Contact NCC News Service: 212-870-2252  |  E-mail news@ncccusa.org    |  Most Recent Stories   |  NCC Home

National Council of Churches Executive Committee

Fr. Alexander Abramov
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Chuch in the USA
St. Nicholas Cathedral
15 East 97th Street
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212- 289-1915
Fax: 212-427-5003
E-mail: representation@russianchurchusa.org

Patriarchal Parishes - Russian Orthodox Church

Communion Representative 

 

Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel
Presbyterian Church USA
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, GA 30305-1202
Phone: 404-846-4395
Fax: 404-846-4397
E-mail: fabu-akel@peachtreepres.org

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Communion Representative 

 

Ms. Mia Adjali
United Methodist Office for the UN
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-682-3632/3
Fax: 212-682-5354
E-mail: eadjali@gbgm-umc.org

United Methodist Church

Church World Service 

 

His Eminence the Archbishop Vicken Aykazian
Diocesan Legate & Ecumenical Officer
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
1140 19th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-393-5185
Fax: 202-393-5182
E-mail: avicken@aol.com

Diocese of the Armenian Church of America

President Elect

 

His Grace Bishop Matthews Mar Barnabas
Diocesan Metropolitan
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
80-34 Commonwealth Boulevard
Bellerose, NY 11426
Phone: 718-470-9844
Fax: 718-470-9219
E-mail: frthampanvarghese@yahoo.com

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Communion Representative 

 

His Eminence Archbishop Khajag S. Barsamian
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
630 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4885
Phone: 212-686-0710
Fax: 212-779-3558
E-mail: Prmoff@armeniandiocese.org

Diocese of the Armenian Church of America

Communion Representative  

 

Ms. Deborah Bass
Deputy General Secretary
GBGM-UMC
475 Riverside Drive, Rm. 350
New York, NY 10115-0050
Phone: 212-870-3608
Fax: 212-870-3748

E-mail: dbass@gbgm-umc.org

United Methodist Church

Church World Service 

 

Rev. Imre Bertalan
Ecumenical Secretary
Hungarian Reformed Church in America
Rockville, MD

Hungarian Reformed Church in America

Communion Representative  

The Rev. Dr. Miriam J. Burnett
Interdenominational Theological Seminary
700 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Costen #213
Atlanta, GA 30314-4143
Phone: 404-614-6398
Fax: 404-614-6369
E-mail: mburnett@amechealth.org

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Justice and Advocacy Commission 

 

Bishop Clarence Carr
Assistant Secretary
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
965 Charleston Trace SW
Marietta, GA 30064
Phone: 770-420-9332
Fax: 314-867-5255

E-mail: Not Available

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 

 

Dr. Thelma Chambers-Young
Oklahoma City, OK

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.

Vice President at Large 

 

The Rev. Robert Chase
United Church of Christ
700 Prospect Ave., East
Cleveland, OH 44115-1100
Phone: 216-736-2173
Fax: 216-736-2223
E-mail: chaser@ucc.org

United Church of Christ 

 

The Rev. Peg Chemberlin
Executive Director
Minnesota Council of Churches
122 W. Franklin Avenue #100
Minneapolis, MN 55404-2444
Phone: 612-870-3600 x 19
Fax: 612-870-3622
E-mail: chemberlinp@mnchurches.org  | pegchemberlin@mnchurches.org

Moravian Church in America

Chair, Ecumenical Networks Standing Committee 

 

The Rev. Rothang Chhangte
Director of Ecumenical Formation
American Baptist Churches USA
PO Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
Phone: 800-222-3872
Fax: 610-768-2275
E-mail: rothang.chhangte@abc-usa.org

American Baptist Churches in the USA

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Seung Koo Choi
Korean Presbyterian Church in America
3335 W. Lincoln Avenue, #327
Anaheim, CA 92801
Phone: 714-816-1100
Fax: 714-816-1120
E-mail: seungkoochoi@yahoo.com

Korean Presbyterian Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

Bishop Phillip R. Cousin, Sr.
Senior Bishop
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Presiding Bishop of the 4th Episcopal District
400 East 41st Street, Suite 114
Chicago, IL 60653
Phone: 773-373-6587
Fax: 773-373-8356
E-mail: namechurch@aol.com

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Carmichael Crutchfield
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
4466 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Suite 300
Memphis, TN 38116-7100
Phone: 901-345-4109
Fax: 901-261-3289
E-mail: cedcme@aol.com   and  Basiz1@aol.com

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Communion Representative 

 

