Reflections & Research:
Pastors of color
October 30, 2018
Leading the vocational journey through the lens of sisterhood
The Dean of Chapel at Spelman College talks about her vocation — helping form black millennial women in ministry and faith.
read moreabout Leading the vocational journey through the lens of sisterhoodJune 12, 2018
How I embraced my authority as an African-American woman in ministry
Overcoming stereotypes and assumptions has been difficult for a female minister in a historic African-American church. But, she writes, she was not serving the people by trying to be what others wanted her to be.
read moreabout How I embraced my authority as an African-American woman in ministrySeptember 20, 2016
How do you know when it’s time to leave?
The congregation of Turner Memorial AME Church in Hyattsville, Maryland, where Natasha Jamison Gadson recently joined the staff. Photo courtesy of Turner AME Resigning from a thriving megachurch was emotional and difficult for a minister on the staff. But once she realized that staying in a comfortable place was not the best use of her […]
read moreabout How do you know when it’s time to leave?February 23, 2009
25 ways to Sunday
Churches call ministers, but it takes time to grow a pastor, says the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, the legendary “dean of the nation’s black preachers.”
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