Signatories to Statement of Support
Pastor Doug Mork
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Brooklyn Center
Rev. Shari Prestemon
Conference Minister
Minnesota Conference United Church of Christ
Rev. Douglas Mitchell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Jaylani Hussein
Executive Director
CAIR-Minnesota
Zafar Siddiqui
Chairman of the Board, Al-Amal School
Fridley
Hassan Jama
Executive Director, Islamic Association of North America, Inc
Minneapolis
Rev. Sarah Campbell
Team Lead Minister, Mayflower UCC
Minneapolis
The Rev. Dr. Timothy Hart-Andersen
Senior Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Dr. Tamim Saidi
Chair, Northwest Islamic Community Center
Plymouth
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Rev. Jane McBride
First Congregational Church of MN, UCC
Minneapolis
Daniel Romero
Minister for Faith Formation
First Congregational Church of MN, UCC
Minneapolis
Imam Asad Zaman
Muslim American Society of Minnesota
Joette Zola
OTR/L
Minneapolis
Jamel Ben Ameur
Al-Amaan Center for Worship and Education
Minnetonka
Imam Makram El-Amin
Masjid AnNur Islamic Centers of Minneapolis & St. Paul
Rev. Kathryn Nelson
Peace United Church of Christ
Duluth
Nausheena Hussain
Executive Director, Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment
S. Virginia Matter OSB
Spiritual Director, Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery
St. Paul
Sh, Sharif Mohamed- Imam
Islamic Civic Society of America and Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque
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Sh. Abdisalam Adam
Board Chair - Islamic Civic Society of America
Wali Dirie
Executive Director - Islamic Civic Society of America
Muhammad Jiwa
Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Kathy Fleming
Benedictine Oblate at St. Paul's Monastery
St. Paul
Rev. Susan Thornton
Pastoral Counselor, Westminster Counseling Center
Rev. Shelley Dugan
Chaplain Manager-Mercy Hospital-Allina Health
Coon Rapids
Mark Scannell
Member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Community
Rev. David Person
St. Luke Lutheran Church
St. Paul
Rev. Dwight Wagenius
Community Minister, Mayflower United Church of Christ
Minneapolis
The Reverend Joy Caires
Rector St. Clement's Episcopal Church
St. Paul
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Rev. Dr. Patrick H. Shebeck
Senior Pastor, St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church
Saint Paul
Kenneth Ford
Lay Teacher, Clouds in Water Zen Center
St. Paul
Rev. Barbara Martin
Union Congregational United Church of Christ
St. Louis Park
Rev. Jan Skogstrom
Minster Emeritus (Spirit United Interfaith Church)
Rev. Bonnie Wilcox
Senior Pastor, St. Mark's Lutheran Church
North St. Paul
Pastor Eric Hoffer
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
St. Louis Park
Pastor Pamela Stalheim Lane
Faith-Lilac Way Lutheran Church
Robbinsdale
Rev. Emily Goldthwaite Fries
Associate Minister, Mayflower Community Congregational
United Church of Christ
Minneapolis
Pastor Hans Jorgensen
St. Timothy Lutheran Church
St. Paul
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Sister Jacqueline Leiter
Saint Paul
Rev. Ashley Updegraff-Balow
Associate Pastor, Holy Nativity Lutheran Church
New Hope
Joetta Schlabach
Pastor of Worship, Pastoral Care, and Administration
Faith Mennonite Church
Minneapolis
Mark Vinge
Senior Pastor, House of Hope Lutheran Church
New Hope
Mary Lou Dimmer, OSB
Religious Community
St. Paul
Rev. Natalia Terfa
Associate Pastor, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, ELCA
Brooklyn Park
Vicar Wade Washolz
Valley of Peace Lutheran Church
Golden Valley
The Reverend Kate Stebinger Bradtmiller
Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
Saint Paul
Pastor Gretchen Rode
House of Hope Lutheran Church
New Hope
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Father Dale Korogi
Pastor, Church of the Ascension
Minneapolis
Anna Doherty
Rector, Christ Episcopal Church
Woodbury
Rev. Deborah Stehlin
Director for Evangelical Mission
Minneapolis Area Synod, ELCA
Deacon Kirsten Kessel
First Lutheran Church of Crystal
Brooklyn Park
Rev. Dr David Breeden
Senior Minister
First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
Rev. Peter Nycklemoe
Senior Pastor, Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Ahmed Ragab
Masjed Abubaker AlSeddiq (MAAS) Board
Rochester
Khalil Houri
Northwest Islamic Community Center Masjid Al-Kareem
Pastor Tim Tengblad
Advent Lutheran Church
Maple Grove
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Rev. Morris O. Wee
(Retired) ELCA Pastor
Edina
Rev. Dr. Anita L. Bradshaw
UCC Clergy and Transitional Pastor of St. Luke Presbyterian Church
Minnetonka
