The Liberating Theologies conference is a one-day experience exploring varying theologies with an emphasis on liberation and inclusion for the oppressed and marginalized. This event is for you if you are interested in making a significant contribution to culture-shift in the South. We are deeply invested in moving the state towards being a place where […]
Approximately half a million North Carolinians do not have access to proper insurance. For too many of us, the urgency to expand health access is a life and death situation. On June 5, 2019, people will gather at locations across the state to remember and honor the people who have suffered or died because they […]
Please join us for a town hall meeting on public education co-hosted by Christ The King Lutheran Church and the North Carolina Council of Churches. Our guests will be Senators Jay Chaudhuri (District 15), Wiley Nichol (District 16), Sam Searcy (District 17), and a representative from the North Carolina Association of Educators. During this time […]
Are religion and science in opposition when it comes to the issue of climate change? What does science have to say about both the urgency to act and the solutions that are at hand? How does our faith inform the actions that we take to care for Earth and all of its inhabitants? How can […]
Join us for a community forum to inform voters about gerrymandering and why we must end this corrupt practice now, before redistricting begins after the 2020 Census. President Ronald Reagan said it best when he called for “an end to the un-American and anti-democratic practice of gerrymandering… It isn’t just the district lines that bent […]
Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved with the Opioid Crisis? If so please join the Council at one of our Clergy Breakfasts for the Opioid Crisis, the Faith Community Responds. At […]
Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved with the Opioid Crisis? If so please join the Council at one of our Clergy Breakfasts for the Opioid Crisis, the Faith Community Responds. At […]
Thousands of North Carolinians have petitioned Governor Cooper to investigate the stationing at a North Carolina public airport of Aero Contractors, identified by the NY Times as a CIA front airline that has been used to “render,’’ i.e., kidnap and transport, dozens of people to overseas torture locations during the George W. Bush years. The […]
Pastor Jose Chicas has lived in North Carolina for more than 30 years when an order for deportation was given. He and his family, at the time, were all living together in Raleigh North Carolina where he was also a pastor of a church. Due to the order for deportation, he had to leave his […]
The Wild Goose Festival is a 4-day art, music, and story-driven transformational experience grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Come to not only learn from incredible speakers, but also to engage in robust and respectful conversation with thought leaders, writers, dreamers, artists, visionaries, and social justice activists. The 2019 collection of co-creaters includes Nadia Bolz-Weber, Diana […]
Judith Glixon, a former Asheville resident and principal cellist with the Asheville Symphony and the Brevard Chamber Orchestra, returns to NC to present a one-hour solo cello concert about the urgency of climate change. The music of J. S. Bach (Unaccompanied Suites #2 & 3), Benjamin Britten (final movement of Suite for Cello, Op.72), Maurice […]
Emmanuel Baptist Church invites you to engage in solutions driven discussions and educational sessions on environmental justice, environmental racism, climate justice and addressing health disparities in African American communities. This seminar is FREE and open to the public and will be offered Friday, August 9, 5-8 pm and Saturday, August 10, 9:15 am to 3 […]
In His Way Ministry in Rocky Mount invites you to join them at their 2nd annual Community Day! All are invited to come join in on this day filled with fun and fellowship for the whole community. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Pastor Angela King at 252-212-1768.
Philadelphia Seventh Day Adventists Church invites you to their 3rd annual back to school bash! Everyone is welcome to come join in on music, free food, games, prizes, and many more fun activities. This event will also feature 150 backpacks filled with supplies and other important materials for students in the area as they prepare […]
During both the pre- and post-Civil War eras, lynching was used with impunity by patrols of KKK members to intimidate, terrorize, incarcerate and kill black people. Then as now, unpunished acts of racial intimidation and violence by citizens and officers sworn to protect and serve the people, perpetuate racism in today’s criminal justice system. Please […]
Are you... seeking support as you navigate life as a rural pastor? desiring to be a community leader but struggling to relate in the rural context? a rural pastor who wants to learn how to have difficult conversations with church and community members? Click here to register and join us! The Gathering for Rural Faith Leaders will […]
