In 'Shark Tank'-like challenge, UCC supports community-minded Wisconsin entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs came to First Congregational United Church of Christ in Janesville, Wis., and found soil for their seeds of community hope on Saturday, Oct. 19, during a Love Your Neighbor Social Innovation Challenge – something its local, Conference and national organizers hope will spread throughout the UCC.
Read moreUCC forgives millions in debt in Chicago, announces national effort
Almost 6,000 families on the South Side of Chicago have had their medical debt forgiven through a collaborative effort of local, Conference and national bodies of the United Church of Christ and other partners. Through church donations, $5.3 million in medical debt has been abolished.
Read moreConference Ministers 'transformed' by D.C. mission experience
A written reflection and visual representation of the collective call for justice and simple decency for immigrant neighbors made by almost two dozen UCC Conference Ministers in Washington, D.C.
Read moreFaith leaders rally for refugees, urge members to push Congress against refugee ban
UCC advocates, distressed and angered by the administration's plans to limit the number of refugees resettled in the United States to 18,000 in 2020, joined other faith leaders and humanitarian groups in the streets of Washington, D.C., in a rally for refugees in front of the White House.
Read moreUCC regional leaders call on Congress to defund hate, honor immigrants
United Church of Christ regional leaders from across the country have come together for three days of action and advocacy in Washington, D.C., to tell United States legislators to defund hate and defend the rights of immigrants.
Read moreOn immigration visit to Congress, UCC leaders to carry letters from concerned members
United Church of Christ leaders will wash the feet of immigrants and carry hundreds of letters from local church members asking for humane U.S. immigration policies when they visit Congress this Wednesday, Sept. 25, in Washington, D.C.
Read moreGathered in UCC chapel, people of many faiths give thanks for immigrants
Ninety people from at least seven faith traditions filled the Amistad Chapel at the United Church of Christ's national mission offices Monday, Sept. 16, to celebrate their shared welcome for the immigrant and stranger.
Read moreUCC, Muslim leaders urge limits on presidential travel bans
United Church of Christ and Muslim leaders have urged a key U.S. senator to support a bill that would lift a ban on travel to the United States and limit presidential authority to order such bans.
Read moreAt N.H. detention center, coffin-bearing marchers protest U.S. policies
United Church of Christ people were among activists from four New England states – and from several religious traditions – who walked long miles to a federal detention center in Dover, N.H., protested U.S. immigration policies and waved to appreciative detainees.
Read more'Evicted' prompts UCC action that keeps Indy families housed
The book "Evicted" and a General Synod speech have inspired United Church of Christ members in Indianapolis to keep two families from losing their home – and to start a fund to do more of the same.
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