Editing Churches Uniting in Christ (section)

===Racism===
Racism has been a primary focus of CUIC since 2002 (and, indeed, a primary focus of COCU alongside other forms of exclusion and prejudice, such as [[sexism]] and [[ableism]]).<ref>{{cite journal | last = Moede | first = Gerald | title = COCU 101 | journal = Mid-Stream | page = 76 | date = Jan 2000 }}</ref> According to Dan Krutz, former president of CUIC, "Overcoming racism has been a focal point of CUIC since its beginning... Racism may be the biggest sin that divides churches."<ref>{{cite web | last = Hagan | first = Janine | title = An Interview with the Rev. C Dana "Dan" Krutz" | date = January 2007 | url = http://www.lainterchurch.org/contact/ecumininet-article_on_fr_dan-flash.swf | access-date = 28 August 2012 | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111748/http://www.lainterchurch.org/contact/ecumininet-article_on_fr_dan-flash.swf | url-status = dead }}</ref> Even before the absence of the AME and AMEZ churches at the January 2011 plenary, some in CUIC had noticed the lack of commitment to racial reconciliation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Welsh |first=Robert |title=CUIC and the Dance of Ecumenism |date=November 2006 |url=http://www.disciples.org/ccu/fromthepresident/past/2006November.html |access-date=8 September 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Since 2008, however, racism has become an even more pressing concern.<ref>{{cite web| last =Bowman Woods| first =Rebecca| title =Churches Uniting in Christ members recommit to ecumenical tasks| date =21 January 2011| url =http://www.ucc.org/news/churches-uniting-in-christ.html| access-date =12 August 2012| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110125081350/http://www.ucc.org/news/churches-uniting-in-christ.html| archive-date =25 January 2011| url-status =dead| df =dmy-all}}</ref> This has led CUIC to address issues of racism in the public sphere, including the killing of [[Trayvon Martin]]<ref>{{cite news | last = Banks | first = Adelle | title = After Trayvon Martin Case, Churches Say 'Stereotypes Cost Lives' | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = 30 March 2012 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/after-trayvon-martin-case-churches-say-stereotypes-cost-lives/2012/03/30/gIQAEVTWlS_story.html | access-date = 12 August 2012}}</ref> and the recovery from the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]].<ref>{{cite web|last= Thompson |first=Karen Georgia A.|title=Committee on Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations 28th General Synod Report |date=April 2011 |url=http://www.ucc.org/synod/pdfs/REPORT-From-the-Committee-on-Ecumenical-and-Interfaith-Relations.pdf |access-date=12 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303050404/http://www.ucc.org/synod/pdfs/REPORT-From-the-Committee-on-Ecumenical-and-Interfaith-Relations.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2013 }}</ref>