ABOUT

WHO IS MnMN?

MnMN IS its MEMBERS and PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.  As a network, MnMN has both decentralized, self-organizing leadership and traditional structures of board and staff.  The Network Council bridges the broader network and the formal structure through regular open meetings and membership, advising the board and staff on particular issues important to the community and MnMN’s mission.

LEADERSHIP

Board of Directors

 Every member of our Board of Directors is an interfaith or faith leader who has made significant contributions to our society.  Each one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our network. 


Staff, Consultants & Interns

ELMAC Emerging Leaders Multifaith Action Council

Network Council

  • Vishal Agarwal, Hindu Society of Minnesota
  • Leslie Aktan, Wisdom Ways
  • Gail Anderson, EmpathyWorks
  • Rev. Bea Vue Benson, Saint Paul Area Synod-ELCA
  • Rev. Chiemi Onikura Bly, Twin Cities Buddhist Association Sangha
  • Elder Bill Brian, Community of Christ
  • Lee Burdge, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Tom Charland, Twin Cities KTC Buddhist Meditation Center
  • Sr. Zan Christ, Religious Equity Consultant/Speaker
  • Dr. Danielle Clausnitzer, ELMAC & Wisdom Ways 
  • Rev. Richard H. Coleman, Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church & Hope United Community Development Corporation
  • Rev. Ben Connelly Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
  • Rev. Joann Conroy, Oglala Sioux and Lyndale United Church of Christ
  • Charlie Curry, Apple Valley Community of Christ
  • Rev. Dr. Curtiss DeYoung, Minnesota Council of Churches
  • Rev. Dr. Tom Duke, MnMN Network Volunteer
  • Rabbi Shosh Dworsky, Carlton College & St. Olaf College
  • John Emery, Islamic Resource Group
  • Ram Gada, Jain Center of Minnesota
  • Shayka Dr. Tamara Gray, Rabata 
  • Dr. Hans Gustafson,Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies at University of St. Thomas
  • Rev. Mark S Hanson, Augsburg Interfaith Institute
  • Rev. Dr. Janet Johnson, Vine Ministries & Wayman AME
  • Dr. Jen Kilps, Network Executive, MnMN
  • Dr. Patrice Koelsch, Common Ground Meditation Center
  • Elizabeth Kulus, Interfaith Action of Greater St. Paul
  • Bill Konrardy, United Methodist Church
  • Jessi LeClear-Vachta, Luther Theological Seminary
  • Rev. John Matthews, Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church, Prior Lake; Police and Military Chaplains
  • Shehla Mushtaq, Interfaith Circle of Eden Prairie
  • Carl Nelson, Transform Minnesota
  • Dr. Julia Nerbonne, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light
  • Khin Oo, MnMN Communications
  • Leah Patton, Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
  • Joy Persall, Northern Star Consulting
  • Sarah Peterka, Union Gospel Mission
  • Mary Pickard, Unity Church-Unitarian
  • Prof. Anant Rambachan, Prof. Emeritus St. Olaf College, Religions for Peace & Hindu Society of Minnesota
  • Rev. Phil Romine, Interfaith Action
  • Rabbi Marcus Rubenstein, Temple of Aaron
  • Fr. Erich Rutten, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, St. Odilia Catholic Church
  • Rev. Bradley Schmeling, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
  • Imam Zafar Siddiqui, Islamic Resource Group
  • Rev. Laura Smidzik, Michael Servetus Unitarian Society
  • Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker, Mount Zion Temple
  • Prof. Martha "Marty" Stortz,  Prof. Emeritus Augsburg and Collegeville Institute
  • Anne Supplee, Twin Cities Friends Meeting 
  • Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Augsburg Interfaith Institute
  • Prabhat Tekriwal, Minnesota Hindu Milan Mandir
  • Whitney Terrill, Sierra Club Northstar Chapter
  • Dr. Deanna Thompson, St. Olaf College & Gloria Dei Lutheran
  • Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Augsburg Interfaith Institute
  • Rev. Chonfong Paul Yang, Compassion Chapel, Hmong Christian Missionary Alliance
  • Brian Zakem, Temple Israel of Minneapolis, Align Minneapolis, and Alliance for Sustainability

OUR STORY

MISSION STATEMENT

The Minnesota Multifaith Network is the statewide network supporting faith and interfaith leaders and organizations working for a more just and loving world.

VISION

Faith-based and interfaith communities have great untapped potential to enhance the common good — the quality of community life and relationships — what Martin Luther King Jr. calls the Beloved Community.


The vision of this network is that faith-based and interfaith communities will fully mobilize their potential to effectively help the broader community to address critical issues affecting our common life, particularly: divisive and destructive intergroup relationships; disparities of privilege, opportunity, equity, and quality of life; and degradation of the environment.

Faith-based and interfaith communities bring unique motivation and experience. Many fine faith-based and interfaith groups and efforts are already at work and contributing greatly. Still, there are great gaps: lack of cross-group connection, cooperation, and mobilization; much work in isolation; insufficient engagement with and untapped support from the wider public; and failure to achieve what might be done with greater attention to strengthening relationships, sharing resources, working cooperatively, and collaborating on leadership development.


We envision a society with outstanding positive growth in quality of life for all-- based in part on the efforts of many individuals, faith communities, and interfaith groups working in concert.

HISTORY

We are a state-wide network that gathers the energy and passion of people of faith, amplifying our efforts leading to equity, justice, compassion, understanding, and empathy.


Formed on the belief that together we can do more, we continue to weave connections among the organizations and people who are already working toward these goals. We are multifaith, relationship driven, justice and anti-racism focused, invitational, collaborative, and generative. We seek to amplify existing work and to catalyze new efforts.


From earlier work of the Twin Cities Interfaith Network (TCIN) and the Saint Paul Interfaith Network (SPIN), a group of activists have been working with the interfaith community to imagine and begin building a statewide multifaith network.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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