Criticism of National Council of Churches
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The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA has come under fire by conservative Christians for a perceived left-leaning bias in religious political and social issues.
In July 2005, the Antiochian Orthodox Church withdrew from the NCC. Father George Kevorkian, an assistant to the denomination's senior cleric, said that the church left because "the NCC...seems to have taken a turn toward political positioning." [1]
Figures in the conservative movement accuse the NCC of holding a biased policy towards Cuba,[2] and criticize relative silence by the NCC towards political and religious prisoners in countries with left-leaning and totalitarian leadership.[3]
In spring 2007, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met in Tehran with a visiting delegation of Christian leaders from a number of U.S. faith groups, including some from the National Council of Churches. During the candid conversation, the group challenged Ahmadinejad's statements about the Holocaust and his alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons. Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, was among those who criticized the visit.[4]
References
- ^ "NCC Speaks Out About Withdrawal of Orthodox Church". Christianpost.com. 2005-09-30. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20050930/3876_NCC_Speaks_Out_About_Withdrawal_of_Orthodox_Church.htm. Retrieved on 2007-04-07.
- ^ "NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (NCC)". DiscoverTheNetworks.org. http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6916. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
- ^ Ibid. "NCC was silent about the depredations of Ethiopia's Marxist government, which left 10,000 dead and shuttered 200 churches. Nor did it criticize the Soviet Union's 1978 invasion of Afghanistan. Not until after the Soviet Union's collapse did NCC speak out on the subject of Communist oppression..."
- ^ Anti-Defamation League. "Christians' Praise Of Ahmadinejad A Shameful Betrayal Of Christian-Jewish Relations". http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ChJew_31/4991_31.htm. Retrieved on 2007-04-07.
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