Guest Preacher: The Rev'd Traci Blackmon

We welcome the Rev'd Traci Blackmon, Executive Minister of Justice and Witness Ministries for the United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO, as part of the Michael B. Curry Distinguished Preachers Series. 

Initially ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Blackmon served in various ministry capacities for nine years before being ordained in the UCC and installed as the first woman and 18th pastor in the 159-year history of Christ the King UCC. A registered nurse with more than 25 years of healthcare experience, Rev. Blackmon's clinical focus was cardiac care. In later years, her focus shifted to mobile healthcare in underserved communities, with the greatest health disparities being in her revion. As pastor, the Rev. Blackmon leads Christ the King in an expanded understanding of church as a sacred launching pad of community engagement and change.

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