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While Rockford, Illinois has more than 280 Christian Churches of various denomination, many people do not realize that our community also includes active worshiping communities of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Baha'is, Hindus, Unitarian Universalists, and people of other religious persuasions.

It would be pleasant to believe that people of varying faiths could automatically live together in harmony, but history tells us a very different story: suspicion, fear, and hate have too often characterized interfaith relationships.

In 1990, then Rockford Mayor, Charles Box, called together a committee of leaders of diverse religious communities and charged them organizing an interfaith Thanksgiving observance for our community. From this beginning, the Rockford Interfaith Council emerged and has grown.

For many years, the Council functioned largely as an organization of faith groups. It has now decided to also reach out to individuals who share its concerns.

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