MISSION STATEMENT OF CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

We are an Open and Affirming* spiritual community where all are invited to join in the journey of faith. Whatever your race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, economic circumstance, marital status, physical or developmental ability or religious background, you are welcome here. As a Christian community we come together to celebrate in worship and uphold each other through life’s challenges. We welcome all people to share in this revelation of the living, loving God.

The church is located in Jamaica Plain, an eclectic neighborhood of Boston, MA; a short walk from the Green Street station on the MBTA Orange Line. We have plenty of free parking. Map This Location.

* Read more on the ONA commitment for inclusiveness and about the United Church of Christ.

"God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them." -I John 4:16

Congregational Vitality!

Join other UCC members as we discover our own vitality within Central and our community.

Upcoming events & announcements

Sunday, May 18, 10:30am: Central joins the UCC Sacred Conversations on Race.

Donations pour in; UCC able to offer relief in Myanmar
UCC members have contributed $28,880 in the past five days to aid victims of the cyclone-devastated Myanmar. The natural disaster has left more than 1 million homeless and tens of thousands dead.

Give generously: UCC issues $100,000 disaster appeal for Myanmar
UCC members and churches are responding with support for cyclone-devastated Myanmar, where thousands have been killed and an estimated 1 million are homeless.

United Church News named third-best religion newspaper
United Church News was recognized in April by Associated Church Press as one of the best national or international religion newspapers in North America.

Moyers: 'Beware the terrible simplifiers'
Bill Moyers, veteran journalist and UCC member, delivered the following essay during his May 2 installment of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.

Thomas speaks to 'broad set of emotions' involving Wright controversy
Writing from a trip to South America where he is visiting mission partners in Argentina and Chile, the Rev. John H. Thomas, general minister and president, acknowledges the 'sadness, even anger' that is being experienced across the church and nation over the Jeremiah Wright controversy.

A proud first: UCC's Chicago Seminary establishes Jewish Studies chair
Chicago Theological Seminary has established the Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies with a $2 million endowment led by Chicago’s Pritzker family. The chair, America’s first endowed professorship in Jewish studies at a freestanding Protestant seminary, honors the co-founder of the school’s Center for Jewish-Christian Studies.

UCC Insurance Board explores more direct relationship with Disciples
Executives of the UCC Insurance Board told Disciples regional ministers at an April 16 meeting that its board is actively exploring a more direct “recognized organization” relationship with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) similar to what it now has with the UCC.

Wright: 'God enjoys diversity, desires transformation'
God enjoys diversity and desires transformation. That was the message brought by Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in one of his first public appearances since his sermons stirred up controversy for the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.

Resources online for 'Sacred Conversations on Race'
A Pastoral Letter on Racism from United Church of Christ leaders highlights resources now online for use by local churches beginning their Sacred Conversations on Race http://www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation.

Wright's interview with Moyers available for purchase
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the retiring senior pastor of Trinity UCC in Chicago, appeared in a 60-minute interview with PBS' Bill Moyers Journal on Friday, April 25.

Central Congregational Church Est. 1853

Central Congregational Church
Est. 1853