So we join them and look to the historic Jesus as the model for our faith and the guide through existing challenges of racism, Christian nationalism, false teachings, and empire-influenced actions…

Reverend Shandon Klein describes herself as a Spirit-led disciple who loves Jesus and is passionately dedicated to leading a multi-ethnic, radically inclusive ministry of Christ

In 1900, Hennepin Avenue UMC, through the Methodist City Missionary and Church Extension Society, paid off the debt on our behalf. 

They felt it was too far to commute to their Methodist church at 13th Ave and 10th St (2 miles away!), so they asked their pastor to start a Sunday School and Sunday afternoon preaching series in the back of a nearby drugstore. Later that year, the church was formally organized with 13 charter members and purchased two lots at the corner of Park Ave and 34th St. for $3000.