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JANUARY January 5,
1998, NEW YORK --
Church World Service Responds Following Chiapas Massacre
January 9, 1998, NEW YORK --
Presenting the Rev. Dr. Staccato Powell, New NCC Deputy General
Secretary for National Ministries
January 13, 1998, NEW YORK --
Church World Service Plans $500,000 More in Aid for North Korea
January 16, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Matches $500,000 Promised by Mrs. Helmsley
January 20, 1998, NEW YORK --
Church World Service Responds to East Coast Winter Storms
FEBRUARY
February 23, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Statement on Resolution of Tensions with Iraq
February 26, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Religious Leaders Disappointed at Failure of Campaign Finance Soft
Money Reform
February 27, 1998, NEW YORK --
1998 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches Published
MARCH
March 11, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC "Church and Government Program" Moves to 10 Cities
March 4, 1998, NEW YORK --
In the Wake of El Niņo's
Devastation, Church World Service Responds to Most Vulnerable in the U.S., Worldwide
March 12, 1998, NEW
YORK --
Church World Service Refugee Resettlement Work Gets U.S. State
Department Accolade
March 18, 1998, SAN FRANCISCO --
CWSW Endorses Third World Debt Forgiveness Campaign.
March 19, 1998, SAN FRANCISCO --
CWSW Affirms Economic, Social Rights as Crucial Human
Rights
March 20, 1998, NEW YORK
NCC/CWS Hail Resumption of Direct Aid Flights from U.S. to Cuba
March 1998, NEW ORLEANS, La. --
African American Church
Leaders Pledge Their Support to the Struggle Against Environmental Racism
March 20, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Launches "Urgent Action" Appeal On
Attempt to Muzzle Churches' Advocacy for Justice
March 25, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Head Visits South Africa
with Clinton Delegation
March 25, 1998 --
Joint Statement on Nigeria by Rev. Dr. Joan B. Campbell (National
Council of Churches) and Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick (United States Catholic
Conference
March 26, 1998, NEW YORK ---
NCC Racial Justice Working Group
Supports Jericho '98
March
26, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Officials Sign Statement Urging U.S., Mexico to Bring About End
of Violence in Chiapas
March 30, 1998, NEW YORK --
Church World Service to Deliver Medicine to Suffering Iraqis at
Easter
APRIL
April 3, 1998, NEW YORK --
Come to the Feast! Young Adults to Gather May 22-25
April 1, 1998, NEW
YORK --
Defeat for Congressional Proposal to Muzzle Church Advocacy
April 3, 1998, NEW YORK --
Back from Trip, NCC Head Calls for Increased Church Commitment to
Africa
April 16, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Delivers Medicines to Iraqi Children's Hospitals
April 20, 1998, NEW YORK --
New York Coalition Holds Interfaith Event on April 24 World Day of
Fasting for the People of North Korea
April 23, 1998, NEW YORK --
International Delegation of Religious Leaders to Discuss Religious
Persecution, Best Strategies for Combating It in NCC "Voices for Religious Freedom
Project"
April 23, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Responds to "March Madness" and Recent U.S. Storms and
Floods
April 23, 1998, COLUMBIA, Miss. --
Women Gather for Unique National Environmental Training
April 30, 1998, WASHINGTON, DC --
International Delegation of Religious Leaders Discuss Religious
Persecution, Best Strategies for Combating It
MAY
May 1, 1998, NEW YORK --
Two NCC Television Specials Look at Race in Religion and in Media
May 1, 1998, NEW YORK ---
North Korean Officials Stress That Food Need is Still Urgent
May 4, 1998, NEW YORK ----
Third Ecumenical Conference
on"Mission in a New Millennium" Includes Evangelicals with Mainline Protestants,
Catholics
May 12,
1998, NEW YORK
NCC General Secretary Writes Prime Minister
of Pakistan,Asks Urgent Attention to Religious Liberty, Tolerance
May 14, 1998, NEW YORK
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News Alerts: NCC Executive Board May 18-19, New York City; Young
Adult Ministries Training Event May 22-25, Atlanta; Tune in to Kids and Family II Week,
June 8-14, Nationwide.
May 13, 1998 , NEW YORK --
Good Friday Strengthens Indonesian Student Leader's Resolve
May 15, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
NCC Opposes Helms' "Cuban Assistance and Solidarity Act"
May 15, 1998, NEW YORK --
A Statement on India's Testing of Nuclear Weapons, By the Rev. Dr.
