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What is the Partnership?

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The National Council of Churches, founded in 1950, is the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States . The NCC's 36 Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, historic African American and Living Peace member faith groups include 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.

Since 1983, with the formation of Eco-Justice Working Group, a committee of denominational and communion representatives, the National Council of Churches has been providing an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to protect and restore God's Creation. A major task of the Council's Eco-Justice Program is to provide program ideas and resources to help congregations as they engage in environmental justice.

The Eco-Justice Program office of the National Council of Churches works in cooperation with the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group to provide an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to protect and restore God's Creation. Eco-Justice includes all ministries designed to heal and defend creation, working to assure justice for all of creation and the human beings who live in it.

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MISSION

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Guided by biblical teaching, the Partnership seeks to encourage people of faith to weave values and programs of care for God's creation throughout the entire fabric of religious life....

THE PARTNERS

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), comprising the Catholic bishops of the United States and the Virgin Islands, which participates in the Partnership through its Environmental Justice Program.
The National Council of Churches of Christ (NCCC), a council of 37 Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Peace Churches, and African-American denominations, which participates in the Partnership through its Eco-Justice Program.
The Coalition on Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL), an alliance of agencies and organizations across all four Jewish movements.
The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), a coalition of 23 evangelical Christian programs and educational institutions.

HISTORY

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Moving into the 1990's, senior religious leaders began to call for a distinctively religious "environmental" vision — what many call care for God's creation — arising from deep within the teachings of the major faith groups.

BOARD

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Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, Chautauqua Institution
Dr. Janel Curry, Gordon College
Paul Douglas, Smart Energy LLC
Rabbi Steve Gutow, Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Dr. Jo Ann Lyon, Wesleyan Church
Dr. Jonathan Reyes, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, The Rabbinical Assembly
Bishop William Skylstad, Diocese of Spokane
Bishop Eugene Sutton, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
Victor D. Vidales, III, RE/MAX New Heights Realty

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