Bishop Ronald M. Cunningham
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
1616 E. Illinois Avenue
Dallas, TX 75216
Phone: 901-337-7138
Fax: 901-332-6610
E-mail: RonDCE@aol.com ; bihosprc7302@aol.com

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Communion Representative 

 

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
10 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-570-3507
Fax: 212-570-3592
E-mail: akeur@goarch.org

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Communion Representative 

His Grace Bishop  Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos
Bishop
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
St. Augustine, FL
E-mail: dimitrios@goarch.org , ecumenical@goarch.org

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Communion Representative 

 

Rev. Arpad Drotos
Hungarian Reformed Church in America
229 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
Phone: 212-734-3139

Hungarian Reformed Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar
General Secretary
National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 880
New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-870-3398
Fax: 212-870-2817
E-mail: redgar@ncccusa.org

General Secretary 

 

The Rev. Dr. O. C. Edwards, Jr.
Episcopal Church
Seabury Western Theological Seminary
115 Murphy Hill Road
Weaversville, NC 28787
Phone: 828-658-2445
Fax: Not Available
E-mail: janeoce@aol.com

Episcopal Church

Co-chair, Commission on Faith and Order 

 

The Right Rev. C. Christopher Epting
Episcopal Church
815 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-716-6220 (Jeanne x6127)
Fax: 212-682-5594
E-mail: cepting@episcopalchurch.org

Episcopal Church

Communion Representative to EB 

 

Mr. Dennis W. Frado
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran World Federation
777 United Nations Plaza #10B
New York, NY 10017-3521
Phone: 212-808-5360
Fax: 212-808-5480
E-mail: dfrado@earthlink.net, dennis.frado@ecunet.org

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Church World Service 

 

The Rev. Douglas W. Fromm, Jr.
Associate for Ecumenical Relations
Reformed Church in America
Ridgewood, NJ
E-mail: dfromm@rca.org

Reformed Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Wesley S. Granberg-Michaelson
General Secretary
Reformed Church in America
4500 60th St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Phone: 616-698-7071
Fax: (616) 698-6606
|E-mail: wgranberg-michaelson@rca.org

Reformed Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | President, Lutheran World Federation
8765 West Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631
Phone: 773-380-2600
Fax: 773-380-2977
E-mail: bishop@elca.org

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Herman Harmelink
Ecumenical Officer
International Council of Community Churches
Poughkeepsie, NY

International Council of Community Churches

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Stan Hastey
Executive Director
Alliance of Baptists
1328 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-745-7609 & Mobile: 202-744-7945
Fax: 202-745-0023
E-mail: shastey@allianceofbaptists.org

Alliance of Baptists

Communion Representative 

 

The Most Blessed Metropolitan  Herman
Orthodox Church in America
P.O. Box  675
Syosset, NY 11791-0675
Phone: 516-922-0550
Fax: 516-922-0954
E-mail: frvladimir@oca.org

Orthodox Church in America

Head of Communion 

 

The Rev. Larry Hollon
General Secretary
United Methodist Communication
810 12th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-742-5410
Fax: 615-742-5415
E-mail: lhollon@umcom.org

United Methodist Church

Representative of Communications Commission 

 

Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr.
Bishop of Seventh Episcopal District
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
6524 16th Street
Washington, DC 20012
Phone: 202-723-2660
Fax: Not Available
E-mail: thoytjr@aol.com

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Immediate Past President 

 

The Rev. Raymon Hunt
Christian Education Department AME Zion Church
P.O. Box 26770
Charlotte, NC 28221-6770
Phone: (704) 599-4630, Ext. 340
Fax: (704) 688-2550
E-mail: rehunt@amezhqtr.org

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Chair, Education and Leadership Ministries Commission 

 

Rev. Jacob Se Jang
General Secretary
Korean Presbyterian Church in America
5848 Pimlico Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
Phone: 410-542-6952
Fax: 410-951-9183
E-mail: jacobsjang@yahoo.com

Korean Presbyterian Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. John Joseph
Diocesan/Bishop's Secretary
Sinai Mar Thoma Center
2320 S. Merrick Avenue
Merrick, NY 11566
Phone: 516-377-3311
Fax: 516-377-3322
E-mail: marthoma@aol.com

Mar Thoma Church

Communion Representative 

 

Bishop Demetri C. Kantzavelos
Bishop of Mokissos
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Diocese of Chicago
40 East Burton Place
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: 312-337-4130
Fax: 312-337-9391
E-mail: frdemetri@aol.com

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Chair, Nominations Standing Committee 

 

