NCCC in the News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

During Diabetes Awareness month (November) – and every month – someone is having a limb amputated due to diabetes every three-to-four minutes here in the United States. These patients often come from […]

Recruiting participants for a citizen science project produced a more diverse group when people were signed up through partner organizations, such as schools and faith-based organizations, than when they joined on their […]

House lawmakers in the Judiciary 2 committee debated House Bill 189, otherwise known as the NC Constitutional Carry Act on Tuesday morning. The proposed bill looks to allow anyone 18 […]

About 300 leaders in the faith community on Friday called on Gov. Roy Cooper (D) to commute the death sentences of all prisoners awaiting execution in North Carolina. In a […]

Three major religious holidays are overlapping today as Christians celebrate Easter Sunday, Jews mark Passover and Muslims are in the middle of Ramadan month. Today on In Focus with Loretta […]

Advocates and faith groups are calling for more investments in harm reduction across the state, as new provisional data shows overdose deaths have increased statewide by 26%. It is estimated more than […]