Highlands welcomes as our guest preacher on Sunday, January 19, The Rev. W. Douglas Tanner, Junior.

Doug Tanner is a United Methodist minister who came of age in his native North Carolina during the civil rights movement.  Doug’s deepest sense of calling is at the intersection of race and history, spirit and politics, complemented by another he often describes as “helping people in politics hang onto a piece of their souls.”  In 1991 Doug co-founded The Faith & Politics Institute, a nonpartisan interfaith organization in Washington, DC that works with Members of Congress, congressional staff, and others professionally related to Capitol Hill.  He served first as the Institute’s chief executive and then as senior adviser for 25 years, retiring in 2016.  Doug is married to Kathy Gille; they live in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC and enjoy a second home on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.  Doug’s hobbies include folk music, storytelling, surf fishing, and sailing.

Doug will also be speaking on Sunday night, January 19 at 5:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall on his interfaith work in Washington, D.C. and the annual Faith and Politics Institute Pilgrimage to Selma with John Lewis.