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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the 
USA
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Internet: news@ncccusa.org
NCC11/5/97   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEWS AND DOCUMENTATION FROM THE NCC'S NOV. 11-14 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE COUNCIL'S WEB SITE: 
www.ncccusa.org

 NEW YORK, Nov. 5 ---- News and documentation 
from the National Council of Churches' annual 
General Assembly, to be held Nov. 11-14 in 
Washington, D.C., will be available on the NCC's Web 
Site: www.ncccusa.org.

 The 270-member General Assembly is the primary 
legislative body of the National Council of 
Churches, whose Protestant and Orthodox member 
denominations (communions) have a total  52 million 
congregants.  On Nov. 12, the NCC will welcome its 
34th member communion, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of 
India.  

 Among resources available on the Web Site will 
be:

 * An overview of each day's business along with 
full documentation.
 * Profiles of the NCC's 1998-99 officers and 
key Assembly leadership.
 * A profile of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of 
India.

 Included will be items reflecting the broad 
range of issues to come before the Assembly:

 * Religious freedom and religious persecution 
abroad.
 * The churches' response: to the changing U.S. 
religious landscape...to people with 
disabilities...to public schools...and to the deaf 
community.
 * Gains, inequities and problems of clergy 
women over the past decade.
 * Sports mascots that parody Native Americans.
 * A plea for release of Native American 
activist Leonard Peltier from prison.
 * What shape future U.S. ecumenical cooperation 
might take.
 * Action against anti-personnel landmines 
(Guest Speaker: Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace 
Prize Laureate).
 * Recognition awards to eight state/local 
ecumenical/interfaith bodies.
 * A report on the Assembly's visit to the U.S. 
Holocaust Museum and program on "Protestant and 
Orthodox Christian Rescuers and Resisters."

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