Professor Katie Cannon, first black woman ordained in PC(USA), dies at 68
RICHMOND, VA (August 9, 2018) – The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary, first African-American woman ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and a foremost scholar of the womanist movement, died Wednesday after a brief illness. She was 68. “Dr. Cannon was greatly admired and loved by…
Read More