THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST'S SYNOD DROPS A FEW BOMBSHELLS.
The roughly 1.3-million member United Church of Christ wrapped up its biennial Synod last week and boy, were they busy. Unlike many U.S. Protestant denominations, the UCC will use influence with its members and in its communities to push for a) equal rights to gay marriage and b) the use of "economic leverage" in church investments to promote peace in the Middle East, mentioning in the same breath that Israel should tear down its separation wall in the West Bank.
Not everyone agreed. Howls of protest charging anti-Semitism erupted following the Synod's initial statements on Israel, and a Virginia UCC church was burned, probably by gay-haters. Could the United Church of Christ be moving Quakerward?
Read the UCC's own docs on the Synod at its Web site. If only Sunday services were this dynamic. ...
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