Liberty Community Church is a healing enterprise in North Minneapolis, cultivated through our intergenerational African American community. Led by Co-Pastors Dr. Ralph Galloway and Dr. Alika Galloway, Liberty was founded on liberation and action-reflection models of the historic African American Church. We offer connection, healing opportunities, and holistic support to youth and families at our two sites in North Minneapolis to mitigate the opportunity gap and the trauma impacts of generational poverty. We are first and foremost a community of love. We anchor the chaos of racism and poverty rooted in loving relationships — with each other and with the youth and families we serve. Love-in-action is messy and complicated. And it is the only foundation for lasting change.

We cherish and prioritize relationships as a way of belonging to one another in the Body of Christ. We practice what Jesus modeled for us by sharing our resources with each other and the community. We gather in worship for study, prayer, and with our community to proclaim that being free is God’s intention for every being. In gathering together, we seek to heal wounds of isolation and trauma, so we can become who God calls us to be.

The Northside Healing Space is (NHS) our solution to healing trauma through rest, remembrance, resistance and revival. As a faith community, we are uniquely positioned to provide needed and critical services, not to proselytize, but as an expression of our faith and our place in the community. As part of NHS, we are launching HomePlace, a birth justice center in the heart of North Minneapolis. Our vision is for African American birthing parents to thrive with equitable health outcomes and access to culturally compassionate care and comprehensive resources.

We work with youth in the community most left behind from opportunities. We meet them in our building, at their home, and in their school. We engage their parents to influence their circumstances at home. We wrap them with love, connection, and a practical, customized approach to shepherd them on a path toward college and life success. At Liberty, 100% of Scholars who attend two days a week stay in school, graduate and pursue college!