GS28 approves Unified Governance, sends to Conferences July 4, 2011
After discussion and debate that stretched from afternoon into the evening, delegates to the UCC’s General Synod 28 approved the Unified Governance revisions to the constitution and bylaws by a vote of 613 in favor, 161 against and 10 abstaining.
Three recipients receive Antoinette Brown Awards July 4, 2011
For the first time in its 37-year history, the Antoinette Brown Award was presented to three clergywomen, rather than the usual two, at a GS28 luncheon on Monday.
Synod delegates march in support of Immokalee workers July 4, 2011
Almost 200 General Synod delegates and visitors marched from the Tampa Bay Convention Center across the Platt Street Bridge in Tampa Bay, Fla., in support of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW).
Voting system continues to push delegates’ buttons July 4, 2011
Delegates continued to have problems with the electronic voting system introduced at General Synod 28 in Tampa during Monday morning's plenary on July 4, 2011.
A lifelong love July 4, 2011
For 32 years, Charles H. Lockyear did it "by the numbers," as the Associate Treasurer, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for the last years of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the first decades of the United Church of Christ.
Synod delegates commemorate 200 years of mission July 4, 2011
In commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, a special video was shown to General Synod delegates Monday night.
Unified Governance Working Group faces probing questions at hearing July 3, 2011
A hearing on the General Synod 28 Unified Governance resolution drew opponents who voiced concerns about the measure's implications, on the evening before the resolution was brought before Synod delegates for a vote.
General Synod 28 to vote on unified governance proposal July 3, 2011
Monday’s agenda at the UCC’s General Synod 28 includes consideration of amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws of the United Church of Christ intended to streamline the denomination’s governance.
Committee recommends theological forum instead of a commission July 3, 2011
Delegates working in committee Sunday morning are recommending that General Synod 28 approve a resolution to create a theological forum instead of a theological commission – the intention of the original version of the resolution.
