Manual on Church team has ‘audacious’ goal of having a draft by December
It will be a guide for local churches. And it will be a little different from anything ever...
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Food, grief, coffee, shouts, a march: Poor People’s Campaign energizes thousands
Thousands of activists converged on the nation's capital June 18 to shout, celebrate, mourn,...
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UCC among faith groups pushing Biden to form reparations commission
A coalition of religious activists wants to build on the U.S. Juneteenth holiday. This...
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In Florida, ‘Gun-Lock Safety Sunday’ is one way to ‘do something’
The plea to "do something" about gun deaths will get a concrete reply on Sunday, June...
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As 2023 Synod prep begins, resolution deadlines and other rules are announced
Deadlines and new information are now available for people who want to submit business to the...
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New UCC pastoral letter, toolkit urge church to speak out for trans, nonbinary people
National and regional leaders of the United Church of Christ issued a pastoral letter June 8,...
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UCC events will be part of massive poor people’s assembly in D.C., June 17-18
The Poor People's Campaign's big day is almost here. And United Church of Christ people from...
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Silent lawn displays are one way churches cry out about gun violence
The Rev. John McIver Gage said he should have been writing his sermon that Saturday...
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Sale of UCC building in Cleveland complete; new office space nearly ready
The United Church of Christ no longer owns property in downtown Cleveland. The sale of the...
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In face of unspeakable death, church joins in grief and ‘speaks life’
Not thoughts and prayers, but rather prayers and presence, have marked the United Church of...
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Next round of dialogue with Catholics, including justice as topic, starts in June
The unity Jesus prayed for in John 17:21, "that they may all be one," has turned out to be a...
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Six weeks in, churches continue to respond to New Mexico’s largest-ever wildfires
As New Mexico's worst wildfires on record continue to rage, area churches -- some in close...
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Hybrid teaching and learning in local church to be focus of UCC event
The world of hybrid learning will be the focus of a two-day event for people who teach in...
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One-week campaign seeks monthly gifts toward leadership development for women in ministry
The Antoinette Brown Society is launching a one-week membership drive to support the gifts of...
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Weekend server work will interrupt some online interactions with UCC national offices
A partial interruption in computer service will take place over one weekend in May as the...
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City must cover legal costs of church that had to defend public use of its parking lot
A Florida church has won a final legal battle over the public use of its parking lot. A...
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The Rev. Ron Eslinger, 79
Ron Eslinger The Rev. Ronald L. Eslinger, who ministered in local church and Conference...
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UCC sells downtown Cleveland office building
The United Church of Christ has a contract to sell the Cleveland building that has been home...
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Rooms are named as work continues on UCC’s new Cleveland offices
The naming of conference rooms is the latest update as the United Church of Christ prepares...
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Church’s ‘fast from whiteness’ draws criticism, hate — but also ‘wise’ support
"We didn't just touch a nerve. We touched a wound." That's how the Rev. John Edgerton...
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