EDUCATION

Claremont School of Theology • Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Renewal, Contemplative Practice, and Strategic Leadership • Practical Research Project: Resilience on the Road to Emmaus: Moral Injury, Pandemic, and a Reformed Model of Spiritual Care • 2023

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York • Master of Divinity, concentration in Systematic Theology • 2016

Maryville College • Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies and History • 2013

Fordham University • Executive Education Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership • 2016

Presbyterian Church (USA), Montreat, NC • Interim Pastor Training, Week 1 • 2022

Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY • Clinical Pastoral Education • 2016

WORK EXPERIENCE

Pastor • Avenue Church NYC (December 2023 - Present).

Executive Director • The Urban Outreach Center of NYC (January 2016 - Present).

Transitional Pastor • Avenue Church NYC (November 2021 - December 2023).

Jan Orr-Harter Minister of Social Justice • Avenue Church NYC (November 2019 - November 2021).

Ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament • Presbyterian Church (USA) (February 26, 2017)

Founding Worship Leader • Neighborhood Esperanza, a 1001 Worshipping Community of the PCUSA (2014-2019)

Ministry Intern • Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House (2014)

Youth Ministry Intern • First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, TN (2013)

Peacemaking Delegate and Denominational Staff • PC(USA) Big Tent Conference, Indianapolis (2011)

Intern • Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, Louisville, KY (2011)

PRESENTATIONS + PUBLISHED WORK

Book Review • Robin W. Lovin, What Do We Do When Nobody Is Listening?: Leading the Church in a Polarized Society • Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/2022/08/what-do-we-do-when-nobody-is-listening-leading-the-church-in-a-polarized-society/ (2022).

Book Review • Michael W. Waters, Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey • Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/2021/11/something-in-the-water-a-21st-century-civil-rights-odyssey/ (2021).

Book Review • Lee C. Camp, Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians • Presbyterian Outlook (https://pres-outlook.org/2020/11/scandalous-witness-a-little-political-manifesto-for-christians (2020).

Book Review • F. LeRon Shults, Iconoclastic Theology: Gilles Deleuze and the Secretion of Atheism • American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 37.2.

Contributor • "Catching the Spirit / Becoming-Animal: Animality as Transgressive Ecological Pneumatology in Appalachia." • The Other Journal. http://theotherjournal.com/2015/12/07/catching-the-spirit-becoming-animal-animality-as-transgressive-ecological-pneumatology-in-appalachia/ (2015).

Presenter • "Appalachian 'Granny Women': Folk Practice and Transformational Politics at the Intersection of Magic, Science, and Religion." • Harvard Divinity School Ways of Knowing: Graduate Conference on Religion (2015)

Presenter • "Catching the Spirit / Becoming-Animal: Animality as Transgressive Ecological Pneumatology in Appalachia." • Duke University Graduate Theological Conference (2015)

Contributor • "Just Hospitality and The Missional Church"  | Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice. http://justiceunbound.org/carousel/just-hospitality-and-the-missional-church/ (2015).

Presenter • “'The Poor of the Mountains Have Been Wounded, But They Are Not Crushed’: Toward an Appalachian Theology of Liberation with Bernard Loomer and Laurel C. Schneider.” | Fordham University Graduate Theological Conference (2015)

Panelist • "Lived Resistance, Religious Activism" | Fordham University Graduate Theological Conference (2015)

RESEARCH + SERVICE

Member • Committee on Preparation for Ministry • Presbytery of New York City (2019 - present)

Board Member • Board of Church Visitors • Maryville College, TN (2020 - present)

Co-Chair • Developing Congregations • Committee on Congregational Ministry & Nurture • Presbytery of New York City (2017 - 2018)

Youth Subcommittee Chair • Committee on Congregational Ministry & Nurture • Presbytery of New York City (2016 - 2017)

3rd Year M.Div Representative • Student Senate • Union Theological Seminary (2015-2016)

Research Assistant • "Shifting Geographies of Religion: 'Personal Parishes' in the U.S. Catholic Church" • Dr. Tricia Bruce • Maryville College (2013)

AWARDS + HONORS

President’s Award for Academic Excellence by a Doctor of Ministry Graduate, Claremont School of Theology (2023) • Jack Coogan Award for the Creative Use of the Arts in the Life of the Claremont School of Theology Community (2023) • City Harvest Inaugural Advocacy Award, Urban Outreach Center (2020 + 2022) • Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate, IDEO (2020) • Presbyterian Church (USA) Study Grant (2014-2016) • Union Theological Seminary Full Tuition Merit Scholarship (2013-2016) • Theological Advisory Delegate, PCUSA General Assembly (2014) • T.T. Alexander Award, Maryville College (2013) • Undergraduate Fellow, Fund for Theological Education (2012) • Hall Ethical Thinking Award in Christian Social Ethics, Maryville College (2012) • Isaac Anderson Fellow for Church Leadership, Maryville College (2009-2013) • Eagle Scout (2008) • Ordained as Ruling Elder, Presbyterian Church (USA) (2004)