Nefarious National Council of Churches

The National Council of Churches (NCC) claims to represent many church denominations in the United States. Headquartered in New York City, the NCC is like a typical bureaucracy with various departments and divisions. Founded in 1950, it holds to be “the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States.” It also claims that “... 36 Protestant, Anglican, and Orthodox member denominations include more than 50 million persons in 140,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.” Their statement of faith says:

“The National Council of Churches is a community of Christian communions, which, in response to the gospel as revealed in the Scriptures, confess Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God, as Savior and Lord. These communions covenant with one another to manifest ever more fully the unity of the Church. Relying upon the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, the communions come together as the Council in a common mission, serving in all creation to the glory of God.”

The above sounds nice, but a browse through their website finds that extraordinarily little of NCC’s activities concern religion. The NCC is most disturbing because it has always championed and continues to champion socialist programs and promote leftist causes.¹

Long before the NCC came along, Walter Rauschenbusch, in 1893, wrote, “The only power that can make socialism succeed is religion. It cannot work in an irreligious country.” Rauschenbusch saw socialism as the goal, with religion being the quintessential instrument to carry out this task.

The first effort to create a national church organization occurred in 1900 as 25 leading churchmen assembled a national committee. Many were devoted socialists or “Fabians.” The following year delegates from local church federations met in Philadelphia to birth the National Federation of Churches (NFC). In 1902 in Chicago, several prominent NFC clergy members took part in the national convention of the Socialist Party. In 1905 a meeting in New York occurred to propose a Federal Council of Churches, now the National Council of Churches.

In 1908, Waller Rauschenbusch and Harry Ward organized a conference in Philadelphia to set up the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC). Its constitution was the same socialist plan of the 1905 conference. Also adopted was the “The Social Creed of the Churches” written by Harry F. Ward. As a result, the FCC became a major proponent of hyper-socialism in America. Some writings also suggest that Ward had direct contact with Communists such as Lenin.

In 1927 the FCC lobbying became so deliberate that Congressman Arthur M. Free introduced a resolution that said the FCC was “a communist organization aimed at the establishment of a state-church ....” That is an exciting twist on the concept of a wall of separation! While some may say, “Oh no, Fred Smith is one of those ‘reds under the beds’ types, history tells us that Military Intelligence branded the FCC as subversive. Furthermore, the 1928 Naval Institute Proceedings showed that the FCC was “probably the most powerful propaganda organization in the country.” It gets worse. In 1932 Congressional Committee Report Number 2290 also showed that the FCC was a subversive organization.

In 1942, the FCC developed a special report issued by the Commission to Study the Basis of a Just and Durable Peace, which among other things, desired “a world government of delegated powers.” The Chairman of this Commission, which issued these proposals, was John Foster Dulles. In 1945, the FCC was one of only 42 non-governmental organizations invited to the conference at San Francisco that founded the United Nations (UN). Who was leading the UN conference? None other than Soviet spy Alger Hiss and Dulles had both earlier served in FCC committees.

The FCC held a convention at Cleveland in 1950. It absorbed four different organizations and formally changed its name to the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. or simply the National Council of Churches (NCC).  In 1952, the Air Reserve Center Training Manual detailed that the NCC had published a “Revised Standard Version” of the Bible. NCC altered many passages to portray a “social gospel.” Now we know how the mantra “Jesus was a socialist” started.

The NCC’s primary mission is to mold and influence politics, education, and economics. It promotes poverty programs, artificial birth control, gun control, socialized medicine, etc. In this author’s opinion, the NCC’s obsession with social issues neglects the Gospel and salvation for the individual. Churches should focus on the spiritual care of individuals first; then, it is certainly proper to help the poor. A plan that consists of promoting overarching socialism is simply tearing down the building blocks of our nation. ²

Remember the Elian Gonzales story? The NCC supported Elian Gonzales’ father (Juan Miguel) by paying lawyer Greg Craig for his effort that led to the forceful action to take the boy back to Cuba. Contrast that to today’s mantra concerning “undocumented visitors.”

Sources

• National Council of Churches 

• None Dare Call it Treason 25 Years Later  - 1992, John A. Stormer

• A Religious History of the American People - 1974, Sydney E. Ahlstrom

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Cogent Author and Publisher, Frederick R. Smith
Cogent Editor, Sean Tinney

1. Before my leftist friends skewer me, let me say that to help the truly poor is something that all good Christians must do. I contribute to many a “second collection” at Sunday Mass for charitable causes throughout the year

2. Despite what my socialist friends say about the “horrors of capitalism,” I ask this simple question? What built this nation, and what has supplied the wealth and comfort to most people in this country? Capitalism - not socialism. Concerning crony capitalism and corporate crooks, the perpetrators should face punishment to the fullest extent of the law. Also, it is essential to keep in mind that the true tenet of socialism is Godlessness. The state takes the place of God.