Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia

The Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia was founded in 2006 to build relationships of mutual support, offer a moral and spiritual voice in the region, and identify issues of local concern for dialogue and action. Senior leaders from thirty-five diverse religious traditions make up the Council, representing more than two million people from across the greater Philadelphia region.
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Religious Leaders Council Members

Co-Conveners

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archdiocese of Philadelphia

The Rt. Rev. Daniel Gutiérrez, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania

Imam Anwar Muhaimin - Quba Masjid

Rabbi David Straus - Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Members

Bishop Samuel L. Green 
African Methodist Episcopal Church

Imam Mohamed Shehata
Al-Aqsa Islamic Society

Kavneet Singh Pannu
American Sikh Council

Archbishop Nelson J. Peréz
Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Archbshop Borys Gudziak
Archeparchy of Philadelphia Ukranian Catholic Church

Bishop J. Louis Felton
Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity

Rabbi Beth Janus
Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia

Bishop Guy Glimp
Church of God in Christ

Bishop Peter Hwang
Council of Korean Churches of Greater Philadelphia

Rabbi Eli Freedman
Delaware Valley Association of Reform Rabbis

The Rt. Rev. Daniel Gutierrez
Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania

Rev. Luis Cortés
Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity

Rev. Edward Livingston
Interfaith Philadelphia

Rabbi David Straus
Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Rev. Dr. Carrie Call
Keystone Conference, United Church of Christ

Imam Farid Rasool
Majlis Ash Shura of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley

Imam Anwar Muhiamim
Masjid Quba

 Dr. Calenthia Dowdy
Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia

Imam Bryant Bashir Wong
Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

Archbishop Mary Floyd Palmer
Philadelphia Council of Clergy

Lindsay Brooks
Philadelphia Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of America

Christopher Mohr
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace
Presbytery of Philadelphia

Rabbi Alan Iser
Rabbinical Assembly Philadelphia Region

Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Lt. Colonel Edgar George
Salvation Army of Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware

Bishop Bryan Penman
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod ECLA

Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter
South Philadelphia Shtiebel

Dr. Gity Etemad
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Philadelphia

Elder Michael Brady
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Rev. Dr. Hojin Park
Won Institute of Graduate Studies

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