Rev. Dan Adolphson (he/him/his) is the Associate Pastor of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Minneapolis, MN, and the co-facilitator of Disciples Public Presence. Dan received his Master of Divinity degree in 2014 from Phillips Theological Seminary, a Mini-MBA in NonProfits from University of St. Thomas in 2007, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Crown College in 1992. He was ordained by the Christian Church in the Upper Midwest in 2015.
In his ministry with FCC Minneapolis, Dan is deeply involved in LGBTQ+ issues at the community and state level and serves on the Executive & Steering Committees of Align Minneapolis, an interfaith collaboration of 17 Minneapolis churches, synagogues, and mosques and people with lived experiences working together to address homelessness and poverty. Dan also serves on the board of the Minnesota School Outreach Coalition, a collection of organizations committed to the wellbeing, joy, and successes of LGBTQIA+ youth in Minnesota.
From 2011-2020, Dan served in several leadership positions within Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance, including Moderator (2015-18). At the 2023 General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Louisville, Kentucky, Dan was co-recipient of the “We Are Called/Carol Blakely Recognition” from the Alliance. Dan also served on the Local Arrangements Committee for the 2019 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Assembly in Des Moines, Iowa as the Shuttle Transportation Manager. In the Christian Church in the Upper Midwest, he currently serves as the leader of the Open & Affirming Ministries Team (in partnership with the Alliance), which assists congregations in their Open & Affirming journey. He has served a variety of planning committees for events in the region, including 9 years on the Christian Church in the Upper Midwest Ministers Institute Planning Committee.
Dan brings to ministry a varied background in education, tourism management, and non-profit administration in the arts. Outside of ministry Dan is an active grant review panelist with the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and PFund Foundation, loves to garden, and collects way too much pottery and model buses. Dan is married to Keith Seifert.