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JANUARY January 5,
1999, NEW YORK, N.Y. --
Value of NCC's Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches
to Grow with Three-Year, $635,000 Redevelopment Grant from Lilly Endowment
January 6, 1999, NEW YORK, N.Y. --
Jewish and Christian Clergy Send Letter to Senate Urging Censure;
Religious Leaders Call for Swift Process that Leaves President in Office
January 7, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Feature Story on Mauricio Amilcar Lopez Award to People of Vieques,
Puerto Rico
January 8, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
In Letter to President Clinton, NCC General Secretary Welcomes
Opening to Cuba But Regrets Rejection of Bi-Partisan Commission
NCC General Secretary to Preach January 10,
1999, at Clinton's Church
January 20, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC Earth Day Mailing on Consumerism Goes to 85,000 Congregations
January 26, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Church World Service to Help Following Colombia Earthquake
January 26, 1999, CHICAGO, Ill.
1,800+ Church Educators to Wrestle with 21st Century Issues
FEBRUARY
February 1, 1999, ELK GROVE, Calif. --
Ethelou Talbert Dies Feb. 1; Wife of
United Methodist Bishop Melvin Talbert, the NCC's Immediate Past President
February 3, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC Receives EPA Grant to Develop "Energy Star
Congregations"
February 4, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC Program Addresses Titanic-Sized Energy Problems in
Churches
February 8, 1999, NEW YORK --
U.S. Church Leaders Protest Seizure of Palestinian ID
Cards; Their Letters Support Jerusalem Patriarchs in Opposition to
Israeli Government Policy
February 8, 1999, NEW YORK --
A Statement on the Death of King Hussein by The
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, General Secretary, National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
February 13, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC's National Ministries Director Condemns Shooting of Amadou
Diallo
February 16, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC Urges U.S., U.N. Pressure Against
Militarization of East Timor
February 19, 1999, NEW YORK --
Board Acts to Strengthen NCC's Public Witness, Administration
February 19, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC, UMC Bring Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu to New York to
Answer Her Critics; Sees Debate as Struggle Over Who Writes History
February 25, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCCCUSA General Secretary Hails Arrests in Indiana
Church Burnings; Councils "Church Rebuilding Project"
Actively Assisting Indiana, Other Burned Churches
MARCH
March 1999, CHICAGO, Ill. --
NCC Church Educators Event Mirrors Tensions, Choices in Culture;
2,000 Gather to Discuss How Old Stories and New
Technologies Can Intersect
March 5, 1999, NEW YORK
1999 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches Now
Off Press; New & Updated Listings, Data & Analysis Make it the
"Most Valuable Yearbook Ever"
March 5, 1999, NEW YORK --
"Findings" from the 1999 Yearbook of American and
Canadian Churches
March 5, 1999, NEW YORK --
1999 Yearbook an Invaluable Tool for Local Church Ministry
March 8, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC General Secretary Condemns Murder of Gay Alabama Man
March 9, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Caste Insecurity is at Root of Anti-Christian Violence in
India, Minister Reports; Visit Comes on Heels of NCC Letter Deploring Anti-Minority
Attacks in India
March 10, 1999, NEW YORK --
Agricultural Missions Board Member Among Three Killed in Colombia
March 15, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC Staff Report Positive, Negative Surprises About Conditions in
Afghanistan
March 16, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
National Council of Churches News Briefs:
March 16, 1999 -- Updates to NCC's 1999-2001 Events
Calendar: Click here to go to the calendar, which includes nearly two dozen
updates from mid-March through 2001!
