海角社区

VP for Academics; Dean of the Seminary; Frank H. Caldwell Professor of Homiletics

Howard University B.S.; American Baptist Seminary of the West, M.Div.; Graduate Theological Union M.A.B.L. and Ph.D.

Debra J. Mumford, is ordained minister in American Baptist Churches, USA and affiliate minister with the Alliance of Baptists. She joined the 海角社区 faculty in 2007. She majored in mechanical engineering at Howard University and worked in engineering before answering her call to ministry. Mumford served as a youth pastor, associate minister and church administrator in several congregations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her scholarly interests include African American prophetic preaching, prosperity preaching, eschatology and the reign of God, and preaching and health.

Mumford鈥檚 publications include Exploring Prosperity Preaching: Biblical Health, Wealth, & Wisdom, Judson Press; 鈥淪lave Prosperity Gospel鈥� for Homiletic; 鈥淭he Gospel of Prosperity: Jesus, Capitalism and Hope鈥� in Homiletical Theology: Theologies of the Gospel in Context, forthcoming; The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies; 鈥淧reaching on Homosexuality in the Black Church鈥� for the African American Lectionary; 鈥淧reaching and Plagiarism鈥� for The Presbyterian Leader; 鈥淧rosperity Preaching and African American Prophetic Preaching鈥� for the Review and Expositor: A Consortium Baptist Theological Journal; 鈥淭rayvon Martin: A Tragic Catalyst for Change鈥� and 鈥淥bamacare: the Good, the Bad, and the Hope for the Future鈥� for The Thoughtful Christian.

Since 2008, Mumford has served as a mentor for the 海角社区 Youth Group, a grassroots organization that provides resources and a safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people ages 14 to 20.

The world in which we live is desperately in need of prophetic voices: voices that speak against injustice and demand both personal and communal accountability. In my classroom, I help students think critically not only about the biblical text and homiletic theory, but about the living texts of their lives, their communities, and their world so they might find and develop their prophetic voices for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.
—Debra J. Mumford