Our Story
The Congregation for Reconciliation (CfR) was founded in 1968 as one of three experimental congregations in the state of Ohio by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The experiment was a response to the civil rights struggle and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. The CfR, unlike the other two congregations, continued in existence past the end of the experimental period. In 1970 it became a union church, Presbyterian and United Church of Christ. It is United Church of Christ today. It is a congregation committed to working for social justice rather than committing resources to building buildings or expensive programs for its own well-being. For an account of the creation and early history of the CfR, see J. Hadden and C. Longino, Gideon’s Gang (Pilgrim Press, 1975).
The CfR is a founding member of a faith-based community organization named LEAD (Leaders for Equality and Action in Dayton). This organization of 15 congregations, mostly African-American churches, seeks to exercise its shared faith commitments to perform social justice ministry in Dayton. We feel this participation of the CfR conforms especially well to its original and continuing mission of racial reconciliation.
The CfR is a founding member of a faith-based community organization named LEAD (Leaders for Equality and Action in Dayton). This organization of 15 congregations, mostly African-American churches, seeks to exercise its shared faith commitments to perform social justice ministry in Dayton. We feel this participation of the CfR conforms especially well to its original and continuing mission of racial reconciliation.
Congregation for Reconciliation…a social action community, United Church of Christ
P.O. Box 60418, Dayton, Ohio 45406 937-276-4077
[email protected] www.cfrdayton.weebly.com
P.O. Box 60418, Dayton, Ohio 45406 937-276-4077
[email protected] www.cfrdayton.weebly.com