​In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, Episcopal Relief and Development approached the Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations about developing educational resources for Interfaith Dialogue.  In November of 2001 the ERD Board of Directors voted to fund a program to develop these resources and contracted with the Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations to facilitate their development.  The goal of this partnership was to develop resources and design curriculum to facilitate interfaith dialogue.  A three-year project of developing interfaith resources and surveying the interfaith work of The Episcopal Church followed, culminating in a conference held at Washington National Cathedral in 2004.