The Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport

We are a faith-based, ecumenical social service agency with decades of history working in partnership with local congregations and other community partners. Programs include:

The Janus Center for Youth in Crisis assists youth in serious conflict with their families, schools or the juvenile court. Its mobile intervention team supports the program’s 57-site Safe Place network, responds to the 24-hour Youth in Crisis Hotline, and provides counseling and connection to necessary services, including temporary respite care.

Hunger Outreach supports 37 food pantries and feeding sites run by community organizations and congregations in the Greater Bridgeport community. Our efforts support the equivalent of over 2.5 million meals served to hungry people last year.

Bridge Building Ministry focuses on engaging leaders, both youth and adults, from all sectors of the community in facilitated dialogue to cultivate respect and tolerance for religious, cultural, ethnic, and economic differences and foster understanding and collaborations for the betterment of our Greater Bridgeport community. Activities focus on areas of common interest and concern. Bridge Building is also one of three interfaith partners in a “Tent of Abraham” series, and is engaged in community organizing through the Connecticut Sponsoring Committee.