A Testimonial on Intercommunion

A Testimonial on Intercommunion

Source: Communion in Conflict

Author: Nathan J.A. Humphrey

Date: 20 August, 2008

One week we would have a Roman Catholic priest (and no one checked anyone's credentials at communion, tsk, tsk), the next week a United Church of Christ minister, the next week a Lutheran pastor, then a Methodist, then an Episcopal ...

The New Interfaith Generation

The New Interfaith Generation

Source: On Faith

Author: Eboo Pate

Date: 4 August, 2008

I had the chance to speak to 3,000 young people at the United Church of Christ's National Youth Event in Tennessee 10 days ago. I paused in the middle of my talk to ask a question: "How many of you know someone from a different religion personally - a Jew or a Muslim or a Hindu?"

Almost every hand in the room went up.

What is a Liberal Christian?

Source: Accents In The Eye

Author: John14

Date: 1 August, 2008

Sometimes liberals are thought to be Christians who have backslidden; people who don't have enough faith, or are too "in the world." Actually, nothing could be farther from the truth. Liberal Christians are committed believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, who have thoroughly studied the scriptures and traditions of the Church, and have examined their faith in the light of reason and experience.

...mainline Protestant denominations: American Baptist Churches, USA; Disciples of Christ; Episcopal Church; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Presbyterian Church, USA; United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church...

Orientale Lumen XII West

Orientale Lumen XII West

Source: desert spirit’s fire

Author: Leah Sophia

Date: 30 July, 2008

I don't know its origins, but a few years ago on the old United Church of Christ forums someone posted why are ecumenical relations like sex between Elephants? Here's why: it's done at a high level; it needs to be done very carefully; ...

UCC Renewal Leader Apologizes to Roman Catholic Diocese of Boston

UCC Renewal Leader Apologizes to Roman Catholic Diocese of Boston

Source: Christian News Wire

Author:

Date: 28 July, 2008

In an open letter to Boston area Catholics sent to Archbishop Sean Cardinal O'Malley, Rev. David Runnion-Bareford, Executive Director of the Confessing Movement in the United Church of Christ, apologized for the "division and confusion" caused by former Massachusetts UCC President Rev. Nancy Taylor and the UCC related Church of the Covenant who recently welcomed and hosted a schismatic "ordination" by the group "Womenpriests."