Abhi Janamanchi serves as the Senior Minister of Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, MD. He was born and raised in Southern India but moved to the U.S. in 1994. He is a third-generation member of the Brahmo Samaj, a liberal Hindu reform movement. Before coming to Bethesda, he served UU congregations in Florida, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Abhi has been actively involved in international interfaith and multicultural work for over two decades including as President of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF). His Unitarian Universalist-Hindu faith, his Indian heritage, and his American citizenship inspire and guide him in this work.