Shannon Johnson Kershner is the current pastor of
Fourth Presbyterian Church in
Chicago. Succeeding
John Buchanan as Fourth's pastor, Kershner was voted to lead the congregation on March 2, 2014. She began serving the community on May 1 of that year, and gave her first sermon to the congregation on May 18.
Kershner has previously worked as pastor at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church in
Black Mountain, North Carolina and Woodhaven Presbyterian Church in
Irving, Texas
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She graduated from
Trinity University in
San Antonio, Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree before going on to receive a Master of Divinity from
Columbia Theological Seminary. While studying at Columbia, Kershner served as a Pastoral Intern in
Texas and
Georgia, most prominently at
Central Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta.
Shannon has a husband named Greg Kershner, and two children, Hannah Kershner and Ryan Kershner. Greg is a Financial Advisor at
Raymond James Financial and went to
Baylor University before he attended
Columbia Theological Seminary.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Trinity University (Texas) alumni
Columbia Theological Seminary alumni
American Presbyterian ministers
Women Christian clergy