Churches Uniting in Christ

Churches Uniting in Christ

Founded	January 20, 2002
Type	Religious
Focus	Ecumenism, mainline Protestantism
Location	North America
Origins	Consultation on Church Union
Area served	North America
President	Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst
Vice President	Bishop Jeffrey N. Leath
Secretary	Rev. Rock R. Fremont Jr.
Treasurer	Ruling Elder Juliet Owuor
Affiliations	Partnered with National Council of Churches, World Council of Churches, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, and Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
Website	www.churchesuniting.org
Formerly called	Consultation on Church Union

Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC) is an ecumenical organization that brings together mainline American denominations (including both predominantly white and predominantly black churches), and was inaugurated on January 20, 2002, in Memphis, Tennessee on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.^[1] It is the successor organization to the Consultation on Church Union.