The Rev. Manisha Dostert is Senior Associate Rector at Christ Church Cranbrook. She received her M. Div. from Duke Divinity School and is an ordained Lutheran-ELCA pastor. She has served in Episcopal congregations for the past thirteen years and co-led the federation of an Episcopal and a Lutheran church. She brings an ecumenical lens to her ministry. She has also served on the racial reconciliation committee for the NC Synod-ELCA and participates in racial reconciliation programs in both the Southeast Michigan Synod-ELCA and the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. She has widely shared her story as a woman of color growing up as a non-Christian.