March 16, 1999, HAVANA, Cuba
Fact-Finding Group Calls for an End to the Embargo of Cuba
March 18, 1999 -- NCC/Church World Service Emergency
Response Briefs:
March 18, 1999 --
New Resources from the National Council of Churches
March 22, 1999, ATLANTA, Ga. --
First-Ever Training for Church Leaders in Effective Black
Parenting; After March 24-27 Training in
Atlanta, 25 Grads Will Train Others in Effective Black Parenting
March 25, 1999, ATLANTA, Ga. --
CWS Unit Committee Calls on NATO to Cease Bombing in Kosovo
March 30, 1999, NEW YORK
Finding: Bible Study and Sermon Improve Christians'
Involvement in Government; Surveys Reveal Year-Long Program Changes Attitudes,
Increases Engagement
March 27, 1999, ATLANTA, Ga. --
First-Ever Training for Church Leaders in Effective Black
Parenting; First 20 Consultants
Complete Training, Will Train Others in Effective Black Parenting
March 30, 1999, NEW YORK --
CWS Forwards $900,000 for Tents, Bedding for Kosovo Refugees;
Church World Services Goal -- $1.2 Million in Kosovo Crisis Response
APRIL
April 6, 1999, NEW YORK ---
NCC Calls for "Moment of Peace" Cease-Fire on All Sides
in Kosovo to Coincide with Eastern Orthodox Easter Weekend, April
9-12; CWS Continues to Send Food, Tents, Bedding as Part of Planned
$1.2 Million Response
April 12, 1999, NEW YORK --
Church World Service Staffer Gives First-Hand Report of Refugee
Crisis in Bosnia; CWS Expands
Response Goal to $1.8 Million, Continues to Send Blankets to Refugees
April 21, 1999, TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras --
CWS-Sponsored Workshop: Searching for New Options for Latin
America's Poor; Church-Related Development Experts Explore Sustainable Economic
Alternative. See Also Sidebar:
"Development Case Study: Bolivian Villages Lesson for NGOs"
April 21, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Statement in Response to Colorado School Massacres, By The Rev.
Dr. Staccato Powell, NCC Deputy General Secretary/Executive Director, National Ministries
Unit, National Council of Churches
April 21, 1999, NEW YORK CITY
NCC Faxes U.S., U.N. Urgently Asking Intervention in East Timor;
Council Staffer, in Indonesia, Confirms News Reports, Need for Disarmament
April 27, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Religious Leaders Delegation Affirms Intention to Go to Belgrade;
Led by Jesse Jackson and Joan Campbell, Group Leaves
Wednesday; Agenda: Deliver Families Messages to Captured U.S. Soldiers, Meet with
Religious Leaders
April 28, 1999, DENVER, Colo. --
Colorado Potatoes on Their Way to North Korea;
U.S. Relief Agencies Launch Potato Project for Famine Relief
April 29, 1999, NEW YORK --
Latest in NCC's Kosovo Response Includes
Shipments of Baby Formula to Refugee Camp, Plans for U.S. Refugee
Resettlement
April 29, 1999, BELGRADE, Yugoslavia ---
Religious Leaders Delegation Has Arrived in Belgrade; Group
Led by Joan Campbell, Jesse Jackson Reaches Hotel 9 P.M. Local Time; Friday/Saturday
Schedule Now Being Finalized
April 30, 1999, BELGRADE, Yugoslavia --
U.S. Religious Leaders Meet Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle;
Group, Led by Joan Campbell and Jesse Jackson, Hopes to See Captured U.S.
Soldiers Today
April 30, 1999, BELGRADE, Yugoslavia
Two See U.S. Soldiers, Offer Bibles, Family Messages, Prayers;
Religious Leaders Delegation to Belgrade Also Meets Yugoslav Faith
Community
MAY
May 1, 1999, BELGRADE, Yugoslavia
Milosevic Government Promises Release Sunday of U.S.
Soldiers; U.S. Interfaith Delegation to Belgrade
Secures Promise, Sees Soldiers Again Saturday
May 2, 1999, BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, and ZAGREB, Croatia
U.S. Religious Leaders Receive Freed Soldiers, Bring Them Out;
Group Led by Jesse Jackson, Joan Campbell Accompanies the Soldiers to Germany
May 6, 1999, NEW YORK --
Interfaith Delegation That Freed U.S. Soldiers Returns Home, Meets
with President Clinton and U.N. Secretary General
May 6, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC Calls for U.S. Miltary to Withdraw from Vieques,
Puerto Rico,After Bomb Misses Target, Killing One and Injuring Four; Vieques
Activists Received NCCs 1998 Mauricio Amilcar Lopez Human Rights Award
MAY 12, 1999, NEW YORK --
CWS Workshop Prepares Staff Worldwide to Confront Dangers
May 12, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Kirk Franklin Presents $250,000 to NCC Burned Churches Project
May 12, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
FCC Chairman to Meet with Religious and Minority Groups That
Support Low-Power, Community Radio; Open Meeting will be 2:30 P.M. Thursday,
May 13, Washington, D.C.
