Participating Congregations – Add Your Church Here!

The Center for Progressive Christianity has over 370 affiliated churches in the US which have adopted welcome statements including support for religious pluralism. These churches listed below (many of them not formally affiliated with TCPC) are celebrating or have celebrated Pluralism Sunday in this or years past. To add your church to this [...]

Speech by Bill Buffie, co-author, The Christian Pluralist: An invitation from the pew

Pluralism: A View From The Pew
(William C. Buffie’s message to the Oaklandon Unitarian Universalist Church in NE Indianapolis on August 26, 2007. Bill Buffie and John Charles are the co-authors of The Christian Pluralist: An Invitation From The Pew.)
Thank you for inviting me to share with you today. I am sorry that my co-author, [...]

Resources For Worship

For background information on religious pluralism in America: The Pluralism Project is directed by Dr. Diana Eck, professor of religion at Harvard and author of many books on religious diversity in the United States. www.pluralism.org

Interview: What is Pluralism?

The following interview with Rev. Jim Burklo, pastor of Sausalito Presbyterian Church (Sausalito, California) and TCPC Pluralism Sunday Coordinator took place March 9, 2007, in Sausalito, California. The interview was conducted for The Center for Progressive Christianity by Geoffrey Gaskins. For more information about Pluralism Sunday, please email Rev. Burklo.

Sermons and Quotations

These quotes and sermons can give you inspiration for preaching and leading worship on Pluralism Sunday.

Children’s Resources

Educating our children about the value of other faith traditions should be an important component of your church’s religious education program for children, youth, and young adults. We have listed below a few resources below that you may wish to incorporate into your religious education for your young people. The Center for Progressive Christianity is [...]

How Congregations Celebrate

HOW CONGREGATIONS CELEBRATE PLURALISM SUNDAY:
The Congregational Church UCC of Belmont, CA, will celebrate Pluralism Sunday on May 10. The Jeff Taylor Jazz Group will offer music, and a local Muslim imam will speak as well as a professor of Jewish holocaust history and a chaplain for Mission Hospice who is a New Thought minister.
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