I'm compiling a helpful list of abbreviations for churches..

[RevCheesehead]

Please add to the list. Also, if you have a website link, that would be great! After the list is compiled, I will re-post, and perhaps submit to Demopedia.

National Organizations

WCC World Council of Churches http://www.wcc-coe.org/
NCC National Council of Churches http://www.ncccusa.org/

Denominations
AB Alliance of Baptists http://www.allianceofbaptists.org/
ABC American Baptist Church http://www.abc-usa.org/
AC Armenian Church http://www.armenianchurch.org/
AME African Methodist Episcopal http://www.ame-church.com/
AMEZ African Methodist Church, Zion
AOC Antiochian Orthodox Christian http://www.antiochian.org/

CB Church of the Brethren http://www.brethren.org/
CC/DOC Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) http://www.disciples.org/
CME Christian Methodist Church http://www.c-m-e.org/
COCNA Coptic Orthodox Church of North America (site under construction)

EC/ECUSA The Episcopal Church http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/
ELCA Evangelical Lutheran Church in America http://www.elca.org/

FUM Friends United Meeting http://www.fum.org/

GO/GOAA Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America http://www.goarch.org/

LCMS Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod http://www.lcms.org/

MCC Metropolitan Community Church http://www.mccchurch.org/
MCNA Moravian Church in North America http://www.moravian.org/
MTC Mar Thoma Church http://www.marthomachurch.com/

NBC National Baptist Convention http://www.nationalbaptist.com/NM
NBCA National Baptist Church of America http://www.nbcamerica.net/
NMBCA National Missionary Baptist Convention of America http://www.nmbca.com/

OCA Orthodox Church in America http://www.oca.org/

PCUSA Presbyterian Church (USA) http://www.pcusa.org/
PNBC Progressive National Baptist Church http://www.pnbc.org/
PNCC Polish National Catholic Church http://www.pncc.org/

RC Roman Catholic http://www.catholic.net/
RCA Reformed Church in America http://www.rca.org/
ROC Russian Orthodox Church http://www.russianchurchusa.org/

SBC Southern Baptist Convention http://www.sbc.net/
SCNA Swedenborgian Church of North America http://www.swedenborg.org/
SOC Serbian Orthodox Church
SOCA Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch

UCC United Church of Christ http://www.ucc.org/
UOC Ukranian Orthodox Church http://www.uocofusa.org/
UMC United Methodist Church http://www.ucc.org/
UU Unitarian Universalist http://www.uua.org/

WELS Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod http://www.wels.net/

[melnjones]

1. I have two...

C&MA The Christian and Missionary Alliance http://www.cmalliance.org/

CHOG Church of God (Anderson, IN) www.chog.org
For CHOG, please make sure you include Anderson, IN as there are two separate entities with the same name and that is how this one is always labeled in phone books, etc.

edited for typo

[melnjones]

2. MCC

Mennonite Central Committee www.mcc.org

[Princess Turandot]

3. I thought of one..

altho I don't necessarily think of them as 'progressive': the LDS.
Their official website is at http://www.lds.org/

I'd probably list them as Mormons, if you do add them, since that is what they are more recognized as.

[LDS Jock]

8. members refer to themselves as LDS

it is the accepted abbreviation, although Mormon is not considered derogatory any longer.

[Princess Turandot]

4. Question for the Rev Cheese..

would you have any interest in adding a section at the end of other sites of interest, while they do not represent the 'official site' of a Christian denomination? I have a special interest in St. Francis of Assisi, as the owner of 5 cats, along with his general philosophy.

At the website http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Francis/default.asp

There is an article on St. Francis's site which is called 'Will I see my little doggy in heaven?' It makes me smile each time I read it.( Although in truth, I have one cat whom at best would spend a long time in Purgatory before he would get to heaven!)

[RevCheesehead]

5. I think we all benefit from as much information as possible.

Sure, why not include a secondary category, websites of interest...

At this point, I'm just compiling denominations, so we have a resource to turn to when we're looking for information.

They're not all progressive - definately not. And it certainly isn't all-encompassing, either. My list started with what I knew, then I went to the NCC for inspiration. Then I thought, let's get the DU investigators to work on this together! :)

[TreasonousBastard]

6. For Quakers...

FUM is generally considered a more conservative organization, and is strong in the midwest. WWW.FGC.org is the Friends General Conference which tends to be more liberal, politically and theologically, and is strongest here in the East. Many local meetings have affiliations with both, confusing the issue even more. There are also Evangelical Friends, very strong in Africa, but a few here in the US. And a few local meetings prefer not associate with any of these groups.

Quakers are not really very "organized," and have central authority, but the Yearly Meetings are where most of the real action takes place. My Yearly Meeting, for instance, is www.nyym.org, and is New York, New Jersey, and a little of Connecticut.

www.Quaker.org is probably the most comprehensive Quaker site around, and links to pretty much everything Quaker.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. A few more links of interest...

The Witherspoon Society of the Presbyterian Church (this page is the Stony Point Declaration-- an important milestone):
http://www.witherspoonsociety.org/2004/colloquium.htm

Pax Christi, a Roman Catholic peace movement:
http://www.paxchristiusa.org/

Baptist Peace Federation of North America:
http://www.bpfna.org/

Every Church a Peace Church:
http://www.ecapc.org/mainframe.asp

The Interfaith Alliance:
http://www.interfaithalliance.org/

[LDS Jock]

9. AG for Assemblies of God

www.ag.org

[LDS Jock]

10. SDA for Seventh Day Adventist

www.adventist.org

[LDS Jock]

11. JW for Jehovah's Witnesses

www.watchtower.org I hate to see the smaller churches, or the sometimes called cult churches, being left out.

[LDS Jock]

12. Serbian Orthodox Church's website

http://www.serbianorthodoxchurch.com/

[LDS Jock]

13. SOCA Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.... website

http://www.syrianorthodoxchurch.org/

[ktowntennesseedem]

14. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Moderate to Liberal Baptists who splintered off of the Southern Baptists over the past 10-15 years.

<http://www.thefellowship.info/home.icm>

[elshiva]

15. Thanks. Episcopalians?

Ang/E Anglican/Episcopalians

www.deusvitae.com/faith/ denominations/anglicanismpage.html

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. NACCC

National Assocation of Congregational Christian Churches

http://www.naccc.org

[Maat]

17. Church of Religious Science (CRS)..

also called Science-of-Mind (SOM).

Two administrative bodies:

1) Religious Science International (my Temecula Valley Church of Religious Science belongs to this one):

http://www.rsintl.org/

Go to Frequently Asked Questions to get more info.

2) United Church of Religious Science:

http://www.religiousscience.org/

We are a progressive faith.

[RevCheesehead]

18. Use these links to find out what your denomination is doing

to help hurricane victims.

[AspenRose]

19. UMC link is a typo

It should be www.umc.org...otherwise what you currently have listed will take you to the United Church of Christ website.