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 [email protected].


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

  • Churches United of the Quad City Area
  • The Hyde Park & Kenwood Interfaith Council (Chicago)
  • Interfaith Action of Evanston
  • Oak Park-River Forest Community of Congregations

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

  • Churches United of the Quad City Area
  • Des Moines Area Religious Council

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

  • Attleboro Area Council of Churches, Inc.
  • Brockton Interfaith Community
  • Cape Cod Council of Churches
  • Communities Together (Greater Lawrence Area)
  • Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (Newton)
  • Council of Churches of Greater Springfield
  • East Boston Ecumenical Community Council
  • Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford

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

  • Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry
  • Allied Churches of Alamance County
  • Durham Congregations In Action
  • Greensboro Urban Ministry

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.

  • Anderson Interfaith Ministries
  • United Ministries (Greenville)

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

  • Arlington Interfaith Council
  • Community Ministry of Northern Virginia
  • Interfaith Council of Greater Richmond

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