Local and Regional Ecumenical and Interfaith Communities

This online directory helps to make visible the many ways that Christians of all kinds pray, live, and act together in towns, cities, and states across the nation, often working with interfaith partners on matters of common concern. All of these local and regional ecumenical and interfaith communities are valued partners of the National Council of Churches.

The basic directory below, while comprehensive, is not a complete list. Please send additions and corrections to steven.martin@nationalcouncilofchurches.us.

Alabama

Ecumenical Ministries, Inc. (Baldwin County)
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Interfaith Mission Service (Huntsville)

Alaska Christian Conference

Interfaith Council of Anchorage

Arizona Ecumenical Council

Interfaith Arkansas

California Council of Churches

Council of Churches of Santa Clara County
Ecumenical Council of Pasadena Area Churches
Ecumenical Council of San Diego County
Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
Fresno Metro Ministry
Los Angeles Council of Churches
Marin Interfaith Council
San Francisco Interfaith Council
South Coast Interfaith Council
Southern California Ecumenical Council
VIC-Valley Interfaith Coalition (San Fernando Valley)

Colorado Council of Churches

Interfaith Council of Boulder

Christian Conference of Connecticut

Association of Religious Communities (Danbury)
Hands On Hartford
Conference of Churches (Hartford)
Christian Community Action, Inc. (New Haven)
Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries, Inc.
Manchester Area Conference of Churches
The Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut

The Christian Council of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore

District of Columbia

Council of Churches of Greater Washington (District of Columbia)
InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (District of Columbia)

Florida Council of Churches

Christian Service Center for Central Florida (Orlando)

Georgia Christian Council

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

The Interfaith Alliance Hawai’i

Idaho

The Regional Council for Christian Ministry (Idaho Falls)

Illinois Conference of Churches

Indiana Partners for Christian Unity & Mission

Associated Churches of Fort Wayne & Allen County
Christian Ministries of Delaware County (Muncie)
Church Community Services (Elkhart)
Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis, Inc.
Greater Terre Haute Church Federation, Inc.
Hope Southern Indiana
United Religious Community of St. Joseph County (South Bend)

Iowa

Kansas Ecumenical Ministries

Cross-Lines Community Outreach, Inc. (Kansas City)
Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council
Inter-Faith Ministries (Wichita)

Kentucky Council of Churches

Association of Community Ministries (Louisville)
CCM-Cooperative Christian Ministry (Middlesboro)
East Louisville Community Ministries
Eastern Area Community Ministries (Louisville)
Fairdale Area Community Ministries (Louisville)
Fern Creek/Highview United Ministries (Louisville)
Hazard-Perry County Community Ministries
HELP Ministries (Louisville)
Highlands Community Ministries (Louisville)
Jeffersontown Area Ministries (Louisville)
Kentuckiana Interfaith Community (Louisville)
Ministries United South Central Louisville
Paducah Cooperative Ministry
St. Matthews Area Ministries (Louisville)
Shively Area Ministries (Louisville)
South East Associated Ministries (Louisville)
South Louisville Community Ministries
Southwest Community Ministries (Louisville)
United Crescent Hill Ministries (Louisville)
West Louisville Community Ministries

Louisiana Interchurch Conference

Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge

Maine Council of Churches

Maryland

Calvert Interfaith Council (Calvert County)
Central Maryland Ecumenical Council
Community Ministries of Prince George’s County
Interfaith Works (Montgomery County)
Baltimore United Congregations

Massachusetts Council of Churches

Michigan

Berrien County Association of Churches (Benton Harbor)
GRACE-Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism
Metropolitan Christian Council: Detroit-Windsor

Minnesota Council of Churches

Arrowhead Interfaith Council (Duluth)
Churches United in Ministry (Duluth)
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul
Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
Mall Area Religious Council (Mall of America)
MICAH-Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing (Minneapolis)

Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference

Missouri

Council of Churches of the Ozarks
Ecumenical Ministries (Callaway County)
Faith Voices for Jefferson City
InterServ (St. Joseph)
Interfaith Partnership of Metropolitan St. Louis

Montana Association of Churches

Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska

Religious Alliance in Nevada

New Hampshire Council of Churches

New Jersey Council of Churches

Bergen County Council of Churches

New Mexico Conference of Churches

New York State Council of Churches

Brooklyn Council of Churches
Broome County Council of Churches
Cameron Community Ministries (Rochester)
Capital Area Council of Churches (Albany)
The Chautauqua County Rural Ministry
Cortland County Council of Churches
Council of Churches of the City of New York
CREO-Capital Region Ecumenical Organization (Albany)
Dutchess County Interfaith Council, Inc.
FOCUS Churches of Albany
Foothills Rural Community Ministry (Central N.Y.)
Greater Rochester Community of Churches
Interfaith Works of Central New York (Syracuse)
Long Island Council of Churches
The Ministries, Inc. (Smith Haven/Suffolk County)
Network of Religious Communities (Buffalo)
Queens Federation of Churches
Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. (Poughkeepsie)
Schenectady Inner City Ministry
Staten Island Council of Churches
Troy Area United Ministries

