Sharon watkins and biography and discipleship

Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins serves as General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. The first female to lead a mainline denomination in North America, she was named one of "50 Powerful Women Religious Leaders" by The Huffington Post.

She is an inspirational preacher, teacher and facilitator who shares her considerable skills in a variety of religious and ecumenical settings.

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Sharon watkins and biography and discipleship ministries

Watkins is a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches based in Geneva, having been re-elected to that body during the 2013 assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea. She also serves on the WCC's Permanent Committee for Consensus and Collaboration.

She also serves as moderator on the National Council of Churches' governing board, based in New York City.

She served for two years as a missionary in the Congo, working on adult literacy programs early in her professional career.

In 2008, she returned to the