Ron Werner is a Lutheran pastor-organizer in Portland and throughout Oregon. He is participates in the immigration work of IMIrJ, has helped start a number of youth group collectives, teaches at a University, and is the founder of ’Together Lab'. His work takes him all over the state of Oregon as he connects different faith communities passionate about immigrant justice and the people who suffer at the hands of ICE and private prisons. We spoke over Zoom about theology, the professional landscape, and the movements he sees in the mainline Church.