2014 Annual Conference Registration

We invite you to register now for the North American Academy of Ecumenists annual conference to be held September 26-28, 2014 in Burbank, CA. This conference is jointly sponsored by the North American Academy of Ecumenists and the Southern California Ecumenical Council's Faith and Order Commission. The focus of the conference is the World Council of Churches convergence document The Church: Towards a Common Vision.

We have a distinguished line-up of speakers and panelists. The Rev. Canon Dr. John Gibaut, Director of the Faith and Order Commission for the World Council of Churches, will make two keynote presentations on the document and its reception. The Rev. Dr. Sandra Beardsall, Professor of Church History and Ecumenics at St. Andrew's College (Saskatoon), will speak on "It Takes a Village: Can TCTCV Help Raise North American Ecumenists?" A panel of speakers from the Southern California Ecumenical Council will address local reception, and the Rev. Dr. Thomas Rausch, S.J. will speak on our ecumenical future in light of the document.The Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America will host the event at the St. Leon Armenian Cathedral in Burbank, and His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate, will be our banquet speaker. The conference hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suites Los Angeles Burbank Airport. The closest airport is Burbank; the Los Angeles International Airport is about 45 minutes away.Come join us in Burbank!