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Report from the Day of Remembrance and Lament

October 13-16, 2019 in Hampton, Virginia

Ending Racism: Confronting Our Past, Revisiting Our Present and Naming God’s Preferred Future

Marking 400 years since the first
enslaved Africans arrived at Old Point Comfort

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National Council of Churches Statement on Anti-Semitism

The National Jewish-Christian Dialogue, convened by the National Council of Churches and the National Council of Synagogues, meets regularly to discuss pastoral issues that affect the Jewish and Christian communities in the United States and globally.  Participants of the dialogue gathered on December 3-4, 2019, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the […]

Settlements Contrary to International Law, Immoral

May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace! Psalm 29:11, NRSV The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) stands in opposition to the recent assertion by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo that the “establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West […]

On World Children’s Day, Congressional Briefing Lifts Up Plight of Palestinian Children

On this World Children’s Day, faith leaders called for passage of the “Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act” in the US Congress.  HR 2407, sponsored by Rep Betty McCollum, is currently before the House of Representatives. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) hosted this Congressional briefing which brought faith […]

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About the National Council of Churches

Since 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA has served as a leading voice of witness to the living Christ.  The National Council of Churches is a diverse covenant community of 38 member communions and over 35 million individuals –100,000 congregations from Protestant, Anglican, historic African-American, Orthodox, Evangelical, and Living Peace traditions – in a common commitment to advocate and represent God’s love and promise of unity in our public square.  NCC works with secular and interfaith partners to advance a shared agenda of peace, progress, and positive change.

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