The good old church dinner gets reimagined as hunger and loneliness rise: Free meals are life-saving ministries
She was one of many who came forward to the communion table, taking with her two tiny cups brimming with grape juice and a handful of bread cubes back to the pew. There, a non-verbal, five-year-old squirmed in a stroller…
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National Ministries, along with Central Pacific Conference release joint statement condemning school shooting in Bend, Oregon
The United Church of Christ, in collaboration with the Central Pacific Conference, has released a joint statement lifting up in prayer the families, friends, and communities in the wake of the tragic shooting in Bend, Oregon, and condemning yet another…
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Unsafe and Unwelcome
Issues of safety and welcome have long been a topic of conversation in the United States. The days of racial segregation provided overt and legal signs that warned of potential dangers. Separate waiting rooms, water fountains and schools for Whites…
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‘Pause our doom-scrolling. Quiet our hearts’: Resources offer prayer and care at height of election season
With national midterm elections just weeks away — which are set to become the most expensive on record — voices are clamoring for attention from televisions and computer screens, billboards and mailboxes. Much of the messaging is intentionally crafted to…
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Pacific churches reject US call to end UN decolonization mandate
The Pacific Conference of Churches, in a message on 19 October, rejected a US call to end the mandate of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization.
Keep Kindness Going in 2026
Now in the final months of 2026, both the United Church of Christ and the Values in Action Kindland teams want to keep the kindness campaign going. Together, both have spent this year building the United States of Kindness through…
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WCC general secretary speaks on public theology in a fractured world
During a keynote speech at the Global Network for Public Theology conference, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on why public theology cannot remain an abstract academic exercise but must ask how Christian faith is to be articulated, embodied, and witnessed within the public realities of a wounded world.
Susan's story: The cost of 'normality'
Susan* shares her experience of abortion at fifteen, the grief she carried for years, and how faith, forgiveness and compassionate support helped her begin to heal
WCC contributes insights, statements at UN 63rd Human Rights Council
As the UN Human Rights Council closed, the World Council of Churches (WCC) looked back on outcomes related to its contributions and statements.
Human Rights Council adopts resolution on nuclear legacy in Marshall Islands
The 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, which concluded 7 October, adopted by consensus a third biannual technical resolution on the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands.