UCC News Headlines
 
Give generously: UCC issues $100,000 disaster appeal for Myanmar
May 6, 2008
UCC members and churches are responding with support for cyclone-devastated Myanmar, where thousands have been killed and an estimated 1 million are homeless.
United Church News named third-best religion newspaper
May 5, 2008
United Church News was recognized in April by Associated Church Press as one of the best national or international religion newspapers in North America.
Moyers: 'Beware the terrible simplifiers'
May 4, 2008
Bill Moyers, veteran journalist and UCC member, delivered the following essay during his May 2 installment of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.
Thomas speaks to 'broad set of emotions' involving Wright controversy
May 1, 2008
Writing from a trip to South America where he is visiting mission partners in Argentina and Chile, the Rev. John H. Thomas, general minister and president, acknowledges the 'sadness, even anger' that is being experienced across the church and nation over the Jeremiah Wright controversy.
A proud first: UCC's Chicago Seminary establishes Jewish Studies chair
April 30, 2008
Chicago Theological Seminary has established the Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies with a $2 million endowment led by Chicago’s Pritzker family. The chair, America’s first endowed professorship in Jewish studies at a freestanding Protestant seminary, honors the co-founder of the school’s Center for Jewish-Christian Studies.
UCC Insurance Board explores more direct relationship with Disciples
April 30, 2008
Executives of the UCC Insurance Board told Disciples regional ministers at an April 16 meeting that its board is actively exploring a more direct “recognized organization” relationship with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) similar to what it now has with the UCC.
Wright: 'God enjoys diversity, desires transformation'
April 29, 2008
God enjoys diversity and desires transformation. That was the message brought by Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in one of his first public appearances since his sermons stirred up controversy for the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.
Resources online for 'Sacred Conversations on Race'
April 28, 2008
A Pastoral Letter on Racism from United Church of Christ leaders highlights resources now online for use by local churches beginning their Sacred Conversations on Race http://www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation.
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