November 11, 2009, Minneapolis – Margaret Aymer The wisdom of the Bible defies the world's wisdom, Margaret Aymer tells 2009 General Assembly.

November 11, 2009, Minneapolis – GA 2009 opens General Assembly opens with a sober assessment of world and national conditions and a call for a united response.

November 11, 2009, Minneapolis – New Fire 3 New Fire Movement dreams dreams but makes concrete plans.

November 10, 2009, Minneapolis  – NCC President Elect Kathryn M. Lohre, assistant director of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University and an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America representative to the World Council of Churches Central Committee, has been elected the President Elect of the National Council of Churches by the NCC Governing Board.

November 9, 2009, Minneapolis – New Fire 2 On the second day of the ecumenical young adult gathering New Fire 2009, nearly 40 young adult participants from across the country attended Sunday worship at the Church of All Nations, a multi-cultural Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation in Minneapolis.

November 9, 2009, Minneapolis – Chemberlin The Rev. Peg Chemberlin, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Churches, will be installed as President of the National Council of Churches at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 12, in a public service at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral here.

November 7, 2009, Minneapolis – New Fire Forty young adults from 17 communions, 15 states, the District of Columbia, the Philippines and Canada, have gathered here this week-end with an ambitious aim: to launch a nation-wide movement of young adults for Christ.

November 5, 2009, Minneapolis – General Assembly The annual General Assembly of the National Council of Churches USA  and Church World Service will meet here November 10-12 in a spirit of New Testament optimism and a celebration of the 35 diverse communions that come together to form the ecumenical bodies.

November 5, 2009, Washington – Climate Justice With the United Nations climate change negotiations only five weeks away, more than 14,000 signatures were delivered to President Obama and Congress today calling for an effective and moral response to the emerging climate crisis.  

November 2, 2009, New York – Nuclear Disarmament NATO leaders get the support of international, regional and national ecumenical organizations to pursue nuclear disarmament.

October 27, 2009, Washington – Healthy Spa NCC releases a 'Healthy Spa" tool kit in commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

October 16, 2009, New York – Gulf Priority Religious leaders urge Obama to make Gulf coast recovery a priority.

October 16, 2009 – Media Fast Religious groups will fast from violent media October 19-26.

October 15, 2009, New York – H1N1 The National Council of Churches Health Task Force has issued flu prevention guidelines for congregations that includes both standard hygiene activities and unusual worship practices.

October 15, 2009, Geneva – Emilio Castro Honored  The Rev. Dr. Emilio Castro, World Council of Churches General Secretary from 1985 to 1992, was decorated Wednesday by the government of Chile for his defense of human rights in Chile during the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. 

October 14, 2009, New York – Mitch Albom  The National Council of Churches has partnered with Mitch Albom to produce a discussion guide for his latest bestseller.  

October 13, 2009, Washington – Green Jobs Citing a shared tradition of justice and compassion, the faith community, no stranger to providing personal and communal assistance to the nation’s most vulnerable populations, is organizing across the country to call on government officials to create new, sustainable and green job opportunities for persons living in poverty.

October 13, 2009, New York – Margaret Flory Margaret Flory, a visionary Presbyterian leader who created a number of seminal programs that connected Christians around the world with each other, died Oct. 1 in Asheville, N.C. She was 95.

October 2, 2009, New York – Parker Lecture Michael Kinnamon, addressing the 27th annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture at Riverside Church, said this week that ecumenical and media leaders share a "common cause" to "promote a genuine sense of community" in today's fragmented society.

October 1, 2009, New York – Serene Jones Emerging media will have a dramatic and disorienting effect on the church every bit as profound as the impact of the printing press in the 15th century, President Serene Jones of Union Theological Seminary told the National Council of Churches Communications Commission this week.

September 25, 2009, New York – Civil Discourse  Alarmed by the intensity of angry and sometimes violent language coming out of public meetings on healthcare and other issues, the National Council of Churches Governing Board has called for "civility in public discourse."

September 24, 2009, New York  – All About God  A member of the NCC Interfaith Relations Commission -- a convert from Islam to Christianity -- has written a book, It's All About God, to describe his encounter with God that he believes transcends all faith traditions.

September 22, 2009, New York – No Nukes The National Council of Churches, which has been relatively silent about nuclear disarmament since the end of the Cold War, has firmly renewed its opposition to proliferation with a ringing resolution.

September 22, 2009, New York – Mid East Peace The National Council of Churches, along with Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) and other individuals and groups, has supported unilateral commitments being urged upon Israeli, Palestinian and Arab leaders to rekindle the peace process in the Middle East.

September 21, 2009, New York  ̶  DeWinter The Rev. Deborah DeWinter has been named Donor Relations Director of the National Council of Churches.

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