When the time comes that the distinguished public servants who control North Carolina’s General Assembly aren’t rummaging in their bag of tricks for even more ways to tilt election laws […]
We are excited to welcome a new fellow to the North Carolina Council of Churches this summer! Get to know them and learn more about her background, interests, and role […]
The North Carolina Council of Churches is excited to introduce the newest interns joining our team this summer! We invite you to get to know them below and hear, in […]
The following remarks were delivered by the Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland at a press conference and rally on May 26 at 2 p.m. to oppose potential ICE detention expansion. I […]
North Carolina’s Supreme Court has seven members. All are known as justices, an honor that seems to crystallize their responsibility in our system of government. But as to how elusive […]
Dear Friends, Earlier this year I spoke to the staff of the North Carolina Council of Churches, and subsequently to the Personnel Committee of the Governing Board, about my plans […]
The following sermon was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at Central United Methodist Church in Asheville, NC. The valley of the dry bones, […]
Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day: Ah, the familiar milestones of February. Now comes a less-familiar one, sort of sneaking up – the start of early voting for North Carolina’s […]
Susannah Tuttle is a realist: whatever North Carolina faith activist groups have been doing hasn’t been working. Tuttle, North Carolina Council of Churches eco-justice connection director, never thought it would get […]
Excerpted from 2025 Advent Guide: Lighting the Way Forward, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 60:1-6 Arise, shine, for your light has […]
Excerpted from 2025 Advent Guide: Lighting the Way Forward, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Matthew 2:13-23 Now after they had left, an […]
Excerpted from 2025 Advent Guide: Lighting the Way Forward, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Psalm 96 O sing to the Lord a new song; sing […]
Excerpted from 2025 Advent Guide: Lighting the Way Forward, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Matthew 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus the […]
Excerpted from 2025 Advent Guide: Lighting the Way Forward, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 35:1-10 The wilderness and the dry land […]
Excerpted from 2025 Advent Guide: Lighting the Way Forward, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Psalm 72: 1-7 Give the king your justice, […]
Excerpted from 2025 Advent Guide: Lighting the Way Forward, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah son of […]
As we journey through the Advent season, we are invited to reflect on the profound hope that the birth of Jesus Christ brought into a world often shrouded in darkness. […]
A coalition of North Carolina faith leaders representing more than a dozen denominations denounced U.S. Border Patrol operations across the Triangle and in Charlotte during a virtual conference Thursday. “We […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Nearly 140,000 people in Mecklenburg County could lose access to food assistance next month if the federal government shutdown continues, according to local nonprofit […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
The latest hot topic in the world of North Carolina politics is sadly, even maddeningly, familiar. Republican leaders of the General Assembly plan once again to redraw the state’s U.S. […]
On Sunday, October 12, 2025, Rev. Susannah Tuttle delivered the following word at Duke University Chapel, with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland also preaching. To view the recording of the service, […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
Yesterday morning, I watched my daughter climb onto the bus for her very first time as she headed off to kindergarten. She attends a dual-immersion public school—where half the students […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2025 Advocates Call for NCGA to Support Gov. Stein Veto of Senate Bill 266 The “Ratepayer Risks Act” could add $23 billion in fossil […]
July 23, 2015, was a dark day for an enterprise central to North Carolina’s civic well-being: the education of the state’s schoolchildren. Sadly, the path down which the state Supreme […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
Local groups serving Latino and immigrant communities are being forced to rethink how they share information as Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramps up its presence in Charlotte. Seminars about legal […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A coalition of North Carolina clergy and immigrant advocates gathered outside the Guilford County Courthouse Tuesday morning to denounce recent immigration enforcement actions and announce a new courthouse monitoring […]
Our democracy, with free and fair elections at the cornerstone, can be warped in favor of those who manipulate the election process to their advantage – who gets to vote, […]
I greet you on behalf of the North Carolina Council of Churches, representing 19 denominations in this state with congregations in big cities like Charlotte and crossroads most of us […]
A group of faith leaders in Charlotte say they have a message for ICE — they want agents to stay away from their places of worship. Channel 9’s Hunter Sáenz […]
The N.C. Council of Churches is voicing concerns after the organization said armed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were reportedly at a Charlotte church on May 20. Representatives from […]
As a child, Dr. Christoph Diasio’s colleague got the measles. It was before 1963, so the vaccine wasn’t available. As he told Diasio decades later, he spent 10 days in […]
Gun control advocates and faith leaders held a press conference at the state Legislative Building Wednesday urging lawmakers to oppose bills that would allow carrying concealed firearms without a permit. […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
A bill moving in the state House this week would reintroduce the electric chair and firing squads as part of the death penalty. North Carolina hasn’t had any executions since […]
For several years now, the North Carolina Council of Churches has gathered with our colleagues and friends to stand with the families and friends of those who died on the […]
A bill advancing through the North Carolina General Assembly seeks to restart capital punishment in the state, where legal challenges to the state’s lethal injection method have paused the death […]
On Good Friday, the North Carolina Council of Churches supported 100+ congregations as they came together ‘against tyranny’ in a powerful, symbolic act: ringing bells for democracy. Inspired by the […]
