Leading international human rights organization Survival International opens office in Berkeley, CA

Survival has now opened a US office in order to reach the many US individuals interested in and supportive of tribal peoples and the many contemporary issues that they face. Situated in the David Brower Center, Berkeley, California, it is well placed to reach the many US supporters.  Run by Tess Thackara, the office will focus on initiatives to encourage support for tribal peoples and their movement towards self-determination.  To learn more about Survival's work, visit http://www.survivalinternational.org/

Pluralism Sunday is May 2, 2010

Friends of Christian Pluralism: It's time to put Pluralism Sunday on our calendars!  - and spread the word to as many churches as we can, to increase participation.....

Help Greenpeace Fight Corporate Polluters

Corporate polluters are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to block progress on clean energy jobs, independence from fossil fuels and efforts to fight global warming. 

Faith Leaders: Immigration System Tears Families Apart

By Michelle A. Vu|Christian Post Reporter.  Faith leaders ranging from evangelical to Jewish came together Wednesday to launch a nationwide mobilization of people of faith to call for immigration reform that does not tear families apart.

November 6-8, 2009: TCPC President to Lead Regional Event in Lafayette, CA

Guiding your Church through Change in Our Changing Times:
Guiding congregational change requires a healthy sensitivity to the various dimensions of change that are taking place within the life of your community. Fred Plumer, TCPC President, will share a multilayered approach to guiding change within the vibrant life of your congregation that harnesses current cultural trends and the emerging spirit of Progressive Christianity.

Do You Want to Change the World?

 Are you one of those special people who want to help change the way our children view the world? Are you someone who wants to help our children understand that we are one in our goodliness not our sinfulness? Are you one of 500 people who would like to help us give our children hope in humanity?

Should politicians heed their prophet or pope?

One day he's dissing gay activists as immoral "buggers" and perhaps the "greatest threat" to the nation. Then, he's embracing anti-discrimination legislation and conceding the "right" gay residents have to job and housing protections.  What swayed state Sen. Chris Buttars?  His church.

A Kind, Gentler Focus on the Family?

For years, James Dobson has been the voice and face of Focus on the Family. Now, as he steps aside, his successor on FoF’s daily radio show, Jim Daly, will be bringing a softer voice, and a wider agenda, to the program and the organization.  Daly will almost certainly keep up an anti-gay stance on the show, but says he wants to move FoF away from making abortion and same-gender marriage the central issues of the organization.

Religious Leaders Urge Obama to Condemn Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill at Prayer Breakfast

From religiondispatches.org Obama is scheduled to address the National Prayer Breakfast, organized by ‘The Family,’ which has ties to the ‘kill-the-gays’ bill in Uganda. Religious leaders, including a member of the president's faith-based Advisory Council, are calling on the president to condemn homophobia and offer an alternative, inclusive prayer event.

Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push

KAMPALA, Uganda — Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about “curing” homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda’s capital to give a series of talks.  Now the three Americans are finding themselves on the defensive, saying they had no intention of helping stoke the kind of anger that could lead to what came next: a bill to impose a death sentence for homosexual behavior.

Call for Papers

The Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary is announcing a Call for Papers for the 2010 Colloquium, “Allegorical Bible 2.0: Scholarship meets Allegory, Code, and Mysticism.”  The Colloquium will be held at the Universal Truth Center, Miami Gardens, Florida, May 20-22, 2010.

112th Universal Day of Prayer for Students

The 112th Universal Day of Prayer for Students will be celebrated on February 21st.
The theme of the 2010 UDPS is the Federation's theme for this year - 'Climate Justice'.

Faiths unite behind health care reform, even as details are vague

From: faithinpubliclife.org. By Adelle M. Banks- RNS. As Capitol Hill appears politically paralyzed over health care reform, the prescription from many faith leaders is firm: don't abandon ship.  "The faith community has worked for decades for comprehensive health care reform and this last year ... many of them have put aside other policy priorities to take this over the finish line," said the Rev. Linda Walling, executive director of Faithful Reform in Health Care, an interfaith coalition of more than 70 groups.

Bill would let clergy refuse to marry gays

Clergy members and churches would not face legal consequences for refusing to perform same-sex marriages, under a state bill being pushed by supporters of gay marriage.

'Peace Prize' President Submits Largest War Budget Ever

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday asked Congress to approve a record $708 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2011, including a 3.4 percent increase in the Pentagon's base budget and $159 billion to fund U.S. military missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

LGCM denounces House of Lords decision to approve amendments to the Equality Bill

Rev Sharon Ferguson, Chief Executive of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) has denounced the reactionary vote in the House of Lords to approve amendments to the Equality Bill which will enable churches and other religious bodies to discriminate in matters of employment.

Controversial Billboard Of Joseph And Mary In Bed: God 'A Hard Act To Follow'

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A billboard at a New Zealand church depicting a downcast Joseph lying beside Mary in bed and the heading "God is a hard act to follow" provoked more than the intended reconsideration of the meaning of Christmas.

Gaza Freedom Marchers are campaigning against the siege raised on the Palestinian territory

Hoping to ask the American ambassador for help in reaching the Gaza Strip, riot police surrounded 41 US citizens and one Egyptian on Tuesday and blocked their progress.

Despite Disappointment, Climate Summit Marks High Point for Activist Movement

Media audiences across the world took notice as Copenhagen police arrested hundreds of activists at the peak of the United Nations climate conference that ended last Saturday.

Bishop Spong Manifesto on Homosexuality

Check this out.
http://walkingwithintegrity.blogspot.com/2009/10/manifesto-from-our-friend-bishop-john.html