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Cheryl M. Lawrence

United Methodist pastor

Cheryl M. Lawrence is pastor of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and an ordained elder in the N.C. Conference of the United Methodist Church. Prior to earning a master of divinity from Duke University and becoming a pastor, she was a feature writer for a daily newspaper in Louisiana.

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