2026 CDF Hall-Proctor Institute Leadership
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Rev. Dr. Leslie D. Callahan
Pastor-in-Residence Pastor, St. Paul’s Baptist Church
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Rev. Dr. Deborah Krause
Dean of Chapel President, Eden Theological Seminary
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Rev. Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert
Theologian-in-ResidenceDean, Howard University School of Divinity
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Tamura Lomax, Ph.D.
Theologian-in-ResidenceAuthor, “Freeing Black Girls: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering”
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Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley
Great PreacherPastor, Alfred Street Baptist Church
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Rev. Cecil A. Duffie, Ph.D.
Great PreacherDean of Chapel, Tuskegee University
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Great PreacherFounder & Director, Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice
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Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Thompson
Great PreacherSenior Pastor, Allen Temple Baptist Church
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Minister Candace Simpson
Co-Chaplain-in-ResidenceYouth Pastor at Quinn Chapel AME
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Ash-Lee Henderson
Plenary SpeakerCo-Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center
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Rev. Dr. Lorena M. Parrish
Co-Dean, Dale P. Andrews Freedom SeminaryTenured Professor of Urban Ministries, Director at Wesley Theological Seminary
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Rev. Dr. Obery Hendricks
Co-Dean, Dale P. Andrews Freedom SeminaryEmeritus Professor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminar
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Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson
Co-Chaplain-in-ResidencePresident of Auburn Theological Seminary
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Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Streets
Healer-in-ResidenceVisiting Associate Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work
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Liz Thompson
Plenary SpeakerCEO, The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group
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