US peace church forges historic links with North Korea

A delegation from the Church of the Brethren has made a historic visit to North Korea, to make direct contact with four farm enterprises that have received support from the church – an act yet rarely extended to people from the United States. The delegation that...

Tax and politics row over Barack Obama church speech

The US Internal Revenue Service has told the United Church of Christ’s national offices in Cleveland, Ohio, that it has opened an investigation into Senator Barack Obama’s address at the UCC’s 2007 General Synod as the church engaging in...

Baptism by water torture

Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details Religious practices have often been tied to violence and torture, but this connection is often hidden within public discourse. That is the situation in the United States with the...