Program Director and Staff
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REV. MONA WEST received her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in 1987 from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. She has taught biblical studies at several colleges and universities throughout the south. Originally ordained in the Southern Baptist denomination in 1987, Rev. West transferred her ordination credentials to Metropolitan Community Church in 1992. She served as the Academic Dean for Samaritan Institute, the school that trained clergy for MCC, from 1993-1997. She has been involved in pastoral ministry since 1997, serving as co-pastor of the 3000 member Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, as well as staff clergy for Midway Hills Christian Church in Dallas and more recently as the Senior Pastor of Church of the Trinity MCC in Sarasota, FL. Currently she is the Director of Formation and Leadership Development for Metropolitan Community Churches. She writes and speaks about spirituality and Queer Biblical Studies and has edited two books: Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible, published by Pilgrim Press, and The Queer Bible Commentary, published by SCM Press. Mona lives in Austin, TX with her life partner, Deb Elder, and their pet family.
Email: RevMonaWest@MCCchurch.net
REV. DR KHARMA AMOS The Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos serves as the Associate Director of Formation and Leadership Development for MCC. Prior to beginning this work in November of 2011,she served as the Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of NorthernVirginia for nine years. Kharma received her Master of Divinity degree in 2002 from Lancaster Theological Seminary, where she currently serves on the Board of Trustees.She received her Doctor of Ministry degree in 2008 from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a thesis entitled Queering Church: Integrating QueerTheology in Congregational Life in Metropolitan Community Churches. Kharma has been a contributor to the Human Rights Campaign’s Out In Scripture online commentary series and authored a chapter in the book Split Ticket: Independent Faith in a Time of Partisan Politics, published by Chalice Press in 2010.
Email: RevKharmaAmos@MCCchurch.net
Global OFLD Coordinators
Australia/ New Zealand -Rev John Fowler- Johnfowler28@gmail.com
Latin America- Rev Hector Gutierrez- revhectorgutierrez@mccchurch.net
UK and Western Europe- Rev Pressley Sutherland- pressleylondon@aol.com
Advisory Team
Rev. Dr. Neil Thomas, Sr. Pastor of MCCLA los Angels California
Rev. Chris Dowd, Sr. Pastor of Journey MCC of Birmingham UK
Rev. Terri Echelbarger, Sr. Pastor of Peninsula MCC
Rev. Hector Gutierrez-Program Coordinator Latin America
Rev. Mona West, PhD -Office of Formation and Leadership Development
Rev. Doretha Flournoy Williams, Sr. pastor of a Church for All
Rev. David Mellott- Professor of Theology, of Lancaster Theological Seminary
