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The Prodigal Son
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In a wide-ranging conversation with a friend this week, I backed myself into the sort of comment that I hate to make. I was forced to admit -- to myself and to Jim -- a painful reality that I usually don't name. Read More


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Let Them Eat Tanks

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen talks with Jim Wallis about ice cream, Oreos -- and how the bloated military budget is destroying our economy and making us all less secure. Read More
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The Southern California Ecumenical Council (SCEC) is a regional body representing churches, denominations, related ministries and other ecclesiastical communities who cooperate to promote responsible and creative expressions of our Christian unity and witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Through ecumenical networks and inter-religious partnerships SCEC works to foster religious understanding, to advocate for social justice and to advance the well-being of all people. The Week of Prayer Service, the Faith and Order Commission and the Let Justice Roll task group are part of the current work of the Council.

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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS

 

In January 2012 we began celebrating a century in California helping to knit Christian communities together. We can be seen as a tapestry which reflects the diversity of our ever burgeoning region while lifting up the unity of the Body of Christ. We pray and hope for the Reign of God on earth when creation will be restored to peace and harmony.

 

Summer 2012 – Interviews with Gene Boutilier Award recipients; an oral history and vision of current ecumenical ministry; managed by Rev. Ray Kibler, 909-596-5086.

 

September 27, 2012 – Centennial Celebration and Bossey Reunion keynoted by Dr. Ioan Sauca and Dr. Michael Kinnamon, a luncheon  at the Athenaeum in Pasadena.

 

October 20, 2012 – Symposium at Fuller Seminary Library “A Century of Ecumenism: Celebrating the John George Huber Collection and the SCEC Archives”

 

January 27, 2012 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Worship Service, at 3pm at the Episcopal Cathedral Center in Echo Park.






Doing Mission and Evangelism Ecumenically

 

We Christians believe that we are called to fulfill God’s mission to the whole inhabited world (oikoumene).  It is a mission that is holistic—feeding, clothing, housing, healing, comforting, forgiving, reconciling—addressing the various needs of people of every time and place.  Part of this mission includes evangelism (or evangelization).  The concern of evangelism is to bring persons to a new life in Jesus Christ.  Authentic life in Christ compels us to call people into communion with God, with one another, and with creation.  We followers of Christ are to proclaim by word and example the Gospel—the Good News—of Christ and of God’s reign, bearing witness to his saving death and resurrection for all. Read more





We of the Southern California Ecumenical Council wish to respond to the recent passage of our neighboring state law, Arizona State Law SB1070, signed by Gov. Jan Brewer on April 24, 2010. Read More

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