“Let justice roll on like waters.”

AMOS 5:24

Central Atlantic Conference
United Church of Christ

 

The conference exists to provide its associations, churches, clergy and laity with an extensive and varied support system, challenging them to a higher, broader and deeper vision of Christian ministry; strengthening and sustaining them in their efforts to be faithful in mission, and linking them to wider church agencies and to each other. It strives to lift up and celebrate our unity in Christ, the gift of our heritage and the richness of our diversity; and to be an agent of mission in our society and the global community.

The purpose of the conference, in all its elements, is to support, challenge and strengthen the local churches, bringing them together in community and mission and in relation to the larger church and society, consistent with the Constitution and Bylaws of the United Church of Christ.

What Is the Central Atlantic Conference?

The Central Atlantic Conference includes 151 United Church of Christ congregations in the Mid-Atlantic region, covering New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and parts of Virginia and West Virginia. It includes 17,000 local church members and approximately 400 ordained ministers. In recent years, the Conference has welcomed eight new congregations with an additional 5 in formation and a church adoption.

Mission, Vision, Values

 

Vision Statement

The Central Atlantic Conference is Christ centered, local church-focused, and mission driven. We empower the local church to be faithful, creative, vital and bold in witness and action; impacting social problems in our communities, the region, nationally and globally. The Central Atlantic Conference Board of Directors serve as Vision Bearers and Stewards of our future vision.

Mission Statement

Empowered by Jesus' inclusive journey of love, justice, and hope, the Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ strives to foster the strength and well-being of the church in all its settings. Our overarching goal is to embody and carry out our ministries in ways that manifest our unity in Christ and the richness of our diversity.

Values

  • Extravagant and unconditional love

  • Spaces for courageous transformation

  • Respect of different ways we worship and serve

  • Justice for unamplified voices and those seeking equity and inclusion

  • God's righteousness and justice

  • Radical hospitality, inclusion and diversity

  • Prophetic Witness & Direct Action

We believe in the triune God: Creator, resurrected Christ, the sole Head of the church, and the Holy Spirit, who guides and brings about the creative and redemptive work of God in the world.

We believe that each person is unique and valuable. It is the will of God that every person belong to a family of faith where they have a strong sense of being valued and loved.

We believe that each person is on a spiritual journey and that each of us is at a different stage of that journey.

We believe that the persistent search for God produces an authentic relationship with God, engendering love, strengthening faith, dissolving guilt, and giving life purpose and direction.

We believe in the power of peace, and work for nonviolent solutions to local, national, and international problems.

We are a people of possibility. In the UCC, members, congregations and structures have the breathing room to explore and to hear ... for after all, God is still speaking, ...

"May we, as the body of Christ, pull up stakes and pitch our tents and go where God is and where God needs us. And may we, following in Jesus’ way, love unreservedly, seek justice persistently, and work faithfully for the Shalom of the World…"

— Rev. Freeman L. Palmer, Conference Minister

Central Atlantic Conference United Church of Christ

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