     
....The
Council of Churches of the City
of New York elected new officers
for an exciting future.The president
elected was the Rev. A. R. Bernard
who is the founding senior pastor
of the Christian Cultural Center
with over 28,000 members in Brooklyn.
He succeeds the Rev. Dr. Calvin
O. Butts III who served as President
for the past 10 years. Dr. Butts
is pastor of the historic Abyssinian
Baptist Church in Harlem.
....Elected
as vice presidents of the Councilwere
Mr. G. Morris Gurley, attorney/banker;
Bishop Norman N. Quick of the Church
of God in Christ; and Rev. Arabella
Meadows-Rogers, Executive Presbyter
of the Presbytery of New York City.
Rev. N. J. L¡¯Heureux, Jr., Executive
Director of the Queens Federation
of Churches, was reelected as Secretary.
The Rev. Dr. Adolfo Carrion III,
Superintendent emeritus of the Spanish
Eastern District of the Assemblies
of God, was elected Treasurer.
....The
term for each officer began on January
1, 2008 and the installation service
for the new officers will be on
May 1, 2008 at 7:30 pm, at the Christian
Cultural Center located at 12020
Flatland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
....The
Council of Churches of the City
of New York is the oldest ecumenical
council of Christian churches in
the United States with a continuous
ministry in the City since 1895.
The Rev. Jimmy Lim is Executive
Director of the Council of Churches.
Its Board of Directors includes
the bishops and top executives of
the Christian denominations in the
metropolitan area and of the several
borough councils of churches. The
Council provides oversight for chaplains,
the Christ for the World Chapel
at JFK Airport, strategic planning
for congregations and denominations,
coordination of public policy advocacy
and outreach through mass media
on behalf of the church community.
....It
convenes religious leaders to examine
and take action on issues such as
housing and homelessness and the
plight of the poor generally. Its
pastors¡¯ conferences provide significant
training for local clergy of all
denominations. The Council also
provides leadership for the Commission
of Religious Leaders of New York
City, which it helped form in 1999
to bring together the New York Board
of Rabbis, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn,
and the Islamic Leadership Council.
The Council created the Care for
the Caregivers Interfaith Project
which focused on the clergy of all
faiths and their personal mental
health so as to keep them effective
in serving their people in trau-matic
times. This highly effective program
functioned for five years after
the 9/11 attack on New York City.
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