For Immediate Release
Media contact information: Joe Bankard
Boise Faith Group Member jabankard@nnu.edu (619)980-3423
02.07.2022
Boise Faith Group raises their voices in support of Interfaith Sanctuary
As interfaith leaders and voices of conscience, we are deeply committed to ensuring that everyone in our community without a home will have access to safe shelter. We will always recognize and honor the dignity of all people.
As members of a community of diverse faiths, we find common ground in our unwavering support of Interfaith Sanctuary and their proposed move to the State Street location to continue and further their and our, essential work. Interfaith Sanctuary offers practical solutions that build upon the work of community partners to expand both the scope and access of services to persons who need shelter and a place to rest and recover.
We believe in the sacred worth of all people; we are all deserving of dignity. It is essential to remove barriers to shelter, keeping families together, fostering hope and providing opportunities.
Our teachings lead us to support Interfaith Sanctuary’s calling to serve the basic needs of our vulnerable neighbors in Boise and the surrounding area. We all deserve to be treated with the same compassion and grace.
We invite all people of faith and conscience to join the efforts to support Interfaith Sanctuary’s move to the proposed State Street location–and our movement to extend grace and compassion to all people regardless of faith, disability, race, color, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Let our actions be a shining example of unity in a fragmented world. We Are Interfaith Sanctuary.
Pastor Joe Bankard Collister United Methodist Church
Ed Keener
Boise First Congregational United
Dr. Said Ahmed-Zaid Islamic Center of Boise
Pastor Stacie Ballard Cathedral of the Rockies
Rev. Dr. Andrew Kukla First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Jenny Willison Hirst Collister United Methodist Church
Pete Schroeder Cathedral of the Rockies
Rev. Karen Hernandez Sage District Superintendent UMC
Rabbi Dan Fink Congregation Ahaveth Beth Israel
Debbie Mallis Interfaith Equality Coalition
Pastor Christie Dahlin Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship
Pastor Todd Mills Cathedral of the Rockies
Pastor Rob Tulloch
Boise First Congregational United
Pastor Duane Anders Cathedral of the Rockies
Pastor Debbie Coutts Cathedral of the Rockies
Rev. Bruce D. Ervin Disciples of Christ, Retired
Bishop Elaine J W Stanovsky Greater Northwest Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church
Reverend Kathy Abend
Retired from the United Church of Christ
Rev. Gretchen J Bingea Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Retired
Pastor Mia Crosthwaite
Kuna United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Tom and Sharyn Christensen King of Glory Lutheran ELCA
Rev. Connie Winter-Eulberg King of Glory Lutheran Church
Rev. Barbara Condon Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Retired
Judy Cross, President
The Interfaith Alliance of Idaho
Rev. Sara LaWall
Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Pastor Brenda Sene Hillview United Methodist Church
The Rev. Blake Coats Episcopal Church
Nick Armstrong and Laura Armstrong
Glocal
Rev. Jim Grunow Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Retired
Renee McCall, M.C., Pastor Liberating Spirit Metropolitan Church (MCC)
Rev. Dr. Steve Tollefson, Pastor Emeritus
First United Methodist Church, Boise
Arun Gupta, Pastor Hare Krishna Temple
Marilesta Nelson, Faith in Action Chair
Hillview United Methodist Church
Rev. Pete Nelson
United Methodist Church, Retired
Rev. Christina Thompson United Methodist Clergy
Reshma Kamal, Humanitarian Director Islamic Center of Boise
Rev. Marcus Schlegel-Preheim, Shelter Coordinator
Corpus Christi House
Dharmacharya Michele Tae Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism
The Reverend David W. Wettstein Episcopal Church, Retired
Pastor Ben Cremer Amity Campus Pastor Cathedral of the Rockies