About the Center
The Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation is a community of scholars, faith leaders, organizers, and citizens dedicated to being and building a beloved community in Virginia and beyond. Recognizing the ongoing crisis in our nation and world, the Center embarks on a bold journey of living faith, advancing justice, and building sustainable paths for authentic reconciliation and community.
The Center offers a variety of educational programs – seminars, conferences, institutes, and symposia – for students, congregations, community and faith leaders and public officials that advance justice and build cultures for reconciliation. The Center also curates innovative public programs to enhance and support public conversation and engagement on issues of justice and reconciliation.
Board of Directors
Brian K. Blount, President and Professor of New Testament in the Walter W. Moore and Charles E.S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Brad R. Braxton, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, St. Luke's School and Curator, Living Religions in Twenty-First Century America, Smithsonian Institution
Linda McKinnish Bridges, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Salem College and Former President and Founding Faculty Member, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Sabrina E. Dent, Founder, Reimagine Religious Freedom
Bill J. Leonard, Founding Dean and Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Beth Harris McMahon, Consultant, BrightDot and Former Director of Communications and Operations Manager, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Amanda Tyler, Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee
Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Wake Forest University
Jonathan L. Walton, Dean of the School of Divinity, Presidential Chair of Religion and Society, and Dean of Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University
Bill Wilson, Director, Center for Healthy Churches and Former Chair, Board of Trustees of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Board Officers
Bill J. Leonard, Chair
Beth Harris McMahon, Treasurer
Corey D. B. Walker, President
Partners
Community Partners
Congregational Partners
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Seminary Partners
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