Welcome to the The Diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission (DEIC)

Our mission: To respond to the ecumenical imperative of our Lord Jesus Christ that we all may be one and also nurture interfaith relationships.

• serving as a communications link between all church levels
• providing information and education
• promoting and implementing our LARC Covenant
• nurturing interfaith dialogues
• encouraging ecumenism to be a priority in the mission and ministry of our Diocese
  

Our Commission is composed of one representative from each of the fifteen Regions of our Diocese, five at-large members and one representative from the Metropolitan and Virginia Synods of the ELCA with voice and vote. Members are nominated to the Bishop who appoints them. A curriculum entitled "One Household-Many Hearts" for teaching ecumenism in a block in the parish for children and adults has been designed and published by the commission and is available from mkerr@thediocese.net.

For further information contact:
The Rev. Charles R. Sydnor, Jr. Clergy Ecumenical Officer, via e-mail at Charles.Sydnor@Stgeorgesepiscopal.net or Phebe Hoff, Lay Ecumenical Officer at 804-288-3368