Rev. Brenda E. Lee

Rev. Brenda E. Lee

Metropolitan Community Church

Chicago, IL

Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.

This stole was given to me upon my completion of seminary, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA. The stole holds special meaning for me because my journey in seminary was one which I was had to stand strong in my authenticity as an African-American lesbian minister called to be a voice in the wilderness. My presence was challenged by many of my peers because of their religious belief systems that perpetuated discrimination and homophobia. However, God’s Grace held me and kept me to endure and that experience strengthened me to continue becoming all that God created me to be and do the work that my soul is so ordained to do.

For me, this stole represents God’s power in our lives when we trust in God’s Grace. It is through God’s Power and Grace that we who are LGBTQ will overcome the challenges we face in our world today. I am currently serving as a minister in achurch4me? MCC in Chicago, IL.