Member Church News: Advent, Peace, Rights

AIPRAL launched the #ZAQUEO (#ZacTax) project, an international campaign for tax justice and reparation, through a series of streamed seminars from the Reformed University in Barranquilla, Colombia. “For many young girls, training with us is the last chance,”… Read More

Member Church News: Women, Dedication

Thursdays in Black ambassadors from Australia—Sharon Hollis, president of the Uniting Church in Australia, and Colleen Geyer, its assembly general secretary—reflect on why they act, hope, pray—and speak out. December 3 is the International Day of Persons with… Read More

Member Church News: Prayers, Thanks, Resources

A group of intern ministers from the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago (PCTT)—including Cynara Dube-Sookoo, Bjorn Warde, and Robert Dinnoo—worked with PCTT synod moderator Rt. Rev. Joy E. Abdul-Mohan to produce a video about how young people… Read More

Member Church News: ZacTax, COP26, Bavinck Congress

As part of churches’ campaign for the Zacchaeus Tax as a call for repentance for excessive riches amidst endemic poverty, several ecumenical partners organized a “Tax the rich, save the planet” discussion as a side event during COP26… Read More

Member Church News: COP26, COVID

“It’s really about survival”—Peacemaker from Fiji talks climate change and COP26. Temperatures rise, and so do the faithful, calling on world leaders to act at COP26. An art installation repurposing old chairs has been unveiled at Glasgow Cathedral… Read More

Member Church News: COP26, Rights, Work

Member churches in Australia, Canada, and the United State are gearing up for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 31 October to 12 November, while partners are also preparing—and there are… Read More

Member Church News: Retiring, Restructuring, Representing

Clifton Kirkpatrick, a former president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, has announced his retirement from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary effective at the conclusion of the fall 2021 semester. The Reformed Church in America General Synod approved… Read More

Member Church News: Youth, Vaccines, Climate

The Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren and the Presbyterian Church (USA) are co-hosting a virtual conference on youth involvement on Sunday, October 17. The Executive Committee of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa has issued a… Read More

Member Church News: New leaders, climate pilgrims

Hamish Galloway, who was installed as moderator the Presbyterian Church Aotearoa New Zealand, hopes to empower young people to make a positive change in the world. Rose Luxford was elected as the Church’s next moderator, the fifth woman… Read More

Member Church News: Climate, Colonialism, Colombia

The moderator of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly has joined faith leaders from across the United Kingdom in urging governments to take transformational action on climate change at the COP26 in November. On 21 September, the International… Read More