Cork the champagne

National: NCC throws a $750,000 party for its 50th anniversary, but does the organization have a future? | R. Albert Mohler

As a birthday party, the 50th anniversary meeting of the National Council of Churches in Cleveland last month was more bust than bash.

Organizers of the NCC's "50th Anniversary Fete" had hoped for 2,000 persons to attend their birthday party, but far fewer than 1,000 registered for the event, and most of them seemed to question the continued usefulness of the Council, long known for its liberal theology and radical positions on social issues.

Founded in 1950 by representatives of 29 denominations, the NCC eventually claimed 35 denominations including the United Methodist Church, the Disciples of Christ, the Episcopal Church, the United Church of Christ, the American Baptist Churches, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and four Orthodox bodies.

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