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'''Churches of Christ Uniting''' was a proposed name for a body growing out of the [[Consultation on Church Union]] which began in [[1962]] among ten predominantly "[[mainline]]" [[United States|U.S.]] [[Protestant]] denominations. The consolidation proposed in the original scheme was overwhelmingly rejected when put to a vote of the constituent denominations in [[1969]], so the leaders, unwilling to abandon totally this effort, adopted more of a "go slow" approach. Groups within the Consultation began closer contacts, and in some instances full communion, with each other, and the idea to call the group that was hoped to be formed in the long term ''Church of Christ United'' was proposed, with the interim name while the process was ongoing to be ''Church of Christ Uniting''. (These names had the additional advantage of having the same initials as the original Consultation on Church Union.)▼

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▲'''Churches of Christ Uniting''' was a proposed name for a body growing out of the [[Consultation on Church Union]] which began in [[1962]] among ten predominantly "[[Mainline (Protestant)|mainline]]" [[United States|U.S.]] [[Protestant]] denominations. The consolidation proposed in the original scheme was overwhelmingly rejected when put to a vote of the constituent denominations in [[1969]], so the leaders, unwilling to abandon totally this effort, adopted more of a "go slow" approach. Groups within the Consultation began closer contacts, and in some instances full communion, with each other, and the idea to call the group that was hoped to be formed in the long term ''Church of Christ United'' was proposed, with the interim name while the process was ongoing to be ''Church of Christ Uniting''. (These names had the additional advantage of having the same initials as the originalinitial Consultation on the Church Union.)

Opposition within the component denominations, particularly the [[United Presbyterian Church]], caused any plan for a full merger to be put on hold, and a new name, seemingly implying that "uniting" is a presently-ongoing but perhaps long-term goal, was adopted, [[Churches Uniting in Christ]]. (This name also had the advantage of not sounding as much like one of the existing constituent groups, the [[United Church of Christ]], nor like aan totallyentirely unrelated one, the [[Church of Christ]].)

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