21.  International Ecumenical Delegation To Be A 'Living Letter' To US Churches us church members have less often been on the receiving end of pastoral care the group meets with the us National Council of churches general assembly. http://www.wcc-usa.org/wcc-usa.nsf/index/livingletters1.html

 International ecumenical delegation to be a 'Living Letter' to US churches By Philip E. Jenks November 5, 2001  Representatives of World Council of Churches member churches will travel to the United States November 8-14 as a "Living Letter" of compassion to the churches and people of the USA. The WCC Executive Committee was meeting in Geneva September 11 when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.  Committee members, shocked by the news, spontaneously suggested the gesture. The purpose of the visit, which begins in New York, is "to express the solidarity and compassion of the worldwide ecumenical fellowship" to US churches and to "discern together what September 11 and subsequent events mean for the witness of the churches" in the US and elsewhere. The delegation is also coming to reflect on "the long term consequences" of the attacks and the resulting allied military strikes against Taliban positions and terrorist camps in Afghanistan in the light of the WCC's Decade to Overcome Violence.  The Board of Directors of the US Conference for the World Council of Churches, meeting in New York October 2, welcomed the visit and affirmed its purpose. "The trip is seen as a pastoral visit by churches from around the world to the churches of the United States," said

22. What The US Churches Are Doing was a letter from the Middle East Council of churches (MECC), delivered through the us National Council of churches. MECC general secretary the Rev. http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/behindthenews/us-us5.html

Church statements and actions Church of the Brethren Newsline, Sept. 12, 2001 "SPECIAL REPORT NEWS 1) Brethren response to Tuesday's tragedies continues 2) Moderator Paul Grout points to a youth/young adult response 1) Response and reaction continued around the Church of the Brethren Wednesday in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks along the East Coast. The General Board's Emergency Response/Service Ministries office activated Child Care in Aviation Incident Response (CAIR) teams, calling them to the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., for orientation. Team members were coming in by car from a variety of locations as far away as Nebraska. ER/SM manager Stan Noffsinger said he expected some teams to be taken by van to New York Thursday or Friday. They will go to yet-to-be-named locations in the city, which saw its World Trade Center twin towers flattened Tuesday when hijacked planes flew into them. Two churches in Atlantic Northeast District, which includes New York, were helping to find drivers. In addition, a $25,000 grant from the General Board's Emergency Disaster Fund was approved to assist with the CAIR teams, Disaster Child Care, and emergency response volunteers, as needed. It will also support Church World Service Emergency Response efforts.

23. Brethren In Christ Churches, General Conference Of Brethren in Christ churches, general Conference of when it became necessary to register with the us federal government as a nonresistant group, http://www.mhsc.ca/encyclopedia/contents/B748ME.html

var author1First = "E. Morris" var author1Last = "Sider" var author2First = " " var author2Last = " " var lastWritten = "1990" Brethren in Christ Churches, General Conference of The Brethren in Christ movement began around 1780 in Lancaster County, Pa. The founders, largely of Anabaptist background (probably mainly Mennonite), were deeply influenced by the pietistic revival movements of the period which emphasized a crisis conversion experience, with an attendant belief in a personal, "heartfelt" relationship to God. Some of the founders received a conversion experience in the revivals, while others came to believe in what the revivals emphasized. They began to meet in their homes to discuss their experiences and to study the Bible for new insights it might give them. Their discussion led eventually to their formal organization as a separate group. As Anabaptists they were firm in their views of discipleship and of the church as the visible, called-out body of believers. But they were also convinced of the need for the crisis conversion experience. Thus they did not feel comfortable with the Anabaptist groups from which they came or with various other pietistic groups in the area. As a result, they organized themselves into a new group where the principles of baptism and pietism were combined.

24. Catholics Join US 'Churches Together' Forum - News From Ekklesia us National Council of churches general secretary Bob Edgar has welcomed the us Catholic Bishops decision on 17 November 2004 to join Christian churches http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_041119ecu.shtml

