From Pittsburgh-A new chapter opens next year for Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.
March 31 is the 67th birthday of CASP executive director the Rev. Donald B. Green, and the day he retires.
“I've built a network of relationships with government, foundations, special interest groups, unions and interfaith organizations,” said Green, who joined CASP 11 years ago. “That has enriched the whole ministry of Christian Associates and given us much more visibility in the community.”
The 43-year-old CASP covers 26 judicatories (dioceses, presbyteries, etc.) of 16 faith traditions with a million members in 2,000 congregations across 10 counties.
For two years, Green said, CASP's council of bishops and judicatory executives tackled a “discernment process, addressing the reality of Christianity in our region.”
That includes shrinking church membership that requires more funds to keep local congregations going.
Its impact on Christian Associates prompted the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to assume the cost of running the CASP cable TV station through June 2016.
Green came to the interfaith agency after serving as an assistant to the Rev. Donald J. McCoid, then bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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