AMERICAN COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

Founded by the Rev. Carl McIntire, Sept. 17, 1941, the American Council of Christian Churches (ACCC) is an organization of Bible fundamentalist Christian churches, associations and individuals, organized on the basis of a commonly accepted statement of inerrant Biblical truths and on the need to unite against what they consider the errors of other churches and groups of churches. Its constituent members include the Bible Presbyterian Churches (BPC), Evangelical Methodist Churches (EMC), Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches (FFBC), Fellowship of Independent Methodists, Fundamental Methodists, General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC), Independent Churches Affiliated, Independent Fundamental Bible Churches, Tioga River Christian Conference, Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Conference, and the World Baptist Fellowship.

Noted for its strong anti-ecumenical and anticharismatic stance, a major preoccupation of the ACCC is opposition to the national council of churches of christ in the u.s.a., the world councils of churches, the national association of evangelicals, the World Evangelical Fellowship, and all charismatic and ecumenical movements. The ACCC accuses these organizations of compromising the ideals of biblical fundamentalism and of propagating theological falsehoods and errors. Although similar to the NAE on theological and doctrinal principles, the ACCC takes a hard line stance against any collaboration or cooperation with organizations which disagree with its views, including the NAE itself.

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