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JANUARY January 2-5, 2000, Havana
and Cardenas, Cuba--NCC Cuba Trip Hopes To Win
Elian Gonzalez's Return To His Father
January 4, 2000, Havana, Cuba--Statement Of NCC
General Secretary Regarding Return Of Elian Gonzalez To His Father
January 5, 2000, Cancun, Mexico-- Update: NCC General Secretary Regarding INS Decision To
Return Elian Gonzalez To His Father
January 8, 2000, New York, NY-- Statement by Robert Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of
Churches, Regarding Elian Gonzalez
January 21, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Elian Gonzalez's
Grandmothers Plead for the Boy's Return as They Begin NCC-Facilitated Visit to the United
States
January 22, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- We Want to See
Elian and We Want to Return with Him to Cuba, Elian's Grandmothers Tell U.S. Attorney
General Janet Reno
Noon Monday, January 24, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Elian's
Grandmothers on Their Way to Miami; Leave Manhattan at Noon (January 24); "Want to
See Their Grandson"
Monday, January 24, 2000, MIAMI, Fla. Elian's
Grandmothers Leave Miami for Washington, D.C.; As They
Press Their Case There, NCC General Secretary Edgar Continues Miami Effort
January 26, 2000, MIAMI BEACH, Fla. NCC Reflects on Elian's Grandmothers' Bittersweet Mission;
Elian Gonzalezs Return Home to His Father and Grandparents Remains Ultimate
Goal
January 28, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC
Continues Its Pastoral Support of Elian's Grandmothers; NCC Remains
"On Call" to Further Help to Reunite Elian with His Father, Grandparents
FEBRUARY
February 16, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. Ecumenical
Community's Legislative Advocacy Priorities Complement Call to Renewal's
"Covenant to Overcome Poverty"
February 18, 2000, NEW YORK CITY "Religious
Pluralism: America In The Year 2000"; Theme Article, Year 2000
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches
February 18, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Yearbook
Of American And Canadian Churches 2000; America's Growing Theme is "Religious
Pluralism"
February 18, 2000, NEW YORK CITY YEAR 2000 Yearbook Of American and Canadian Churches;
A Valuable Resource For Congregations, Journalists, Scholars
February 29,
2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC Executive
Board Approves Mission Priorities For 2000-2001
February 29, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC Executive Board Reinforces Fiscal Accountability; Receives
Progress Reports, Expresses Sense Of New Beginning
MARCH
March 1, 2000, New York City-- A
Statement From The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of
Churches On The Amadou Diallo Verdict
March 2, 2000, NEW YORK ---- Water
Immerses Entire Cities In Mozambique, Sets Back Economy; CWS Helps
Partners in Mozambique and Other Flood-Affected Countries to Respond
March 3, 2000, NEW YORK CITY National Council Of Churches Executive Board "Weighs In" On
Confederate Flag, Hotel Campaigns
March 7, 2000, NEW YORK CITY - Bring Charges Against
Pinochet, NCC General Secretary Demands
March 7, NEW YORK CITY ---- NCC Earth
Day Mailing Goes To 105,000 Congregations; Earth Day 2000 Coincides with
Western Easter Weekend
March 7, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Religious Leaders Ask $1/Hour Increase In Minimum
Wage In 2000-2001
March 7, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC General Secretary's Statement Asking Minimum Wage Hike
March 8, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Women's
Rights Need U.S. Support, by Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National
Council of Churches; A Special Feature Offered on the Occasion of International Women's
Day, March 8, 2000
March 13, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC President, General Secretary Urge Full Census 2000 Participation
March 14, 2000, NEW YORK CITY ---- NCC
Sunday School Committee To Meet In Charleston, S.C. March 19-23; 40-Member Group Will Hold Special
Worship Service Mar. 19 in Support of NAACP Sanctions
March 15, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. NCC
Joins "Interfaith Call To End Gun Violence"
March 16, 2000, NEW YORK CITY All Can Learn From Pope's Act Of Confession, National
Council Of Churches General Secretary Says
March 17, 2000, PORTLAND, Ore. -- Text of CWSW Executive Director Rodney I. Page's Speech
to the Portland City Club, on "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Globalization, Debt,
Sanctions"
March 21, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC General Secretary Welcomes Ruling In Elian's Case
March 22, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC CWSW Unit Committee Meets March 16-17
