NAEIS – Ministering to the Oikoumene

The Oikoumene is the Inhabited Earth – God's Creation populated by all God's children. God's revelation has been received by many people in different places and cultures, leading to a variety of expressions of Faith and a variety of understandings of one's relationship to God.

The members of the National Association of Ecumenical and Interreligious Staff serve in increasingly diverse communities throughout the United States in a variety of ministries – councils of churches, Faith-based community services ministries supported by multiple congregations, denominations and faith groups, and other ecumenical and interfaith configurations.

This Association provides the opportunity for those engaged professionally in this important work to be connected with colleagues, sharpen professional skills, and be renewed in Spirit by sharing and collaborating in service to God's people of the Oikoumene.