"You shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in." (Isaiah 58:12)

ISAIAH

ISAIAH is a collective of people of faith, working together…

With over 80 congregations in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud areas, ISAIAH is committed to building power for a worldview that prioritizes racial and economic justice.

Easy words, but a very challenging reality:

• challenging because the idea of creating community with one another, especially on a grand scale, is profoundly counter-cultural in America.
• challenging because it is difficult to build all the bridges necessary to craft one organization out of the interests of –
  • new immigrants and old ones;
  • city-dwellers and suburbanites;
  • activists and people for whom acting in the public arena is new.

ISAIAH is also a vehicle for the practice of a very specific methodology through which people can build the power necessary – individually, and as a collective -- to see their values realized in the world. It is a set of attitudes and disciplines at the core of ISAIAH that are communicated through intensive training and practice.

Attitudes -

• about the importance of the work of the church,
• of acting with integrity,
• of being accountable to our commitments and holding others accountable, and
• of honesty with one another.

• about prayer,
• building relationships,
• running effective meetings,
• mentoring others, and
• doing strategic planning.