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New ProgressiveChristianity.org Website in 2012!

We are pleased to announce that a new global portal for Progressive Christianity is just around the corner! In early 2012, ProgressiveChristianity.org will have a brand new website. The new ProgressiveChristianity.org will be socially interactive, full of new resources and liturgy, and globally connecting.

MoveOn.org Report: Congress vs. the Internet

As soon as this week, Congress will start debating whether to give the government the power to turn off parts of the Internet. If that sounds like a terrible recipe for abuse of power, that’s because it is.

A Joyful Path, Children's Curriculum, Year 2!

We are excited to announce our plans for A Joyful Path, Children's spiritual curriculum, Year 2!!

Tell President Obama and Congress: End indefinite detention and close Guantanamo

I just signed a petition telling President Obama and Congress to close Guantanamo and end indefinite detention. I hope you sign it, too.

“Jesus, Then and Now” with Borg and Crossan!

Theological Degrees and Certificates for the 21st Century Are Now Being Offered by Online University

Global Ministries University has launched a number of programs that include the latest information related to the New Testament and the historical Jesus.  Progressive Christians have the opportunity to earn a Doctor of Theology, Master of Theology, or certificate with a concentration in contemporary Christianity. 

Official Statement from Occupy Wall Street

This statement was voted on and approved by the general assembly of protesters at Liberty Square: Declaration of the Occupation of New York City

Africa’s Silent Starvation Crisis

The food crisis in Africa is the world’s “most severe humanitarian emergency,” writes the CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. And yet, she says, it has garnered little attention.

Two Roads Diverged in the Evangelical Woods

When I was a young Evangelical Christian coming of age back in the early 1970s, I remember feeling that there were two paths before me. One was legalistic, anti-intellectual, combative and rigid. The other was missional rather than legalistic, reflective rather than anti-intellectual, communicative rather than combative, and supple rather than rigid.

Pride in the Pulpit

There is another reason to be hopeful that marriage will become law this year – we now have bipartisan support in the (New York) State Senate, with four previous "no" votes coming out for the measure.

The LGCM welcomes vote in the Church of Scotland

On Monday 23 May the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland voted by a majority of 351 to 294 votes for the Kirk to move towards the acceptance of ministers in same sex relationships.  It has also welcomed the blessing of same sex relationships involving life-long commitments.

Hearings on Muslims could harm us all

Beginning this week, Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., will use his role as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee to convene hearings on what his website calls "al-Qaeda's coordinated radicalization and recruitment of people within the American Muslim community." This premise has set off alarm bells, especially in the Muslim community, but also among many others.

Busting the unions

The bloodiest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere essentially happened by mistake in the summer of 1863, when Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia -- maneuvering blind into southern Pennsylvania -- blundered into elements of George Meade's Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. Once engaged, neither commander could back away.

In political terms, something similar seems to be happening in Wisconsin...

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