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Lisa D. Rhodes

Executive director, RISE Together Mentorship Network

The Rev. Dr. Lisa D. Rhodes joined Union Theological Seminary in fall 2017 as the executive director of the RISE Together Mentorship Network (RISE), a national mentorship initiative for women of color in ministry. Previously, Rhodes served 16 years as Dean of the Chapel at Spelman College and Director of the Sisters Center for WISDOM (Women in Spiritual Discernment of Ministry). While at Spelman, she mentored, counseled and advised hundreds of undergraduate students and served as a contextual education supervisor for seminary students at several Atlanta area theological institutions. Prior to her work and ministry with black female college students, Rhodes served as an assistant pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. She has also served as a program manager for two historically black seminaries, Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio and the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. Rhodes received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Wheeling College in Wheeling, West Virginia; a master’s of social work from the University of Maryland in Baltimore; an M.Div. from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University; and a D.Min. from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.

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Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants

The Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants Program at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is designed to foster, strengthen and sustain well-grounded worship in congregations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Two streams of grants are offered: to teacher-scholars and to worshiping communities.

Grant proposal due date options include October 15, 2023, or February 15 or June 15, 2024.

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