Religion Communicators Council
The Religion Communicators Council is a U.S. nonprofit organization representing marketing, communications and public relations officers from 60 different faith-based institutions. Founded in 1929 as the Religious Publicity Council, it became the Religion Communicators Council in 1998. It was originally focused on communications needs for Christian organizations, but in 1970 it expanded its membership to all religious faiths.The organization is headquartered in the Interchurch Center in New York City. It hosts an annual conference to discuss media strategies and issues. It also presents the Wilbur Awards, an annual tribute to mainstream media’s coverage of faith-based issues.
Randomly chosen program from the Religion Communicators Council:
| Faith Organizations, the U.N., and the Sustainable Development Goals |
Speaker(s): Azza Karam, Marin Achtelstetter, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, Dean Pallant |
Description: A panel discussion at the Religion Communicators Council convention. Moderator Dr. Azza Karam, coordinator of the UN inter-agency task force on religion and development, opened the session by asking: "What's faith got to do with it?" On the panel with her were the Rev. Dr. Karin Achtelstetter, general secretary of the World Association for Christian Communications; Lt. Colonel (Dr.) Dean Pallant, director of the Salvation Army's International Social Justice Commission; and Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, World Council of Churches representative to the U.N. and coordinator of the U.N. ecumenical office in New York. Panelists agreed that religious organization were involved in sustainable development long before the U.N. or some governments were capable of doing that. The U.N.'s recent interest in faith-based organizations partially stems from the realization that it can't do it alone. Increasingly, governments are less and less able to develop programs for people who are struggling. | Length: 1:09:16 | Recording Date: April 2, 2016 | Recorded at: Church Center for the United Nations |
