FAW Leaders

  • Apostle Edward Donalson

    Kingdom Family Worship Center, Intl.

    Seattle, WA

  • Bishop John Selders

    Amistad United Church of Christ

    Hartford, CT

  • Pastor Amundayo Edwards

    Integrated Praise Spiritual Center

    Sacramento, CA

National Leaders

  • Rev. Dr. Toni M. Bond

    National Ethicist

    https://www.iv4rj.org

    Dr. Toni M. Bond is a distinguished figure in the reproductive and sexual justice movement. Over her three-decade career, Dr. Bond has established herself as a formidable advocate and leader. She is the CEO and a co-founder of Interfaith Voices for Reproductive Justice (IVRJ). At IVRJ, she helped pioneer the creation of the first community-based Internal Review Board (IRB) focused on reproductive and sexual justice, enhancing support for grassroots research and activism. A pioneer of work at the intersections of religion and reproductive and sexual justice, Dr. Bond has been instrumental in shifting cultural and religious perspectives toward greater reproductive and sexual justice.

    Dr. Bond holds a B.A. from DePaul University, an M.A. in Theology/Ethics, a Ph.D. in Religion, Ethics, and Society from CST, and an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School. Currently, she serves as Professor of Ethics at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, where she imparts her deep knowledge of classical, Christian, and womanist ethics. Her scholarly pursuits focus on integrating womanist theo-ethics into discussions of reproductive justice, gender, sexuality, and religious faith. Through her teaching and research, Dr. Bond continues to be a pivotal voice in both academic circles and community-based activism, championing the intersection of faith and justice for marginalized communities.

  • Rev. Dr. Lisa Allen McLaurin

    National Musicologist and Theologian in Residence

    https://wipfandstock.com/9781666784848/over-my-head/

    I am the author of A Womanist Theology of Worship: Liturgy, Justice, and Communal Righteousness (Orbis Books, 2021), and two other texts, Worship Matters! A Collection of Practical Essays on the Practical and Spiritual Discipline of Worship (Creative Publishing, 2015) and Development Comes Before Deliverance: A 9-Week Sermon Series and Bible Study for Pastors and Congregations (Creative Publishing, 2018).

    I have authored many articles, including “The Theo-Ethics of Negro Spirituals as Folklore and Their Import and Implications for 21st-Century AfricansinAmerica, ”published in the Fall, 2019 Journal of the ITC and is a featured contributor in the 2020 People’s Voice Webby Award-winning documentary, A King’s Place: Reclaiming the Black Church’s Civil Rights Past. Lastly, I am also a noted composer and arranger and, in 2019 debuted her Advent cantata, Christmas is Waiting to Be Born: An Advent Cantata Inspired by the Works of Howard Thurman at the ITC. She is also a featured musicologist in the 2015 Emmy-award-winning documentary, Reflect, Reclaim, Rejoice: Preserving the Gift of Black Sacred Music.

    In addition to my work at ITC and in the CME Church, I serve on the Arts, Religion and Literature, and Music and Religion Program Unit Steering Committees of the American Academy of Religion, the editorial board of The Methodist Review-Journal, and holds memberships in the Society for the Study of Black Religion, Hymns for Him Board of Directors, and the National African American Leadership Council. I am the CEO/curator of Sunday’s Coming, a weekly online worship planningwebinar, CEO/founder of Creating Collegiality, a collaborative leadership mentoring program, a member of the Sisters Chapel Advisory Council at Spelman College, a mentor with the RISE Together National Mentorship Network, and a 2018 inductee into the Morehouse College Board of Preachers. In 2023, I will serve an awarded appointment as the Music Scholar-in-Residence/Interim Choral Director at the American Church in Paris, France. I feel a great responsibility to help leaders, particularly women, shape and hone their academic and ministerial gifts.

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