Oregon city agrees to pay $400,000 after church wins lawsuit to preserve feeding ministry
[Episcopal News Service] An Episcopal church in Oregon that successfully fought a city ordinance limiting its homeless feeding ministry has won a $400,000 settlement in its lawsuit against the city of […]
Faith communities get educated on voter engagement
September 13, 2024
Church World Service (CWS) held a webinar Thursday to pass along ways that congregations and faith-based organizations can help get out the vote during this pivotal election year.
Sudanese Anglican cathedral is now a graveyard for civil war victims, archbishop says
[Religion News Service — Nairobi, Kenya] Despite the Sudanese civil war that’s devastated the region, the All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Khartoum is still standing. But its compound is now a […]
Maria Fearing Fund to sponsor gala honoring the late Drs. Darius and Vera Swann
September 13, 2024
At noon Eastern Time on Saturday, September 28, the Maria Fearing Fund will honor the late Drs. Darius and Vera Swann.
The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb brings precision and passion to a talk at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
September 13, 2024
Widely published theologian the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, the founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, spoke with passion and authority this week at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., as part of the McClendon Scholars program.
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Toolkit launched as part of initiative to stop online gender-based violence
WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have launched a key resource to address tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and are inviting individuals and groups to become part of a global movement taking action for gender justice online. “Taking Action Against Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence,” a...
United Church of Christ counters Project 2025 with aim to ‘welcome all, love all, seek justice for all’
Project 2025 has become well known as a set of extreme policies which could threaten basic freedoms and harshly impact some of the country’s most vulnerable people. The United Church of Christ has published a response with an alternative vision…
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Prayers for the 17th Week after Pentecost (September 15-21, 2024)
(Lay Ministers being commissioned in Hopedale, Labrador) The watchword for the week: Jesus asks, “But who do you say that I am?” Mark 8:29 Amid this busy day, we pause to place God at the center of all that we are. We lay aside the menial tasks and the important decisions for just a moment […]
Taking a ‘how' mindset toward disability inclusion
September 12, 2024
What does it mean to belong? This question has sparked discussions across churches and denominations and among Brené Brown readers for the past decade.