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The '''American Council of Christian Churches''' (ACCC) is a [[Christian fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] organization set up in opposition to the Federal Council of Churches (now [[National Council of Churches]]).

The council's motto is Jude 3, "Earnestly contending for the Faith".

==History==
ACCC was founded in 1941 under the leadership of [[Carl McIntire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.carlmcintire.org/booklets-acccVnccc.php|title = What is the Difference Between the American Council of Christian Churches and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.?|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

Membership in the American Council of Christian Churches is available to denominations and individual Christians, who are admitted by a 3/4 majority vote. Agreement with the purposes and doctrinal statement are required and membership is specifically denied to those who have affiliations with 
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The ACCC has remained small in comparison to the [[National Association of Evangelicals]] and the [[National Council of Churches]]. This is due in part to its strong [[Ecclesiastical separatism|separatist]] stance, and in part because separatist denominations will often not participate in "cross-denominational" organizations.

Dan Greenfield currently serves as Executive Secretary. Offices are in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Orwell, Ohio.]]

In July 2007, the leadership of the ACCC issued a statement criticizing a recent declaration by the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] on the meaning of the phrase ''[[subsistit in]]'' which re-emphasized the role of the Catholic Church as the subsisting Church of Christ.<ref>[http://www.amcouncilcc.org/ProperChurchComment.pdf ACCC responds to ''proper Church'' comment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509033538/http://www.amcouncilcc.org/ProperChurchComment.pdf |date=2009-05-09 }}</ref>

==Members – April 2019==
* Appalachian Independent Minister’s Fellowship
* Association of Ministers of the Reformed Faith
* Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church
* [[Evangelical Methodist Church|Evangelical Methodist Church of America]]
* [[Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches]]
* [[Free Presbyterian Church of North America]]
* [[Fundamental Methodist Church]]
* [[Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America]]
* Independent Churches Affiliated

==Presidents==
* Carl McIntire 
* Robert T. Ketcham
* William Wallace Breckbill
* [[Clyde J. Kennedy]] (1958–1961)
* Don McKnight
* Richard Harris
* L. Duane Brown
* E. Allen Griffith 
* John McKnight
* David Mook
* Jonathan Smith

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:Christian fundamentalist organizations in the United States]]
[[Category:National councils of churches|United States]]
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1941]]