March 24, 2000, NEW YORK CITY CWS Undertakes $2.6 Million Flood Recovery In Southern Africa
March 28, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Faye
Wattleton to Address Womens History Month Celebration; Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive at 120th
Street, New York City Thursday, Noon to 1 p.m. March 30, 2000
March 30,2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. Faith Community Testifies On
Foreign Aid Funding Issues
March 30, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCCCUSA/CWSW Host China Christian Council Delegation :
APRIL
April 7, 2000,
WASHINGTON, D.C. Jubliee 2000 Event's
"Proud Sponsors" Include NCCCUSA/CWSW
April 13, 2000, ATLANTA,
Ga. Church World Service Announces International Moringa Conference
April 13, 2000, NEW YORK
CITY Recovery Program In Madagascar Newest
In $2.6 Million CWS Response
April 18, 2000, NEW YORK NCC Interfaith Study Session In Minneapolis Connects,
Supports Family Farmers Locally, Globally;April 24-26, 2000, Hilton Hotel, Minneapolis North,
2200 Freeway Blvd. :
Agriculture, Food Security and Globalization: The Impact on Rural
Sustainability,
April 26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Church World Service Responds To Ethiopia Famine, Wider Drought
MAY
May 2, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Council's Web Site "FAQ" On NCC "Elian
Project" Is Updated
May 2, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC Emphasizes Peaceful Nature Of Vieques Protests, Presses
Clinton For An Immediate End To War Exercises There
May 3, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Family Week Resources Available From The NCC
May 3, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Year 2000 Peace With Justice Week Resources Available From NCC
May 3, 2000, NEW YORK CITY
-- Statement Of The Rev. Robert W. Edgar, NCC General
Secretary On The Death Of New York Archbishop John Cardinal O'Connor
May 5, 2000,
Minneapolis, Minn. -- Farmers Worldwide
Need Negotiating Power, Fair Prices: Church-Based Food, Land And Agricultural
Leaders Meet In Annual Session
May 12, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Interfaith Climate Change Campaign Expands To 16 States;
Initiative Organizes People of Faith to Address Issue in Churches and Governments
May 17, 2000, NEW YORK CITY UMC's The Rev. John L. McCullough Named CWSW Interim Director
May 18, 2000, NEW YORK CITY --NCCCUSA Executive Board Meets May 22-23, Washington D.C.
May 23, 2000, Washington,
D.C. --Author Richard Salem Takes The
Path Of Service For Rwandan Children; Witness to
Genocide
combines Salems talents to tell the survivors stories
May 23, 2000, Washington, D.C. --"Witness To Genocide..." Provides Healing and Hope
For Rwanda; Book
Released on May 23 by Friendship Press:
May 24, 2000,
WASHINGTON, D.C. - NCC Executive Board OKs
Separate CWSW Financial Management; Context
is Broader "Visioning" Process, Intensive Effort to Rebuild Council's Finances:
May 24, 2000,
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rhoades: Faith Groups
Raise Ethics Issues In Health Care Debate
May 24, 2000, CHICAGO, Ill.--"Come To The Feast" Event Supports Young Adult Ministry; NCC to Bring 300 People to Chicago,
Ill., May 26-29
May 22, 2000,
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Chaplain Keynotes
Dinner Honoring NCC's Mary Cooper
May 25, 2000, NEW YORK CITY--Expedition
To Distribute 20,000 Moringa Tree Seeds In Tanzania; Church World Service Among Sponsors
of Outreach Along Burton & Speke Route
May 31, 2000, NEW YORK ---- CWSW Responds To Drought In Afghanistan and Pakistan
May 31, 2000, NEW YORK NCC General Secretary To Lead Vieques Solidarity Delegation June 1-3
May 29, 2000, CHICAGO, Ill. Second "Come To The Feast" Trains 300 Young Adult
Ministry Leaders
JUNE
June 1, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Don't Delay No Gun Ri Investigation, NCC Head Urges Defense
Department
June 1, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC General Secretary Welcomes Atlanta "Elian"
Ruling
June 1,
2000, NEW YORK CITY Statement Of
The Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar, NCC General Secretary On The Withdrawal Of Israeli Forces From
South Lebanon
June 6, 2000, NEW YORK CITY ---- Rev. Dr. Rodney Page Retires From CWS Director Post
June 9, 2000, NEW YORK CITY---- Church
World Service Responds To Disasters In Indonesia
June 13, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. Puerto Rico Church Leaders Seek Meeting With Clinton About
Vieques; NCC Takes Request to White House Following Visit to Puerto Rico, Including
Vieques, June 1-3
June 15, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C.-- New Congregational Resources Support A "Shared
Jerusalem"
June 15, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Assisted
Suicide Study Document Available From NCC; Document Focuses on Assisted
