The Council is committed to the ecumenical mandate in a changing world: working together, exploring our many divergent viewpoints, seeking to bear faithful and effective witness in our time and place.  We will work with and encourage our member churches to move toward a faithful future of service, advocacy, and celebration. 

The Capital Area Council of churches is an ecumenical fellowship of some 85 churches, primarily located in Albany county, working together on many projects and activities. 

Among them are:

• ecumenical and interfaith dialogue and special events

• ecumenical worship service on Good Friday & Thanksgiving Day.

• a monthly Peace and Justice Forum

• communication of ecumenical and interfaith news through our monthly newsletter, "Connection"

• involvement with the planning and maintenance of the Interfaith Prayer Room at Albany International Airport

• the Ecumenical Witnesses at Baptism program, whereby members of other churches serve as witnesses to baptisms in local churches

• the Incarceration Prevention Program

• celebration of our unity in Christ

For over 65 years the Council has been directly involved both in bringing churches together as part of the of the ecumenical movement and in responding to critical needs in the Capital District.