Rev. Victoria Staffor
White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church
Mahtomedi
Rev. Daniel J. Streeper
Serving as Pastor of House of Prayer Lutheran Church
Oakdale
Sister Virginia Matter, OSB
Benedictine Sister
Saint Paul
Pastor Sarah Bunge
Lord of Life Lutheran Church
Maple Grove
The Reverend Mariah Furness Tollgard
Lead Pastor, Hamline Church United Methodist
Saint Paul
Pastor Bradley Schmeling
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Saint Paul
Imam Asad Zama
Muslim American Society of Minnesota
Fartun Weli
Executive Director of Isuroon
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Aysha Wazwaz
Gems of Light
Minneapolis
Ayah Fannoun
Member of the MN Muslim community
Valeri Marquardt
Speech Language Patholist
Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Mercy Hospital
Dr. Hamdy El-Sawaf
Psychotherapist
Board President, Islamic Community Center of Minnesota
Imam, Masjid Al-Iman
Fr. Stan Mader
Saint Ambrose of Woodbury Catholic Church
Hans Gustafson
Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning
University of St. Thomas/Saint John’s University
Leah Springer
Director of Faith Formation, Union UCC
St. Louis Park
Rev. Todd Smith Lippert
Senior Minister, First United Church of Christ
Northfield
The Rev. William J. Teska
Episcopal Parish of the Holy Trinity & St. Anskar
Minneapolis
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Rev. Abigail Henderson
Associate Minister, First United Church of Christ
Northfield
Rev. Beth A. Faeth
United Church of Christ
Stillwater
Rev. Dr. Karen Smith Sellers
Retired, Former Conference Minister, Minnesota Conference of the United
Church of Christ
Member, Mayflower UCC
Minneapolis
Fr. Erich Rutten
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church
Saint Paul
Jason Adkins
Executive Director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference
Rev. Kathy Itzin
Parkway United Church of Christ
Minneapolis
Rev. Carolyn Fure-Slocum
Carleton College Chaplain
Northfield
Rev. Kent A. Meyer, Ph.D.
Zion United Church of Christ
Le Sueur
Curt Peterson
Interim President and CEO
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches (GMCC)
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Pastor Al Fiene
Prairie Community Church, UCC
Lester Prairie
John Merkle, Ph.D.
Director, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning
University of St. Thomas and St. John’s University
Rev. Sue Judson Hamly
Faith United Church of Christ
International Falls
Rev. Margo Richardson
Chaplain Manager, Allina Health
Fridley
Most Reverend Andren Cozzen
Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Gary B. Reierson
United Church of Christ Minister
Director, Collegeville Institute Fellows Program
Visiting Faculty Member, School of Theology and Seminary, St. John's University
The Rev. Dr. Carolyn Pressler
Harry C. Piper Professor of Biblical Interpretation
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda
Archbishop, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Rev. Lisa Bodenheim
Clark-Grace UCC
South St. Paul
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Iftou Yoya
Equal Opportunity Officer & Recruiter
Islam
Minneapolis
Rev. Gary Walpole
Peace United Methodist Church
The Rev. Alan McNamara
Chapel Hills UCC
Edina
Rev. Deb Braun
Pastor in Shared Ministry, The Congregational Church of Faribault, UCC
Faribault
Rev. Jan Bodin
Pastor in Shared Ministry, The Congregational Church of Faribault, UCC
Faribault
Rev. Chris McArdle
Pastor, First Congregational UCC
Anoka
Rev. Mary S. Ramos
Episcopal Church in Minnesota
University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
Minneapolis
The Rev. Lydia Huttar Brown
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
The Rev. LeeAnne Watkins
Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church
Saint Paul
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Rev. Beth Wanamaker
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Hastings
The Rev. Neil Elliott
Episcopal priest
Saint Paul
The Rev. Kate Stebinger Bradtmiller
Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
Saint Paul
Terese Lewis
Director of Children's, Youth & Integenerational Formation
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Saint Paul
Father Dale Korogi
Pastor, Church of the Ascension
Minneapolis
Rev. John Peters
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Edina
Rev. Jered Weber-Johnson
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
Saint Paul
Gurtie Berkner
Junior warden, St. Mary's Episcopal
Basswood Grove
Rev. Blair Pogue
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
St. Paul
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Rev. David Breeden
First Unitarian
