In this review, we invite you to join us in celebrating the past year. We also hope you will look for places you can join us on this faith-filled journey. May God continue to guide and sustain us all. … [Read more...] about 2021 Annual Review
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Workers’ Rights and the 2020 Election
Work is an essential part of our lives. We work to put food on the table, pay for housing and medical care, and to support our families. We work to take care of elderly and sick loved ones. We work to take care of our children. Too often, though, workers are forced to pick … [Read more...] about Workers’ Rights and the 2020 Election
Workers Are Worth Their Keep
The message from the Old and New Testaments on the dignity of work is clear – those who labor deserve to be treated with respect. As with most social justice issues, the Biblical witness around economic oppression was radical at the time and crucial for today, driven by a call … [Read more...] about Workers Are Worth Their Keep
Voices of Moral Mondays: Testimonies of Faithfulness and Civil Disobedience
The NC Council of Churches is proud to publish this brand new collection of testimonies from Moral Mondays. With 32 short vignettes from North Carolinians across the state, Voices of Moral Mondays tells the story of everyday folks being motivated to speak out on account of their … [Read more...] about Voices of Moral Mondays: Testimonies of Faithfulness and Civil Disobedience
From Jerusalem to Jericho: Christian Witness on the Tax-Sustained Road
This compelling 13-page document draws current tax policies into conversation with Scripture passages, Church theologians, and denominational statements. From the Introduction Few of us, I imagine, like to pay taxes, whether it’s income tax withheld from your paycheck or … [Read more...] about From Jerusalem to Jericho: Christian Witness on the Tax-Sustained Road
Job Loss – A Guidebook for Pastors
With too many North Carolinians jobless, the North Carolina Council of Churches is releasing a newly revised version of its popular “Job Loss: A Guidebook for Pastors” eight years after the original was published. The revised version is available for free download on the … [Read more...] about Job Loss – A Guidebook for Pastors
Journey of Faith: The NC Council of Churches 1985-2009
The introduction to We Come Together by Working Together: The First Fifty Years of the North Carolina Council of Churches, by Sister Evelyn Mattern, SFCC (May 1985) states that the story of those first fifty years “is the story of persons, religious leaders struggling to respond … [Read more...] about Journey of Faith: The NC Council of Churches 1985-2009
We Come Together By Working Together
The history of the North Carolina Council of Churches is the story of persons, religious leaders struggling to respond in faith to the signs of their times. Sometimes the signs could be clearly read; at other times they had to be discerned through a glass darkly. The records … [Read more...] about We Come Together By Working Together