Pastor Danny Givens, Jr. is the Senior Pastor of Above Every Name Ministries, a young cutting edge congregation in the Twin Cities that prides itself in being a “Church for the People.” As an advocate for Racial/Social Justice surrounding the systemic issues facing Black communities and other communities of color, Pastor Danny devotes much of his time and energy to the #BlackLivesMatterMpls movement in the role of Clergy Liaison.

Pastor Danny is one of the Founding Members of Black Clergy United for Change (BCUC), a collective of black clergy committed to the work of Racial Justice and Social Transformation in urban communities and abroad.

After receiving his B.A. in Christian Ministry from Bethel University in 2011, Pastor Danny completed a three-year residency as Interfaith Minister at Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul in 2016. There, Pastor Danny began to explore and deepen his convictions as an inclusive, aspiring interfaith leader through the co-facilitation of Beloved Conversations, an experiential curriculum that provides a space to re-form/re-fuse the brokenness of racism into new patterns of thought and behavior.

In addition to the litany of organizing strategies, actions, and non-violent demonstrations Pastor Danny has planned and led as a frontline activist, he has also brought both traditional and non-traditional faith leaders of diverse backgrounds to the table at the intersections of faith, race, and justice. Pastor Danny has provided racial justice consulting for Temple Israel of Minneapolis, Mt. Zion Temple of St. Paul, the Minnesota Rabbinical Association, St. John Neumann Catholic Church of Eagan. He has also created a praxis curriculum for faith leaders looking to deepen justice work from the pulpit and beyond.