June 29, 2009, New York – Church Meetings  The General Secretary of the National Council of Churches has been on the road since June 11, attending church council and communion meetings in Havana, Pasadena, Grand Rapids and San Diego.

June 24, 2009, Havana, Cuba – Cuban Five The NCC General Secretary joined in solidarity with Latin American Christians meeting here last week, and called for justice for the "Cuban Five" who have been languishing in a Miami jail since 1998.

June 18, 2009, New York – Faith Forum The National Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission is introducing an online "Faith Forum" to stimulate local ecumenical dialogue and bring Christians of various traditions closer together for conversations about their faith.

June 17, 2009, Washington – Health Care Reform Religious leaders from across the religious spectrum have joined in a strongly worded declaration that current economic conditions have made health care reform an urgent priority. 

June 17, 2009, Washington – Tobacco Regulation Faith leaders have applauded Congress for its action approving landmark legislation authorizing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products

June 12, 2009, New York – Bruno Kroker Bruno Kroker, 93, who fled his native Germany during the Third Reich and worked as a journalist in China before becoming a communicator for the NCC USA, the World Council of Churches and the United Presbyterian Church, died early Thursday.

June 11, 2009, Washington –Call for Torture Commission More than 150 religious leaders representing the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) gathered in front of the White House Thursday to urge the Obama Administration to form a commission of inquiry to investigate the government's past use of torture.

June 9, 2009, Washington – Protect Against Climate Change  A church public policy advocate today urged a House committee to increase funding for international adaptation assistance in the recently introduced American Clean Energy and Security Act.  

June 4, 2009, New York – Address to Muslims Senior staff of the National Council of Churches praised President Obama's address to the Muslim world today, and renewed the Council's commitment to friendship and dialogue with Muslim people of faith.

June 4, 2009, New York – No More Nukes The general secretary of the National Council of Churches today affirmed President Obama's promise in Cairo "to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons."

June 3, 2009, New York – Tiller Murder NCC General Secretary Michael Kinnamon has condemned the murder of Dr. George Tiller as "a cruel, evil act."

May 31, 2009, San Antonio, Tex. – First Woman Chief  The Rev. Lorraine K. Potter went from being the first woman to be ordained by American Baptists in Rhode Island to the first woman Chief of Air Force Chaplains.

May 21, 2009, Elgin, Ill. – Governing Board The National Council of Churches Governing Board, meeting here in the national offices of the Church of the Brethren, approved a balanced budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year and adopted a resolution on environmental health.

May 21, 2009, Seattle – EPA Hearing Christians spoke out again today at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Seattle.

May 18, 2009, Arlington, Va. – EPA hearing Members of the faith community are stepping up and speaking out today at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing to determine if greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide that are contributing to global climate change, are a threat to public health and welfare. 

May 14, 2009, New York – Armenian Genocide The U.S. government's reluctance to classify the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million Armenians as "genocide" leaves the matter festering in historical limbo, and the staff head of the National Council of Churches has urged the U.S. House of Representatives to set the matter straight.

April 28, 2009, New York – Swine Flu As deaths attributed to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico passed 150, churches are posting links to helpful information for dealing with potential pandemics.

April 27, 2009, New York – Dean Kelley Opus The First Amendment Center has made the Rev. Dean M. Kelley's once-abandoned five-volume The Law of Church and State in America available on line.

April 27, 2009, New York – Dean Kelley Bio The Rev. Dean M. Kelley, whose five-volume The Law of Church and State in America has been put online by the First Amendment Center, was one of the National Council of Churches' premier staff persons in First Amendment issues of church-state separation and religious liberty.

April 20, 2009, Washington – King Abdullah Meeting Four U.S. religious leaders -- two Christian and two Muslim -- met with King Abdullah II of Jordan here to discuss specific topics about the Middle East. 

April 9, 2009, Washington – Green Bibles Given In honor of Earth Day, more than 50 free copies of The Green Bible are being sent to seminary professors and administrators by the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs and the bible’s publisher, HarperOne.

April 7, 2009, New York –  NCC Easter Message The President and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches have issued an Easter message of hope in troubled times.

April 7, 2009, New York – NCC Pascha Special The National Council of Churches will present its Easter special, Pascha: The Resurrection of Christ, a program highlighting the Orthodox Christian observance of Easter, on ABC affiliates nationwide this month.

April 6, 2009, Washington – Chemberlin Named The President Elect of the National Council of Churches and the head of one of the NCC's 35 member communions were named today to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

April 1, 2009, New York – NCC Poverty Special POVERTY: A TIME FOR SHARING, an interfaith religion special, will be broadcast Sunday, April 26 on the CBS Television Network.

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