Inspired by events 250 years ago, when Boston’s Old North Church signaled the start of Paul Revere’s ride, churches bells across the nation were rung in support of democracy on […]
RNS) — As churches across the country observe Good Friday, more than 100 congregations will also ring their bells to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Old North Church’s […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 24:1-12 But on the first day of […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 18:1-19:42 After Jesus had spoken these words, […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
Has the N.C. Supreme Court – deeply polarized in recent years under conservative Republican control – finally signaled that the prospect of throwing out thousands of votes in an election […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 19:28-40 After he had said this, he […]
“It’s alright to pray for lawyers. It’s alright to clap for lawyers — even in church.” Rev. Jim Wallis offered that quip as he stood in the pulpit of National […]
On the eve of Friday’s hearing of a religious freedom lawsuit filed by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and more than two dozen faith partners in response to the recission of the Department […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 43:16-21 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
Fighting the evil of racial injustice requires the energy and improvisational skill of a jazz musician, a minister and leader of faith-based groups in North Carolina told guests at an […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 15:1-3, 11-32b Now all the tax collectors […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 55:1-9 Hear, everyone who thirsts; come to the […]
RALEIGH, NC – The North Carolina Council of Churches has sent a formal letter, signed by the leadership of the denominational members of the Council, to the North Carolina Sheriffs’ […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Psalm 27 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom […]
As a Baptist youth minister, L.S. is used to kids opening up about their hopes and dreams—and their fears. A Latina girl recently told the youth group she was scared […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, […]
Excerpted from 2025 Lenten Guide: The Year of the Lord, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 58: 1-12 Shout out; do not hold […]
Throughout his life, Jesus moved in the midst of sorrow and suffering, not necessarily because he was a woe-seeker, but because there was woe all around him. No doubt, this […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North […]
Presidents Day sure hits differently this year. The long weekend is supposed to celebrate the presidency and, in a bigger sense, our country’s long tradition of peacefully transferring power between political […]
An estimated 500 people came out in freezing temperatures Monday afternoon in Asheville’s Pack Square to protest a losing Republican candidate’s attempts to disqualify more than 65,000 votes statewide — […]
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A group of North Carolina churches is among more than two dozen religious organizations suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over a new policy that […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North […]
Three North Carolina faith groups representing 20 denominations and thousands of congregations have sued the Trump administration, saying its decision to send immigration agents into churches and synagogues violates their […]
More than two dozen religious groups, including the North Carolina Council of Churches, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Homeland Security challenging the Trump administration’s reversal of a policy that […]
Several religious organizations, including Christian and Jewish denominations and conferences, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s decision to allow immigration enforcement agents to enter houses of worship. In […]
More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security over President Donald Trump’s decision to allow law enforcement raids and arrests in churches and […]
More than two dozen faith groups from a range of religious traditions sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to fight back against a policy that may make immigration raids in […]
The North Carolina Council of Churches is proud to stand as a plaintiff to affirm the sacred obligation to welcome and care for our immigrant neighbors. Read more in the […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North Carolina Council […]
The Council is excited to introduce you to one of our newest staff members, Meredith Rawls. Meredith joined us in January as the Program Engagement Coordinator for our Partners in […]
As we celebrate 90 years of faithful work for justice and equity this year, we’re sharing stories of 90 Years Rooted in Faith that reflect the heart of the North […]
Across North Carolina, community partnerships with faith groups can play an important role in helping our public schools and students succeed. From school supply drives and afterschool programs to tutoring […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Give the king your justice, O God, and […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Jeremiah 31:7-14 For thus says the Lord:Sing aloud with gladness for […]
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – The North Carolina Council of Churches and our 19 member denominations stand with Governor Roy Cooper who has commuted 15 death sentences to prison terms. The […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Psalm 148 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the […]
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – The North Carolina Council of Churches and our 19 denomination members commend President Biden for his move to commute the sentences of many of those on […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 1:39-45, (46-55) In those days Mary set out and […]
Home is a complicated thing— or word, or concept, really. Not because I didn’t grow up in a wonderful home. But because, well, in our home, we answer questions like: […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 12:2-6 “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and […]
North Carolina Council of ChurchesImmediate Position Opening: Regional Associate DirectorMust live in the Northeast Region of N.C.November 2024 40 hr/wk; 3 weeks paid vacation; paid sick leave, HSA contributionHybrid Position, […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Philippians 1:3-11 I thank my God for every remembrance of […]
Excerpted from 2024 Advent Guide: Hope is Near, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 & Luke 21:25-36 How can we thank […]
It’s not by accident we call the 1st Sunday of Advent, Hope—Hope, not to be confused with optimism. Hopeful living is a very different sort of existence than the culture […]
