For 17 years, Charles has served as URI's founding Executive Director. He has worked with religious, spiritual and other leaders in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. He has been a featured speaker internationally and has written extensively about interfaith cooperation. He co-authored with colleague Sally Mahé, Birth of a Global Community, a book on the birth of the United Religions Initiative. In addition, he has published many articles on interfaith work, contributed a chapter to Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding, published by the United States Institute of Peace, and co-authored, with colleague Barbara Hartford, a chapter in Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding. His essay, Opening the Dream: Beyond the Limits of Otherness, appears in the anthology, Deepening the American Dream. As an Episcopal priest, Charles brings to his work a strong commitment to spiritual transformation and to work for peace, justice and healing, as well as an abiding belief in the sacredness of all life on this planet.
May 14, 2013 11:53 AM
The Rev. Charles P. Gibbs responds to news of what appears to be a religiously-motivated attack on an 82-year-old Sikh man in Fresno, California.
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April 26, 2013 10:38 AM
Harvey Masonek, a longtime friend and supporter of URI and a former member of its interim Global Council, has joined the souls of the Celestial Cooperation Circle.
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March 12, 2013 10:10 AM
URI’s Global Council meeting concludes with celebration, reflection and the announcement of a new interim Coordinator for the Multi-Region.
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March 10, 2013 10:21 AM
In its second full day meeting together, the Global Council considered the challenges of fundraising throughout the world.
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March 7, 2013 8:47 AM
On Wednesday, Global Council Trustees from eight regions and 14 countries met for the first time to discuss the responsibilities of their new role.
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March 5, 2013 3:39 PM
Executive Director Charles Gibbs shares his excitement as URI’s Global Council and Staff arrive for their first face-to-face meeting in three years.
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February 15, 2013 1:39 PM
For the Rev. Charles Gibbs, a few hours at the United Nations provided a vision of a world at peace.
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January 15, 2013 4:02 PM
While attending a conference in Helsinki, Rev. Charles Gibbs deepens his appreciation for the difficult -- and often dangerous -- work URI members are doing to create peace in conflict zones.
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January 11, 2013 8:49 AM
We have just received the tragic news that Irfan Ali, URI Youth Trainer in Pakistan, has been martyred in Quetta.
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January 8, 2013 9:24 AM
India's four Subregional Coordinators agreed on the need to preserve the environment -- and especially the Ganges River -- during the third All-India Assembly in Shantiniketan.
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