How Reading Interfaith Group Began

Reading has a long history of religious toleration. The Reading Interfaith Group began as a response to the challenge and opportunities of an increasingly global economy. As inspiration and ideas from all over the world came to Reading, the Reading Interfaith Group aims to challenge fear and prejudice by bringing people together. The first Reading Interfaith Group meeting was held on Tuesday 23rd April 1985 at the Friends Meeting House. A focus on "Some Spring Religious Festivals" became an opportunity for members of different religious traditions to meet and explore the possibility of starting a Reading inter-faith group linked to the World Congress of Faiths" Although Reading Interfaith Group was at first led mainly by teachers for mainly educational purposes, it still retains many of its original characteristics. A group of friends still regularly gather together to discuss faith issues and plan events. If you would like to find out what the Reading Interfaith Group has been doing for the past twenty years please click here.

 

The beginnings of all things are small
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