North Carolina Council of Churches

North Dakota Conference of Churches

Ohio Council of Churches

Akron Area Association of Churches
Alliance of Churches (Alliance)
Columbus Metropolitan Area Church Council
Council of Christian Communions of Greater Cincinnati
Greater Dayton Christian Connections
InterAct Cleveland
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cleveland
Mahoning Valley Association of Churches
Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati
The Pike County Outreach Council of Churches, Inc.
Toledo Area Ministries
West Side Ecumenical Ministry (Cleveland)

Oklahoma Conference of Churches

Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

Interfaith Council of Greater Portland

Pennsylvania Council of Churches

Allegheny Valley Association of Churches
Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania
Christian Associates of the Shenango Valley (Hermitage/Mercer County)
Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area (Harrisburg, Central Pa.)
Christians United in Beaver County
East End Cooperative Ministry (Pittsburgh)
Ecumenical Conference of Greater Altoona
Hanover Area Council of Churches
Inter-Church Ministries of Erie County
Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia
Lancaster County Council of Churches
Lebanon County Christian Ministries
Lehigh County Conference of Churches
Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia
Northside Common Ministries (Pittsburgh)
Reading Berks Conference of Churches
South Hills Interfaith Ministries (Pittsburgh)
United Churches of Lycoming County
Wilkinsburg Community Ministry
Wyoming Valley Council of Churches
York County Council of Churches

Rhode Island State Council of Churches

South Carolina Christian Action Council, Inc.

Association of Christian Churches of South Dakota

Tennessee Association of Churches

MIFA-Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (Memphis)

Texas

Azle-Area Ministerial Alliance
Braes Interfaith Ministries (Houston)
Caldwell County Christian Ministries
Caritas of Waco
Corpus Christi Metro Ministries
GRACE-Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange (Grapevine)
Greater Dallas Community of Churches
Interfaith Action of Central Texas (iACT)
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
NICA-Northside Inter-Church Agency (Fort Worth)
North Dallas Shared Ministries
San Antonio Community of Congregations
Tarrant Churches Together (Fort Worth/Tarrant County)
Texas Impact
Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy

Utah

Coalition of Religious Communities (Statewide Advocacy Group)
Interfaith Works (Ogden)
Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable

Vermont Ecumenical Council & Bible Society

Virginia Council of Churches

Washington

Associated Ministries (Tacoma/Pierce County)
Church Council of Greater Seattle
Faith Action Network
The Interfaith Association of Northwest Washington
Interfaith Council (Spokane)
Interfaith Works (Olympia)
Northwest Harvest (Statewide Hunger Relief)

West Virginia Council of Churches

Greater Fairmont Council of Churches

Wisconsin Council of Churches

Hope Center (Waukesha County)
Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
Madison-Area Urban Ministry

Wyoming Association of Churches

An Open Letter From Americans of Faith to President Donald Trump

Dear President Trump:

As people of faith, we write to you out of profound concern over the rise in tensions between the United States and North Korea. We recognize the unfortunate choice of language and careless posturing of Kim Jong Un. For the sake of peace, however, we urge you to cease utilizing bellicose language and name-calling in your public speeches and tweets and instead pursue diplomacy as befitting the leader of the free world.

Put simply, nuclear war must never take place. You are the leader of the world’s strongest nuclear superpower, and therefore you have a responsibility to act with probity, tact, and care. While we do not defend Kim Jong Un or condone the dangerous rhetoric employed by his regime, equally reckless talk by you could lead to a miscalculation in which millions of lives could be lost. Nuclear war that can destroy millions of people puts the whole world at risk and is fundamentally immoral. For this reason, we urge you to take the higher road, and thereby project strength that comes through silence.

Further, we urge you to launch a new, bold, and comprehensive diplomatic appeal to find a permanent solution to the problem of nuclear proliferation worldwide. Indeed, we are reminded of the words of President Reagan, who sought to abolish nuclear weapons while, at the same time, facing an existential threat from another nuclear power:

“I can’t believe that this world can go on beyond our generation and on down to succeeding generations with this kind of weapon on both sides poised at each other without someday some fool or some maniac or some accident triggering the kind of war that is the end of the line for all of us.”
-President Ronald Reagan, May 16, 1983

Mr. President, no threat of nuclear annihilation, nor even the limited use of nuclear weapons, can be justified by any form of moral thinking. We, as Americans of faith, urge you cease use of threatening speech, and redouble attempts to find peaceful and just solutions to the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide.

"As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, 'If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.'"

-Luke 19:41-42 (NRSV)

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