“What if Jesus had been received and not crucified?”
Sep 07, 2010
The study program was entitled “God’s Will: Believe in Him”. The study examined what was the Will of God at the coming of the Christ. Over 20 Bible verses were read aloud that illuminated the points of the study on how God called for those at the time of Christ’s visitation to have faith in Jesus so that the Kingdom could come forth....   > more

ACLC-Houston Shares Father Moon’s Vision for World Peace at Interfaith Event
Jun 29, 2010
Houston Christian leaders were joined by representatives of Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam at a very successful Interfaith Meeting on Friday, May 14, organized by Imam Mohammed Zafarullah of Ahmadyya Mosque. As ACLC’s representative in Houston, I was honored to be a keynote speaker and shared content from Father Moon’s peace messages that have inspired many of us: ...   > more

Kidnapping victim tells story of captivity
May 14, 2010
Ms. Nanae Okada Goto, a resident of the Washington, D.C. area for 11 years, told a gathering of church activists on April 17 that her father paid gangsters (known in Japan as Yakuza) $40,000 to kidnap and confine her in a condo prison twice, first in 1987 and again in 1988. She told a gathering of women in ministry at the headquarters of the American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) in Washington, D.C. that her second confinement lasted for three years and involved frequent beatings from her father, a militant atheist....   > more

ACLC issues urgent call to Japan to investigate religious kidnappings
Mar 12, 2010
Rev. Dr. Michael Jenkins, national coordinator of the American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC), has issued an urgent call to Japanese authorities to investigate the kidnappings of several members of the Unification Church by family members and others who force such persons to undergo "deprogramming" or the rejection of their faith....   > more

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration and Commemorative luncheon
Feb 16, 2010
The main speaker for the event was the Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, pastor emeritus (retired) of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, who spoke on his life and experiences with the Dr. Martin Luther King, with whom he attended Morehouse College, and later invited to Seattle in 1961. He spoke of the difficult realities facing African Americans in those times....   > more

Religious Freedom as the Prerequisite for Interfaith Dialogue
Jan 06, 2010
The speech below was given by Peter Zoehrer, the Secretary General of the Forum for Religious Freedom in Europe (FOREF-Europe) on December 03, 2009, at the Vienna International University. The speech was Mr. Zoehrer’s response to a referendum in late November in Switzerland in which a majority of voters approved a ban on the building of minarets on mosques in Swiss territory....   > more

The Clinton Visit to Indonesia: Islam is a Religion
Feb 21, 2009
Indonesia was the second visited nation (after Japan) by Secretary of State Clinton on her first ever overseas mission for the Obama administration. Brilliant and correct. "There is broad consensus within foreign policy circles that the Asia rim presents, perhaps, the most complex challenges for the Obama administration, though one with obvious rewards." ...   > more

Houston Interfaith Dinner towards “One Family Under God”
Nov 26, 2008
Mayor Bill White of Houston officially opened the Interfaith Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Hotel last night in the presence of numerous Clergy, Faith, Community and Political leaders such as the Archbishop of Galveston, President of St. Thomas University, John Rudley President of Texas Southern University, Bob Bennett, Paul Lynch British Consul, Judge Ed Emmett of Harris County. This wonderful event was organized by the Institute for Interfaith which has its Headquarters in Houston with more than 15 Chapters across the US and the Gullen Institute. We met many Clergy who invited us to meet them at their Churches and gave them our ACLC Magazine. ...   > more

Dialogue in September
Oct 22, 2008
ACLC's September dialogue is now completed in the topic of 'the Man for Others.' Religious founders gave his life and substance to save others.The next dialogue will be shceduled for the October 25, 2008 on 'the Living Presence for others.' Pease share the story of the founder of your religion by sending an email of text passagges to us. ...   > more

Monthly Dialogue Session V: the Revealer of Truth
Sep 11, 2008
On August 25, 2008, the monthly online dialogue of August is completed. The summary of the dialogue is lised at the column secton of this web site., The next month dialogue will be scheduled for the September 25 in the topic on 'the Man for Others' of the religious founders. Please share the stroy of your religious founder by sending an email of text passages from your religon to Dialogue@aclc.info by the scheduled date....   > more