Christopher Harris

Christopher Harris, M.D.
Elder

This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when I set aside my ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see stole #1 for details).

Christopher Harris, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University, has been a pediatrician for twenty years.  A gay African-American with a 3-year-old daughter, Harris was invited in 2005 to testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee about the Federal Marriage Amendment and explain why denying same-sex couples the right to marry would negatively impact the health and security of their children.  He is one of more than 750 pediatricians who organized to oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.

Dr. Harris is an ordained Presbyterian Elder and was active in the More Light movement in Cincinnati and Nashville.  He helped create the More Light Task Force at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, a congregation which has been on the forefront of the Welcoming movement for many years.

Martha Juillerat
Founder, Shower of Stoles Project
2006