What Members Say

George Johnson, Jr.

Director, Office of Communication
Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America

RCC brings together a group of professional with a common bond, those who are passionate about communicating their faith. RCC meetings (national and local) allow for us as religious communication professionals to let down the walls of denominational differences to share how we do our jobs as communicators. It's a time to share, rejoice, and supports efforts in religious communication.

The Rev. Daniel R. Gangler

Director of Communication
Indiana United Methodist Communications

RCC continues to be my primary professional association as a religion communicator. RCC has provided continuing education and networking for me during the past two decades. It has also provided meaningful personal relations with communication professional across North America.

Ellen Price

Religion communicator for the Bahá'í Faith
RCC member since 2000

I originally joined the RCC because, as a minority religion, I felt it was important for us to be represented in this national interfaith organization. Once I met the other RCC members and began to talk with them at local and national meetings, I came to realize the value of being able to have informal conversations about common challenges that we face when trying to communicate our faith stories to the public through the media.

I fondly remember walking through an airport with 3 RCC colleagues on our way home from a national convention. The four of us represented the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Baha'i faiths. I smiled brightly and thought, 'THIS is why I love the RCC. It is a place where I have the opportunity to grow in my field AND in my love for all of humanity.' And this is why I continue to be a member of the RCC; for my professional *and* my spiritual growth.

Laura Flippen Tenzel

Communications Coordinator
United Methodist General Board Higher Education and Ministry

I belong to RCC for three reasons: I am able to build relationships with others in different faith groups; I grow in interfaith understanding from the open perspective of what others share; I grow in my work through educational opportunities at the national convention.

Deb Christian

Director, Customer Relations
UMR Communications

Fellowship, network, develop – words that can be used as verbs (meaning action) – and describe just some of the benefits I find in my RCC membership. I can call on a pool of professionals for support and advice who do some or all of the same tasks and responsibilities I do in my job. I know of no other organization where I can get so much benefit for little more than $100 a year.