Article: Conversation on race.(Editor's DESK)(United Church of Christ)

Article: Another way to celebrate the millennium: a case for uniting with the United Church.
Presbyterian Record;  June 1, 1999 ;     637 words ......Lutherans, why do we not talk with The United Church of Canada? Various ideas have been...the year 2000. At the same time, the United Church will be celebrating the 75th aniversary...opportunity to begin talks with the United Church. The purpose of those conversations...

Article: Should homosexuals remain in the Catholic Church?(faith & spirituality)
Catholic New Times;  January 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......are spurned, to become members of the United Church of Canada where they are respected...homosexual love is always sinful, while the United Church looks upon homosexuality as a natural...Gospel then do? Should they join the United Church of Canada? Through a process of reflection...

Article: IRS probing Obama speech.(U.S. BRIEFS)(Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama)(Brief article)
National Catholic Reporter;  March 7, 2008 ;     154 words ...CLEVELAND -- The IRS is investigating the United Church of Christ over a 2007 speech on faith and...candidate Sen. Barack Obama, a longtime United Church of Christ member. The United Church of Christ announced .Feb. 26 that the IRS...

Article: Canada's congregations facing clergy shortage.(Brief Article)
The Christian Century;  October 10, 2001 ;     693 words ...Despite diligent effort, the once-vibrant United Church congregation in the British Columbia...not restricted to the 700,000-member United Church, Canada's largest Protestant denomination...and other mainline denominations. The United Church of Canada has seen its clergy shortfall...

Article: Canadian church rejects calls for leader's ouster.(the United Church of Canada supports its newly elected moderator Bill Phipps, despite 'controversial' remarks by Phipps)(Brief Article)
The Christian Century;  December 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Canada's largest Protestant church, the United Church of Canada, has been in turmoil since...The Vancouver Sun reported that the United Church's Presbytery of Halifax, Nova Scotia...Sun: It's quite exciting to hear the United Church think like this. The church has always...

Article: Observer backs Darwin.(NEWS)(The United Church Observer's sponsorhip of an exhibition about Charles Darwin)(Brief article)
Presbyterian Record;  May 1, 2008 ;     259 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE UNITED CHURCH OBSERVER, the independent magazine of the United Church of Canada, is sponsoring a traveling exhibition...the sponsorship does not speak for The United Church. There is nothing in the exhibit that...

Article: United Church petition calls on government to do more about HIV/AIDS.(Canadian news)(Brief Article)
Presbyterian Record;  May 1, 2004 ;     265 words ......The petition was circulated by the United Church of Canada and was signed by members...circulating last fall in conjunction with the United Church's two-year advocacy and fundraising...two-day visit to Parliament Hill by a United Church delegation that included the Moderator...

Article: United Church to appear before Supreme Court in same-sex marriage hearing.
Presbyterian Record;  June 1, 2004 ;     259 words ...The United Church of Canada has announced that it has...October. In its request to appear, the United Church argued that, as one of only three...issues being raised. It said the United Church would offer a unique perspective...

Article: 'Invisible' UCC tries TV ads for exposure.(News)(United Church of Christ)
The Christian Century;  March 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ......other media-savvy denominations, the United Church of Christ will spend $1.3 million for...identities the denomination as the United Church [pause] of Christ, said Ron Buford...declined steadily in recent years in the United Church of Christ, as in most mainline denominations...

Article: United Church has first unionized employees. (Other News).(Brief Article)
Presbyterian Record;  February 1, 2002 ;     140 words ...While The United Church of Canada has often stood behind...are now officially employed by the United Church, which collects and administers...Employees (CUPE) to represent them. The United Church has voluntarily recognized CUPE...

Article: Two churches, one heritage: a shrewd and committed analysis for a way forward.(Divided Heritage: The Presbyterian Contribution to the United Church of Canada)(Book review)
Presbyterian Record;  July 1, 2007 ;     681 words ......The Presbyterian Contribution to the United Church of Canada by John Webster Grant; Gravelbooks...Grant as he assesses where his own United Church of Canada has come from and an appreciation...church union I have read. It deals (as a United Church minister) fairly and charitably ...

Article: UCC Calls for Nationwide Race Discussion
AP Online;  April 4, 2008 ;     459 words ...The United Church of Christ, the parent denomination...Leaders of Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ, meanwhile, asked reporters...they said. At a news conference, the United Church of Christ's national leadership said...

Article: UCC calls for nationwide race discussion, Obama's church asks media for respect
AP Worldstream;  April 4, 2008 ;     459 words ...The United Church of Christ, the parent denomination...Leaders of Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ, meanwhile, asked reporters...they said. At a news conference, the United Church of Christ's national leadership said...

Article: (Bill) Phipps and the divinity of Jesus.
Catholic Insight;  January 1, 1998 ;     684 words ......The remarks of the moderator of the United Church of Canada that Jesus is not divine...November 2, 1997. Critics from within the United Church have pointed out that Phipps contradicts...there are still Christians in the United Church (Nov. 25). And Rev. Graham Scott of...