Minister Candace Simpson

Co-Chaplain-in-Residence

Candace Simpson

Minister Candace Simpson (she/they) is a religious educator from Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of Trinity College and Union Theological Seminary. Minister Simpson was the CDF Freedom School site coordinator at Concord Baptist Church of Christ for several years. She also served on the pastoral team. Minister Simpson is the voice of the Fish Sandwich Heaven Podcast and the lead designer for the Fish Sandwich Heaven website. She is currently a Ph.D. student at Garrett Seminary in Christian Education and Congregational Studies. Their emerging project explores the possibilities and limits of Christian education as a method of political education. It is Candace’s philosophy that Heaven is a revolution that must begin here on Earth.