Biotech meeting set.Members of the Canadian Council of Churches The Canadian Council of Churches/Le conseil canadien des églises is an ecumenical Christian forum of churches in Canada. It was founded on 27 September 1944 at Yorkminster Baptist Church in Toronto, Ontario. (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ) and the National Council of Churches (NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). ) in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. met recently to lay the groundwork for an international biotechnology conference in 2007 that will gather church delegates from around the world with expertise in the area of biotechnology. Biotechnology is the industrial use of microorganisms or biological substances. Churches around the world have raised ethical and moral concerns around some aspects of biotechnology, including the patenting of living organisms and cloning. Members of the CCC's biotechnology reference group and the NCC's human biotechnology policy development committee met Jan. 17 to 18 in Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, waterfall, United States and Canada Niagara Falls, in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y. , Ont. The churches are bringing a "stained glass voice" to the biotechnology arena, and will be "exploring the realities of science, exploring the realities of theology and speaking to the world of the faithful relationship between the two," the CCC and the NCC said in a joint communique. "Their awareness of their particular global contexts, their awareness of the growing complexities and advances in current scientific practices and research, their awareness of God as the creator, lead them to the recognition that the human, ethical consequences of biotechnology must be addressed." In May, biotechnology professionals from the Middle East Council of Churches After many years of preliminary moves, the Middle East Council of Churches was inaugurated in May 1974 at its First General Assembly in Nicosia, Cyprus. Initially it contained three "families" of Christian Churches in the Middle East, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental and the Latin America Council of Churches will join the Canadian and American panels to continue planning the conference. Staff |
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