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The news headlines and other links below relate to the United Church of Christ or to peace and social justice issues of interest to our members and friends. They are updated regularly.
A proud first: UCC's Chicago Seminary establishes Jewish Studies chair 04/30/08
UCC Insurance Board explores more direct relationship with Disciples 04/30/08
Wright: 'God enjoys diversity, desires transformation' 04/29/08
Executive Council adopts resolution supporting Trinity UCC 04/22/08
Blog invites UCC pastors to share preparations for May 18 sermons on race 04/19/08
World's Reformed churches asked to pray for Zimbabwe 04/18/08
National boards creep closer to single body, but future of deliberations uncertain 04/15/08
UCC's full-page USA Today ad invites nation to 'sacred conversation on race' 04/12/08
UCC's John Thomas appears on CNN's Anderson Cooper [VIDEO] 04/03/08
UCC, NCC call for nationwide preach-in on race on May 18 [VIDEO] 04/03/08
RNS commentary: 40 years later, King's legacy back in focus 03/30/08
Global Ministries urges prayer for Zimbabwe as people face significant election 03/29/08
In letter to IRS, Lieberman questions reason for UCC investigation 03/20/08
'Owning the covenant': Thomas offers mid-week reflections for Holy Week 03/19/08
Responding to Wright controversy, Thomas asks, 'What kind of prophet?' 03/17/08
Thomas' Holy Week message: 'May our lights dispel the shadows' 03/15/08
Chicago's Trinity UCC is 'great gift to wider church family' 03/14/08
UCC sees $1.2 million increase in OCWM giving in 2007 03/13/08
UCC-supported Churches for Middle East Peace: 'Terrorism never acceptable or justifiable' 03/09/08
NCC-member communions express sorrow at shootings in Jerusalem 03/07/08
Search process begins for next General Minister and President 03/06/08
Top Washington, D.C., law firm to represent UCC in IRS investigation 03/03/08
Starting March 10, new edgy UCC radio ad airing nationally on Sirius Radio 03/01/08
IRS investigation leads to multiple UCC news stories 02/28/08
UCC establishes legal fund to defray IRS-investigation expenses 02/27/08
Obama's General Synod speech prompts IRS to investigate UCC's tax-exempt status 02/26/08
Illinois churches ministering in response to NIU shootings 02/21/08
Ohio newspaper makes 'satanic' name reference to UCC church 02/19/08
New radio spots will air before Easter on Sirius Satellite Radio 02/11/08
Insurance Boards shows further signs of improved financial strength 02/01/08
Seeking an end to millenniums-old feud, UCC announces advertising outreach to scientists 01/29/08
Prayer journals, dedicated at Amistad Chapel, now heading to UCC chaplains in Iraq 01/23/08
Thomas denounces smear campaign against UCC’s largest congregation 01/11/08
Survey: 'Unchurched' Americans say church is 'full of hypocrites' 01/09/08
Scientists call evolution and faith compatible, but separate 01/08/08
Religious opponents of death penalty see new momentum 01/07/08
UCC media justice advocates condemn FCC decision to relax ownership rules 12/18/07
UCC names J. Bennett Guess to direct denomination's communication efforts 12/07/07
UCC chaplain leads prayers at weekend D.C. protest of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 12/03/07
UCC members author online prayers for troops on Thanksgiving Day 11/23/07
UCC's Thomas among diverse endorsers of Muslim leaders' call for common ground 11/22/07
Advocates: Food prices, number of hungry on the rise 11/19/07
UCC's five governing bodies all give provisional green light to streamlining plan 11/10/07
UCC leaders on ENDA: House-approved, transgender-omitted bill ‘simply not enough’ 11/07/07
With UCC's support, ecumenical bodies urge U.S. House to recognize Armenian genocide 11/07/07
'Doc' Edmonds, UCC leader and civil rights pioneer, has died 11/06/07
Two national boards approve continued work on UCC governance 10/31/07
UCC opposes move by FCC to consolidate media, lack of public input 10/31/07
Local Church Ministries elects Steve Sterner as next Executive Minister 10/28/07
In 'sacred journey,' world's Reformed churches remember slave trade 10/26/07
Reformed churches -- UCC included -- create new, unified global body 10/25/07
Growing rich-poor gap is new form of slavery, say Protestant leaders 10/22/07
Because of pro-gay stance, UCC church in Texas can't join prison ministry 10/19/07
Stronger than usual: OCWM giving continues to outpace last year 10/19/07
