Zao MKE Church

Zao MKE Church Jesus Rooted. Justice Centered. Radically Inclusive. We explicitly affirm the life, value, and worth of LGBTQIA people, and the Movement for Black Lives.
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JESUS ROOTED: We root our community in the life, person, and teaching of Jesus Christ as represented by the Christian Bible: a radical brown Palestinian peasant, the God who is with us, preaching love, justice, and resistance. We look to Jesus to speak truth into our present circumstances through both the historical context of the bible and the universal truths of Jesus’ teaching. JUSTICE CENTERED

: The Gospel of Jesus Christ leads us directly into the work of justice – the active and engaged struggle for all to be free, both spiritually and physically. We stand with Jesus, who always stands with the oppressed and marginalized, against those powers and principalities of injustice. RADICALLY INCLUSIVE: The call for justice issued by the gospel of Jesus Christ is for the purpose of reconciling all things into wholeness with God. To the end, we seek to build a radically inclusive community and world, wherein all people are valued in the fullness of who God has made them to be – affirmed, celebrated, and loved.

Zao has now fully transitioned from a traditional single-site church to a network of digitally-connected house churches,...
06/23/2026

Zao has now fully transitioned from a traditional single-site church to a network of digitally-connected house churches, or “harbors”! Together, we’re building accessible, safe, interdependent communities of resistance and care, rooted in the love of God and neighbor. We’d love for you to join us!

We currently have three active harbor communities in Milwaukee and two in Illinois. Most of our harbors meet on Sunday mornings at 10am. Our typical harbor service includes music, a sermon, group discussion, ritual, and prayer, as well as community social time! Some harbors also offer childcare and/or children’s programming. If you’re interested in being connected to a harbor, reach out to [email protected].

You can read more about our harbor model here: https://www.zaomke.org/nextseason

Thanks again to all who joined us at the Milwaukee Pride Parade last Sunday! It was the perfect way to mark our final Su...
06/12/2026

Thanks again to all who joined us at the Milwaukee Pride Parade last Sunday! It was the perfect way to mark our final Sunday at our Kenwood building and celebrate the opening of a new chapter of Zao.

And thanks to Sara, Jenna, and Taylor for sharing photos of the day!

We made our match and more! THANK YOU for showing up for each other in community. Together, we brought in $12,411 over t...
05/28/2026

We made our match and more! THANK YOU for showing up for each other in community. Together, we brought in $12,411 over the past six weeks. With our $10k match, that brings us to a total raised of over $22k, which will go a long way in making sure our next steps in building a network of safe harbors are supported and sustainable. As we complete our transition to a network of digitally connected house churches next month, we look forward to sharing more about how the Spirit is moving in this new, more expansive Zao. Thank you for being part of what we are building together.

Just 18 hours left to reach our $10k matching gift challenge, and $513 left to raise! Donate here: zaomke.org/give
05/24/2026

Just 18 hours left to reach our $10k matching gift challenge, and $513 left to raise! Donate here: zaomke.org/give

05/21/2026

With four days to go, we're just $1,273 short of our $10k match! Will you join Kennae, Paula, Cesar, Mark, Bree and the rest of the Zao community as we build a new network of community, resistance, and spiritual safe harbor? Donate here: zaomke.org/give

05/18/2026

It’s the final week of our $10k match challenge! As Cesar Cornier shares, our new model of digitally connected house churches is already creating opportunities for Zao’s Jesus rooted, justice centered, and radically inclusive vision to spread beyond Milwaukee. Will you join us in this bold experiment? Donate by May 24th and your gift will be doubled! Find our giving page here: zaomke.org/give

With less than two weeks to go, we still need to raise $3,977 in order to reach our $10k matching gift challenge by May ...
05/13/2026

With less than two weeks to go, we still need to raise $3,977 in order to reach our $10k matching gift challenge by May 24th! Will you join us in nourishing and deepening the networks of resistance and care that are so needed in this moment? Donate here: zaomke.org/give

05/07/2026

With two weeks to go, we're just over halfway to our $10k matching gift challenge! As Paula and Kennae share, this new season of Zao's ministry is a chance to strengthen and deepen the ways we are building spiritual home and family together. Will you join them in giving in support of that vision? All gifts are doubled through May 24th - donate here: zaomke.org/give

Right now, we are seeing an exponential increase in threats to the safety of many in our community, including trans and ...
04/13/2026

Right now, we are seeing an exponential increase in threats to the safety of many in our community, including trans and q***r folks and immigrants. But together, we keep us safe. We are called to build networks of resistance and care for the most vulnerable.

Zao has heard the call, and we hope you have too. As we’ve shared, Zao will be moving to a new model of ministry in the next season. We’ll be transitioning from a single-site, traditional church to an interconnected network of house churches, which we’re calling “harbors.”

This model, and the depth of community we’ve already created, uniquely positions Zao to reach those most in need of connection and safety in this moment. This potential now extends beyond Milwaukee across the country and world. These harbors are intended as places of deep community building, justice work, and sanctuary for the oppressed and marginalized.

We want to build a firm and sustainable foundation for this network of safe harbors, and to do that we need resources. We’re asking those who believe in this vision to step up through tangible support. During this Easter season, between now and Pentecost on May 24th, a generous friend of Zao has offered to match up to $10,000 in funds raised by our community.

The majority of our budget goes towards paying the people who are laboring to lead us into next season of Zao's ministry, and those funds come almost exclusively from what we raise in individual donations. That means that in order to build what our community needs in this moment, we need you. Will you help us build safe harbors by making a donation today? Give here: zaomke.org/give

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2319 E Kenwood Boulevard
Milwaukee, WI
53211

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+14148850050

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