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 1 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 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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) 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 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 14 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 15 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 16 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 17 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 18 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 19 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 20 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 21 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 22 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 23 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 24 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 25
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