Minneapolis
The Rev. Jennifer S. McNally
Saint Anne's Episcopal Church
Rev. Dr. Kate Hennessy-Keimig
Episcopal Church in MN
Inver Grove Heights
The Rev. Susan M. Moss
Episcopal Church in Minnesota
The Rev. Grant H. Abbott
Retired executive director, Saint Paul Area Council of Churches
Episcopal priest, retired
St. Paul
Rev. Georgia I. Hecock
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Detroit Lakes
The Rev. Dana Fath Strande
Nativity Episcopal Church
Burnsville
Rev. Peter Nycklemoe
Senior Pastor, Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
The Rev. Ward J. Bauman
The Episcopal House of Prayer
Collegeville
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Pastor Pamela Stalheim Lane
Faith-Lilac Way Lutheran Church
Robbinsdale
The Rev. Letha Wilson-Barnard
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church
St. Paul
Rev. Glenn Berg Moberg
Senior Pastor, St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church
St. Paul
Rev. Victoria Safford
White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church
Mahtomedi
Pastor Hans Jorgensen
St. Timothy Lutheran Church
St. Paul
The Rev. Diane McGowan
St. George's Episcopal Church
St. Louis Park
Canon John Rettger
Episcopal
Coon Rapids
The Rev. Mariah Furness Tollgaard,
Pastor, Hamline Church United Methodist
Saint Paul
The Rev. Michael R. Tippett
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Owatonna
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Sandra Rude
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Sunfish Lake
The Rev. Thomas Harries
Episcopal Church in Minnesota
St. Peter
Leah Springer
Director of Faith Formation, Union UCC
St. Louis Park
Rev. Jan Hayes
Episcopal Church in Minnesota
Jay Hornbacher
Episcopal Church in Minnesota
Rev. Gregory A. Schlicker
Lutheran Pastor
Owatonna
Rev. Cindy Halvorson
First Baptist Church, A.B.C.
Owatonna
Rev. Amanda Weinkauf
Associate Pastor
Trinity Lutheran Church of Owatonna
Jason Hunt
Bishop, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Faribault
Rev. Jackie Bernacchi
Episcopal
Serving White Earth Reservation
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Rev. Bill Van Oss
St. Paul's Episcopal
Duluth
The Rev. Theo Park, Priest
Saint Anne's Episcopal Church
Sunfish Lake
Rev. Rex McKee
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul
Pastor Sarah Bunge
Lord of Life Lutheran Church
Maple Grove
Janet Day Midtbo
Member, Union Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
St. Louis Park
Patricia Jones
Director of Ministry, Minneapolis Friends Meeting
Michael Russelle
Clerk Prospect Hill Friends Meeting
Saint Paul
Reverend Eliot N. Howard
Pastor, Linden Hills United Church of Christ
Reverend Norma J. Burton
Community Minister, Linden Hills United Church of Christ
Reverend Lawrence T. Richardson
Minister of Faith Formation, Linden Hills United Church of Christ
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Ailya Vajid
Chaplain for Muslim and Interfaith Life
Macalester College & Carleton College
St. Paul, Northfield
Rev. Jen Nagel University
Lutheran Church of Hope
Minneapolis
Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs
Unity Church-Unitarian
Saint Paul
Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs
Unity Church-Unitarian
Saint Paul
Rev. Todd Bratulich
Pastor for Community and Mission Engagement, First Covenant Church
Minneapolis
Rev. Laurie P. Feille
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Minneapolis
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel
Director, Center for Sustainable Justice, United Church of Christ
Minneapolis
Rev. T. Michael Roc
Robbinsdale United Church of Christ
Rev. Laurie A. Eato
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
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Rev. Bruce E Pederson
Church Relations, Fairview Health Services
Minneapolis
Rev. Brad Froslee
St. Michael's Lutheran Church
Roseville
Pastor Bruce C. Arnevik
Calvary Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Rev. Victoria Safford
White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church
White Bear Lake
Rev. John D. F. Nelson
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Hopkins
Pastor Mark Peterson
ELCA Retired
Denise Konen
Lay Leader
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis
Pastor Chris Bellefeuille
Trinity Lutheran Church – ELCA
Stillwater
Pastor Kelly Chatman
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Rev. Javen Swanson
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Saint Paul
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Deacon Krista Lind
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Minneapolis
The Rev. Dr. Joy L McDonald Coltvet
