New Orleans, August 25, 2010 -- Khandi Alexander Actress Khandi Alexander of HBO's Treme is narrator of an NBC special on the aftermath of Katrina presented by the NCC and produced by the Presbyterian Church (USA) on NBC stations beginning August 29.

Chicago, August 20, 2010 -- Christopher Dies His Eminence Christopher, Metropolitan of Libertyville-Chicago and Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S. and Canada, died Wednesday at the age of 82.

New Orleans, August 18, 2010 -- Coming Home Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the NCC is presenting on August 29 an NBC special produced by the Presbyterian Church (USA) on displaced families that are slowly returning home.

Chicago, August 18, 2010 -- Language A diverse group of Christians gathered in Chicago, August 9-11 to explore the power of language Christians use to talk about God and one another. 

New York, August 12, 2010 Support for Mosque NCC General Secretary Michael Kinnamon said in a strongly worded editorial that it is appropriate and important to build Cordoba House and Mosque at Ground Zero.

New York, August 11, 2010 -- Ramadan Respect The NCC, its Interfaith Relations Commission and participants in the National Muslin-Christian Initiative, have issued a statement  the eve of Ramadan calling on Christians to respect their Muslim neighbors.

Washington, July 30, 2010 -- Crack v. Cocaine Faith leaders applauded the U.S. Congress' approval July 29 of legislation to reduce the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses.

Chicago, July 26, 2010 -- Language Matters A diverse group of Christians will gather here August 9-11 to talk about the language people use to talk about God and faith. 

New York, July 21, 2010 -- Immigration Hymn Hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette of Wilmington, Del., has produced a new text dealing with immigration, now on the webpage of the National Council of Churches for free use by congregations.

Atlanta, July 21, 2010 -- Student Movement The U.S. Student Christian Movement (SCM), which has lain dormant for more than 40 years, will be reborn October 8-11 at a historic gathering at Morehouse College in Atlanta. 

New York, July 20, 2010 -- EcuLink EcuLink, the National Council of Churches' award-winning tabloid that has been on hiatus since 2006, has re-emerged in electronic form at http://eculink.org.

Elkhart, Ind., July 15, 2010 -- Peace Conference "Peace Among the Peoples," a Decade to Overcome Violence related ecumenical peace conference, will be held July 28-31 at Associated Mennonite Bible Seminary here.

New York, July 14, 2010 -- George W. Webber The Rev. Dr. George W. "Bill" Webber, 90, one of the vanguard of 20th century Protestant advocates of social justice that included Martin Luther King Jr. and William Sloan Coffin, Jr., died July 10 in Maplewood, N.J.

Washington, July 14, 2010 -- Prayer Petition The National Council of Churches Eco-justice team is circulating a prayer petition urging government agencies to turn away from partisan politics and seek "a just and moral response" to the crisis caused by the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

New York, July 13, 2010 -- 2010 Yearbook The National Council of Churches' 2010 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, one of the most respected records of church membership and financial data, is on sale this week at a discounted price of $50 per copy.

New Orleans, July 6, 2010 -- Centennial Gathering When the National Council of Churches and Church World Service gather here in the Marriott New Orleans Convention Center for their General Assembly this November 9-11, the meeting will mark a historic milestone for the ecumenical movement.

New York, July 1, 2010 -- Blevins In a joint appointment by the NCC and the Church of the Brethren, Jordan Blevins starts July 1 as the church’s staff for witness in a position also seconded to the NCC to serve as an advocacy officer in Washington. Blevins will lead an ecumenical peacemaking program on behalf of the two organizations.  

New York, July 1, 2010 -- Jesus Prayer A little known 2000-year-old Christian prayer, still used by monks and nuns in far away caves and monasteries, is the subject of a documentary feature film and book slated for early 2011.

Washington, June 30, 2010 -- Gun violence The National Council of Churches finds the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision on gun ownership to be "disappointing," but stresses that the ruling does not negate the possibility of enacting laws to reduce gun violence.

Washington, June 29, 2010 -- Chemical Safety Faith-based organizations at the national and state level are calling on Congress to establish a comprehensive chemical policy to protect both people and the environment. 

Washington, June 29, 2010 -- Shaw Appointment The Rev. Dr. William J. Shaw, a former member of the National Council of Churches Governing Board and immediate past president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., has been named to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom by President Obama.

New York, June 9, 2010 - Agent Orange Former NCC President Michael Livingston participated in an ecumenical delegation to Vietnam to study the effects of Agent Orange and Dioxin. He filed this report.

Washington, June 9, 2010 - Stop Torture The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) has released a new video, Accounting for Torture, featuring the voices of religious leaders who supporting the message of the Physicians for Human Rights report, Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Evidence in the ‘Enhanced’ Interrogation Program.

New York, June 9, 2010 - No Nukes A World Council of Churches delegation, including NCC General Secretary Michael Kinnamon, has met with a cross-section of the governments at the conference to promote first steps toward a legal ban on nuclear weapons.

Edinburgh, Scotland, June 7, 2010 -  Witnessing A Century after the gathering that marked the birth of the modern ecumenical movement, ecumenists returned to Edinburgh under the theme of "Witnessing to Christ Today."

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