How Multiply Goodness began

When Emily Freeman and Nish Weiseth met for lunch in March of 2013, they had no idea that a meal shared between two strangers of different faiths would grow into the friendship of a lifetime. A three-hour conversation about faith, family, and community turned into a multi-year conversation that’s still going strong today - only now, they use a lot more emojis.

Emily is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Nish is a non-denominational Christian. The world told them their friendship wouldn’t work; everyone said they’d just try to convert each other. But, after years of friendship, they realized that neither were true. They could have a deep, meaningful, spiritually-driven friendship that weathered the storms of life, even though their faith appeared at odds from the outside.

The key, they found, was two-fold: Coming to the table with what they had in common, and letting their only motive be love for one another.

What their faith traditions had in common? The Bible and a commitment to following Jesus Christ.

Love for one another? As more time was spent together with each other and their families, it was easy.

It didn’t take long for others to start asking, “How do you do that? How do you make your friendship work? How do you have such deep, long-lasting spiritual conversations, even though you believe different things?”

It was out of those questions that Multiply Goodness was born. How can we bridge the divide between traditional Christians and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? How can we inspire women to build bridges across faith divides in their own communities? How can we minister to the hearts of women, no matter their faith or background?

Soon after Multiply Goodness was launched, Katie Hughes jumped on board and was the catalyst for an entirely new level of creativity, connection, and inspiration.

It’s our mission to empower women to love God’s Word and build bridges across faith traditions through guided study, inspired gatherings, and intentional friendship for the purpose of multiplying goodness throughout the world.

We’re so glad you’re here.