Bring a bag lunch, and join Council staff and friends for fellowship at 11:30 a.m. We'll provide drinks and dessert. Beginning at noon, Executive Director George Reed will provide an update on the Council's work for social justice, then choose up to two break-out sessions focused on specific areas of work: Creation Care led by NCIPL […]
Join Council staff and friends for a light breakfast at 8:30 a.m. followed by welcoming remarks by Bishop Porter Taylor, Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina at 9. Executive Director George Reed will provide an update on the Council's work for social justice, then choose up to two break-out sessions focused on specific areas of […]
Join home health care workers, fast food workers, and other community members for a town hall forum to highlight the struggle for a $15/hour wage and a union for home care workers. We will work to engage local, state, and federal officials in the Home Care Fight for $15 Campaign. Refreshments will be served. For […]
Join us on April 14 at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church in Cary for the Council’s 2015 Legislative Seminar. Held every two years, the Seminar equips people of faith with the information they need to be advocates on issues before the NC General Assembly. Register online here. The cost is $15 for students, $25 for all […]
Join workers, students, community members and clergy for one of the largest labor protests in state history. All over the US, #Fightfor15 is growing as more and more workers demand living wages, the right to unionize, respect, dignity and a future for all. Register to take a free UNC campus bus from Chapel Hill to […]
Please join us at Myers Park Baptist Church to meet the Rev. Dr. Jennifer E. Copeland, the Council's new executive director, and to learn about new and expanded initiatives the Council is offering statewide. We’ll bring plenty of sample resources and let you know how to access additional materials; all are free. Our time together […]
The NC Council of Churches along with Health Care for All NC, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church are hosting a Medicaid reform pre-hearing information session about the current state of Medicaid expansion and how you can advocate to bring health care to 500,00 more people in NC. For more information, contact Liz Millar at 609-464-3415. Or […]
The NC Council of Churches along with Health Care for All NC, First Baptist Church, and the Center for Community Action are hosting a Medicaid reform pre-hearing information session about the current state of Medicaid expansion and how you can advocate to bring health care to 500,00 more people in NC. For more information, contact Liz […]
Join us for a daylong discussion of race as it impacts some of the most pressing issues facing North Carolina and the nation. We will begin the day with worship and a structured conversation between Eboni Marshall Turman, Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Black Church Studies and Director of the Office of Black […]
The Council along with EqualityNC and the Equality Federation are bringing together three speakers to look at the ethical implications of HB2 for people of faith. They are: The Rev. Dr. David Gushee, a leading Christian ethicist and moral voice in the evangelical movement who currently serves as Vice President of the American Academy of Religion […]
The NC Council of Churches and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State will offer a series of workshops across NC this fall to help pastors, church leaders, and laity distinguish between politicking and issue advocacy. Besides helping our churches not lose their non-profit status, a primary goal of the workshops is to […]
The NC Council of Churches and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State will offer a series of workshops across NC this fall to help pastors, church leaders, and laity distinguish between politicking and issue advocacy. Besides helping our churches not lose their non-profit status, a primary goal of the workshops is to […]
The NC Council of Churches and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State will offer a series of workshops across NC this fall to help pastors, church leaders, and laity distinguish between politicking and issue advocacy. Besides helping our churches not lose their non-profit status, a primary goal of the workshops is to […]
