About Us - Interfaith Disability Network

People with disabilities comprise 20 percent of the American population, yet they traditionally are not represented within congregations. In fact, a 2000 National Organization on Disability/Harris Survey found that though 84 percent of people with a disability state that their religious faith is important to them, less than half attend a religious service at least once a month.

This is a population that wants to participate in the faith community and hopes to be welcomed by it. Interfaith Disability Network (IDN) recognizes this need and desire and has crafted the tools to encourage this critical outreach.

IDN connects the faith community to the disability community.
IDN connects faith leaders with critical resources to promote change.
IDN connects people with disabilities to faith community membership.
IDN connects questions to answers.

IDN Supporters:

Denominational Supporters

Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Presbytery of Greater Atlanta

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta

Congregational Supporters

Alpharetta Presbyterian Church

Ben Hill United Methodist Church

Christ Church Macon

Christ Church Norcross

Congregation Bet Haverim

Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter

First United Methodist Church of Douglasville

First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville-United Methodist Men

First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta

Living Grace Lutheran Church

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

Morningside Presbyterian Church

Mount Bethel United Methodist Church

Northside United Methodist Church

Northside Drive Baptist Church

Oakhurst Baptist Church

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

Roswell United Methodist Church

St. Ann Catholic Church

St. Brigid Catholic Church

St. John Neumann Catholic Church

The Temple

Temple Beth Tikvah

Temple Kehillat Chaim

Temple Sinai

Trinity Presbyterian Church of Atlanta

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

Organizational Supporters

The Amit Program

Developmental Disabilities Ministries

Hawk Construction and Home Improvement

The Interfaith Community Institute

Southeast Chapter of Liberal Religious Educators Association

Individual Supporters

Zaheerah Aleem

Marsha El Amin

Haniyyah Abdul-Aziz

Candy and Stephen Berman

Reverend Catherine Boothe

Darlene and Chip Conrad

Rasheedah Shamsid-Deen

Nancy Duncan

Sari & Olen Earl

Jan Epstein

Phyllis Daniels-Evans

Khayriyyah Faiz

Robert J. Freeman

Doris Goldstein

Tom and Dellie Graf

Kent Gregoire

RL Grubbs

Randy Harris

Saaiba Hasan

David Jones

Pat Kahn

Marjorie Karim

Imam Furqan Muhammad

Lynice Muhammad

Sabrina Muhammad

Mr. & Mrs. Rajahee Mujahid

Edward F. McCoy,Sr.

Wayne McMillan

Joel Pascaner

David R. Pass

Melinda Pruitt

Judith Moen Stanley

The Reverend Benno D. Pattison

The Reverend Michael Tanner

Teresa Terry

Beth Valentine

Student Supporters

Maureene Rutherford

IDN is thankful for the continued commitment of these congregations, organizations and individuals to build communities where people with and without disabilities have opportunities to worship, study, serve and provide leadership in congregational life. This commitment along with the financial support of those listed above is what makes the work of IDN possible.

You can add your name to the list and become a supporter right now making a contribution.

Contact information:
Mark Crenshaw
IDN Executive Director
678.686.8257
Mark@Interfaithdisability.org