Khristi Lauren Adams

Author

The Rev. Khristi Lauren Adams is a speaker, award-winning author, youth advocate and ordained Baptist minister. She is the author of “Womanish Theology: Discovering God Through the Lens of Black Girlhood,” “Parable of the Brown Girl,” and “Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way” along with its middle-grade version, “Black Girls Unbossed: Young World Changers Leading the Way.”

She is the executive director of community and belonging for the St. Paul’s Schools, a family of independent schools in Baltimore County, Maryland. She previously served as dean of spiritual life and equity and instructor of religious studies at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Adams is a graduate of Temple University and of Princeton Theological Seminary, where she obtained a master of divinity degree. She received the seminary’s 2024 Alumni Council Service Award, which highlights the outstanding efforts of alumni who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing the seminary's mission and values.