Suicides Danger for People With Disabilities
June 20,
2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Church World Service Emergency
Response News Briefs
June 20,
2000, NEW YORK CITY Block Resumption Of Bombing Tests On Vieques, NCC Urges Clinton
June 20, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCCCUSA Commends Supreme Court's June 19 Ruling On School Prayer
June 22, 2000, ATLANTA, Ga. Hope During Drought: Andrew Young Receives 20 Moringa Trees;
Georgia Drought Dramatizes Miracle Trees Value for Africa, NCC President
Asserts
June, 22, 2000, NEW YORK CITY-- NCC
General Secretary Signs Nuclear Disarmament Statement
June 22,
2000, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- CWS Supports
Exchange Program For Survivors of Bombings
June 26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC Supports Moratorium On Death Penalty; A Statement by the
Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar, General Secretary
June 28, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC SUPPORTS ELIAN
GONZALEZ RETURN TO CUBA; A Statement by the Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar, General
Secretary
June 28, 2000, NEW YORK -- Church
World Service Kicks Off "Refugees In Crisis" Campaign; U.S Proposes Deep Cuts to Refugee Admissions and
Overseas Refugee Support
JULY
July 10,
2000, NEW YORK CITY---- Church World
Service Responds To Global Emergencies
July 10
, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC Selects
Amity Teachers Of English To Go To China
July 10,
2000, NEW YORK CITY New NCC
Resources Now Available
July 11 ,
2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC Sends
Ecumenical Delegation Of Women To North Korea
AUGUST
August 1, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC Head Affirms
Council's Priority Work Against Gun Violence
August
14, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Church World
Service Responds to Maluku, Midwest Emergencies
August 16, 2000, NEW YORK
CITY -- Church World Service Balkans
Program Helps Rebuild Lives
August
22, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Church World Service Emergency Response
News Briefs
August 22, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Join The Accessible Congregations Campaign, NCC Head Urges
August 29, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Updated Information: NCC Delegation to Visit Cuba September 2-7
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 1, 2000, NEW YORK, N.Y. New On The National Council of Churches' Web Site:
The NCC and Cuba
September 5, 2000, NEW YORK ¾Girton-Mitchell to Head NCC Program for Public Policy Witness
September 8, 2000 HAVANA, Cuba -- Joint Declaration of the National Council of
Churches and the Cuban Council of Churches
September 12, 2000 HAVANA, Cuba -- Next Steps In Their Relationship Tops U.S.,
Cuban Churches' Agenda
September 12, 2000, HAVANA, Cuba -- NCCCUSA Delegation Encounters Cuban Church Life
September 13, 2000, NEW YORK
CITY - UMC's John L. McCullough Confirmed as New CWS Director
OCTOBER
October 4, 2000, NEW YORK CITY
NCC Board Hears "Brief" On NCC Finances,
Reorganization; Moves Plans Ahead for Mobilization to Overcome Poverty,
Expanding Ecumenical Vision
October 6, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC Opens Search For Communication Director
October
6, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Cuban
Council of Churches Delegation Visits U.S. Oct. 10-20
October 11, 2000, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC/CWS Statement On Middle East Violence
October 12, 2000, NEW YORK CITY CWS Director Visits Former "Occupied Zone" In South
Lebanon; Sees
CWS-Supported Middle East Council of Churches Work to Help People Rebuild
October
12, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- Media Advisory: NCC General
Assembly Nov. 14-17, Atlanta, Ga.
October 26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY
NCC/CWS Celebrates Congressional Approval Of
Debt Relief
October 30, 2000, NEW YORK CITY
CWS Response To Ongoing Flooding In Vietnam,
Cambodia, India Goes Hand In Hand With Decades Of Development Work; News Briefs on Several Other CWS Relief and
Development Projects Follow
November 2, 2000, NEW YORK CITY
CWS Reopens Emergency Program in Kupang,
West Timor
November 2, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC's
Friendship Press Publishes Second On-Line Resource
November 4, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- CWS Delays Reopening West Timor Program
November 6, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- CWS
Celebrates Victory for Refugees and Their Advocates
November 8, 2000, NEW YORK CITY Discovery Health Channel to Feature CWS Moringa Tree Work
Index to
News and Documentation
from the National Council of Churches General Assembly
Nov. 14-17, 2000, Atlanta,
Ga.
