Evangelical/Pentecostal, Catholic, Orthodox, historic Racial/Ethnic, historic Protestant-are moving toward joining together to launch Christian Churches Together in the spring of 2005. Never before in the history of the U.S. has this broad and widely representative group of churches come together in this way.

At Camp Allen, the church leaders and representatives of national Christian organizations prayed and talked together; identified and achieved consensus on all major issues related to the founding document; engaged in discussions on both the nature of prayer in our diverse Christian traditions and the explosion of Christianity in the global South; and deepened our fellowship in Christ through numerous personal conversations.

More than twenty-five Christian communions are currently officially engaged, in ways appropriate to each church's polity, in deciding to become founding participants of Christian Churches Together. It is expected that a substantial number of denominations from all five families will decide to become founding participants of Christian Churches Together in 2005.

Bishop Vicken Aykazian	Diocese of the Armenian Church
Commissioner W. Todd Bassett	The Salvation Army
Bishop Stephen Blaire	Catholic Diocese of Stockton
Most Rev. Tod D. Brown	Catholic Diocese of Orange California
Ms. Sharon Browning	Sharon Browning & Associates
The Rev. Rothangliani Chhangte	American Baptist Churches USA
The Rev. Dr. Seung Koo Choi	The Korean Presbyterian Church in America
Mr. Bonn Clayton	National Assoc. of Congregational Christian Churches
Bishop Dimitrios Couchell	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Sister Joan Delaney	Roman Catholic
Dr. Robert W. Edgar	National Council of Churches
The Rev. Dr. David H. Engelhard	Christian Reformed Church in North America
Bishop C. Christopher Epting	Episcopal Church USA
President Jeff Farmer	Open Bible Churches
The Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson	Reformed Church in America
The Rev. Dr. Roberta Hestenes	World Vision
Bishop Francis J. Kane	Roman Catholic
The Rev. Arthur Kennedy	Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs Officer
Mr. David Wagschal	Orthodox Church in America
Bishop James D. Leggett	International Pentecostal Holiness Church
The Rev. Michael Livingston	International Council of Community Churches
The Rev. Rafael Luevano	Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs Officer
The Rev. Carlos Malave	Presbyterian Church USA
Dr. Kevin W. Mannoia	Azusa Pacific (Observer)
The Rev. Thomas R. McGowan	Roman Catholic
Sister Joan McGuire	Roman Catholic
President Grant McMurray	Community of Christ (Observer)
The Rev. A. Roy Medley	American Baptist Churches USA
Ms. Gail Mengel	Community of Christ (Observer)
Father John W. Morris	Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of NA
Mr. Stanley J. Noffsinger	Church of the Brethren
President Glenn R. Palmberg	Evangelical Covenant Church
Dr. Ben Richmond	Friends United Meeting
Dr. Ann K. Riggs	NCC Faith & Order Commission (Observer)
The Rev. Dr. Bruce Robbins	United Methodist Church
The Rev. Ronald G. Roberson	Roman Catholic
The Rev. Dr. William G. Rusch	Foundation for a Conference on Faith & Order in NA (Observer)
The Rev. Gabriel A. Salguero	Missionary Pentecostal Church of God (Observer)
Bishop James Nicholas Samra	Roman Catholic
Dr. Robert E. Sawyer	Moravian Church
The Rev. Jim Schrag	Mennonite Church USA
Bishop H. G. Serapion	Coptic Orthodox Church
The Rev. Ronald J. Sider	Evangelicals for Social Action
Dr. Gilbert W. Stafford	Church of God
The Rev. Lydia Veliko	United Church of Christ
Dr. Daniel Vestal	Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
The Rev. Bert Waggoner	Association of Vineyard Churches
The Rev. James Wallis	Sojourners
Dr. Robert Welsh	Christian Church Disciples of Christ
The Rev. Don Dixon Williams	Bread for the World

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