Theological news from ekklesia Get this news on your site for free Discuss Send to a friend Daily email Web ekklesia.co.uk Print this Page Ekklesia services Journalists - get a comment on this article Join Ekklesia News by email Write for us ... Tsunami prayers Make a difference Support Make Poverty History Find fair trade gifts Get your Make Poverty History arm or wrist band Give a gift and help Tsunami victims ... Unusual gifts Ads by Ekklesia More News Campaigners hail debt victory but warn of missing billions Leading Methodist joins radical non-violence programme C of E bishop gives backing to transsexual priest Don't use Jesus and Mohammed to back war, protestors told ... Get this news on your site for free Catholics join US 'Churches Together' forum US National Council of Churches general secretary Bob Edgar has welcomed the US Catholic Bishops' decision on 17 November 2004 to join Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT), an effort to bring Catholics, evangelical and mainline Protestants, and Orthodox Christians around a common table for the first time. CCT is a new forum for leaders of the nation's churches to discuss topics of common interest and grow in their relationships with one another. It is "more a place to be together than to act together", Dr Edgar noted - though the intention is to build relationships that produce fruitful common commitment, not just to talk.

25. US Christians Encouraged To Think Globally - News From Ekklesia The Africanborn general Secretary of the World Council of churches has Referring to the worldwide spread of us-based para-church organisations, http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_050727usa.shtml

Theological news from ekklesia Get this news on your site for free Discuss Send to a friend Daily email Web ekklesia.co.uk Print this Page Find books now: Ekklesia services Journalists - get a comment on this article Join Ekklesia News by email Write for us ... Tsunami prayers Make a difference Support Make Poverty History Find fair trade gifts Get your Make Poverty History arm or wrist band Give a gift and help Tsunami victims ... Unusual gifts Ads by Ekklesia More News Campaigners hail debt victory but warn of missing billions Leading Methodist joins radical non-violence programme C of E bishop gives backing to transsexual priest Don't use Jesus and Mohammed to back war, protestors told ... Get this news on your site for free US Christians encouraged to think globally The African-born General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has encouraged US Christians to stand up for global concerns rather than narrow national interests in seeking to live out the Gospel in a violent and unjust world. He has also condemned the so-called “prosperity gospel” and praised faithful witness and action by many American Christians. The Rev Dr Samuel Kobia made his remarks yesterday in a wide-ranging address to the general assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Portland, Oregon.

26. IMA: US Church Partners us churches support the work of IMA. both indireclty through their denominational relief The United Methodist Church/general Board of Global Ministries http://www.interchurch.org/uschurch/index.php

I.M.A.'s membership structure is unique. We are an association of U.S. denominational relief and development agencies. We serve denominational partners and the health-related programs of their affiliated overseas churches by providing technical assistance, material resources and program coordination. U.S. churches support the work of I.M..A. both indireclty through their denominational relief and development ministries and directly, depending on the project. I.M.A. applies gifts from individual churches to the church's denominational overseas activities unless directed differently by the donor church. I.M.A. Member Agencies Adventist Development and Relief Agency International American Baptist Churches of the USA, International Ministries Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Div. of Overseas Ministries Church of the Brethren General Board ... Vellore Christian Medical College Board (USA), Inc. Shared Health Development Projects of I.M.A. and Its Member Agencies I.M.A. Medicine Box

27. WCC Pastoral Letter To US Churches Urges Discernment In Response To Attacks WCC pastoral letter to us churches urges discernment in response to attacks. WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, sent a pastoral letter to WCC http://www.ctbi.org.uk/010911/wcc01.htm

WCC pastoral letter to US churches urges discernment in response to attacks WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, sent a pastoral letter to WCC member churches in the USA on Thursday, 20 September, to express continued ecumenical support and sympathy in the wake of the attacks on New York and Washington, DC, and to urge discernment and encourage faithfulness in local, national and international responses. The letter also shares the WCC Executive Committee's recommendation to send a delegation of church leaders from around the world to the US as "'living letters' of compassion, and to engage with you in a common reflection about how we can shape a shared witness to the world in a time of such great need". The text of the letter follows: "Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Grace and peace to you in our One Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. In the brief message I sent you on behalf of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches on that tragic morning of 11 September, I assured you of the prayers of your sister churches around the world. That was an affirmation of faith. Now you have had the evidence of those prayers in an almost unprecedented flood of messages of compassion, love and solidarity from churches in East, West, North and South. This expression of unity in such a time of trial gives flesh to the words Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too... Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort" ( II Cor. 1:3-7).

