Our Goals
The Al-Ma’idah Initiative exists to promote and facilitate friendship and conversation between the Christian and Muslim communities in Seattle and beyond.
We do this by:
Helping local churches to understand, meet and befriend their Muslim neighbors.
Networking Muslim students to Christian professionals.
Educating Muslims and Christians on the important differences and similarities between our worldviews.
The Mission
The word Al-Ma’idah in Arabic, means ‘the Table’ but the word means more than a piece of wood, it conjures an image of a table filled with food and conversation.
We have been working on building bridges between the Christian world and the Muslim world for 5 years and have been able to facilitate meaningful conversations and real friendships between people of different beliefs and cultures.
One of our key values which allows us to do this as Christians, is a belief in the total sovereignty and power of God.
We believe God’s plan for individuals and nations is unstoppable, that truth is invincible and history itself has a destination!
Because of this, the pressure is not on us, to ‘convert’ people or change anyones mind, but rather to speak the truth in love and leave the results to God.
Many Muslims have a similar belief, which gives us a unique opportunity to talk and even disagree about life's deepest issues and still go home as friends at the end of the night.
What about you? Do you want to distance yourself from those who think differently from you? Or will you join us at the table, eat good food and talk about what’s really important?
The Al-Ma’idah Initiative is a registered 501(c) (3) - EIN: 82-4764897