Yale University cuts chapel's ties to UCC: Congregation oriented toward off-campus community
As of July, say Yale University officials, the congregation at Battell Chapel on campus will no longer be affiliated with the United Church of Christ, one of the denominations stemming from historic Congregationalism.
The chapel congregation, formed in 1757 by Congregationalists and now called the Church of Christ in Yale, is said to be primarily oriented toward the off-campus community and has relatively few students in its pews, according to a New York Times article published April 10.