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Church World Service (CWS) was founded in 1946 and is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions, providing sustainable self-help, development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world. The CWS mission is to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice at the national and international ...
He is active in several community organizations, including serving on the boards of InterFaith Ministries, the Houston Ballet, the Hobby Center for Public Policy, the International Institute of Education – Southern Region, and Neighborhood Centers, Inc. He was recognized with the Refugee Services Humanitarian Award in November 2010. [7]
An interreligious organization or interfaith organization is an organization that encourages dialogue and cooperation between the world's different religions.In 1893, the Parliament of the Worlds Religions held, in conjunction with the World Colombian Exposition, a conference held in Chicago that is believed to be the first interfaith gathering of notable significance.
A 70-year-old man who had been without water in his home for months sought help this year.
In January 1994, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston [7] (IM)'s Executive Director, David Leslie, offered the Family Connection House at 5501 Austin. Karen invited Larry Neuhaus, a Houston investor, Board Member of Houston's Episcopal High School and co-founder of Camp For All [8] to help investigate the opportunity. IM offered a two-year ...
The Refugee Immigration Ministry is an interfaith, community-based organization that was founded in 1986. [1] It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Malden, MA that serves asylum seekers, asylees, and refugees. RIM is part of a national and local network.
Interfaith Alliance is a national interfaith organization in the United States founded in 1994 to counteract the religious right. Its stated goal is to protect faith and freedom by respecting individual rights, preserving the boundaries between religion and government, and uniting diverse voices to protect democracy and to challenge extremism and build common ground.
If 2009 is to truly be the Year of Interfaith Cooperation, the U.N. urgently needs to appoint an interfaith representative at a senior level in the Secretariat." [ 137 ] [ citation needed ] The Republic of the Philippines will host a Special Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace and ...