Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Dedicated to Social Justice and Interfaith Relations

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Published on Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:37

Bishop Albert Frederick Mutti III
M.Div. '63, Garrett Theological Seminary

A longtime social justice advocate with commitments to ecumenism and interfaith relations, Mutti III is a retired United Methodist Bishop. While his congregational ministries have largely been based in the Midwestern United States, the scope of his work has reached throughout the United States and around the world.

Mutti III was the founding Pastor of Crossroads Ecumenical Cooperative Parish in Missouri before he was named Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church, Blue Springs, in 1982. Bishop W.T. Handy, Jr., appointed him to the Central District in 1987 and to the Kansas City North District in 1989. During these years, he was a delegate to five Jurisdictional Conferences and four General Conferences. Mutti III has also served on the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns (1996- 2004) and was President of the General Commission on Christian
Unity and Interreligious Concerns (2000- 2004).

In retirement, he serves as a member of the coordinating Council of Churches Uniting in Christ. He and his wife, Etta Mae, are the authors of Dancing in A Wheelchair and serve as Coordinators of the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund.