UCC climate win with FedEx is part of a record year of raising religious voices to corporations
Like other religious bodies, many congregations and ministries of the United Church of Christ...
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Florida church and others say streaming, begun with COVID, is attracting new people
Jiajin Zhou was baptized Oct. 9 at a church she first attended virtually. Under a light...
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UCC ‘answer guy’: Farewell. Embrace the sacred. Take heart!
I don’t regret the goofy costumes. But it does surprise me when people still remember...
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Alan Miller, retired Conference minister of ‘great, good humor,’ dies at 70
The Rev. Alan Miller, remembered by colleagues as a joyful and effective builder of...
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Synod’s closing preacher will bring a word from ‘the intersections’
The day is still months away. But the Rev. JJ Flag said the thought of preaching at the...
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Religious advocates applaud as court rules against policy that blocked asylum seekers
A federal court has overruled a policy that the U.S. has used to turn back hundreds of...
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Researchers release religious study of every U.S. county, and elect a UCC leader
Statisticians who focus on religion have just released a major county-by-county study -- and...
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Corporate grants, church gifts, volunteers — all help people recover from floods
The United Church of Christ is using grants from the home-improvement chain Lowe's to help...
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Public theologian — a pastor who ‘sits with weirdoes’ — will be 2023 Synod keynoter
The keynote speaker has been named for the United Church of Christ's 2023 General Synod. She's...
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UCC Board recommends that Synod reelect Associate General Minister Thompson
The United Church of Christ Board has voted to recommend that the Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson...
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UCC Board proposes, in detail, that Synod meet every 3 years instead of every 2
The General Synod of the United Church of Christ will be held every three years instead of...
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People of faith urge U.S. to end ‘harmful’ expulsion of Venezuelan asylum seekers
United Church of Christ policy experts, ministers and congregations were among the signers of...
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Amid ‘major cultural shifts,’ millions from Lilly will help seminaries innovate, collaborate
Two United Church of Christ seminaries have received $5 million each to try new things in the...
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Racial justice minister: German BIPOC community ‘blessed me deeply’
The Rev. Velda Love, the United Church of Christ’s minister of racial justice, recently...
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Afro-Christian tradition’s status as distinct UCC ‘stream’ gets Historical Council support
For decades, new United Church of Christ members have typically learned about four streams of...
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Tips and reminders offered as Synod resolution deadlines draw near
Anyone submitting a resolution to be considered by the United Church of Christ's 2023 General...
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UCC ecumenical officer: Reuniting with partners around just peace in a time of war
The Rev. Mark Pettis, who began work in 2021 as the United Church of Christ's ecumenical and...
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UCC is front and center as U.S. creates new office linking environmental and racial justice
The U.S. government just formed a federal office to focus on environmental justice and civil...
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Amistad organ finds home in Connecticut church that helped free the captives
The United Church of Christ's Amistad Chapel in Cleveland, now closed, was home to a...
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Religious leaders want Congress to vote before midterms on voting rights, wages, poverty
A diverse group of faith leaders has called for Congress to vote -- up or down, before the...
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