Rev. David H. Messner, Ph.D.
Bio: Rev. David H. Messner is the Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Church of Chicago. He’s a born and bred Unitarian, a serious humanist with an abiding faith in God, and a believer in resurgent possibility--especially when all seems lost. He knows that church, done right together, can be the key to a life well-lived. His ministry is rooted in preaching, teaching, writing, and coaching toward individual fulfillment and collective liberation.
Currently, he serves the Unitarian Universalist ministry and movement as part of the National Good Officers Coordinating Team. He is a Religious Advisor at the University of Chicago. He has been chosen as a Compelling Preaching Exemplar in the Lilly-funded Compelling Preaching Initiative at the Christian Theological Seminary.
Rev. Dave is also an Accredited Interim Minister and previously served as the Interim Senior Minister of the Main Line Unitarian Church and the Interim Minister at the Unitarian Church in Charleston.