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N.C.C.

American

Or NCC

abbreviation

National Council of Churches.

NCC British

abbreviation

(the former) Nature Conservancy Council

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Although it formerly symbolized mainline ascendancy, the N.C.C. is now shaken by a crisis that signals the decline of the religious Old Guard.

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I do not intend to use the N.C.C. version in worship because it overemphasizes problems in human relationships and distracts from the Bible's focus on God.

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At a noisy N.C.C. board meeting last November, conservatives failed to force the council to disown the project.

From Time Magazine Archive

For instance, the shrunken Presbyterian staff, just moved from the N.C.C. building in New York City to Louisville, has been cut by 400, in part to ward off a $7 million shortfall.

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Only wins obtained from shows held under N.C.C. rules are recorded free of charge.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.

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