The MultiFaith Council brings people of every faith, culture, and background together to learn, serve, celebrate, and build relationships across difference.
For more than twenty years, we have created spaces for meaningful connection, multifaith learning, and community care. Whether you attend an event, become a member, or make a gift, you help nurture a more compassionate northwest Ohio — one where everyone has a place to belong.
What We Do
The MultiFaith Council brings people together across faiths, cultures, and backgrounds to learn from one another, build meaningful relationships, serve our community, and grow in compassion. At the heart of our work is religious pluralism: the practice of building relationships across faiths, cultures, and worldviews with dignity, curiosity, and mutual respect.
Learning & Understanding
We create welcoming opportunities to learn about diverse faith traditions, beliefs, practices, holidays, and sacred spaces.
Connection & Belonging
We bring people together for conversation, friendship, shared meals, community groups, and public gatherings where everyone can feel welcomed and valued.
Shared Action
We work alongside community partners to put compassion into practice through service, neighborliness, and care for our community and our planet.
Reflection & Spiritual Growth
We create spaces for prayer, meditation, music, movement, and reflection across traditions, welcoming people who are rooted in faith, spiritually curious, or simply seeking peace.
Celebration & Support
We host concerts, banquets, picnics, and community events that celebrate the richness of our region while sustaining the work of multifaith connection.
Our Values
Collaboration
We believe community is built when people come together across generations, cultures, and faith traditions. We are committed to fostering authentic relationships, creating opportunities for service, and nurturing meaningful connections that strengthen the fabric of our region.
Peace
We believe peace begins with compassion. By practicing neighborliness, extending hope, and cultivating a spirit of care, we seek to be a source of healing and reconciliation in northwest Ohio and beyond.
Pluralism
We believe our differences are a gift. By honoring diversity, practicing inclusion, and deepening our understanding of one another, we create opportunities where people of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds can belong and thrive.
ABOUT US
Building Bridges Since 2003.
About Us
The MultiFaith Council of Northwest Ohio was founded in 2003 by Woody and Judy Trautman and an initial Board of Directors. For more than two decades, the MFC has brought people of diverse faiths, cultures, and backgrounds together to learn, build community, and promote peace.
Guided by our mission, the MultiFaith Council creates opportunities for lifelong learning, spiritual development, and community building that foster compassion, understanding, and belonging in northwest Ohio. We envision a region where people of all faiths and traditions come together to celebrate diversity, mutual respect, and our shared humanity.
Rooted in collaboration, peace, and pluralism, we believe community is built through authentic relationships, neighborliness in action, and the welcoming of difference. By learning from one another and working together, we strengthen the fabric of our region and help create a more compassionate future for all.