• Discern the historic, present and emerging gifts of unity and justice from across the nation.

• Proclaim the need for a generation of ecumenical commitment in and for the third millenium.

• Help the Council build relationships with and among current and emerging local, state, regional, national and global manifestations of the ecumenical movement.

• Establish and maintain active, on-going, multifaceted, collaborative networking processes.

Directories of Local and Regional Ecumenical Organizations

A comprehensive directory of local and regional ecumenical and interfaith associations in the U.S., with full contact information, may be found in the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, an annual publication of the National Council of Churches.  For a listing of known websites of ecumenical organizations, click here.

Members of the NCC Ecumenical Networks Standing Committee: 

Chair: Rev. Peg. Chemberlin,  (Moravian Church), Minneapolis, MN Email: Pegchemberlin@mnchurches.org 

Vice Chair: Rev. Motoe Yamada, (United Methodist Church), San Jose, CA. Email: motoeyamada@yahoo.com

Secretary:  Rev. David Baak, (Reformed Church in America/Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism - Grace), Grand Rapids, MI.  Email: dbaak@graceoffice.org 

Rev. Grant Abbott (Episcopal Church), St. Paul, MN.  Email: gabbott@spacc.com 

Rev. Jose Louis Casal (Presbyterian Church USA), Midland, TX. Email: jlcasal@tresrios.org 

Mrs. Precious Bell Craft (United Methodist Church), Sacramento, CA.  Email: Preciouscraft@sbcglobal.net 

Jim Dougans (Presbyterian Church USA), Indianapolis, IN.  Email: indunity@aol.com

Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell (Director of NCC Washington DC office).  Email: bgirtonm@nccccusa.org 

Rev. Lawrence Hargrave (American Baptist Churches), Rochester, NY. Email: lhargrav@rochester.rr.com

Dr. Mary Love (African Methodist Episcopal Church), Charlotte, NC. Email: mjet64@aol.com 

Rev. Thomas Prinz (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), Leesburg, VA. Email: htlcpastor@megapipe.net

Alice Webley (Episcopal Church), Virginia Beach, VA. Email: yelbew@aol.com 

Representatives to the NCC Program Commissions