Interfaith Build 2026

September 11th • National Day of Service and Remembrance

every faith can be put into action.

This September, we invite diverse faith communities across Salt Lake, Davis, and Tooele counties to unite side by side. Together, we are building a world where everyone has a decent and affordable place to call home.

For the week of September 11th and National Day of Service and Remembrance, we are bringing a profound sense of urgency and connection to our local community. By launching our inter-faith collaborative build project, we lift each other up and transcend the barriers that too often divide our world.

This localized day of action serves as an intentional bridge. We joyfully welcome partners, volunteers, and advocates of all religious backgrounds—and those of no faith—to pick up a hammer and work side by side in common cause.

Every Gift Makes a Difference

  • Monthly Support: A monthly gift of $20 helps purchase vital building materials.
  • Sponsor Materials: Sponsoring a box of nails or a window keeps a family safe and dry.
  • Volunteer Teams: Bringing an interfaith volunteer crew supplies the muscle to raise the walls.

Join Our Build

Your financial support, your voice, and your time will help bring strength and stability to local families.

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The Power of Building Together

Partnership, Not Charity

When your congregation or faith network partners with us, you are investing in a definitive, long-term solution to the affordable housing crisis. We do not build houses for families; rather, families partner with us actively. Fostering deep mutual understanding, future homeowners invest hundreds of hours of sweat equity alongside volunteers, breaking down social walls while raising physical ones.

A Generational Trajectory

Working side by side promotes true equity, empathy, and self-reliance. Our foundational belief is that decent shelter is a baseline human need required to thrive. Coming together to eliminate systemic barriers to a stable future is the ultimate, joyful expression of community resilience and shared love.

An Inspiring Legacy

The "Theology of the Hammer"

Explore how a radical idea about radical compassion transformed over eighty years into a global movement of unity and hope.

1942

The Birthplace: Koinonia Farm

In the heart of southwest Georgia, during an era of intense racial segregation, theologian Clarence Jordan founded an integrated, interracial farming community based on absolute equality. Defying deep cultural hostility, black and white families boldly chose to live, eat, and work the earth together. Here, they created the revolutionary concept of "partnership housing"—proving to a cynical world that shared manual labor could heal deep social wounds. Learn more about Habitat's beginnings at Koinonia Farm.

1976

A Bold Leap of Faith

Deeply inspired by the communal success of Koinonia, Millard and Linda Fuller walked away from their affluent lifestyle, gave away their fortune, and stepped forward with radical generosity to formalize Habitat for Humanity International. Their guiding philosophy was simple yet profound: a house is never just a collection of building materials—it is the physical manifestation of a community's collective heart and soul. Read more about the founders' leap of faith.

1990s

The Apostles Build Movement

To mobilize local houses of worship that felt too small to fund a house alone, creative Habitat affiliates engineered the Apostles Build. By challenging 12 distinct local congregations to join forces, fund, and construct a home together, this program beautifully proved that separate denominations could achieve something magnificent when bound by a singular, uplifting mission to shelter a neighbor. Explore historical program milestones.

Today

The Universal Language of the Hammer

Today, this rich legacy thrives as a vibrant, expansive, and radically inclusive Interfaith Network. Synagogues, churches, mosques, temples, and secular humanists work side-by-side on the exact same roof. It stands as living, undeniable proof that our shared human values and love for our neighbors are vastly more powerful than any theological differences. Under the rhythm of pounding nails, doctrines fade, and community begins.

Support the Mission

Seeking to put love into action, Habitat for Humanity Greater Salt Lake Area brings people together from all backgrounds to build homes, communities, and hope.

Get Involved Now

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Register to volunteer through our online calendar!

View the volunteer opportunities calendar and select a shift. You will be prompted to enter your information and read the waiver: Get started now.

Questions? Please email volunteer@habitatsaltlake.com.