Christ On Capitol Hill Church
St. Paul
Rev. DeWayne L. Davis
Senior Pastor, All God's Children Metropolitan Community Church
Minneapolis
Rev. Scott R. Simmons
LydiaPlace Collaborative Communities (ELCA)
Saint Paul
Rev. Karsten Nelson
Pastor of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
St. Paul
Rev. Ruth Sorenson-Prokosch
St. Timothy Lutheran Church
Saint Paul
Rev. Ann Galloway-Egge
Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Erika Sanborne
UCC Minneapolis
Pastor Rhonda Hlavinka
Salem Lutheran Uptown ELCA
Minneapolis
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Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe
Pastor, Living Table United Church of Christ
Minneapolis
Pastor Marea Perry
Saint Paul
Rev. Elizabeth Flomo
Affiliated Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill
Saint Paul, MN
Rev. Oby Ballinger
UCC, Edina Morningside Community Church
Edina
Rev. Amy Kumm-Hanson
ELCA
Minneapolis
Pastor Lynn B Peterson, ELCA
Rev. Martha Schwehn Bardwell
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Rev. Justin Lind-Ayres
Lutheran Pastor
Augsburg College & Luther Seminary
The Rev. Dr. William Russell
Augustana Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Minneapolis
Rev. Dan Adolphson
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Moderator, GLAD Alliance
Minneapolis
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Rev. Laura Smidzik
Unitarian Universalist, Michael Servetus Unitarian Society Fridley
Youth Minister, SpringHouse Ministry Center
Minneapolis
Rev. John Hierlinger
ELCA Pastor, St. Paul Area Synod
Rev. Debbie Blue
House of Mercy
Saint Paul
Rev. Paul Slack
Pastor of New Creation Church
Minneapolis
Pr Brenda Froisland
Bethel Lutheran Church, ELCA
Minneapolis
Rev. K.P. Hong
Unity Church-Unitarian
Rev. Ashley Horan
Executive Director; MUUSJA - The MN Unitarian Universalist Social Justice
Alliance
Minnneapolis
Mary E. Hess
Professor, Luther Seminary
Saint Paul
Pastor Jill Rode
ELCA Lutheran, St. Paul
Parish Organizer, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Minneapolis
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The Reverend Margaret Kelly
Developer of Shobi's Table
Saint Paul Area Synod, ELCA
Pastor Melissa Pohlman
ELCA, Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Rev. Drew Flathmann
Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
The Reverend Anita C. Hill
ELCA, Grace University Lutheran Church
Minneapolis,
Katelyn Rakotoarivelo
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Luther Seminary
Saint Paul
Sarah Moat
ELCA Pastor, Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Hopkins
Chaplain Luke Roke-Metcalfe
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Minneapolis
Pastor James Erlandson
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Saint Paul
Rev. Delwayne Hahn
ELCA retired
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Rev. Amanda Simons
Melissa Melnick
Pastor/Developer Tapestry (A mission of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the
ELCA)
Richfield
Pastor Rebecca Sullivan
Lakeview Lutheran Church, Minister of Congregational and Community
Development
Maplewood
Pastor Marissa Sotos
Tree of Life Lutheran
Minneapolis
Rev. Jane Buckley-Farlee
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Minneapolis
Rev. Becky Sechrist
Minnehaha United Methodist Church
The Rev. Catherine Malotky
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Minneapolis
Rev. Joel Bergeland
Associate Pastor, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth
Rev. Meta Herrick Carlson
ELCA; Zion Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
The Rev. Mary Kaye Ashley
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Taylors Falls
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Pastor Jennifer Rome
ELCA
Eagan
Deacon Lauren Morse-Wendt
ELCA Lutheran
Edina
Elizabeth Hermeier
Vicar, Nokomis Heights Lutheran Church
Austen Hartke
Transgender Faith Educator
Saint Paul
The Rev. Kristie Hennig
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Chanhassen
Rev. Trudy K. Cretsinger
ELCA
Saint Paul
Pastor Steve Bonesho
Living Joy Lutheran
Prior Lake
Rev. Kelly J. Stone
Macalester College Chaplain
St. Paul
Siri C. Erickson
Chaplain of the College
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter
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Justin Schroeder
Senior Minister
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis
The Rev. Rex McKee
Deacon, Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church
Chair, Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul
Rev. David L. Ostendorf
Twin Cities Social Cohesion Initiative
January 2017
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