May 13, 1999, CHICAGO --
Armenian Orthodox "Blessing of the Fields"
Service on a Landfill Will Highlight "Environmental Ministries in the
Church" Conference" May 13-16, Chicago
May 13, 1999, NEW YORK --
American Indian Leaders Gather in New York City to Bid
Farewell to Ingrid Washinawatok, OPeqtaw-Metamoh (Flying Eagle
Woman), a Beloved Leader: Ingrid Washinawatok,
OPeqtaw-Metamoh (Flying Eagle Woman).
May 14, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Statement of the Rev. Dr. Joan Campbell, General
Secretary, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., to
William E. Kennard, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Regarding
Low-Power Radio
May 14, 1999, NEW YORK --
Church World Service Helps Refugees from Kosovo Arriving
May 15 to New Homes in Austin, Brooklyn, Chicago, Houston
May 25, 1999, NEW YORK
NCC Announces Peace with Justice Week, Other New Resources
May 25, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C.. --
June 4-6, Chevy Chase, Md., Consultation on Africa Trade, Aid,
Debt; National Council of Churches' Africa Office is Among
Supporters
May 26, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC's Friendship Press Offers New Resources About Cuba
May 27, 1999, NEW YORK --
Sudan is Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World, Expert Says; Urges Churches to Join "Domestic Political Disturbance" on U.S. Sudan
Policy
JUNE
June 2, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Commitments Continue for the Rev. Dr. Albert M. Pennybacker;
But in Retirement, NCCs "Utility Player" Expects "New
and Less Hurried Expressions"
June 4, 1999, NEW YORK
Quality, Equality of U.S. Public Education to be Addressed in
Ecumenical Pilot Project in Pennsylvania
June 10, 1999, NEW YORK ---
Interfaith Global Warming Campaign Initiated in Four States;
Michigan Conference June 14-15 Will Be First Event in Year-long Initiative:
June 14, 1999, NEW YORK --
Statement of the Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, General Secretary
of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, On Behalf of Iranian Jews
Arrested, Imprisoned on Espionage Charges
June 14, 1999, HAVANA, CUBA --
Cuban Evangelicals (Protestants) Conclude Month-Long Celebration;
Final Event Set for June 20 Beginning at 10 a.m., Plaza de la Revolución José Marti,
Havana, Cuba:
June 15, 1999, NEW YORK --
CWS Releases Lapel Pin to Support Jubilee 2000 Debt Relief
Campaign:
June 16, 1999, NEW YORK --
NCC Praises Serbian Orthodox Church Call for Milosevic
Resignation: Statement by The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, General Secretary,
National Council of Churches
Feature Story: Ecumenical
Environmental Justice Conference "Recycles Souls"
June 24, 1999, NEW YORK --
CWS/NCC Looks Ahead to Ongoing Needs in Kosovo
Response
June 25, 1999, NEW YORK
Cuban Protestant Celebration "Very
Successful," Campbell Says
JULY
July 2, 1999, NEW YORK
Multi-Ethnic, Interfaith Staff, Partnerships
Mark CWS Bosnia Work; Stories from CWS Executive Directors Recent Visit to
Refugee Camps, Rebuilding Project
July 2, 1999, NEW YORK
NCC Hails Courage of Pavle's July 4 Call for
Repentance
NCC News Briefs -- July 1999
- NCCS Friendship Press Publishes First "Web" Book, on Cuba
- NCC General Secretary Search Open Through Aug. 2
- Tutu Records Kosovo Radio Spots for Church World Service
- NCC Commissions 12 New Amity Teachers of English to China
- NCC Supports Legal Petition on Leonard Peltiers Behalf
- Linda Hartke Elected to Amnesty International USA Board
- NCC Co-Sponsors Summer "E Pluribus Unum" Project
- NCC Supports National Accessible Congregations Campaign
- Web-Based Disaster News Network Describes Church Response
- Jay Lintner Joins NCC as Part-Time Director, Washington Office
- NCC General Secretarys July-August Travel Schedule
- CWS Asks Help Replenishing "Gifts of the Heart" Kits Supply
