Interfaith Update

The Standing Together project of The Christian – Muslim Consultant Group of Southern California was presented at General Convention this past summer as part of the program offered for our ecumenical and interfaith guests at a reception. We share it with you as a model for local encounters between churches and mosques.

Its mission is to work in partnership with leaders of various streams of Southern California Christian and Muslim communities to enhance mutual understanding, respect, appreciation, and support of the Sacred in each other.

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National Muslim-Christian Initiative meets in Los Angeles

The National Muslim-Christian Initiative met in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. It was the first meeting of the Initiative in 2010. The group typically meets twice a year, and its last meeting was Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2009. The Initiative brings together participation from the Islamic Society of North America, the Islamic Circle of North America, and other Muslims, some representing local and regional Islamic centers, as well as member churches of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, among them the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the Church of the Brethren, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. The Initiative's leadership includes Mohamed Elsanousi (ISNA), Naeem Baig (ICNA), the Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord (Episcopal Church USA), and the Rev. Dr. Michael Trice (ELCA).

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WCC News

Palestine-Israel Ecumenical Forum launches website and newsletter

http://pief.oikoumene.org is a new website launched by the Palestine-Israel Ecumenical Forum geared to providing a springboard for advocacy, public education, and mobilization. The forum's role consists in convening networks for common action in order to generate church-based awareness raising and advocacy for peace in the Middle East. The website will provide support for actions with partner churches and ecumenical organizations focussing on the following areas:

 

1. challenging government support for the occupation

2. challenging public support for the occupation

3. challenging theological and biblical justifications for the occupation and

4. maintaining a viable Palestinian Christian presence in the Holy Land.

 

 

A regular newsletter will provide up-to-date information on Christian campaigns for a just peace and an overview of the latest news from an ecumenical perspective.
 

 

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EIR Updates

Statement on Interfaith Relations (General Convention 2009)

We affirm the foundational Gospel proclamation that "Jesus is Lord" (I Corinthians12:3 NRSV
here and hereafter) and therefore' Summary of God's Law: "love the Lord your God with all your
hearts, with all your souls, and with all your minds, and to love your neighbor as yourself" (Mark
12:29-31; BCP, Catechism, page 851). For this reason we reach out in love and genuine
openness to know and to understand those of other religions. 

 

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News in the Field

Church reaches out to all religions with learning series

Whether Muslim, Catholic, Jewish, or Buddhist, faith seems to be a common thread.

And each of those faith's beliefs is set to be explored in a speaker series that starts this weekend at St. James Episcopal Church in Mount Airy.
 

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Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy find common ground in call for civility

As debates in Washington heat up, it is important to remember the lessons these clergy from various traditions have for us.

 

It's gotten ugly out there in the public square -- on television, at public meetings, on the Internet. Whether it's health care reform specifically or politics generally, people seem to demonize each other, shout each other down and gleefully circulate vicious e-mail messages distorting the other side.

 

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North American Interfaith Network Conference

NAIN Connect 2010 Salt Lake City, Utah, July 25th -28th

Better interfaith relations are a critical component of building caring, connected communities and a more peaceful harmonious world. Interfaithers know that. The challenge is to extend our reach by getting others to understand and get involved. The focus of Connect 2010 is on doing just that.

 

The conference will take up Madeleine Albright’s challenge of finding ways “to harness the unifying potential of faith while containing its capacity to divide.” Challenging and inspirational speakers, stimulating panels and collegial brainstorming will renew and enhance our vision of interfaith work, enliven esprit de corps, and hone in on practical ways to build both local interfaith organizations and the North American Interfaith Network.
 

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NCC News

PBS Documentaries are excellent educational resources

The Interfaith Relations Commission is encouraging local churches, synagogues and mosques as well as other organizations to use these PBS documentaries and accompanying study guides for public performance and stimulate dialogue. The videos are also useful to use as educational resources within houses of worship.

 

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Resources following up on General Convention's ecumenical and inter-religious work

Next Steps in Full Communion with the Moravian Church

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An Overview of the Ecumenical Agreement with the Presbyterian Church, USA

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An Overview of the Interreligious Relations Statement of the Episcopal Church

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