Broadest ever grouping of US Christians focuses on poverty

by | Jan 18, 2008

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. CCT now represents the broadest ever national...

Faith groups mark National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness

by | Jan 14, 2008

Faith groups throughout the USA observed the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on 11 January 2008, seeking also move beyond consciousness of the problem to collaborative actions towards ending exploitation. The day of awareness was established in June 2007...

Churches join new initiative to rid the world of genocide

by | Nov 11, 2007

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. Representatives of churches, the United...

Churches urge recognition of the Armenian genocide

by | Nov 9, 2007

The General Assembly of the National Council of Churches USA and development agency Church World Service, holding its annual meeting from 6-8 November 2007, has urged the US House of Representatives to pass legislation recognizing the slaughter of Armenians in 1915 as...