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| | Ambassador Andrew Young, NCC President in 2000-2001 |
 | | Andrew Young, born March 12, 1932, was ordained a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister and worked on the NCC staff before serving as a civil rights leader, mayor, congressman and ambassador. |
 | | He explained in an interview, "at that conference, young people were questioning their family traditions and the basic value structure of their communities because of their realization that the Bible and the Spirit of Christ were different from what they were being taught. |
 | | Ambassador Young, Chairman of GoodWorks International in Atlanta, Ga., now brings his uncompromisingly inclusive view ingrained by his ecumenical training, as well as his media savvy, to the NCC presidency, a position akin to being "chairman of the board" of a company. |
| www.ncccusa.org /about/young.html (1376 words) |
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