MISSION STATEMENT:

The Metropolitan Christian Council (Detroit - Windsor) is a community of churches, empowered by the Holy Spirit and proclaiming the love of God through Christ Jesus. The Council explores, communicates, and celebrates our commonality.  It identifies, models, and nurtures practical expressions of Christian love by serving people.

COMMITTEES:

• Administration & Finance

to generate income necessary for support of the Council programs; to prepare annual budgets; to oversee expenditures and supervise investments; to provide office space and equipment; to develop personnel policies and manage staff contracts.
• Community Relations

to relate meaningfully to the organizations and structures of the metropolitan area as a community of churches, through involvement with our Partners in Mission, participation in community programs, and sponsorship of special events to bring people into the city.
• Interfaith Relations

to witness to our deepest convictions and listen to those of our neighbors by demonstrating a Christian faith which sets us free to be open to the faiths of others, to risk, to trust, and to be vulnerable.  We will seek relationship with religious communities in the Detroit area that represent an inclusive interfaith network.  We also generate statements of concern on justice, race, and hatred issues which impact the interfaith community.
• International Affairs

to strengthen our ties with the Windsor churches through special events, such as the Freedom Festival.  To participate in mutual issues, such as the Detroit River, and other environmental concerns.  To work with ACCESS, the Arab Chaldean Council and other organizations dealing with immigration matters, profiling and other ethnic issues.
• Media

to share The Word through the use of all communication methods.  This includes television, cable, radio, print, and computer based technologies available to us now and those that might be created in the future.
• Social Issues

to address local, state, national, and global situations that challenge, infringe, and invoke action.  Examples include ethnic and racial profiling, inferior education, poor transportation systems, access to health care, crime and terrorism.
• Worship & Dialogue

to coordinate ecumenical worship experiences for Council congregations, such as the Christian Unity Service.  The Council is the local organization with the broadest range of ecumenical voices - Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant.  To provide opportunities for dialogue to inform our discussions between denominations and share insights with Council congregations, that we may become one in our witness, as expressed in Christ's prayer.

OUTREACH:

• Meals for Shut-Ins

providing a weekend packet for 200 elderly poor in downtown Detroit each weekend
• Summer Lunch Program

serving a nutritious meal to an average of 1,600 kids in Detroit each weekday

CONTACT THE COUNCIL:

E-mail ....... councilweb@aol.com

Address .... 4750 Woodward Avenue ~ Detroit, MI 48201

Phone ....... (313) 870-9550

Fax ........... (313) 870-9565

Web Site .. http://users.aol.com/councilweb