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Pastoral care, prayer and protests are some of the ways United Methodist congregations are supporting church members and others affected by the Trump administration’s drastic cuts.

A Federal Court in Seattle Issued Additional Preliminary Injunction in Case Challenging Refugee Ban Seattle, WA– Yesterday evening, a federal court in Seattle issued a second preliminary injunction in Pacito v. Trump, finding the government’s efforts to terminate its agreements with refugee-serving agencies to be unlawful. The government attempted to terminate these agreements just one day after the court’s previous order ... Read More

Washington, D.C.—Church World Service today expressed its alarm over the Trump administration’s decision to categorically revoke the humanitarian parole status that granted over 530,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) nationals living in the United States protection from deportation and work authorization. The blanket revocations, which are set to go into effect on April 24, will place hundreds of thousands ... Read More

The National Council of Churches in Australia welcomed the World Council of Churches (WCC) for a visit that focused on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. 

The first time I heard the term persona non grata I was a child living in Jamaica, where I was born. The term was in the news because the Jamaican government had declared someone persona non grata. My mother explained…

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It’s time to spill the tea–the Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson, United Church of Christ General Minister and President, has a new video blog or “vlog” debuting soon, called Natural Spirituali-teas. This special series will offer her point of view about…

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The final proposed resolutions for General Synod 35 are now available for review. Eight resolutions and one formal motion are ready to be considered by this national body of the United Church of Christ in Kansas City, July 11-15. The…

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Where there is no vision, the people will perish. King Solomon certainly didn’t have Brian R. Bodager in mind when he shared this piece of wisdom in the Book of Proverbs. Known as a “visionary leader” by friends and colleagues,…

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“Just Digital,” an online course aiming to help individuals and groups navigate wisely online and advocate effectively, is newly available in French and Spanish.

[Scottish Episcopal Church] On March 23, the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Mark Strange, joined more than 30 faith leaders across the United Kingdom in sending an open letter to call for bold action on child poverty. The letter was sent to Liz Kendall, secretary of state for works and pensions, and to Bridget Philipson, secretary of state for education. It reads in part, “We write to you as faith leaders from communities across the UK to encourage you to be bold and ambitious in your upcoming Child Poverty Strategy. We welcome the government’s acknowledgement in its manifesto that the UK’s increasing levels of child poverty and reliance on emergency food are a ‘moral scar’ on our nation. Without action this scar will deepen, with an additional 400,000 children set to be pulled into poverty over the next decade.” Strange said, “This letter comes from a place of hope – hope that the call for action on child poverty [will] be heeded by those in power, and that our representatives take the time to listen and learn from those most affected. “Across the Scottish Episcopal Church there are congregations large and small that are doing their part in their local communities to target poverty; from hosting food banks, clothing banks and breakfast clubs, to offering warm spaces in cold weather or simply a place to be welcomed on Sundays or during the week. “This is part of our call to minister, and as people of hope, we are always seeking to do more. This letter calls on our leaders to do the same – to seek to do more to support those whose lives are made that much more difficult due to the grinding effects of poverty.” The full text of the letter is here.