His Eminence Archbishop Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim
Patriarchal Vicar for the Eastern U.S.
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
260 Elm Avenue
Teaneck, NJ 07666-2323
Phone: 201-801-0660
Fax: 201-801-0603
E-mail: hasio@syrianorthodoxchurch.org

Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon
Allen and Dottie Miller Professor of Mission and Peace
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Eden Theological Seminary
475 E. Lockwood Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
Phone: 314-918-2588 office
Fax: 314-918-2589
E-mail: mkinnamon@eden.edu

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Chair, Justice and Advocacy Commission 

 

The Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky
Executive Director
Orthodox Church in America
P.O. Box 675
Syosset, NY 11791-0675
Phone: 516-922-0550
Fax: 516-922-0954 / 516-671-3720
E-mail: leonid@oca.org

Orthodox Church in America

Chair, Membership and Ecclesial Relations Standing Committee 

 

Ms. Christine Laitner
Swedenborgian Church in North America
Midland, MI

Swedenborgian Church

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Jane Lawrence
Executive Vice President Disciples Home Mission
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
P.O. Box 1986
Indianapolis, IN 46206-1986
Phone: 317-713-2640
Fax: 317-635-4426
E-mail: jlawrenc@dhm.disciples.org

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Representative, Education and Leadership Commission 

 

The Rev. Dr. Randall R. Lee
Dir. of  the ELCA Dept. for Ecumenical Affairs
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
8765 West Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631-4197
Phone: (773) 380-2611
Fax: (773) 380-2977 Call First
E-mail: Randy.Lee@elca.org

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Vice President at Large 

 

Mr. Richard Allen Lewis
Treasurer
Washington, DC

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Communion Representative 

 

Rev. Michael E. Livingston
Executive Director
International Council of Community Churches
216 Parkside Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08618-4442
Phone: 815-464-5690
Fax: 815-464-5692
E-mail: icccml@sbcglobal.net

International Council of Community Churches

President 

 

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Euyakim Mar Coorilos
Diocesan Bishop
Sinai Mar Thoma Center
2320 S. Merrick Avenue
Merrick, NY 11566
Phone: 516-377-3311
Fax: 516-377-3322
E-mail: marthoma@aol.com

Mar Thoma Church

Communion Representative 

 

Bishop E. Earl McCloud, Jr.
First AME Church of Atlanta
Office of Ecumenical and Urban Affairs - AME Church
PO Box  310043
Atlanta, GA 31131-0043
Phone: 404-475-2966
Fax: (404) 691-1092
E-mail: emccloudjr@aol.com

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. John McCullough
Executive Director
Church World Service & Witness
475 Riverside Drive, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-870-2175
Fax:
E-mail: jmccullough@churchworldservice.org

Church World Service & Witness

Executive Director, Church World Service 

 

Rev. Dr. John Mendez
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
1075 Shalimar Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
Phone: 336-788-5285
Fax: 336-650-1825

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.

Racial Justice Working Group 

 

The Very Rev. John P. Meno
Archdiocesan General Secretary & Ecumenical Officer
Archiodese of the Syrian Orthodox Church for the Eastern USA
263 Elm Avenue
Teaneck, NJ 07666-2323
Phone: 201-907-0122
Fax: 201-907-0551
E-mail: vrjmeno@aol.com

Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch

Communion Representative 

 

The Most Reverend  Mercurius Bishop of Zaraisk
Saint Nicholas Cathedral
15 East 97th Street
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212-831-6294
Fax: 212-427-5003
Patriarchal Parishes - Russian Orthodox Church

Communion Representative 

 

Subdeacon Bishoy M. Mikhail
Ecumenical Officer
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria Archdiocese of North America
Office of Ecumenical Affairs
10310 Edgewater Drive
Cleveland, OH 44102
Phone: 216-288-3347
Fax: (216) 642-7693
E-mail: bishoy@ecucopt.org

Coptic Orthodox Church in North America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Audrey Miller
Cleveland Heights, OH

United Church of Christ

Chair, Human Resources Standing Committee 

 

Assistant Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nicholovos
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
13 Pelham Avenue # 5
Nanuet, NY 10954
Phone: (914) 627-0848
Fax: (914) 627-0850
E-mail: thirumeni@aol.com

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Communion Representative 

 

Mr. Stanley J. Noffsinger
General Secretary
Church of the Brethren
1451 Dundee Avenue
Elgin, IL 60120-1675
Phone: 847-742-5100 x 201
Fax: Not Available
E-mail: snoffsinger_gb@brethren.org

Church of the Brethren

Communion Representative 

 