Brief Overview, NCC General Assembly,
Nov. 14-17, 2000
News Stories:
11/17/2000: As
the NCC's Nov. 14-17 General Assembly Concluded ...
11/17/2000: NCC's Edgar Withdraws from
"Christian Declaration on Marriage"
11/16/2000: Andrew Young
Informs NCC Assembly of Hosea Williams' Death
11/16/2000: NCC Presents Awards to Outstanding
Ecumenical Programs, Leaders
11/16/2000: Bernard Wilson Offers Pentecostal
Vision for Ecumenism's Future
11/16/2000: John Ford of Catholic University Shares
His Ecumenical Vision
11/16/2000: Edgar Decries Inappropriate Use of
"Christian Declaration on Marriage"
11/16/2000: NCC Launches 10-Year Mobilization to
Overcome Poverty
11/16/2000: Alliance of Baptists, Africa Policy on
Assembly Agenda Thursday Morning
11/15/2000: William
Gray, Jim Wallis Speak to NCC Mobilization Against Poverty
11/15/2000: NCC General Assembly Continues Work on
Ecumenical Vision
11/14/2000: Andrew
Young, Michael Kinnamon Address NCC General Assembly
11/14/2000: NCC November 14, 2000, Executive Board
Meeting Report
11/14/2000: Updated Media Advisory, NCC General
Assembly, Nov. 14-17, Atlanta
GA Agenda-Related
Documentation:
11/17/2000: Resolution
on AIDS in Africa
11/17/2000: Resolution on the Conflict in the
Middle East
11/17/2000: Resolution on Vieques, Puerto Rico
11/17/2000: Resolution on "Expanding the
Ecumenical Vision"
11/17/2000: Resolution in Support of Farm Workers
Organizing in North Carolina
Diversity and Community:
Multi-Religious Statement on Social Responsibility
11/16/2000: Text of John Ford's "Catholic Vision
of Ecumenism" Address
11/15/2000: Text of Church World Service & Witness
Report to the General Assembly
11/14/2000: Text of Dr. Michael Kinnamon's
Keynote, "History of the NCC's Commitment to Ecumenism"
Agenda, November 14-17,
2000, NCC General Assembly
General Secretary's Report to the NCC's Year 2000
General Assembly
Ecumenical Program and Leadership Awards Program, Nov.
16, 2000
GA Resolution #1:
"Mobilization to Overcome Poverty"
GA Resolution #4: "Development of a
Comprehensive Policy Statement on Africa"
Background Documents:
NCC Executive Board Action, Oct. 3, 2000,
"Mobilization to Overcome Poverty"
10/24/00 Draft "Protocol for a Mobilization to
Overcome Poverty"
NCC Executive Board Action,
Oct. 3, 2000, "Expanding the Ecumenical Vision"
Final Report of the NCC
Ecclesiology Study Task Force (11/97)
About the Alliance of Baptists
Photos & Bios:
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November 20, 2000, THE HAGUE Religious
Leaders Call for Action on Global Warming; U.S. Faith Groups, at The Hague, Urge Clinton
to Finish Global Warming Treaty
Link to Heads of Communion "Open Letter to
President Clinton"
November 27, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC, CWS Call
on U.S., Vietnam to Join Mine Ban Treaty
November 30, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCC, CWS
Endorse U.S. "Prayer Vigil for Middle East Peace;" Ecumenical Delegation
Visit Dec. 7-12 Also Has a Just, Lasting Peace as Its Goal
December 5, 2000, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC, CWS Call on
U.S. to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs
December 9, 2000, JERUSALEM -- National Council of Churches Delivers Pastoral Letter in Jerusalem
Link to Stories, Photos from the Dec. 7-12 U.S.
Ecumenical Delegation Visit to Jerusalem
Link to Christmas 2000 Message by Dr. Bob Edgar,
National Council of Churches General Secretary
December
22, 2000, NEW YORK CITY NCCCUSA Sends Condolences
at Patriarch Diodoros I's Death |