28. US NCC 13), the us Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued statements expressing The National Council of churches general Assembly which held its Nov. http://www.ctbi.org.uk/intaff/iraq/usncc01.htm

International Affairs United States National Council of Churches NCC 2002 General Assembly Calls on President Bush, Congress to "Do All Possible, Without Going to War" to Resolve the Iraq Crisis November 16, 2002, TAMPA, Fla. "Do all possible, without going to war," to resolve the Iraq crisis, the National Council of Churches General Assembly today (Nov. 16) unanimously urged President Bush and the U.S. Congress. In "After September 11, 2001: Public Policy Considerations for the United States of America," the delegates from the NCC's 36 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican member communions, which comprise 50 million U.S. Christians, also called for a redoubling of effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They called on President Bush and the Congress to recommit the United States to international institutions like the United Nations and to the development of common security for the world, and committed themselves to work for peace and justice worldwide in the wake of September 11, 2001. In a tandem resolution, adopted overwhelmingly, the General Assembly noted that its member churches; many state, regional and local ecumenical bodies; the NCC's Executive Board, and, most recently (Nov. 13), the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued statements expressing concern about proposed unilateral military action by the United States against Iraq.

29. Alternative Information Center - Home The committee is charged by the 216th general Assembly to begin a process of Other us churches have taken similar steps, including the Episcopal Church, http://www4.alternativenews.org/display.php?id=4456

30. Unitarians In Britain general Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian churches general Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian contacts links Getting in touch with us http://www.unitarian.org.uk/

Quick links WELCOME Unitarian ways Spiritual exploration OUR MOVEMENT About the GA Local centres Societies Unitarians worldwide RESOURCES Books Periodicals Introductory video What's new? Events Contact us Links f o r f r e n q u i r i n g r e l i g i o n Site best viewed with and above, Internet Explorer 5 and above, or Opera The essentials of the values we share Our organisation, congregations and societies Books, periodicals, sermons and lectures The latest announcements and events Getting in touch with us Resolutions passed at the 2005 GA Annual Meetings Event marking 100 years of Women's Trained Ministry in England looks forward to Women Bishops. Resolutions passed at the 2004 GA Annual Meetings

31. General Consular Information churches. Agape Fellowship Revival Center 8925022 (Ginowan) This site is produced and maintained by the us Consulate general, Naha, Okinawa, Japan. http://usembassy.state.gov/naha/wwwh1500.html

United States Consulate General Naha, Okinawa, Japan Important Notices U.S. and Okinawa ... Including passports and visas. This is a Japan-wide link to the Embassy in Tokyo. General Consular Information CHURCHES EMERGENCIES HEALTH AND SAFETY CHURCHES Agape Fellowship Revival Center 892-5022 (Ginowan) All Souls' Episcopal Church 936-7261 (Chatan) Bethel Mission Church 898-7033 (Ginowan) Bibleway Evangelistic Temple Church of Christ 622-6554, 090-1949-4714 (Ginowan) Central Baptist Church 877-2300, 898-2423 (Urasoe) Chibana Church of Christ 938-0764 (Okinawa City) The Church of God 633-2613 (Kadena AB) Church of God Christian Servicemen's Center Door of Faith Church 932-0642 (Okinawa City) Church of God Christian Servicemen's Center Faith Ministries 932-9072 (Kitanakagusuku) First United Pentecostal Church 933-3441, 933-3373 (Kitanakagusuku) Foundations Baptist Church 938-3493 (Okinawa City) Gospel Lighthouse Church 935-4930, 633-1106 (Kitanakagusuku) Gospel of the Cross 956-5536 (Yomitan) Greater Friendly Church of God in Christ 633-9620 (Ginowan) Hansen Christian Center 968-3957 (Kin) Hare Krishna Preaching Center 090-2963-0997 (Naha) Hope Chapel 935-4452, 935-4961 (Kitanakagusuku)

32. John Lomperis -- National Council Of Churches General Assembly Meets In St. Loui National Council of churches general Assembly Meets in St. Louis She also recalled listening sadly to us election returns the previous week and blasted http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles5/LomperisNCC.php