Reports: UCC Insurance Board is financially stable, stronger 10/18/07
UCC pastor ends 46-day fast for debt relief, advocacy continues 10/17/07
Thomas, Jaramillo arrested at White House while attempting to deliver anti-war petitions 10/10/07
UCC's anti-war petitions received by Congress, next stop is White House 10/10/07
On eve of pro-peace petition delivery, tally surpasses 60,000 mark 10/09/07
UCC leaders protest transgender exclusion from proposed non-discrimination legislation 10/08/07
If pro-peace petitions not received by White House, two UCC leaders will risk arrest 10/05/07
Reinhold Niebuhr, the late UCC theologian, is unseen force in 2008 elections 09/28/07
UCC seminary establishes endowment to benefit Asian American / Pacific Islander communities 09/28/07
Global Ministries: 'Our prayers and support are with the people of Myanmar' 09/27/07
New blog lifts up coverage of local churches, justice concerns 09/26/07
Simi Valley city, church reach agreement on police-services invoice 09/25/07
NCC leader asks for international help to deal with US gun violence 09/21/07
For anti-gay reasons, major insurance company refuses coverage quote to UCC church 09/14/07
UCC attempts unprecedented anti-war petition drive on September 16 09/13/07
Church leaders offering support for Louisiana's 'Jena six' 09/08/07
UCC minister begins six-week public fast for debt cancellation 09/07/07
Simi Valley UCC offering sanctuary to immigrant facing deportation 09/04/07
UCC is subject of new installment of PBS' 'I Believe' TV series 08/28/07
Sign defaced at Open and Affirming UCC church near San Jose 08/22/07
New UCC campaign launched to gather 100,000 anti-war signatures before October 7 08/15/07
Charges filed against Missouri shooter at UCC-related congregation 08/14/07
Cathedral of Hope UCC takes in $3.1 million in single offering for interfaith chapel 08/13/07
Grant approved to involve Connecticut UCC churches in universal health care advocacy 08/10/07
U.S. church leaders want presidential hopefuls to tackle Middle East 08/10/07
UCC leaders 'indignant' over FCC staff dismissal of 'Stillspeaking' ad complaint 08/08/07
UCC's ecumenical officer expresses concern over Vatican document 07/12/07
World Alliance of Reformed Churches questions Vatican statement on status of Reformed churches 07/11/07
Thomas: Synod policy on Israel-Palestine 'remains today what it was before' 06/29/07
Justice and Witness Ministries regrets Supreme Court's 'turn from school integration' 06/28/07
GS26 calls for exploration of ways to increase church involvement in Synod 06/26/07
Synod recommends no changes on same-gender marriage stance 06/26/07
Whole church urged to respond to Philippines killings 06/26/07
Barney Frank to Synod luncheon: ‘Stand for morality’ 06/25/07
Cally Rogers-Witte re-elected as Wider Church executive 06/25/07
Heartland meets Katrina at Synod 06/25/07
Malayang honored for nearly five decades of service to church 06/25/07
‘Sense of outrage’ at injustice drives re-elected Edith Guffey 06/25/07
Microfinance expert: justice with loans, credit for the poor 06/24/07
Avery Post, Diane Kessler honored by UCC's Council on Ecumenism 06/23/07
Moyers challenges UCC: 'Drive out the money changers' 06/23/07
Synod, churches receive broadly-signed 'pastoral letter' calling for end to Iraq War 06/22/07
Synod cookies are proof: God's church is still baking 06/22/07
Synod's opening plenary touts UCC's amazing, ever-unfolding history 06/22/07
Obama's Synod speech will be 'first major address on faith, politics as candidate' 06/21/07
Churches face dilemma when offering support to migrants 06/18/07
One week before Synod speech, Obama addresses UCC's Iowa Conference 06/18/07
Search underway for new Local Church Ministries executive 06/14/07
Synod 'highlights' schedule offered for online viewers 06/13/07
Rogers-Witte, Guffey seek re-election at General Synod 06/11/07
Kobia: World's Christians must repent for oppressing other faiths 06/07/07
Thomas, Rogers-Witte join ecumenical leaders urging end to ban on Cuba travel 06/07/07
UCC/Disciples leaders call for just peace in Occupied Territories 06/07/07
Greenland ice melt speeds up 06/02/07
General Synod will be Hartford's largest convention ever 05/30/07
UCC pastor wins NCC’s first-ever environmental sermon award 05/29/07
Poll: Most US Muslims happy, opposed to Islamic terrorism 05/23/07
UCC-supported death-row inmate is executed in Tennessee 05/23/07
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