• Washington Interfaith Staff Community
    COVID-19 Interfaith Response

    National and local religious leaders from across the United States share their lament, reflections, and experiences surrounding the impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic.

  • Reflections from Religious Leaders

    Sharif Aly,
    CEO

    Islamic Relief USA

    The Rev. David Beckmann, President

    Bread for the World

    The Rev. Eugene Cho, President Elect

    Bread for the World

    Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director

    NETWORK Lobby

    Susan Gunn, Director

    Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

    Maurice Bloem, Executive in Charge

    Church World Service

    Abby J. Leibman, President & CEO

    MAZON, A Jewish Response to Hunger

    Jane Field, Executive Director

    Maine Council of Churches

    Bishop Erik K.J. Gronberg, PhD

    Northern Texas – Northern Louisiana Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
    - Texas Impact

    Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee

    Northwest Washington Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

    Bishop Deborah Hutterer

    Grand Canyon Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

    Bishop Michael Rinehart

    Bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

    Bishop Paul Erickson

    Greater Milwaukee Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

    Ann Scholz, SSND - Associate Director

    Leadership Conference of Women Religious

    Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director

    Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

    Diane Randall, General Secretary

    Friends Committee on National Legislation

    Heather Taylor, Director of Strategic Communications

    Bread for the World

    Mary Katherine Morn, President & Chief Executive Officer

    Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

    The Rev. Nate Kibler

    Central Christian Church (DOC) - Lebanon, In

    Rabbi Victor Urecki

    American Jewish World Service

    Sandy Sorensen, Director

    United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries

    Pastor Leroy Rose, III

    St. John's United Church - Chesterton, IN

    Connie Phillips, President and CEO

    Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest

    Stephen Schneck, PhD, Executive Director

    Franciscan Action Network

    Regina Banks, Director

    Lutheran Office of Public Policy California

    The Rev. Warren Clark

    United Church and Quakers - St. Augustine, FL

    Solveig Muus, Director

    Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona

    Rev. Tim Seitz Brown

    Bread for the World

    The Rev. John Heidgerd, Associate Pastor

    Our Saviour Lutheran Church and Preschool - Jamaica, NY

    Julia Menzo, Director of Community Outreach

    Liberty Lutheran Services, Serving Eastern Pennsylvania

    The Rev. Aaron Ban (UCC)

    St. John's United Church - Chesterton, IN

    Sister Áine O'Connor, RSM

    The Institute Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

    Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins

    Bethany Christian Church in Bethany, W. Va.