Members cooperate to deepen ecumenical unity in theological education and to broaden interfaith dialogue and understanding and to prepare both clergy and laity with skills they need to minister in a diverse church and society.
The Consortium is one of the most diverse of its kind in the nation, as it includes Roman and Byzantine Catholic traditions, mainline Protestants, Evangelicals, and Historic Black Divinity schools; with partners in spiritual formation, Jewish, and Islamic education.
They joined forces to begin cross registration, library sharing, team taught Consortium courses, administrative consultations, and faculty development.
The Consortium offers services of cross-registration of courses and combined library use among students and faculty of its member schools and institutions.
It offers regular consultations between presidents of its schools, academic deans, librarians, and other administrative or affinity groups.
It offers over 250 courses per semester for cross-registration,[7] a dozen theological libraries with 2.2 million books and journals for research,[8] and regular gatherings of school leaders to enhance their collaboration.
They also plan and lead the annual Prayer Service for Christian Unity, which precedes the Figel Event on Ecumenism.
Humayun Khan; Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and young peace-builders Mahmoud Jabari and Doron Shapir from the Seeds of Peace organization.