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Lauren Jones Mayfield
Associate pastor, Highland Baptist Church
Lauren Jones Mayfield serves as the associate pastor for care and justice at Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She recently completed her doctor of ministry degree at the Pacific School of Religion with an emphasis on Highland’s reparations ministry research. Follow her on Instagram @laurenjonesmayfield.
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