OrthodoxyToday.org Commentary on Social and Moral Issues of the Day Home Blog Columnists What's new ... Recommend this page National Council of Churches General Assembly Meets in St. Louis John Lomperis No endorsement implied. From November 9-11, 2004, several hundred delegates gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, for the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches (NCC). Calling itself "the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States," the NCC has 36 member denominations. Inspired by Ephesians 4:15-16, the theme of this year's annual gathering was "Weave Anew: Unity, Peace and Justice, Hope." Ideologically narrow politics and liberal theology were prominent themes woven through the caucus gatherings, banquets, workshops, meetings, resolutions, official speeches, and brief times of worship and Bible study during the week. On November 8, the day before the Assembly began, nearly two dozen mainline Protestants (and one Orthodox woman) gathered for a day-long "Young Adult Pre-Event." They were treated to a speech by Catholic columnist Colleen Carroll Campbell, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and current fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She spoke on her recent book, The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy. (For more information on Campbell's speech, as well as reflections on its implications for the NCC, see this commentary by John Lomperis.) Later in the week, representatives of the Young Adult Caucus reported to the General Assembly on their pre-assembly experience and their desires for the NCC. They requested quotas for young adult members on the council's the board and commissions. A spokesperson also announced that the young adults would not "worry about hurting anybody's feelings." As one application of this attitude, she blasted the NCC-affiliated denominations that do not ordain women. This exclusion, she declared, was "no longer acceptable in 2004." Her remark provoked much of the room to erupt in applause, while others, notably the Eastern Orthodox delegates, sat silently and uncomfortably.

33. Rule Of Law At Risk, US Christians Tell Kofi Annan Update is the newsletter of the World Alliance of Reformed churches (WARC), the balance, a us church delegation told UN secretary general Kofi Annan at http://www.warc.ch/update/up132/

Update World Alliance of Reformed Churches Rule of law at risk, US Christians tell Kofi Annan Update 2003: Volume 13 December August February Volume 13 number 2 (May 2003) Iraq Rule of law at risk, US Christians tell Kofi Annan Alliance condemns Bush war Peace shawl warms Iraqi hearts Christian worship in Reformed churches past and present Accra 2004 Join the gathering! Alliance announces first Global Institute of Theology Whose visible unity? Heinrich Bullinger: life, thought, influence ... The church lives from the eucharist, but only within limits From the desk of the general secretary The false prophets we have with us always Building bridges in Angola A better world is possible, say US Christians Whose world is it anyway? ... Neoliberalism contradicts Christian faith, Argentine forum says HIV/Aids Nigerian churches call for action Who is to blame? Newsround News and communication ... Contact us "The international order and the community of nations built up since 1945 is hanging in the balance," a US church delegation told UN secretary general Kofi Annan at the end of March. As the Bush administration pursued its preemptive war in Iraq, they emphasized that "churches are committed to strengthening the hand of the UN and the rule of law as the most effective and best available means to achieve a viable order of international peace founded upon justice."

34. Kurd Plight The silence probably reflects the general silence, Amatay told the The silence of us churches cannot be explained merely as an http://across.co.nz/KurdPlight.html

Churches Are Still Maintaining Uneasy Silence About Kurds' Plight 17-March-1999 by Alexa Smith LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Perhaps it is only Kurds who are not surprised that North American churches say so little about the Kurds, an ethnic group that some call the largest in the world without a country to call home. It's not much of a surprise to Mike Amatay, the director of the Washington Kurdish Institute, who has - like most of the world's 25 million Kurds - grown used to the quiet. "The silence probably reflects the general silence," Amatay told the Presbyterian News Service in a telephone interview from his Washington, D.C., office. Amatay said he believes the use of the word "terrorist" to describe the recently arrested Abdullah Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has muzzled international criticism of the Turkish government's treatment of Kurds living in southeastern Turkey. Yet, in a professed campaign to oust PKK guerillas - of which about 8,000 remain - Turkish security forces have razed more than 3,000 Kurdish villages since 1992, killing more than 40,000 people and forcing thousands

35. Churches us churches and Climate Change. By Rev. Bill SomplatskyJarman, Presbyterian National Council of churches general Secretary Joan Brown Campbell wrote an http://www.climatenetwork.org/eco/cops/cop4/5.c4.churches.html

US Churches and Climate Change By Rev. Bill Somplatsky-Jarman, Presbyterian Church (USA) Support for ratification of the Kyoto Protocol among US religious groups picked up momentum at an interfaith conference on October 25-26 in Columbus, Ohio. Over 100 people from 10 states gathered at the invitation of the Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of Churches. Participants adopted campaign strategies for their home states including religious delegations to their senators, media outreach on climate issues and placement of a television advertisment narrated by poet May Angelou. The TV spot lists a toll-free number people can call fro more information. The conference was the second phase of a renewed effort supporting the Kyoto Protocol. In August, 24 heads of religious communions sent a joint letter to President Clinton and the Congress to urge signing and ratifying the Protocol. National Council of Churches General Secretary Joan Brown Campbell wrote an article on the issue for newspaper editorial pages. All of their activities received extensive press coverage, and provoked heavy reaction from conservatives opposed to the Kyoto Protocol. In a related development, the NCC Working Group announced a major effort to promote energy efficiency in churches. A grant will permit outreach to congregations, and providing technical assistance. A pilot project has demonstrated that significant reductions can be achieved. This program is a demonstration of the churches' commitment to helping the US achieve domestic reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