- Fall Events Set on Implications of NCC Public Education Policy
July 13, 1999, NEW YORK
NCC National Ministries Executive
Reflects On Smith Killings
July 13, 1999, NEW YORK NCC
"Moratorium On Racism" Set For Spring 2000
July 13, 1999, NEW YORK
What Public Schools, Religious Institutions Can Do Together
July 13, 1999, NEW YORK
CWS Staffer Returns From Global Ecumenical Visit To Kosovo
July 13, 1999, NEW YORK
NCC "Moratorium On Racism" Set For
Spring 2000
July 13,1999, NEW YORK
NCC, American Jewish Congress File Brief in Church-State Case
July 15, 1999, NEW YORK --
19 More Church Leaders Trained In Effective Black Parenting;Total
of 39 Now Credentialed to Train Others in NCC Projects Faith-Based Curriculum
July 21, 1999, NEW YORK --
National Coalition Launches Hate Crimes Awareness Initiative;
Journey to Expose Illinois and Indiana Hate Groups While Retracing Benjamin Smith's
Campaign of Terror
AUGUST
August 3, 1999, WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania --
NCC Family Ministries Director Submits Testimony to
Pennsylvania Attorney General's Task Force on Domestic Violence
August 11, 1999, NEW YORK -- Statement of
National Council of Churches General Secretary On Attack on Jewish
Community Center in Los Angeles
August 19, 1999, NEW YORK CITY
Church World Service Commits Initial $250,000 to Turkey
Earthquake Response
August 23, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC Appoints The Rev. Patrice Rosner of St.
Louis, Mo., New Ministries In Christian Education Director
August 27, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Church World Service Responds To Turkey Earthquake With
$500,000;CWS Director Attending Washington, D.C. Meetings about
Relief Efforts
SEPTEMBER
September 2, 1999, NEW YORK CITY
Support Public Education, Christian and Jewish Leaders Urge
In Statement Timed to the Start of the New School Term
September 2, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC Extends Food-for-Work Program in Indonesia, Initiates
New Relief and Development Program; Programs Bring Christians and Muslims
Together to Counter Interreligious Violence
September 2, 1999, NEW YORK CITY
NCC, Concerned About Ongoing Insecurity in East Timor, Asks
U.S. to Press Indonesian Government to Stop the Violence
September 3, 1999, NEW YORK CITY - Ecumenical
Community Equips 2,500 with Tents, Furnishings, Helping to Ease Post-Earthquake Miseries
in Turkey; Church World Service "Ups" Its Turkey Response Goal to $1 Million,
Receives Thank You Letters From Turkish Citizens, Eye-Witness Reports
September 3, 1999 - Mayors' Sept. 9 March for Effective
Gun Control Legislation, Washington, D.C.; NCC Contributes Interfaith Group to Speak, Pray
in Support
September 8, 1999, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC
Executive Board Appeals to President Clinton, United Nations to Maintain
Presence, End Atrocities in East Timor; Church World
Service Explores Assistance for Refugee
September 9, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C. - Clergy Join
Mayors, Police Chiefs to Ask Stronger Gun Control
September 14, 1999, NEW YORK CITY Top
NCC Delegation Visit Sept. 22-28 To Support Search For Truth About "Disappeared"
In Chile, Uruguay and Argentina
September 15, 1999, NEW YORK CITY --
Church World Service Readies Hurricane Floyd Response
Sept. 16, 1999, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The
Rev. Larry D. Tankersley, Southern Asia Expert, Dies
September 17, 1999, NEW YORK -- CWS Responds to
Hurricane Floyd with Initial $100,000:
September 17, 1999, NEW YORK -- NCC
Leader Issues Indictment Against Gun Lobby in Wake of Fort Worth, Texas,
Church Shootings:
September 23, 1999, CLEVELAND, Ohio National
Council of Churches Celebrates 50th Anniversary
1,000 Participants Coming to Cleveland, the NCC's Birthplace, for Nov.
