Court backs Florida church’s freedom to welcome beachgoers — for now
A Florida church has won an initial federal court battle over its parking lot. A member of...
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In ‘State of the Union’ season, UCC series examines state of things that also matter
In America, it's State of the Union season. And in the United Church of Christ, it's something...
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Immigrants in sanctuary, and their pastors, look to President Biden for liberation
Three fathers. Three churches. In Oct. 2017, three men, undocumented immigrants, took sanctuary...
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UCC Haven beats the cold and the odds by ‘working with’ instead of ‘providing for’
A year ago, things looked uncertain. Denison Avenue United Church of Christ was keeping people...
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Window open for new, humane U.S. policies in 2021, UCC advocates say
It's a year of opportunity. It will take work. Church people can help. Now. That's the word...
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UCC well-represented at virtual inaugural prayer breakfast
It’s a tradition dating back to the first inauguration of President George...
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Philip Schaff: A Christian Committed to Religious Liberty
Today, as views of religions are cultivating conflict, those of us in the United Church of Christ...
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She Enriched Understandings of Pastoral Care
Peggy Ann Brainard—known later as Peggy Ann Way (1931-2016), grew up in Michigan. She completed...
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Helen Kenyon: A Remarkable Church Leader in Difficult Times
The shaping of the United Church of Christ in the 1940s and 1950s was difficult. Although...
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Elise Kettler Longed to Tell the Story of Christ’s Love
Zenana missions were an important part of missionary work in India in the 19th and early 20th...
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He Focused on Christian Nurture
Most New England Congregationalists in the 1800s were “Calvinists” —followers of the...
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UCC bells, candles, hymns, prayers mark inauguration eve
Church bells, candlelight, hymns and prayers marked the eve of the presidential transfer of power...
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King’s words inspire salute in steel to solidarity, social justice
First Congregational Church, UCC, forms the background for the sculpture "Our Single Garment of...
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Building Bridges, Sustaining a Legacy
As thousands of American pioneers spread West on the frontier in the 1800s there was great need...
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Living the Gospel of Justice
From the beginning, those who formed the United Church of Christ were committed to a gospel of...
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Lourdino Yuzon: A Filipino Leader
In 1521 a Spanish explorer named Magellan visited a group of islands along the coast of...
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The Forest Minstrel: Lydia Jane Wheeler Pierson
Popular magazines and newspapers flourished in the early 1800s, giving clergy and lay members new...
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The Caroline Mission
Inspired by the work of a German pietist named August H. Francke during the 19th century, many...
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Introducing ‘Generations: A Journal of Faith and Finance’
Jesus said, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21). ...
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Nonspecific threats against ‘liberal’ churches prompt alert
Having heard threats against "liberal" churches, United Church of Christ leaders issued a special...
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