Yvonne V. Delk
Yvonne V. Delk (born 1939) is a leader within the United Church of Christ (UCC), a Christian educator and social justice advocate. She was the first Black woman ordained in the United Church of Christ, and the second woman to hold a national leadership role in the denomination, serving as the head of the Office for Church and Society. She later served as executive director of the Community Renewal Society, an organization focused on issues of racism and poverty in Chicago. In this role, she addressed issues of homelessness, poverty, systemic racism, community health and affordable housing. She was the first woman and person of color to lead the organization. In 1997, Delk was recognized by Ebony (magazine), ''Ebony'' as one of the top fifteen Black woman preachers in the US. In 2023, she edited and contributed to Afro-Christian Convention: The Fifth Stream of the United Church of Christ (Pilgrim Press), providing history of a forgotten tradition in African-American history. Biogr ...
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