Ecumenical Acronyms
May 26, 2017
ACC | Anglican Consultative Council |
ACC | Anglican Church of Canada |
ACNA | Anglican Church in North America |
ACO | Anglican Communion Office |
AIC | African Initiated Churches |
ALERC | Anglican-Lutheran European Regional Commission |
ALIC | Anglican Lutheran International Commission |
ALICC | Anglican-Lutheran International Coordinating Committee |
ALJWG | Anglican-Lutheran Joint Working Group |
AME | African Methodist Episcopal |
AMEZ | African Methodist Episcopal Zion |
AOJDC | Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission |
ARC-USA | Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the United States |
BCP | Book of Common Prayer (Anglican/Episcopal) |
BEM | Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (1982) |
BoD | Book of Discipline (United Methodist) |
CADEIO | Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers |
CCC | Catechism of the Catholic Church |
CCM | Called to Common Mission |
CCT | Christian Churches Together |
CCUN | Church Center for the United Nations |
CFO | Commission on Faith and Order |
CICARWS | Commission on Inter-church Aid, Refugee and World Services |
CME | Christian Methodist Episcopal |
CMEP | Churches for Middle East Peace |
CoB | Council of Bishops |
COCU | Consultation on Church Union |
CSWCC | Conference of Secretaries of World Christian Communions |
CUiC | Churches Uniting in Christ |
CWA | Churchwide Assembly (ELCA) |
CWS | Church World Service |
DEIO | Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer |
EAD | Ecumenical Advocacy Days |
ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council (United Nations) |
ECUSA | Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
EDEIO | Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers |
EIR | Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations |
ELCA | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
ELCiC | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada |
EUB | Evangelical United Brethren |
GA | General Assembly (Presbyterian) |
GC | General Convention (Episcopal) |
GC | General Conference (United Methodist) |
GEII | Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute |
HoB | House of Bishops |
IARCCUM | International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission |
IASCUFO | Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity Faith and Order |
ICCC | International Council of Community Churches |
ICRC | International Conference of Reformed Churches |
IER | Institute for Ecumenical Research (Strasbourg) |
IKZ | Internationale Kirchliche Zeitschrift |
ILC | International Lutheran Council |
JDDJ | Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) |
JES | Journal of Ecumenical Studies |
JLRCSC | Joint Lutheran-Roman Catholic Study Commission |
JOOCC | Joint Orthodox-Old Catholic Commission |
JPC | Justice, Peace and Creation |
LARC | Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic |
LARCUM | Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Methodist |
LBW | Lutheran Book of Worship |
LCF | Leuenberg Church Fellowship |
LCMS | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod |
LECC | Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee |
LEIRN | Lutheran Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Representatives Network |
LMCC | Lutheran-Moravian Coordinating Committee |
LRCUSA | Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States |
LWF | Lutheran World Federation |
MECC | Moravian-Episcopal Coordinating Committee |
MRCJC | Methodist-Roman Catholic Joint Commission |
NAAE | North American Academy of Ecumenists |
NAE | National Association of Evangelicals |
NALC | North American Lutheran Church |
NAPARC | North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council |
NCC | National Council of Churches |
NCCCUSA | National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America |
NEOA | National Ecumenical Officers Association |
NIFCON | Network on Interfaith Concerns (Anglican) |
NPC | National Planning Committee (of the National Workshop) |
NRPE | National Religious Partnership for the Environment |
NWCU | National Workshop on Christian Unity |
OAIC | Organization of African Instituted Churches |
OCA | Orthodox Church in America |
OCUIR | Office of Christian Unity and Interreligious Relationships (United Methodist) |
OGA | Office of the General Assembly (Presbyterian) |
PCA | Presbyterian Church in America |
PCID | Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue |
PCPCU | Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity |
PCS | Porvoo Common Statement |
PCUSA | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
PECUSA | Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
PWR | Parliament of the World’s Religions |
RCA | Reformed Church in America |
RfP | Religions for Peace |
SBC | Southern Baptist Convention |
SCEIR | Standing Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations (Episcopal) |
SEIA | Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (Roman Catholic) |
SODEPAX | Society, Development, and Peace (RC and WCC Joint Committee) |
TCTCV | The Church: Towards a Common Vision (2013) |
TEC | The Episcopal Church |
TUMC | The United Methodist Church |
UCC | United Church of Christ |
UFO | Unity Faith and Order |
UMC | United Methodist Church |
UMEIT | United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training |
UNCSW | United Nations Commission on the Status of Women |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
USCCB | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
WCC | World Council of Churches |
WCRC | World Communion of Reformed Churches |
WEA | World Evangelical Alliance |
WMC | World Methodist Council |
WPCU | Week of Prayer for Christian Unity |
WRF | World Reformed Fellowship |