Joan B. Campbell, NCC General Secretary
May 17, 1998, MILWAUKEE, Wis. --
Church Leaders to Expand Common Witness on Mission Work
May 19, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Emergency Response Staff and Supporters Travel to Bosnia
May 20, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Testimony of OLIVER THOMAS, NCC Special Counsel for Religious and
Civil Liberties, before the United States Commission on Civil Rights Hearings on
"Schools and Religion"
May 25, 1998, ATLANTA, Ga. --
Young Adults From Across the Nation "Come to the Feast"
JUNE
June 1, 1998, HAVANA, Cuba
--
National Council of Churches Statement At a News Conference with
Hosts Cuban Council of Churches, Delivered by the Rev. Dr. Joan B. Campbell, NCC General
Secretary
June 2, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Latest NCC Statement on Proposed Federal Legislation
Addressing Religious Persecution
June 2, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC General Secretary Condemns Bomb Threat Against UFMCC
Congregation
June 9, 1998, NEW YORK ---
Church World Service Responds Following Afghanistan Earthquake
June 11, 1998, HAVANA, Cuba --
News/Features on the NCC/CWS Delegation to Cuba May 30-June 2
June 12, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Statement on Nuclear Testing by India and Pakistan
June 12, 1998, NEW YORK --
Letter to President Clinton from the NCC's Officers Hails Race
Initiative, Emphasizes Its Importance
June 19, 1998, NEW YORK --
Statement on the "State of the Cities" By The Rev. Dr.
Joan Brown Campbell, General Secretary on Behalf of the National Council of Churches
JULY
July 10, 1998, NEW YORK --
Hope, Distress Intertwined in North Korea, Erich Weingartner Reports
July 17, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Coordinates Faith-Based Response to Florida Wildfires
July 17, 1998, NEW YORK --
Churches Revive Visionary
"Peace Pillars" For 21st Century Context
July 17, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Black Family Ministry Project on Parenting Receives Lilly
Endowment Inc. Grant
July 17, 1998, NEW
YORK --
CWS Responds to Massive Human Needs from Continuing Storm Systems
July 17, 1998, NEW YORK --
Indigenous Peoples Detail Efforts to Protect Sacred Sites in U.S. in
"Sacred Sites, Sacred Rites," First Resource of Its Kind
July 29, 1998, NEW YORK --
Church World Service Responds to the Sudan Famine
July 30, 1998, NEW YORK --
Cookies, Greenhouses & More: Church World Service Response to
North Korea Famine
July 31, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC/CWS Deliver Medical Supplies to Cuba July 31 in NCC's First
Direct Flight Since Restriction Was Lifted
AUGUST
Aug. 3, 1998, JACKSON, Miss. --
Strengthen U.S.-Africa Trade, Investment Relations, Urges Ecumenical
Committee for Passage of Africa Trade Bill
August. 6, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Responds to Floods,
Drought in Three Devastated Areas
August 7, 1998, NEW YORK --
Gospel Singer Contributes $250,000 to NCC Burned Churches Fund
August 7, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Head Assures CWS Workers in Nairobi are Safe, Calls for Prayers
for People Affected
August 12, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC General Secretary to
Convene Two Upstate N.Y. Discussions on the Political Role of the Religious Right, Aug. 19 in Corning, N.Y., and Aug. 20 in Jamestown,
N.Y.
August 13, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Sends Blanket Funds to
China in Wake of Severe Floods
August 18, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Spurs Four-Pronged, Interfaith Global Warming
Strategy; Plan Includes Letters to President
and Senators, Midwest Interfaith Conference
August 18, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Responds to Crisis in Indonesia with $2.5 Million Food for Work
Program
August 18, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC General Secretary Issues Pastoral Response to President
Clinton's Aug. 17, 1998, Speech
August 20, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Holds Memorial Service Aug. 20 for Victims of
Embassy Bombings
August 21, 1998, NEW
YORK --
A Statement on the U.S. Air Strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan, by the
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, General Secretary, National Council of the Churches of
Christ in the U.S.A.
August 26, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Officials Relieved by Verdict in Mississippi Murder Case; Recall
NCC's Role in Holding 1995 Public Hearing About 1966 Klan Killing
August 27, 1998, NEW YORK --
Religious Leaders Respond to Continuing Clinton Investigation; Call
for Forgiveness, Healing and Leadership
SEPTEMBER
September 10, 1998, CHICAGO --
First Alert! NCC General Assembly Meets Nov. 11-13, 1998, in
Chicago; Executive Board Nov. 9-10
September 10, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Coordinates Faith-Based Response to Texas, North Carolina Storms
September 11, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C.
