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Bishop George McKinney of the Church of God in Christ and Bishop McKinley Young of the African Methodist Episcopal Church sit on the CCT steering committee. Both are prominent pastors in their predominantly black denominations.

"Churches that are new in the process are going to ask hard questions, and they should," Granberg-Michaelson said. "But what we've discovered is that there are very good answers to those hard questions."

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Earlier coverage of CCT includes:

Catholics Join NCC Alternative | Launch of broad church association around the corner (Jan. 21, 2005)

A Modest Step Toward Unity | Richard John Neuhaus on the Catholic bishops' decision to join Christian Churches Together. (Nov. 24, 2004)

Christians Form Broad Alliance | Christian Churches Together in the USA announces it will launch once 25 denominations join. (March 25, 2003)

The Not-So-New Ecumenism | A recent initiative is structured to exclude evangelicals in the mainline. (August 09, 2002)

'CCT's Proposed Theological Basis Is Solidly Orthodox' | The steering committee of Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A. responds to Christianity Today (August 09, 2002)

CCT's website offers the group's history, a founding statement, and press coverage.

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