Bishop William B. Oden
Ecumenical Officer
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750133
Dallas, TX 75275-0133
Phone: 214-522-6741
Fax: 214-528-4435
E-mail: wbo83@earthlink.net

United Methodist Church

Communion Representative 

 

Mr. John Paterakis
New York, NY

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Church World Service 

 

Rev. Dr. Larry D. Pickens
General Secretary
GCCUIC-UMC
475 Riverside Drive, Room 1300
New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-749-3553
Fax: 212-662-7045
E-mail: lpickens@gccuic-umc.org

United Methodist Church

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Tyrone S. Pitts
General Secretary
Progressive National Baptists Convention, Inc.
601 50th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20019
Phone: 202-396-0558
Fax: 202-398-4998
E-mail: pittstsp@aol.com

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.

Communion Representative 

 

His Grace Bishop  Serapion of Los Angeles
Coptic Orthodox Church in North America
4909 Cleland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90042
Phone: 323-254-3333
Fax: 323-254-9820
E-mail: bishopserapion@lacopts.org

Coptic Orthodox Church in North America

Communion Representative 

 

Dr. T. Dewitt Smith, Jr.
President
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
Trinity Baptist Church
3870 Cascada Road, SW #C
Atlanta, GA 30331-2184
Phone: 404-758-5563
Fax: 404-755-8300
E-mail: Not Available

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. 

 

Friend Thomas Swain
Tanguy Homesteads
54 Twin Pine Way
Glen Mills, PA 19342
Phone: 302-834-0990
Fax: 302-834-6971
E-mail: tswain@ccil.org

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

Ecumenical Officer 

 

The Rev. John H. Thomas
General Minister & President
United Church of Christ
700 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-1100
Phone: 216-736-2101
Fax: 216-736-2103
E-mail: thomasj@ucc.org

United Church of Christ

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Lydia Veliko
United Church of Christ
700 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-1100
Phone: 216-736-2191
Fax: 216-736-2103
E-mail: velikol@ucc.org

United Church of Christ

Communion Representative 

 

Dr. Melvin Von Wade
Pastor
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
4269 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Phone: 323-846-1950
Fax: 323-846-1964
E-mail: mvwadeministries@aim.com

National Missionary Baptist Convention of America

Communion Representative 

 

Ms. Betty Voskuil
Reformed Church in America
Grand Rapids, MI
E-mail: bvoskuil@rca.org

Reformed Church in America

Vice President 

 

The Rev. Dr. Cheryl Wade
Director of Philanthropy
The Kendal Corporation
The Worth Center
1107 E. Baltimore Pike
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Phone: 610-388-5526
Fax: 610-388-5589
E-mail: Cwade@kcorp.kendal.org

American Baptist Churches in the USA

Chair, Administration and Finance Standing Committee 

Bishop George Walker, Sr.
Bishop
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
1314 Churchill Downs Drive
Waxhaw, NC 28173
Phone: 704- 243-3880
Fax: 704-243-3882
E-mail: gwalker046@aol.com

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Sharon Watkins
General Minister and President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
130 E. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203
Phone: 317-713-2401
Fax: 317-713-2417
E-mail: swatkins@ogmp.disciples.org

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Communion Representative 

 

Ms. Alice R. Webley
Episcopal Church
Virginia Beach, VA

Episcopal Church

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Herman Weinlick
Moravian Church in America
Minneapolis, MN

Moravian Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Dr. Robert K. Welsh
President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Council of Christian Unity
P.O. Box 1986
Indianapolis, IN 46206-1986
Phone: 317-713-2582
Fax: 317-713-2588
E-mail: rwelsh@ccu.disciples.org

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. David  L. Wickmann
Moravian Church-Northern Province
1021 Center Street
P.O. Box 1245
Bethlehem, PA 18016-1245
Phone: 610-865-3137
Fax: 610-866-9223
E-mail: dave@mcnp.org

Moravian Church in America

Communion Representative 

 

The Rev. Robina Winbush
Dir. of Ecumenical  Relations
Presbyterian Church USA
Department of Ecumenical and Clergy Relations
100 Witherspoon Street, Room 4412
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
Phone: 502-569-5431
Fax: 502-569-8614
E-mail: rwinbush@ctr.pcusa.org

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Communion Representative 

 

Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund
Chair, Interfaith Relations
Washington, DC
E-mail: zikmund@cua.edu
United Church of Christ

Chair, Interfaith Relations Commission 

 

 For more information, contact Philip E. Jenks, Director of Interpretation, 212-870-2228


 

Return to NCC Home Page