Category - NCCUSA

US churches come together to oppose national and global injustice

agency reporter — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:34:37 +0000

The annual general assembly of the National Council of Churches USA and Church World Service has been taking place this week amid sober assessments of national and world conditions and calls for renewal of the churches’ unity.

Church leaders advocate for resolution of Honduras crisis

agency reporter — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:45:22 +0000

A top-level delegation of international Christian leaders has visited Washington DC to advocate for the cessation of widespread human rights violations in Honduras.

US churches hold vigil to highlight mountaintop mining disaster

staff writers — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:01:52 +0100

On the anniversary of a historic piece of environmental legislation, the National Council of Churches USA hosted a candlelight vigil to recall the destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining.

US government urged to protect most vulnerable from climate change

agency reporter — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:17:26 +0100

A senior US church public policy advocate has urged a House committee to increase funding for international adaptation assistance for poor countries in the recently introduced American Clean Energy and Security Act.

US churches welcome Obama's global message to Muslims

agency reporter — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:13:48 +0100

Senior staff of the National Council of Churches USA have praised President Obama's address to the Muslims throughout the world yesterday, renewing the Council's commitment to friendship and dialogue with Muslim people of faith.

Major treatise on religious liberty published online in the USA

staff writers — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:00:28 +0100

The First Amendment Center in the USA has placed online the once unavailable five-volume treatise of the late Rev Dean M. Kelley, the internationally known National Council of Churches USA executive for religious liberty.

US churches seek Congress human rights action on the Philippines

agency reporter — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:05:27 +0000

The National Council of Churches USA has urged the United States Congress to require assurances that the Philippines is living up to human rights standards before shoring it up with military aid.

US churches call for just migration policy as raids continue

agency reporter — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:33:35 +0000

Forty-five days into the Obama Administration in the United States, the general secretary of the National Council of Churches USA is asking for tangible signs that the promised ‘new day’ in immigration policy has arrived.

US church leaders welcome children's health insurance victory

agency reporter — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:02:06 +0000

Religious leaders in the USA are celebrating President Obama's signing of legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Programme (SCHIP) which will lift thousands out of poverty.

US churches urge Obama to lift Cuba restrictions

agency reporter — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:21 +0000

A dozen Christian leaders in the United States are asking President-Elect Barack Obama to ease travel restrictions to Cuba, which hinder church relations between the countries.