Moderator of Church of Bangladesh calls for prayer for peace in his country
[Anglican Communion News Service] The moderator of the Church of Bangladesh and bishop of Dhaka, the Most Rev. Samuel Sunil Mankhin, has written to mission partners and well-wishers calling them to […]
Anti-Muslim riots in UK cause fear, security boosts
[Religion News Service — London] After six nights of anti-Muslim and anti-migrant rioting, with looting, assaults on police and hotels set on fire, imams and Muslim community leaders are working with […]
Freedom Ride Durham Registration
Join us this weekend in Durham for the next stop in the NCC Freedom Ride
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Reclaiming the rings: Why Olympic broadcasting rights need a rethink
The 2024 Summer Olympics – or the XXXIII Olympiad – are finally here! Whether you, or I, get to watch any of the games, livestreamed and in full, is a separate issue. Those of us old enough to remember will recall a time when the Olympics...
2024 Burundi Annual Conference
July 17-20, Gitega, Burundi
‘Lifesaving and lifegiving work’: Harm Reduction Justice Sunday toolkit available
During each Sunday service at Bluegrass United Church of Christ in Lexington, Kentucky, a chair in the sanctuary sits draped with purple fabric and a candle. The space, which references the color for International Overdose Awareness Day, was created for…
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Church leverages its assets to serve children in the community
If you were to ask the Rev. Dr. Gregory James Edwards what’s behind the steady rate of church closures across denominations, chances are he wouldn’t cite statistical findings. Rather, the founder and senior pastor of Resurrected Life Community Church in…
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UCC Everywhere ready to keep churches connected in a digital world
It’s a digital world, and for United Church of Christ congregations struggling with a web presence, there is help. The UCC Everywhere (UCCE) program is open to assist more churches with creating a user-friendly online presence. Now using an updated…
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Building congregational community safety webinar series launches in August
How can congregations build an ecology of community safety that is rooted in care, investing in each other, believing in each other, and trusting each other and the rhythms and cycles around/within us? What community safety practices can be engaged…
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Pilgrim Press author featured on radio program
Randy Cunningham, author of The Pilgrim Press title Where We Live: Environmental Activists’ Fight to Save Their Communities, was recently interviewed for the WGRN 91.9 FM radio show “Grassroot Ohio.” The interview originally aired on Aug. 2. It has since been…
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