UCC advocates celebrate new 62,500 goal for U.S. refugee admissions in 2021
In a sharp course reversal, the Biden administration is now raising the cap on refugees from...
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Registration for the UCC’s Special Edition General Synod opens mid-May
Ready. Set. Register. The Synod registration system is ready to...
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After Chauvin verdict, clergy across U.S. call for continued police accountability
True justice means accountability. True justice means systemic change. U.S. clergy took that...
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Daily activities, challenges planned for youth, young adults at online General Synod
Daily challenges. Dynamic speakers. Different tracks focused on music, writing, drawing,...
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Disaster Ministries sends Texas churches financial help for February storm recovery work
Three United Church of Christ congregations in Texas can now do more to help their neighbors still...
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Faith groups standing with tobacco farm workers in fight for basic workplace rights
Tobacco farm workers need allies in their fight for higher wages and better working conditions....
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UCC minister: On the ground, at ‘ground zero’
Tired. That’s how most people here respond when you ask them how they’re...
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Clergy call for D.C. statehood to give voting representation to its residents
Clergy gather on steps of National City Christian Church in support of D.C. statehood A group...
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UCC leaders laud historic legislation on reparations, heading to House vote
A piece of historic legislation, first considered decades ago, is heading to the U.S. House of...
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California collaboration will build tiny homes for families displaced by fires
Four families in California who lost much to wildfires will soon be moving into new homes, thanks...
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Biden’s orders on guns bring hope to clergy affected by mass shootings
They are limited actions and a first step, but clergy of the United Church of Christ are...
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Faith leaders speak as one to reunite all families
Faith leaders representing a number of traditions came together at noon Wednesday in...
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40-day anti-racism practice helps participants ‘unlearn’ during Lent
What did you give up for Lent? That’s a question often posed by Christians who see Lent as a...
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UCC national office joins ad urging paid leave protections
The national offices of the United Church of Christ joined more than 400 organizations in an ad in...
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UCC pastors in Boulder come together to help community heal
Prayer vigils, community check-ins and comfort care. Two United Church of Christ churches in...
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U.S. churches speak as one in solidarity with migrants and refugees
United in their resolve to “love our neighbor as ourselves,” 37 faith communities are speaking...
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Eliseo Jimenez soon plans to leave sanctuary of North Carolina church
Three men, fathers with young children, were welcomed into sanctuary by United Church of Christ...
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Faith leaders call on Senate to protect millions of undocumented neighbors
One down, one to go. The path to citizenship for millions of aspiring Americans brought...
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UCC president, other faith leaders meet with Treasury Secretary Yellen on global pandemic response
United Church of Christ General Minister and President John Dorhauer joined other religious...
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UCC Conference minister supports the Equality Act before Senate committee
Protecting the dignity and worth of every person in America is the aim of the Equality Act. The...
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