The Ecumenical Center is an institution of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN) and the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (EKKW). The staff of the Oekumene Center accompany the relations of the EKHN and the EKKW with other churches, religious communities and organisations, initiate and support activities for peace, justice and the integrity of creation and promote the development of ecumenical theology and its practical implementation in the EKHN and the EKKW.