On January 7-9, 2004, 50 church leaders from a very broad range of Christian churches met together at Camp Allen near Houston, Texas, to work toward the launch in 2005 of an historic new inter-confessional entity, Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A. (CCT). The purpose of CCT is "to enable churches and national Christian organizations to grow closer together in Christ in order to strengthen our Christian witness in the world."
Churches from all major Christian families-Evangelical/Pentecostal, Catholic, Orthodox, historic Racial/Ethnic, historic Protestant-are moving toward joining together to launch Christian Churches Together in the spring of 2005. Never before in the history of the U.S. has this broad and widely representative group of churches come together in this way.
At Camp Allen, the church leaders and representatives of national Christian organizations prayed and talked together; identified and achieved consensus on all major issues related to the founding document; engaged in discussions on both the nature of prayer in our diverse Christian traditions and the explosion of Christianity in the global South; and deepened our fellowship in Christ through numerous personal conversations.
More than twenty-five Christian communions are currently officially engaged, in ways appropriate to each church's polity, in deciding to become founding participants of Christian Churches Together. It is expected that a substantial number of denominations from all five families will decide to become founding participants of Christian Churches Together in 2005.
January 7-9, 2004
| Bishop Vicken Aykazian | Diocese of the Armenian Church |
| Commissioner W. Todd Bassett | The Salvation Army |
| Bishop Stephen Blaire | Catholic Diocese of Stockton |
| Most Rev. Tod D. Brown | Catholic Diocese of Orange California |
| Ms. Sharon Browning | Sharon Browning & Associates |
| The Rev. Rothangliani Chhangte | American Baptist Churches USA |
| The Rev. Dr. Seung Koo Choi | The Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
| Mr. Bonn Clayton | National Assoc. of Congregational Christian Churches |
| Bishop Dimitrios Couchell | Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
| Sister Joan Delaney | Roman Catholic |
| Dr. Robert W. Edgar | National Council of Churches |
| The Rev. Dr. David H. Engelhard | Christian Reformed Church in North America |
| Bishop C. Christopher Epting | Episcopal Church USA |
| President Jeff Farmer | Open Bible Churches |
| The Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson | Reformed Church in America |
| The Rev. Dr. Roberta Hestenes | World Vision |
| Bishop Francis J. Kane | Roman Catholic |
| The Rev. Arthur Kennedy | Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs Officer |
| Mr. David Wagschal | Orthodox Church in America |
| Bishop James D. Leggett | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
| The Rev. Michael Livingston | International Council of Community Churches |
| The Rev. Rafael Luevano | Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs Officer |
| The Rev. Carlos Malave | Presbyterian Church USA |
| Dr. Kevin W. Mannoia | Azusa Pacific (Observer) |
| The Rev. Thomas R. McGowan | Roman Catholic |
| Sister Joan McGuire | Roman Catholic |
| President Grant McMurray | Community of Christ (Observer) |
| The Rev. A. Roy Medley | American Baptist Churches USA |
| Ms. Gail Mengel | Community of Christ (Observer) |
| Father John W. Morris | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of NA |
| Mr. Stanley J. Noffsinger | Church of the Brethren |
| President Glenn R. Palmberg | Evangelical Covenant Church |
| Dr. Ben Richmond | Friends United Meeting |
| Dr. Ann K. Riggs | NCC Faith & Order Commission (Observer) |
| The Rev. Dr. Bruce Robbins | United Methodist Church |
| The Rev. Ronald G. Roberson | Roman Catholic |
| The Rev. Dr. William G. Rusch | Foundation for a Conference on Faith & Order in NA (Observer) |
| The Rev. Gabriel A. Salguero | Missionary Pentecostal Church of God(Observer) |
| Bishop James Nicholas Samra | Roman Catholic |
| Dr. Robert E. Sawyer | Moravian Church |
| The Rev. Jim Schrag | Mennonite Church USA |
| Bishop H. G. Serapion | Coptic Orthodox Church |
| The Rev. Ronald J. Sider | Evangelicals for Social Action |
| Dr. Gilbert W. Stafford | Church of God |
| The Rev. Lydia Veliko | United Church of Christ |
| Dr. Daniel Vestal | Cooperative Baptist Fellowship |
| The Rev. Bert Waggoner | Association of Vineyard Churches |
| The Rev. James Wallis | Sojourners |
| Dr. Robert Welsh | Christian Church Disciples of Christ |
| The Rev. Don Dixon Williams | Bread for the World |