New hires add further depth to UCC national setting program staff
The United Church of Christ national setting is growing, with the addition of several program staff...
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Commentary: Strategies for women’s inclusion in church finance decision-making
It's official! There are more ordained clergywomen than men (51%) in the United Church of Christ....
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Living out 3 Great Loves, Ohio church youth group rocks!
Kindness Rocks! And so do the young people at First United Church of Christ, Sugarcreek, Ohio. The...
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UCC advocates celebrate Senate vote to protect net neutrality, continue push in House
One down, one to go. Proponents of net neutrality are now lobbying members of the United States...
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Commentary: The Ongoing Nakba
May 15 is known to Palestinians as Nakba (“catastrophe”) Day; it comes the day after Israelis...
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UCC leadership: We oppose laws that deny any couple the right to adopt
The leadership of the United Church of Christ has issued this statement calling for protection of...
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Prayers, rallies and arrests mark Poor Peoples Campaign launch in D.C. and at U.S. state capitols
Thousands of activists calling for a just world for all people rallied on the grounds of the U.S....
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Hawai’i UCC churches live, help, and pray through a slow motion disaster
Over the course of ten days, seventeen fissures have opened in the Puna district on big island of...
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Retiring FCC Commissioner lauds UCC commitment to ‘confronting divisions and hostilities’
Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn chose the sanctuary of First Congregational...
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Commentary: Shining a Light on Abuses Against Immigrants
Much of the debate around immigration in the last year has centered on high-level public policy...
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UCC pastor: Central American caravan teaching a congregation to “Fear Not”
Living close to the U.S./Mexico border makes a person sensitive to the negative rhetoric that is...
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UCC President speaks out against new DOJ immigration policy
The Department of Justice released a new approach to immigration on Monday, one that Attorney...
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Two Dallas congregations act as one, raise awareness about gun violence
A stark display outside a Dallas, Texas church, one which makes tangible statement against gun...
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‘Leading by Example,’ UCC national officers are tested for HIV
The three national officers of the United Church of Christ are leading by example, joining a...
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Commentary: Seeking Peace in Korea: Hope or “Hooey”?
North and South Korean leaders held an historic summit on April 27—the first in more than a...
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Cleveland congregation offering sanctuary, one of three in NE Ohio keeping families together
A UCC congregation in Cleveland is providing sanctuary to a married father of four from...
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UCC advocates in Flint protest water distribution center shutdown
UCC church members in Flint, Mich., continued the call for safe drinking water for all of people in...
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UCC Board begins Dorhauer renomination process
The United Church of Christ Board of Directors is beginning the renomination process for Rev. John...
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UCC leaders influenced by James Hal Cone mourn founder of Black Liberation Theology
Leaders in the United Church of Christ are mourning the passing of a spiritual giant with the death...
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UCC Pastor: We need to be present to effect change
You can only imagine my surprise at receiving an invitation to be present at a table of high-level...
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