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The Reverend Mariah Britton
(American Baptist), an associate minister at Memorial Baptist Church in Harlem, is the founder and chief executive of the Moriah Institute, which provides comprehensive sexuality training for seminarians as well as working with adolescents. An associate minister for youth and young adults at Riverside Church for 17 years, she earned a Ph.D. in family, marriage and human sexuality from New York University.
The Reverend James Campbell
(United Church of Christ) is pastor of Broadway United Church of Christ. He earned his M.Div. degree at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio and was ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1991. He served congregations in that denomination in Ohio and New Jersey for eight years before working in the private sector for several years and transferring to the United Church of Christ.
The Reverend Vincent Corso
(Roman Catholic) is manager of spiritual care and bereavement services at Hospice Care of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. A member of Celibacy Is the Issue, a consortium of married Roman Catholic clergy, he received an M.Div. degree from St. Anthony on Hudson and an M.S.W. from Syracuse University.
Kathleen Epp
(United Methodist) is a candidate for ministry in her denomination. She is a hospice social worker and also has a private practice in spiritual direction. She received an M.S.W. degree from the University of Denver and has completed a graduate program in spiritual direction at Fordham University.
The Reverend Jerry Fargo
(United Church of Christ) is a graduate of Chicago Theological Seminary. He has worked in youth and campus ministry, with performing artists and as a journalist and art director. He was formerly Chelsea Community Church's pastoral counselor.
The Reverend Lisa Hill
(Presbyterian) is director of special projects for the West Side Federation for Senior & Supportive Housing. She was previously the director of the Frederic Fleming House in Chelsea, which is operated by the same agency. She holds an M.Div. degree from Union Theological Seminary.
Raymond Gombach
(Presbyterian) is a member of the Network of Biblical Storytellers. He has taught master classes on telling and learning sacred stories at Yale Divinity School, Duke University and Drew University.
Rabbi Jill Hausman
(Jewish) is the spiritual leader of Congregation Ezrath Israel, also known as the Actors Temple. Before coming to the 47th Street shul in 2006, she was with the Boro Park Progressive Synagogue in Brooklyn, first as a cantor and then as assistant rabbi. She was ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary International in Manhattan.
The Reverend Darlene Holmes
(Baptist) is an associate pastor of Hollywood Baptist Church in Amityville and a guidance counselor at Baldwin Middle School on Long Island. She earned an M.S. degree in education and counseling at Queens College and is working toward administrative certification at the College of St. Rose.
The Reverend Dale T. Irvin
(American Baptist) is president of New York Theological Seminary. A faculty member there since 1989, he is also professor of wold Christianity. He is the author of Hearing Many Voices (1993) and Christian Histories, Christian Traditioning: Rendering Accounts (1998) and a co-author of History of the World Christian Movement: Earliest Christianity to 1453 (2001). He earned his M.Div. degree at Princeton Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary.
Dr. Katherine Kurs
Episcopal/Jewish) compiled and edited the award-winning book Searching for Your Soul. She has a private practice in spiritual counseling and direction and is an ecumenical associate minister of West Park Presbyterian Church as well as teaching at General Theological Seminary and New School University. She holds a M.Div. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the Royal College of Art, London.
The Reverend Roy Lloyd
(Lutheran) is senior manager of media relations for the American Bible Society. Dr. Lloyd was formerly director of broadcast news and producer of network TV shows for the National Council of Churches. A graduate of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, He also earned a Ph.D. in communication in education from the University of Pittsburgh.
The Reverend Mary McNamara
(Presbyterian) is executive vice president of Union Theological Seminary. She previously served as president and executive director of the Interchurch Center. She earned a M.Div. degree at Harvard Divinity School
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The Reverend John Magisano
(Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches), Chelsea Community Church's pastoral counselor, is director of training and client services at Nonprofit Connection, a firm that provides capacity-building technical assistance to nonprofit organizations in New York City. He earned his M.Div. degree at New York Theological Seminary and has served as assistant pastor for development at the Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford
Roger Manning
Pentecostal) received a certificate in ministry and human services in a program co-sponsored by Rising Hope, Inc. and Boricua College at Woodbourne Correctional Facility, graduating in December 2006. Incarcerated for 25 years, he also earned an A.A. degree from Ulster Community College while in prison. He is employed as an interviewer for Universal Survey.
The Reverend John Nuessle
(United Methodist) is assistant general secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Dr. Nuessle has pastored a number of churches in Upstate New York and was district superintendent of his denomination’s North Central New York Conference. He holds M.Div. and D.Min. degrees from Drew University.
Sister Carol Perry
(Roman Catholic) is resident Biblical scholar at Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. A member of the Sisters of St. Ursula, she studied at Regina Mundi in Rome, where she earned the equivalent of a master's degree in theology. She also holds an M.A. in theology from St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind. She has retired from the faculty of John Coleman High School in Hurley, NY.
Victoria Ramsey
United Methodist) is a chaplain at Eger Lutheran Nursing Home in Staten Island. She received her M.Div. degree from Union Theological Seminary in 2007. Before enrolling at the seminary she worked full-time as a piano teacher
in Denton, TX.
Sheryl Sohn
(Nondenominational) is a mentoring consultant for Exodus Transitional Community, matching life coaches with children of parents who are in prison. Incarcerated herself for 26 years, she became active in prison ministry, working with chaplains to conduct worship services and offer Bible study. While in prison she earned a B.S. degree from Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, and participated in the first clinical pastoral education program offered in a prison. She continues to work toward a M.Div. degree from Trinity Bible College and Seminary, Newburgh, Ind., in a course she began by correspondence while in prison.
The Reverend Susan Switzer
(United Church of Christ) is a consultant to New York Theological Seminary. She served as interim pastor of Emanuel United Church of Christ in Woodhaven, Queens and was formerly director of stewardship and fund development at Riverside Church. She received her M.Div. degree from Union Theological Seminary.
The Reverend Linda Tarry-Chard
(United Church of Christ) is associate minister for new members, ecumenical and interfaith relations at The Riverside Church. She was previously an associate minister for social justice at Broadway United Church of Christ. She holds an M.S. in education from Fordham University and an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary.
Elder Joseph W. Tolton
(Progressive Pentecostal) is pastor of Rehoboth Temple Christ Conscious Church in Harlem. He is also managing director of Blur Advertising, LLC. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University Business School and studied religion at Vassar College.
Sharon White
(Nondenominational),
program manager at Exodus Transitional Commuity in Manhattan, spent 11 years in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility before being released in 2005. A trustee of New Jerusalem Church in the Bronx, she is also studying at Lehman College and expects to graduate in 2008 and then hopes to work toward a master's degree in social work.
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