36. Unofficial Home Page - Laurel, Maryland - Community Events Links to local businesses, organizations, schools, churches, and general information. http://laurelmd.us/

The Unofficial Home Page of Laurel, Maryland Visitors since October 9, 2004 Laurel Municipal Center Community Events Businesses Communities Schools ... Map to Laurel U p c o m i n g C o m m u n i t y E v e n t s September 2005 Laurel Farmers Market - Thursdays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Main Street Outdoor Concert Emancipation Day 1st Annual American Legion Post 60 Golf Tournament 10th Annual Laurel 5k Run October 2005 Blood Drive - American Legion River Fest TBD Traditional American Trades Fair Chili at the Lake November 2005 Holiday Craft Fair Lion's Club 47 Annual Christmas Tree Sale December 2005 Montpelier Mansion Candlelight Tours Annual Holiday Crafts Fair Children's Holiday Program January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 35th Anniversary Montpelier Spring Festival Main Street Festival June 2006 Laurel Farmers Market - Thursdays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

37. Episcopal News Service us churches on the leading edge of advocacy work, WCC general secretary says Friday, March 05, 2004. National Council of churches The vitality and http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_30437_ENG_HTM.htm

SITE MAP QUESTIONS Search: FEATURES ARCHIVES STAFF PRESS ROOM ... Episcopal News Service US churches on the leading edge of advocacy work, WCC general secretary says Friday, March 05, 2004 [National Council of Churches] "The vitality and creativity of peace and justice work in the United States is a resource for the global ecumenical family," the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia told some 600 representatives of US churches and faith-based organizations. Speaking at the opening of the second annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice, 5-8 March in Washington, DC - an initiative sponsored by a broad range of churches and church-related organizations - the WCC general secretary told the gathering that "in many ways you have been on the leading edge of advocacy work." In that context, Kobia explained, the 2004 focus on the US of the WCC's Decade to Overcome Violence is "an opportunity to highlight the contributions which US churches and movements have made to the cause of peace", as well as an occasion for churches worldwide to express solidarity with churches in the United States. "We know it is not easy speaking truth to power in the United States these days. But we want you to know that we are with you. We hope that you feel the support of the global ecumenical fellowship of churches worldwide as you conduct your advocacy for a better world," Kobia said.

38. EIR National Council of churches general Assembly WrapUp According to us Department of Labor data, the average piece rate paid to tomato harvesters in 1980 http://www.episcopalchurch.org/6947_23230_ENG_Print.html

alert("To print this page, click on PRINT from within the FILE menu in your browser"); www.episcopalchurch.org National Council of Churches General Assembly Wrap-Up NCC Installs CME Bishop Thomas Hoyt, Jr., as President for 2004-5, Endorses Boycotts of Taco Bell, Mt. Olive Pickle Companies NCCCUSA By: National Council of Churches - www.ncccusa.org/news Posted: 12/11/2003 JACKSON, Miss. - "We have great opportunities to do wonderful things for the people of God," declared the Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr., Nov. 6 at his installation as the National Council of Churches’ new President for 2004-2005. Dr. Hoyt, 62, of Shreveport, La., is Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church’s Fourth Episcopal District, comprising Mississippi and Louisiana. He is the first member of the historic African American C.M.E. to serve as NCC President since the Council was founded in 1950. He was installed along with other NCC officers during services at Anderson United Methodist Church in Jackson, Miss., as the NCC’s annual General Assembly, held in Jackson Nov. 4-6, came to a close. The meeting marked the end of one four-year program planning cycle (the 2000-2003 quadrennium) and the beginning of the next. Addressing those gathered, Dr. Hoyt pledged to "speak truth and righteousness in this land," to do so "with love and understanding" and to "continue to do all I can to make this organization all it can be."

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40. World Council Of Churches Press Release, Feb 5/03 Three us church leaders have joined 22 church leaders in Europe and the Dr. Bob Edgar, general secretary, National Council of churches of Christ in the http://www.ploughshares.ca/CONTENT/BUILD PEACE/WCCPressReleaseFeb5.html

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