Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
The purpose of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel is to teach excellence, ethics, equality and engagement. It is to demonstrate the interdisciplinary foundations of a learned ecumenical Christian ministry for the world; to create spiritual realization through value-and virtue-centered theologically based faith; and to inspire the communitarian development of servant scholars as visionary human rights revolutionists and social gospel activists coming from a place of Gandhian nonviolence and political personalism. This is Martin Luther King’s informed service-oriented way to dialectically grow, personally and globally, with Cosmic Companionship, into democracy’s dignity and destiny, ensuring that piety never will be divorced from intellect.
Vision
The vision of this "World House," the Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel on the Morehouse College campus, is to signify forever
Christ's ministry of reconciliation to people of all faiths, and to support
diverse "communities of hope" that live out divine promises
of unity and peace through interfaith, interreligious,
interdenominational, interchurch, interdisciplinary, inspirational, intellectual,
ecumenical, evangelical, experimental, messianic, post-denominational,
practical and prophetic spiritual oneness in education and devotion to
ethical and transcendent rule in optimum human conditions which lead
to genuine community and global excellence based on a Hindu-Buddhist-Islamic-Judaic-Christian
love.
Mission
The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel seeks
to develop, promote and accomplish clergy, laity, and youth awakening
through reconciliation, non-violence, science, spirituality and the
building of global "communities of hope." It is these "beloved
communities" that live out divine promises of unity and peace.
The Chapel is the world's most prominent living religious memorial
to alumnus Martin Luther King Jr., class of 1948. The Chapel is the "living
room" of historic Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, the birthplace
of the civil rights movement in the United States of America. It is
a “world house” where we welcome and honor distinguished
global citizens who embody the vision of peace. It is in this manner
that we inspire examples of Christ’s consciousness of unconditional
love.
Hall of Honor
The International Hall of Honor in the Martin Luther
King Jr. International Chapel was initially established for preachers
and presidents. This has been expanded to include all persons of the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries who have made significant contributions
to the civil and human rights nonviolence movement internationally.
By establishing this gallery in the Morehouse College Chapel, we pay
further tribute to the most prominent religious memorial on the planet
honoring The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
