Bringing Christians together across denominational and racial lines is central to our work. In recent years, we have expanded to include exploring and encouraging interfaith dialogue, as well as creating Covenant Partner status. The Covenant Partner program refers to the relationship we have with other faith-based and secular organizations who share our concern for issues of peace and justice. We believe our shared faithful call to social justice is stronger than our differences, and the Council’s Christian Unity Committee has taken a leadership role in bringing diverse voices to the table to broaden understanding.
Resources
The committee has produced two short documents that attempt to distill what has been gained through their project bringing together Christians, Muslims and Jews to discuss our shared sacred texts:
In addition, ecumenical and interfaith resources are available from our Acts of Faith lectionary-based worship aids:
Voices
- On Not Going to Church (5/19/2020)
- Thanksgiving Notes (11/22/2017)
- Praying for a Total Eclipse of the Heart (8/21/2017)
- Now what? Staying Engaged and Grow the Interfaith Climate Movement (6/1/2017)
- The Plank in Your Eye (5/27/2017)
- 2017 Legislative Seminar Check-In Instructions (3/24/2017)
- Do the Goose (3/19/2017)
- Taking Away Health Care (3/8/2017)
- Let Loving One Another Become Our Norm (2/23/2017)
- Johnson Amendment: Name Games and Far-reaching Impact (2/17/2017)
- Whispers and Shouts (2/11/2017)
- Refugees Welcomed, Not Banned (2/10/2017)
- Speak Against Vitriol; Stand for Values (1/30/2017)
- Blessed not Blocked or Banned (1/30/2017)
- Getting Back to Our Normal: Some Suggestions for the Long Haul (1/27/2017)
- Let’s Keep Marching (1/23/2017)
- Join us to Pray for Justice and Reconciliation and to Share Dinner Together (1/3/2017)
- Thank You for Speaking Love in 2016 (1/1/2017)
- The Rural Oasis: Conetoe Family Life Center (12/28/2016)
- The Council Welcomes Your End-of-Year Gift (12/26/2016)
- Support North Carolina’s Faithful Voice for Justice, Unity, and Peace (12/18/2016)
- We Didn’t Know it Was You (12/17/2016)
- More than 300 NC Clergy Sign-On to Speak Love (12/3/2016)
- The Cuban Church in a Post-Castro World (12/1/2016)
- Faith Leaders: Add Your Name to Speak Love (11/20/2016)
- Advent Guide Focuses on Peace (11/10/2016)
- Christian Unity Committee Offers Workshop: Getting to Know our Muslim Neighbor (11/8/2016)
- Inclusive Climate Adaptation and Resilience Building (9/16/2016)
- Keeping Sacred Spaces Sacred (9/8/2016)
- Pray for God’s Creation (8/30/2016)
Sermons
- Changing the View (8/11/2016)
- Disturbing the Peace (8/27/2013)
- The Ecumenical Journey (4/24/2013)
- When Tolerance and Coexistence Are (Not) Enough (9/18/2010)