Pastor Micah Fries
Director, Multi-Faith Neighbors Network
2025
Micah Fries (pronounced freeze) is the Director of the Multi-Faith Neighbor’s Network and the Director of Engagement at Glocal.net. He has served as a Senior Pastor in Tennessee & Missouri, at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN, as a Christian minister in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and as a frequent speaker in churches and conferences. Micah is the co-editor and author of Islam & North America: Loving our Muslim Neighbors. He has also co-authored Leveling the Church and a commentary volume on Haggai and Zephaniah in the Christ-Centered Commentary Series. He has contributed to The Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, Make Disciples of All Nations, and That Word Above All Earthly Powers.
He holds a Master of Divinity from Midwestern Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from The Baptist University of Florida. Micah is currently ABD as a Ph.D. student at Southeastern Seminary. Micah is married to Tracy and the father of Sarah Grace (and her husband Joel), Kessed Noel, and Haddon. Micah is also the (soon-to-be) Papa to twin girls who are due late in the summer of 2025.
The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
