ACCC was founded in 1941 under the leadership of
Carl McIntire. Membership in the American Council of Christian Churches is available to denominations and individual Christians, who are admitted by a 3/4 majority vote. Agreement with the purposes and doctrinal statement are required and membership is specifically denied to those who have affiliations with The ACCC has remained small in comparison to the
National Association of Evangelicals and the
National Council of Churches. This is due in part to its strong
separatist stance, and in part because separatist denominations will often not participate in "cross-denominational" organizations. Dan Greenfield currently serves as Executive Secretary. Offices are in
Orwell, Ohio. In July 2007, the leadership of the ACCC issued a statement criticizing a recent declaration by the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the meaning of the phrase
subsistit in which re-emphasized the role of the Catholic Church as the subsisting Church of Christ. ==Members – April 2019==