Members of Florida’s 100 UCC churches will gather for beach-side worship Sunday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. to celebrate and reflect how individuals can play — and are playing — a role in protecting the Gulf of Mexico devastated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The unassuming hillside church building that houses the UCC's Centro Romero ministry in San Ysidro, Calif., looks like many of the homes in its expansive neighborhood save the stuccoed steeple and white cross.

In response to novelist Anne Rice's public denouncement of Christianity on Facebook, the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black offered words of support and understanding for the acclaimed author, saying her commitment to following Christ with authenticity is admirable and reflects the faith journey taken by many who have found a spiritual home in the 1.1-million-member United Church of Christ.

A diverse group of Christians will gather in Chicago August 9-11 to talk about the language people use to talk about God and faith.

Responding to a United State District Court judge's injunction against implementing certain parts of Arizona's new immigration law S.B. 1070, United Church of Christ leaders issued a statement in support of the ruling.

Aiming to help churches manage their permanent assets more effectively, United Church Funds will hold its first-ever National Investor Conference, “Investing Responsibly in Uncertain Times,” Oct. 22 and 23 in Chicago.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of General Synod's passage of the Open and Affirming resolution, nearly 140 participants gathered in San Diego, Cal., for the UCC's Coalition for LGBT Concerns Gathering July 14-17.

Using distinctive practices of faith – such as “Keeping Sabbath” or “Playing and Living Joyfully” – with more than 600 activities in each to spark meaningful conversations, the UCC on July 15 rolled out Faith Practices, a comprehensive set of online resources designed to revolutionize the way congregations equip their members to talk about faith.

Humanitarian groups such as United Church of Christ mission partner Church World Service are the first to acknowledge that, six months after the devastating Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake, the road to recovery will be long and difficult.

A 12-member task force comprising a diverse group of people, staffed by the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries, recently convened at Franklinton Center (N.C.) to develop an Economic Justice Church Covenant Program.

John E. Morse, who served as assistant to the executive vice president of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries in the late 1960s, died April 13 at his home in Vancouver, Wash. He was 86.

The online faith community known as i.UCC announced it is closing its virtual doors July 6 and moving to a new space on the UCC.org website.

Jennifer Macy heard her calling early in life. And now, thanks to the Fund for Theological Education, she is preparing to magnify her mission to serve teenagers in urban churches in Massachusetts.

Celebrating with purpose and pageantry and energized by a buoyant UCC presence, hundreds of LGBT communities across the nation have marched, sung and reflected their way through the June commemoration of Gay Pride.

As their co-workers ponder lunch options and errand runs, a health-hungry group of Church House employees dons sweats and sneakers three times a week for an invigorating "WOW" experience.

Andover Newton Theological School of Newton Centre, Mass., and Meadville Lombard Theological School of Chicago have agreed in principle to form a new interreligious university-style theological institution that seeks to become an innovative center for educating religious leaders for service in a pluralistic world.

The world's largest association of Reformed churches can now break bread together as the World Communion of Reformed Churches following the merger of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council.

It's probably a blessing that her car was parked when the Rev. Nancy Jo Kemper learned that she is this year's recipient of Yale Divinity School's William Sloane Coffin Award for Peace and Justice.

A Northern Virginia developer is proceeding with a plan to create a day-laborer site behind his Centreville shopping center despite the objections of hundreds of area residents and shopkeepers.

Although the United Church of Christ is declining at a slower rate than in years past, the denomination's leaders are not complacent about numbers. Fostering growth and vitality at a time when mainline denominations are shrinking means taking risks, reaching out to young adults and youth, and rethinking what it means to be church.