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National Council of Churches decries Supreme Court ruling criminalizing unhoused persons

Posted July 15th, 2024

The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA strongly opposes the Supreme Court’s recent decision in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, which allows the enforcement of laws regulating camping on public property and has significant implications for homeless individuals across the nation.

PC(USA) area coordinator for the Pacific explores the lingering effects of nuclear bomb testing in the Marshall Islands

Posted August 22nd, 2023

“Screams and hubbubs! The children were excited and happy to leave the huts and go play outside. The air was thick and full of dust and flakes falling from the sky. They thought it was snowing, something which never happened on their tropical island. They were surprised and curious. They run after the flakes, catching them with their hands, rubbing them in their hair and on their bodies,” an eyewitness recalled.

Ecumenical Advocacy Days preacher urges participants to take Jesus’ advice to ‘go and see’

Posted April 25th, 2023

Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie opened Ecumenical Advocacy Days on Tuesday with a rousing sermon in which the biblical story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 became a rallying cry to be courageous, persistent and compassionate in a world where it often seems there aren’t enough resources to go around.

Minute for Mission: A Social Creed for the 21st Century

Posted August 18th, 2022

Of all the economic indicators this year, it seems that the “labor numbers” are pretty good. Even though prices have been rising, unemployment is at an almost record low. People are working again, but interestingly a labor shortage persists. Jobs are still available everywhere. “Help wanted” signs are hanging in merchant windows. Employers continue to offer better wages and benefits and flexible work hours, all with the hope of attracting workers to fill needed jobs. The labor numbers may be good, but labor is still a problem.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and interfaith groups denounce ‘illegal assault on Ukraine’

Posted July 15th, 2022

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has signed onto an interfaith letter urging Congress to make “stopping the bloodshed” in Ukraine a top priority as reports of injuries, death, displacement and destruction from the war with Russia continue.

World Council of Churches mourns the loss of the Rev. Dwain C. Epps

Posted May 9th, 2022

The Rev. Dwain C. Epps, a longtime staff member of the World Council of Churches, died April 28 at Fribourg Cantonal Hospital in Switzerland, according to a post by the World Council of Churches.

‘We need to talk about voting’

Posted February 16th, 2022

“We need to talk about voting,” Dr. Rodney S. Sadler Jr. of Union Presbyterian Seminary said to kick off a 90-minute webinar Tuesday titled “Our Voices, Our Votes, Our Freedoms,” “making sure we are putting this front and center of any work we’re doing.”

Town Hall precedes November push for federal reparations legislation

Posted October 28th, 2021

The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness was part of a virtual Town Hall Wednesday aimed at getting federal reparations legislation to a congressional vote in the next few weeks.

Author of ‘White Fragility’ and ‘Nice Racism’ shatters comfort zone

Posted October 13th, 2021

New York Times bestselling author Robin DiAngelo, who coined the phrase “white fragility,” gave a provocative presentation on systemic racism, white culture and white dominance during a two-day gathering of the National Council of Churches (NCC) this week.

Faith groups call for humanitarian action in Cuba

Posted August 13th, 2021

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is one of 24 churches and faith-based organizations to have signed on to a letter calling on the administration of President Joe Biden to lift the sanctions on Cuba, saying they prevent humanitarian aid from reaching people on the island.