The Power of Redemption – An Interfaith Conversation

This spring and next, Passover, Ramadan, and Easter coincide. After 2023, this convergence will not happen again for another 33 years. Minneapolis downtown congregations have planned two events this year to mark this shared season of redemption.

Panel Discussion

Plymouth Congregational Church

Rev. DeWayne Davis

Sunday, April 3 | 4–6 p.m.

A panel of clergy will convene to discuss Redemption from each of our religious traditions. In-person and virtual participants will have the opportunity to reflect on our own experience of redemption and ask questions to the panelists.

Interfaith Service

Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church

Re. Elijah McDavid III

Sunday, April 10 | 4– 5:30 p.m.

Gather for a redemptive worship service with a blend of song and inspiration from each congregation’s religious traditions, and including spoken word by Westminster’s 2020-21 Artist-in-Residence Joe Davis.

Participating congregations include Central Lutheran Church, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), First Covenant Church, First Unitarian Society, First Universalist Church, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Islamic Community Center of Minnesota/Masjid Al-Iman, Masjid An-Nur, Plymouth Congregational Church, Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, St. Olaf Roman Catholic Church, Temple Israel, and Westminster Presbyterian Church.