“The effect of righteousness will be peace,    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.” Isaiah 32:17 NRSV February 4, 2021, Washington, DC – As the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) has been consistent in its history regarding the affirmation of peace with justice and reconciliation among peoples and […]

On January 19, 2021, National Council of Churches joined with many of our member communions to call for an immediate five-year extension of the New START treaty, in order to avoid a nuclear crisis interfering with the other urgent priorities facing the nation and the world — from containing the pandemic to restarting the economy. […]

January 8, 2021 Our faith instructs us to take seriously positions of leadership, not to lead others astray and to be careful about what we say and do. In Philippians 2:3-4 we are taught to, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.Let each of you look […]

“See how they conceive evil,    and are pregnant with mischief,    and bring forth lies.They make a pit, digging it out,    and fall into the hole that they have made.Their mischief returns upon their own heads,    and on their own heads their violence descends.”Psalm 7:14-16 (NRSV) The National Council of the Churches […]

The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) has served as a leading voice of witness to the living Christ for 70 years. NCC is a diverse covenant community of 38 member denominations with more than 35 million individuals in 100,000 congregations from Protestant, Anglican, historic African-American, Orthodox, Evangelical, and Living […]