International Council of Community Churches
The CCW was the forerunner of the white community church group that merged with a similar African-American group in 1950 to form the International Council of Community Churches (ICCC). Peoples' Church of Chicago, First Community Church of Columbus, Ohio, and St. Paul Community Church of Shorewood, Illinois joined the Park Ridge church and other churches in this effort.
The use of the term "Community" has also been adopted by those who while holding strict biblical doctrinal principals, shun ecumenism as compromise and simply wish to indicate that they are not a part of any particular denomination or what has become known in certain circles as the "Emerging Church" yet wish to indicate an openness and welcome to the community at large.
Today the ICCC flourishes as a model of living ecumenism: it is a member of the World Council of Churches, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and the Council on Church Union.
Read more about this topic: Community Church Movement, Origins of The Movement
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