Rev. Kelly Chatman, M.Div., Executive Director at Center for Leadership and Neighborhood Engagement
he/him
Making a Difference
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March, 2020 I became the first director for the new nonprofit, CLNE (Center for Leadership and Neighborhood Engagement). CLNE provides programs, coaching and training to connect and support congregations and nonprofits and their neighborhoods. CLNE equips leaders with the skills of Intercultural Development Inventory, community organizing, and Asset Based Community Development.
2001 – 2020 I served as senior pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church and director for Redeemer’s non-profit, Redeemer Center for Life. From 2010 – present I also served as advisor to the Bishop for Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
1995 to 2000, I was the director for Youth Ministries for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America following a brief teaching career at Oregon Episcopal School where I also served as Dean of Residence, 1987-1989.
Redeemer Lutheran Church is a congregation with a 108-year history in the Harrison neighborhood of North Minneapolis. Redeemer Center for Life programs include, Venture North Bike and Coffee Center, year-round youth development, health commons, 27 attainable housing units and employment readiness programs.
Boards I served on include Leadership Foundation, Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, Youthprise, Camp Amnicon, Aeon Affordable Housing Development, Cookie Cart, Gustavus College, Lutheran Volunteer Corps, Plymouth Christian Youth Center, Harrison Neighborhood Association and Wheat Ridge Ministries Foundation.
I am a Princeton Theological Benjamin E. Mays Fellow with the Fund for Theological Leadership, 2006 recipient of the Luther Seminary Race, Church and Change Award. I was Portland Public School’s Volunteer of the Year 1992, Mayor’s Citizen of the Year for Portland, Oregon, and 2003 recipient of the Tom Hunstad Award for distinguished leadership in Youth and Family Ministry.
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I hold a Master of Divinity from Gettysburg Seminary in Gettysburg, PA and a bachelor’s degree from Concordia University in St. Paul, MN. He is married to the amazing Dr. Cheryl Chatman who is the Executive Vice President and Dean at Concordia University in St Paul, Minnesota.
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VISION: A just, inclusive and interconnected world - a world that works for all.
CPL is an open and welcoming environment to all. I am excited to welcome to be apart of something that reaches and connects with others on a global level.
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