21 Facts About Jacquelyn Grant

Jacquelyn Grant was born on 1948 and is an American theologian, a Methodist minister.

Alongside Katie Cannon, Delores S Williams, and Kelly Brown Douglas, Grant is considered one of the four founders of womanist theology.

Jacquelyn Grant was born December 19,1948, in Georgetown, South Carolina.

Jacquelyn Grant was one of nine children born to her father, the Rev Joseph J Grant, a pastor, and her mother, Lillie Mae Grant, a cosmetologist.

Jacquelyn Grant grew up interested in religion, attending Catholic school at a young age and graduating from the local Howard High School in 1966.

Jacquelyn Grant was ordained by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1974.

In 1976 and 1980, Jacquelyn Grant wrote and presented position papers at the denomination's General Conference titled "The Status of Women in the AME Church" and "The AME Church and Women," respectively.

Jacquelyn Grant founded the denomination's Women in Ministry organization, which later became the Commission on Women and Ministry.

In 1977, Jacquelyn Grant became involved with Harvard Divinity School's Women's Research Program.

Jacquelyn Grant spearheaded efforts to bring women together to address the role and equality of women with a position paper on the status of women written for the 1976 General Conference, convening a meeting of the female ministers at the General Conference to voice concerns about representation in the governing processes and ministry of the AMEC, and leading a delegation to take these concerns before the Council of Bishops in 1977 at Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In 1981, Jacquelyn Grant founded the Center for Black Women in Church and Society at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta in 1981, where she holds the title of Professor.

Jacquelyn Grant was the assistant minister at Flipper Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1980 to 1982, and later the assistant minister at Victory African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta.

Jacquelyn Grant is the Fuller E Callaway Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Union in Atlanta.

Jacquelyn Grant is known for her commitment to building stronger communities and churches.

Jacquelyn Grant was featured as a contributor in the 1983 April issue of Ebony magazine to the article "School of Religion for Men Behind Bars" and to the article "Gifts of the Spirit" in the 1992 December issue.

Jacquelyn Grant was the recipient of the Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Jacquelyn Grant has appeared in the Who's Who Among African Americans.

Jacquelyn Grant currently has a research project that examines African-American understanding of the divine through black theology and black art.

Jacquelyn Grant has been professionally involved with a range of international and national organizations, including the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches, the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians, the American Academy of Religion, and the Society for the Study of Black Religion.

Jacquelyn Grant expounds on this and similar notions in her writings.

Jacquelyn Grant notably argues that the oppression of black women is different to that of black men.