The Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, asked the Voting Members to pray for Christian unity and touch the shoulder of the persons around them
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism and Randall Lee, The Rev. Randall R. Lee, Director, Department for Ecumenical Affairs
The Rev. Allan Bjornberg, Lutheran-Methodist Dialogue and The Rev. William Oden, United Methodist Church took part in a question and answer news conference.