World Student Christian Federation

RAISING NEW PROPHETS: The World Student Christian Federation will hold its 2009 North America Regional Conference and Consultation Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in San Francisco with the theme, “Raising New Prophets, Arising of a Movement.” The event marks the launch of the WSCF-NA, the North American region of the global federation, reports the General Board of Church and Society’s “Faith in Action” weekly newsletter. The WSCF’s mission is “to empower students to be agents in constructive transformation of the world by providing a space for prayer and celebration, theological reflection, study and analysis of social and cultural processes, and solidarity and action across the boundaries of culture, gender and ethnicity,” the newsletter says. For more information and applications, e-mail, or call (212) 870-2470.