9-12, Fete: With Link to NCC 50th Anniversary
Celebration Pages
September 28, 1999, NEW YORK -- East Timorese Church Leader Calls For Safe Repatriation Of
Refugees, International Tribunal To Bring Killers To Justice; CWS $1
Million Appeal Will Assist Refugees in West Timor:
September 28, 1999, WASHINGTON. D.C. Reauthorization
Of Education Act Framed As A "Moral Issue":
September 28, 1999, NEW YORK --Religious Leaders Urge End To Embargo Of Iraq:
September 29, 1999, NEW YORK NCC
Head Asks U.S. To Open Uruguay, Argentina, Chile Files; Purpose is to Help Find
"Disappeared," Some of Whom Are Still Alive
September 29, 1999, NEW YORK CITY NCC
Presses U.S. To Address Grievance Of No Gun Ri Massacre; NCC & South
Korean Counterpart Assembled Dossier, Approached Pentagon in 1998:
Sept. 30, 1999, NEW YORK ---- NCC Leaders Commend
President Clinton's Debt Relief Call; Ask for Congressional Approval,
Express Implementation Concerns:
OCTOBER
October 7, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C. NCC Head Urges Senate To Ratify Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
October 13, 1999, CHICAGO (ELCA*) -- Amity Teacher Of English In China Dies:
October 15, 1999, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC
Documentary "The Bible Under Fire" Set for Nov. 21 Premiere:
Oct. 18, 1999, NEW YORK CITY ---- NCC Visit to Chile, Uruguay and Argentina Reopens
"Disappeared" Debate:
October 18, 1999, NEW YORK CITY Announcements of New National Council of Churches Staff :
Oct. 22, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C. NCC Supports "U2K," Rally, UCHAN! Push For
Universal Health Care; National Council of Churches to Join Oct.
22 "Call to Care" Rally, U.S. Capitol:
October 25, 1999, CLEVELAND, Ohio NCC'S
Web Site Will Feature 50th Anniversary News, Documentation, Audio & Photos, Link to
Web Cast of Nov. 11 Installation of Ambassador Andrew Young as NCC President:
October 25, 1999, CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Andrew
Young, Desmond Tutu Keynote NCC 50th Anniversary Nov. 9-12:
NOVEMBER
November 9-12, 1999, CLEVELAND, Ohio the NCC's Birthplace
in 1950 --Details, National Council of
Churches 50th Anniversary Fete:
November 2, 1999, NEW YORK NCC
Hails New Global Sullivan Principles, Announced Today:
November 4, 1999, CLEVELAND, Ohio ---- Five No Gun Ri Survivors, Three Korean War U.S. Veterans To Meet
Nov. 10; First Encounter In 50 Years To Be Held During NCC 50th
Anniversary:
Click here for an index of
all news and feature coverage of the NCC's 50th Anniversary Celebration Nov. 9-12, 1999,
in Cleveland, Ohio, along with all coverage of the Nov. 10-12 NCC General Assembly.
SANTIAGO, CHILE - Latin American
Agencies Chart New Course; CWS Sponsors Four Day Meeting in Santiago:
Nov. 26, 1999, COS COB, Conn. Alva
("Al") Irwin Cox, Jr., 74, Independent Film Maker, Dies:
DECEMBER
Dec. 3, 1999, SEATTLE ---- NCC Head,
Cuba Foreign Minister To Speak At Seattle "Solidarity With Cuba" Event; Friday,
Dec. 3, 9 p.m., New Hope Missionary Church, 124 21st Ave.:
December 7, 1999, NEW YORK CITY - "World Peace Globe" Unveiled At Church Center For
The U.N.:
December 15, 1999, NEW YORK CITY Andrew Young Requests "Moringa Tree Seedlings, Not
Flowers"
December 16, 1999, NEW YORK CITY
NCC Celebrates United Methodist Unit's Resumed
Funding
BOGOTA, Colombia NCC Group
Visits War-Weary Colombia, Talks About Peace
December 21, 1999, NEW YORK CITY
NCC Recovers Another $405,000 of $8 Million
"Troubled Investment"; Final
Settlement Brings Total Recovered to $5,405,000 -- Nearly 70 Percent:
Dec. 22, 1999, NEW YORK CITY
---- Cambodian Government Honors CWS:
December 22, 1999, NEW YORK CITY CWS Rushes Bedding, Plans $500,000 "First Phase"
Venezuela Response; "This is Bigger Than Hurricane
Mitch," CWS Says as it Undertakes Flood Aid:
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