Category - National Council of Churches

US government urged to protect most vulnerable from climate change

agency reporter — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:17:26 +0100

A senior US church public policy advocate has urged a House committee to increase funding for international adaptation assistance for poor countries in the recently introduced American Clean Energy and Security Act.

Major treatise on religious liberty published online in the USA

staff writers — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:00:28 +0100

The First Amendment Center in the USA has placed online the once unavailable five-volume treatise of the late Rev Dean M. Kelley, the internationally known National Council of Churches USA executive for religious liberty.

US churches call for just migration policy as raids continue

agency reporter — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:33:35 +0000

Forty-five days into the Obama Administration in the United States, the general secretary of the National Council of Churches USA is asking for tangible signs that the promised ‘new day’ in immigration policy has arrived.

US churches continue to seek unity in social justice and witness

Episcopal News Service — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:32:30 +0000

The US National Council of Churches' assembly focused on being global good neighbours, including immigration reform, the meaning of Christian unity in a pluralistic era, and obstacles to unity, racial justice and interfaith dialogue.

Global church 'living letters' encourage Kenya politicians toward peace

agency reporter — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:12:18 +0000

As mediation to solve the disputed Kenyan presidential election enters a critical phase, top-level figures from the two parties have met an international Christian delegation, which asked them to seek a compromise solution.

Broadest ever grouping of US Christians focuses on poverty

agency reporter — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:03:00 +0000

The new cooperative body Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT), bringing together representatives of 43 participating churches and organizations across America, is giving priority to work on poverty and witness.

Philippines priest urges united action to stop extra-judicial killings

agency reporter — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:17:49 +0000

Christians should be able to look past denominational differences and see their common humanity, said a church leader working with other faith and civic leaders to stop gross human rights violations in the Philippines.

Churches join new initiative to rid the world of genocide

staff writers — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:38:41 +0000

A joint campaign to eliminate genocide around the world has been initiated by leading civic, academic and religious figures in a conference room at the Interchurch Center near the campus of Columbia University in New York, USA.

Churches urge recognition of the Armenian genocide

staff writers — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:47:43 +0000

The National Council of Churches USA and the development agency Church World Service, holding their annual meeting, have urged the US House of Representatives to officially recognize the slaughter of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide.

US churches say farm bill should respect justice and the environment

staff writers — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:52:10 +0000

Ahead of a US Senate vote on the 2007 farm bill, churches across America have delivered local messages calling for access to locally grown food, guarantees farmers' access to conservation programmes, and respect for the environment.