Kentucky Council of Churches Added Records, 1996-2006

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Kentucky Council of Churches 

Title:  Added Records, 1996-2006 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  1 cubic foot 

Location Number:  Mss. BA K37b 

Scope and Content Note 

Collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, committee reports, publications, and assorted other material related to the activities of the Kentucky Council of Churches (KCC). KCC’s records detail the internal operations of the organization, their activities within the religious community, their efforts at disaster relief, and their work on social justice issues. 

Historical Note 

Founded in 1947 as a successor to the Kentucky Sunday School Association, the Kentucky Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization working on issues related to Christian unity and social justice. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, KCC operates the Kentucky Interchurch Disaster Recovery Program, Commission on Christian Unity, Commission on Local Ecumenism, Commission on Justice Ministries, and Program Units on Peacemaking/Racism and Rural Life Issues. They also publish the newspaper, INTERCOM, which replaced the earlier publication, The Council Courier. KCC includes African Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal Zion, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches, among other denominations. As of 2013, the KCC is still active with a membership of over 800,000 individuals. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

Folder 1: Peacemaking/Racism, 1996-1999 

Folder 2: Peacemaking/Racism, 1999 

Folder 3: Public Education & Religion, 1999 

Folder 4: Christian Unity, 1999 

Folder 5: Executive Board, 1999 

Folder 6: Executive Board, 2000 

Folder 7: Executive Board, 2002 

Folder 8: Rural Life, 1999 

Folder 9: One in the Bond of Love, 2000 

Folder 10: Ecucamp, 2000 

Folder 11: Intercom, 2001-2006 

Folder 12: Blank disaster relief forms, 1997 

 

Subject Headings 

African American churches – Kentucky. 

African Americans – Religion. 

Christian life – Kentucky. 

Disaster relief. 

Ecumenical movement – Kentucky. 

Kentucky – Rural conditions. 

Religion. 

Religious camps. 

Religious institutions – Kentucky. 

Religious newspapers and periodicals – Kentucky. 

United States – Race relations.