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Roger Shinn, author of the UCC Statement of Faith

Roger Shinn, a key player in the formation of the UCC in 1957, died last month in Southbury CT at age 96. An interesting obit appears in Sunday's NY Times ...

Perhaps Dr. Shinn’s signal moment came after the 1957 merger of two mainstream denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches, to form the United Church of Christ. He was the principal author of the statement of faith for the denomination, which is still used in words close to his original.