In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Interreligious Councils (IRCs) are providing life-saving messages, supporting the most vulnerable, countering stigma and discrimination, and offering spiritual and emotional care and support for children, the elderly, refugees and those experiencing disruption and distress.
This paper will provide the background of Religions for Peace (RfP)’s IRC development process, discern key organizing principles of IRCs through historic and current examples, and outline a process of strengthening capacities and overall performance of these multi-religious assets.