Meet The Rev. Janet Katari, Our New Director of Evangelical Mission

Pastor Janet (she/her) was born and raised in Southern California, and has called the Bay Area home since 1991. Her call to ministry was inspired by her work in youth and family ministry and nurtured by her curiosity about God’s role in the world, a commitment to developing ways to help people find connections to God in community, and a yearning for God’s justice broadly applied.

Pastor Janet previously served at Christ Church Lutheran in San Francisco where she particularly focused on deepening community connections and joining in actions for justice. She is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and holds a doctoral degree in physical chemistry from U.C. Berkeley. She moved to the Bay Area in 1991 and lives with her partner, Carrie, in Berkeley. Between them, they have four adult children. In her downtime, she enjoys learning to play guitar, reading a lot (theology, comic books, novels, and more!), playing board games with family and friends, and taking her dog on adventures.

She is honored to take on the role of DEM to explore and support new ways of doing ministry together.