Models that work
Like many others, Ismat Mehdi of India and Peggy Thomas of the United States have much experience to share. Photo by David P. Young
What worked for you? Describe a model of interfaith activity you found effective and exciting, so that we may share it with others!
- What did you do, and how did you plan it?
- What have you and your congregation discovered through this activity?
- Have children or youth been engaged in an interesting way?
- What difference has this activity made in your interfaith relationship? To the life of your church?
Please send your description by email to Jay Rock. Each contributor agrees to permit the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to publish or otherwise use her/his story. Selected models will appear in edited form on this Web site. Please include your contact information and the name, address, phone number and email/Web address (if available) of your church or presbytery.
Provides the tools for one
way of bringing Christians, Muslim and Jews together, based on an extraordinary
initiative among teens in the metro-Detroit area. Read more.
An interfaith conversation after church can be a good way to begin. Photo by David P. Young
Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders of the National Interreligious
Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East offer six prayers for community
use. Download the prayers in a printer-friendly format .
DVD
tells the story of the Interfaith Listening Program in brief. The resource also
includes a section of an earlier video on Interfaith Listening plus a variety
of resources that may help you begin, continue or expand your interfaith involvements.
Length: 8 ½ minute DVD. Learn
more and watch video clips on the Interfaith Listening Program Web site.
The
policy statement of the National Council of Churches of Christ articulates
an understanding of building relations with neighbors of other faiths as a dimension
of Christian discipleship. A study guide is available. An
abbreviated bulletin insert based on this statement is also available.
The practice of Muslim prayer at a Twin Cities charter school has been getting a storm of media attention. The children at that school, along with Muslims everywhere, take a break from school on Friday afternoons to participate in Friday Ju’mah prayer, an obligation of all Muslim men. Critics fear that this practice favors one religion over another and that public school dollars are being used to promote Islam. Keep reading.
The Rev. Deb Bergson-Graham, pastor of the Faith Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Wisconsin, describes the simple steps one church took into a new Christian-Muslim relationship. Keep reading.
World Pilgrims seeks to provide Christians, Jews, Muslims and adherents of other religions a shared faith experience through travel together. The participants deepen their personal faith by visiting some of the most sacred sites of their religious tradition, gain an appreciation of the shared elements of the traditions as well as respect for their differences and establish transformative personal friendships. Visit their Web site.
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