NCC Head Reflects on White House Prayer Breakfast
September 15, 1998, NEW YORK CITY --
WNBC-TV News Director Calls Monitoring Police Scanners "Lazy
News"
September 18, 1998, NEW YORK CITY --
North Korea's Food Crisis Continues, CWS Team Finds
September 18, 1998, NEW YORK CITY --
African Ambassadors Urge Passage of Fair Africa Trade Bill
September 25, 1998, NEW YORK --
U.S. Ecumenical Community Channels Aid to Caribbean After Hurricane
Georges
September 26, 1998, NEW YORK --
Mr. Arafat's First Stop in New York Sept. 26 -- A Reception Hosted
by the National Council of Churches
OCTOBER
October 2, 1998, NEW YORK --
National Council of Churches General Secretary Joan Campbell,
President-Elect Andrew Young to Visit China Oct. 8-15
October 2, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
NCC Joins Call for More Minority Law Clerks at U.S. Supreme Court
October 5, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
NCC Deputy General Secretary Arrested at U.S. Supreme Court Rally
October 6, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
NCC Public Policy Office Offers Qualified Support for
Nickles-Lieberman Bill on Religious Persecution
October 9, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Kicks Off Long-Term Welfare Reform Strategy; Multidisciplinary
Group Stresses Need to End Poverty
October 9, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Expands Hurricane Georges Recovery Program in Caribbean;
Ecumenical Recovery Efforts Also Underway in Gulf Coast Region
October 12, 1998, NEW YORK --
Andrew Young Lectures, Preaches: Email from NCCCUSA China Delegation
October 12, 1998, NEW YORK --
The Rev. Dr. Joan B. Campbell Comments on Religious Persecution Bill
October 13, 1998, NEW YORK -- Romanian Orthodox Church Leader Describes Delicate State of Ecumenism
in Eastern Europe
October 13, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Condemns Hate Crime Against Matthew Shepard
October 16, 1998, NEW YORK ---- NCC General Secretary's Message to Middle East Peace Summit:
October 21, 1998, NEW YORK -- China's
Churches: "Vital, Growing, Addressing Their Problems":
October 24, 1998, NEW YORK -- NCC Africa Committee's Mission Asks Support for Sierra Leone's
"Vibrant, Steadfast Church Community"
NOVEMBER
November 5, 1998, NEW YORK -- Film "The Siege" Feeds Fear & Prejudices, Not
Understanding: A Comment by the Rev. Dr. Bert Breiner, Co-Director for Interfaith
Relations, National Council of Churches
November 5, 1998, CHICAGO -- Final News Alert! NCC General Assembly Meets Nov. 11-13,
Chicago; National Council of Churches' Executive Board Nov. 9-10
November 5, 1998, NEW YORK --
CWS Responds to Catastrophic Hurricane Mitch in Latin America
November 10, 1998, NEW YORK --
Update: Church World Service Responds to Hurricane Mitch
November 11-13, 1998, CHICAGO --
News From NCC General Assembly
November 25, 1998, NEW YORK, --
CWS Continues to Respond to Hurricane Mitch, Brings Team of Doctors
to Honduras at Thanksgiving Time
November 29, 1998, CHOLUTECA, HONDURAS --
A Dust Bowl in Honduras: CWS/ACT Begin Relief Work After Mitch
November 30, 1998, HARARE, Zimbabwe ---
As Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women
"Ends," Participants Point the Way Forward for Continuing to Work; Letter to
WCC's 8th Assembly Addresses Priorities, Divisive Issues of Human Sexuality
DECEMBER
December 1, 1998, NEW YORK---
NCC Leaders Ask President Clinton to Forgive Debt and to Protect
Central American Nationals in Wake of Hurricane Mitch
December 1, 1998, HARARE, Zimbabwe --
U.S. Women, in Africa for WCC Ecumenical Decade Festival, Witness
Impact of External Debt, Press for Cancellation; U.S. Delegation Targets Sign-On Letter
to Clintons, Albright, IMF, World Bank
December 10, 1998, NEW YORK --
NCC Staff Members Witness Relief and Reconstruction in Midst of
Indonesia's Turmoil
December 11, 1998, NEW YORK --
1998 "Mauricio Amilcar Lopez" Human Rights Award to be
Presented to the People of the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico
News Conference 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec.
16, 1998, San Juan, Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, D.C--
Religious Leaders Prod Government for Strong Role in Peace Process
December 11, 1998, NEAR CHOLUTECA, HONDURAS --
"There Are No Specialties Here:" CWS Medical Teams
Bring Medicine, Care to Honduras After Mitch's Devastation
December 14, 1998, HARARE, Zimbabwe --
WCC Assembly Wrap Up -- "Together, Under the Cross in
Africa," WCC Eighth Assembly Comes to a Close
December 14, 1998, HARARE, Zimbabwe --
Globalization: WCC Assembly Participants Describe Divine,
Diabolical Aspects
December 14, 1998, HARARE, Zimbabwe --
WCC Assembly Issues Impassioned Plea for Debt Forgiveness
December 14, 1998, HARARE, Zimbabwe --
WCC Assembly Participants Call on the "God of Many Names"
December 18, 1998, NEW YORK, N.Y. --
A Statement on Behalf of Those Who Suffer, Occasioned by United
States Military Action Against Iraq |