2024 Ingram Lecture – Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

MTS Community,

Memphis Theological Seminary, in collaboration with Metropolitan Baptist Church, is pleased to welcome Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis as the speaker for the Fall 2024 Ingram Lecture. This will take place on Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 pm CDT at Metropolitan Baptist Church (767 Walker Avenue, Memphis, TN 38126) and via online.

See Jacqui’s bio below.

To register for the event, you must complete this form: https://forms.gle/1yDYaFoGFvJGzjff6.

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The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as author, activist, preacher, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist, just, gun violence free, fully welcoming, gender affirming society in which everyone has enough. Jacqui is the Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. Jacqui earned her M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a MPhil and PhD from Drew University. A womanist theologian, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics, the Wild Goose Festival, The Children’s Defense Fund’s Haley Farm, and was a featured speaker on the Together national tour with best-selling author, Glennon Doyle.

Dr. Lewis’ work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, the front page of The New York Times, New York Times Video, The New York Post, CNN i-report, Essence, Ebony.com, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, The Associated Press, The San Francisco Chronicle, U.S. News, The Public’s Radio, The Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The San Diego Union Tribune, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Yakima Herald. She has blogged for The Huffington Post, GLAAD, Patheos, and Believe Out Loud. Her books include The Power of Stories; Ten Essential Strategies (with John Janka); Becoming Like Creoles (with Curtiss de Young, et al), and the children’s book, You Are So Wonderful! Harmony/Penguin Random House published her book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World in 2021. Her next book is the Just Love Story Bible for Children (Beaming Books, Feb 2025).

Jacqui shares her life with her best friend John Janka, and together they spoil their two grandchildren, just a little bit.

For MTS Students: This event is worth 1 colloquia credit for MTS MDiv and MACM students (MDiv requires 8; MACM requires 6). To receive credit, students must register with their MTS email addresses, indicate on the form that they are seeking colloquia credit, and attend the lecture event by signing in if they attend in-person or by confirmation of the Registrar if attending online.

We look forward to seeing you all there!