Ministries We Celebrate
Learn more about the Bridges of Unity Fund by reading about ecumenical and interreligious relationships that are being established and nurtured around the world.
These stories represent the healing that we are yearning to witness and committed to support.
2024 Local Initiative Grant Final Report
Project implementation period: February 2024 Targets: 200 young people from different religions in the city of Kinshasa for a musical concert. Amount received: 500 USD Contact Des Ecuries 2867 Q/Jolie Parc, C/Ngaliema, Kinshasa, DR Congo E-mail: oshako45@gmail.com...
2023 Interfaith Picnic
Interfaith Picnic Local Initiative Grant 2023 Rev. Marissa van der Valk Parsippany United Methodist Church Parsippany UMC in collaboration with the Parsippany Interfaith Clergy Council held its first annual Interfaith Picnic on Sunday July 23rd. The event was held in...
2022 Grant and Scholarship Recipients
Bishops Name Recipients of Grants and Scholarships December 2022 Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church holds leadership responsibility for the formal ecumenical and interreligious engagements of the church. To that end...
2021 Local Initiative Grants
Grants are empowering ministries to nurture relationships and strengthen connections in the Philippines and two communities in the U.S.
National Council of Churches Takes Next Steps to A.C.T. Now to End Racism
More than 250 leaders gathered in Virginia to lament and remember the enslaved Africans brought there 400 years ago, marking the beginning of institutionalized slavery in what would become the United States of America.
The Global Christian Forum (GCF)
GCF is a unique gathering of global Christian churches and organizations, bringing together all the major streams of world Christianity to
nurture unity by fostering mutual respect and understanding, as well as by addressing common challenges.
United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training (UMEIT)
Six UMEIT options are available for training in ecumenical and interreligious relationship-building.
The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey
An international center for encounter, dialogue and formation of the World Council of Churches, the Ecumenical Institute brings together people from diverse churches, cultures and backgrounds for ecumenical learning, academic study and personal exchange.