The Fifth Stream

Rev. Dr. Nora Foust is planning three fall conversations on the recognition of the UCC’s fifth founding stream, the Afro-Christian Convention. At Synod the Historical Council made a formal report that the Afro-Christian Convention has been named the “fifth stream” alongside the Congregational, Christian, German Reformed, and Evangelical Synod. The Convention was always a part of the denomination but had been lumped in with the (white) Christian stream. There were, as Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer put it in his official apology, “always five.” He shared his grief of how so many children and adults had learned that there were only four theological streams/traditions present at our founding and this fifth tradition had been willfully subjugated, rather than lifted up for recognition.

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This will be exciting learning for us as we explore the Afro-Christian Convention together and refresh our existing knowledge around the Christian, Congregational, Evangelical, and Reformed traditions also present at our founding. The first two sessions will be largely the same with in-person and zoom options available and the November date will be sort of a deeper dive into the Afro-Christian Convention with some of the contributors to the new book Afro-Christian Convention: The Fifth Stream of the United Church of Christ available from Pilgrim Press, Amazon, and your favorite local bookseller.

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September 24, in person
3PM at Mt. Zion UCC
1054 Ridgewood Rd, York, PA 17406
(largely the same as October 15th event)
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September 24, online
3PM via Zoom
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October 15, in person
3PM at St. Paul's at the Farm
50 Brookpark Circle, Lewisburg, PA 17837
(largely the same as September 24th event)
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October 15, online
3PM via Zoom
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(largely the same as September 24th event)
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November 12, online only
3PM via Zoom
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(deeper dive, with guest speakers)
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