Parliament Trustee Receives National Interreligious Leadership Award

On Tuesday, October 13th Parliament Trustee, Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia was recognized by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) with the 2020 Gwynne Guibord Award for Excellence in Interreligious Leadership.
The Gwynne Guibord Award for Excellence in Interreligious Leadership is awarded to a leader who has worked closely with leaders of many faiths and traditions to explore and uphold the experience and presence of the holy body.
Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia currently serves as the Executive Director of Religions for Peace USA. He has been a servant-leader in the interfaith movement for over two decades. He is also a member of Board of Trustees of Parliament of the World’s Religions as well as North American Interfaith Network. He is also a founding trustee of Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations and serves on the Advisory Committee of the Global Sikh Council. He is former advisory board member of the Journal of Interreligious Studies. He has served on board of National Religious Coalition Against Torture as well as World Sikh Council – America Region. In 2016 he was awarded Luminosa Award for Unity by Focolare Movement. He has worked with Interfaith Association for Central Ohio for over 20 years and is co-editor of landmark Ohio Bicentennial book Religion in Ohio: Profiles of Faith Communities.
The awards will be presented as part of the Breathing New Life Into Our Nation: Repentance, Re-Formation, Reparation program at 7pm ET.

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