Henderson Lecture on Church Ministry and Leadership
with Barbara Brown Taylor
Date / Time
Tues., June 5, 2018, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Speaker
Barbara Brown Taylor is an American Episcopal priest, professor, author, and theologian. She is one of the United States' best known preachers. Her first memoir, Leaving Church (2006), won an Author of the Year Award from the Georgia Writers Association. Her most recent book, Learning to Walk in the Dark (2014), was featured on the cover of TIME magazine. She has served on the faculties of Piedmont College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, and the Certificate in Theological Studies Program at Arrendale State Prison for Women in Alto, Ga. In 2014 TIME included her on its annual list of Most Influential People; in 2015 she was named Georgia Woman of the Year; in 2016 she received The President’s Medal at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Mercer University and is working on her 14 book, "Holy Envy", forthcoming from HarperOne in August 2018. Her work has been translated into five languages.
Taylor did her undergraduate studies at Emory University where she graduated in 1973. She then went on to study at Yale Divinity School, where she graduated in 1976. She was ordained in 1984, and became the rector of Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church (Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta) in Clarkesville, Ga., in 1992. In 1996, she was named one of the 12 "most effective" preachers in the English-speaking world by Baylor University. She later left parish ministry and became a full-time professor at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga., and an adjunct professor of Christian spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga.
She was awarded the 1998 Emory Medal by the Emory Alumni Association of Emory University for her distinguished achievement in education. In February 2009, Brown Taylor led the second annual Piedmont College religion conference. She was also the keynote speaker at the conference in previous years. In February 2010, days before Piedmont College's religion conference, Taylor ranked in the top 10 most influential living preachers in a poll conducted by the Southern Baptist Convention.
She lives at her farm in northern Georgia, with her husband, Edward Taylor.
Overview
Dr. Brown Taylor will present thoughts on liturgy, the work of the people during this evening. She will also be reading from some of her works and available for signing copies of her work. This event is free and open to the public. An ASL interpreter will be present for this event.
If you are interested in spending more time learning from Dr. Brown Taylor, check out the Henderson Summer Leadership Conference.
Directions / Parking / CEUs
Directions to the Seminary. Free parking is available on the campus of the Seminary behind the chapel and there will be directional signs to indicate where events are being held. Campus map.
CEUs will be available for clergy upon request. E-mail to request a certificate.
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Questions
Questions about the event can be directed to the Continuing Education at or 412-924-1345.
