It will be a guide for local churches. And it will be a little different from anything ever available in the United Church of Christ. Despite all odds, the long-awaited Manual on Church is coming together. Per a General Synod…

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“Moral outrage.” Those two words from General Minister and President John Dorhauer echoed the feeling of many in the United Church of Christ after the U.S. Supreme Court erased one’s constitutional right to an abortion on Friday, June 24. The justices…

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The national officers of the United Church of Christ are speaking out against the U.S. Supreme Court decision eliminating, after almost 50 years, the constitutional right to an abortion. Long before the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the…

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It was a long time coming. For the first time since 2018, the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches came together in Geneva last week. For two of the three representatives of the United Church of Christ’s Wider…

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A boy with a mask over his face – or is it a hand? A refugee with a backpack, holding tight to her child. A same-sex couple, kissing and embracing their son. A smiling young person – gender not evident.…

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