by Daniel Burke | Nov 10, 2011 | News
(RNS) The National Council of Churches announced on Wednesday (Nov. 9) that General Secretary Michael Kinnamon is resigning due to health reasons. Kinnamon, 63, told the ecumenical group’s governing board that he must “immediately and significantly” reduce his...
by Richard Yeakley | Feb 16, 2011 | News
(RNS) While mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. continue to experience decades-long decline, the memberships of Pentecostal traditions are on the rise, according to new figures compiled by the National Council of Churches. The Roman Catholic Church (No. 1) and...
by Bruce Nolan | Nov 9, 2010 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Leaders of the nation’s largest coalition of Christian churches will gather here this week (Nov. 9-11) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ecumenical movement. Members of the National Council of Churches, representing 100,000 congregations...
by Bob Allen | Oct 5, 2007 | News
The National Council of Churches, America’s leading ecumenical group, charted a new course by selecting a long-time educator and ecumenical leader to head a newly restructured and downsized organization. After confirmation next month to a four-year term of...
by NCC | Mar 11, 2002 | News
American history shows that churches committed to social change eventually succeed. Slavery, child labor, legalized racial discrimination—all collapsed under the heat of faith-based opposition. Now, one of the targets is poverty, and the National Council of Churches...
