Kimberly Lucas Author

WESTINA MATTHEWS is an adjunct professor for the Center for Christian Spirituality at General Theological Seminary. Matthews is an author, theologian, public speaker, and retreat leader whose practice reflects contemplative living through “holy listening.” Her latest book is This Band of Sisterhood. A graduate of Shalem Institute's Spiritual Guidance Program, she currently serves on the Shalem board. She lives in Savannah, Georgia. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows is the first black woman to be elected a diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Carlye J. Hughes is bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. Kimberly Lucas is eleventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese in Colorado. Lucas is the first woman as well as the first African American to serve as bishop in the diocese. She was consecrated in 2019. Prior to her election, she was rector of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C since 2012. Previously, she was the rector of St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 2005 to 2011. Phoebe A. Roaf is bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. Shannon MacVean-Brown is bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont.