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August 19, 2008, New
York --
The World Council of Churches is celebrating
six decades of service this month and NCC General Secretary Michael
Kinnamon is asking member communions to remember the occasion in
prayer during Sunday services August 24.
August 13, 2008, New York --
Russia's attack on Georgia is a disheartening
reminder that the 21st century remains a primitive age of fanatical
nationalism and military bullying, the general secretary of the National Council
of Churches USA said today.
August 12, 2008, New York ̶
Officials of the National Council of
Churches have concluded a 12-day visit to the Middle East where they
stressed the importance of Christian unity and interfaith
cooperation as keys to establishing "a biblically grounded vision"
for peace and justice.
August 4, 2008, New
York -
High ranking Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and
Protestant leaders have called on the presidential candidates of
both major parties to use their primetime slots at the nominating
conventions to offer plans for combating poverty.
August 4, 2008, New
York ̶
A group calling itself "Anonymous,"
specializing in on-line vandalism, obscenity, and harassment, has
stepped up its attacks on ethnic and religious minorities and
individual citizens
̶
and church human rights groups, including the Queens Federation of
Churches, are sounding the alarm.
July 24, 2008, New York
̶
Antonios Kireopoulos will represent the NCC at Yale's
Christian-Muslim dialogue July 28-31.
July 23, 2008, New York
̶
Plans are underway for the annual General
Assembly of the National Council of Churches USA (NCC) and Church
World Service (CWS) in Denver November 11-13.
July 16, 2008, New York
̶
A recent New York Times/CBS News poll
revealing deep national divisions along racial lines is an urgent
reminder of the need for sacred conversations on race, NCC General
Secretary Michael Kinnamon said today.
July 3, 2008, New York
Former NCC Faith and Order head Jorge Lara-Braud has died at 77.
July 2, 2008, Washington
̶
The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice
office has honored "green" churches around the nation.
July 1, 2008, New York
W. Sterling Cary, former NCC president and
still active civil rights leader, warns that racism persists in the
U.S. and "cannot be glossed over."
June 23, 2008, New York
State and regional councils of churches are implementing exciting
and effective immigration ministries, and the National Council of
Churches USA is featuring those ministries on its Web page.
June 17, 2008, New
York
A prominent Christian leader in Iraq has
lamented that few Americans are aware of the Christian presence in
Iraq.
June 3, 2008, New York
Hospitality, openness and a common commitment
to the gospel of Jesus Christ were abundantly evident in
Church-to-Church visits to two member communions conducted by
National Council of Churches (NCC) delegations.
May 20, 2008, St.
Louis, Mo.
Addressing the graduating class of the Aquinas
Institute of Theology here, NCC General Secretary Kinnamon said
Christian unity is advancing through the power of the Holy Spirit.
April 30, 2008, Fort Worth, Texas
Clare J. Chapman, Chief Operating
Officer of the National Council of Churches (NCC) and a veteran
United Methodist ecumenist, has been honored by her denomination for
"her exceptional leadership."
April
22, 2008, Washington
Using Earth Day resources developed by the
National Council of Churches, hundreds of congregations and
communities around the country are celebrating Earth Day this year,
recognizing their faithful call to protect Gods creation.
April 16, 2008, New York
Krister Stendahl, a tireless ecumenist who
was dean and a member of the faculty of Harvard Divinity School and
a former bishop of Stockholm, Sweden, died Yesterday in Boston. He
was 86.
April 14, 2008, New York
An experienced Mennonite editor has been
elected chair of the NCC's Uniform Series Committee.
April 10, 2008, Washington
Faith groups and individuals from around the country sent
encouraging messages to Congress yesterday as the U.S. House of
Representatives passed the National Landscape Conservation System
Act by a vote of 278 to 140.
April 9, 2008, New York
Symbols & Sanctity: the Objects of Religion,
a CBS interfaith religion special produced with the cooperation of the
NCC, The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a consortium of Jewish
organizations and The Islamic Society of North America, will be broadcast Sunday, April
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April 7, 2008, Vatican City
An elegantly
hand-lettered edition of the New Revised
Standard Version St. John's Bible was
presented Friday to a delighted Pope Benedict XVI.
April 3, 2008, Chicago
̶
The heads of the NCC and UCC and Pastor Otis Moss
III today addressed a press conference at Trinity United Church of Christ
to suggest the ministries of the former pastor and the congregation have
been distorted by some members of the media, and to call for pastors
around the nation to address the subject of race on Trinity Sunday, May
18.
April 1, 2008, New York
Leaders and member communions of the National Council of Churches USA
are extending a warm welcome to Pope Benedict XVI when the pontiff
visits the United States April 15-20.
March 28, 2008, New York
The rhetoric of the 2008 campaign is heating up, and the NCC general
secretary says candidates should follow the golden rule of ecumenism.
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