Summer Quest 2021
Courageous Women of Faith Responding to God's Call: Biblical and Contemporary Women
Led by The Rt. Rev. Phoebe Roaf
June 5th
9am-2pm
via Zoom
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This is a free event, but a donation can be made by clicking the button at the bottom of this page.
Led by The Rt. Rev. Phoebe Roaf
June 5th
9am-2pm
via Zoom
Register Here!
This is a free event, but a donation can be made by clicking the button at the bottom of this page.
THE RT. REV. PHOEBE A. ROAF
Bishop Roaf, a lifelong Episcopalian, grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She earned degrees from Harvard College, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, School of Law before clerking for two years for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans and working at a New Orleans law firm as an associate focused on commercial real estate.
She attended Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with a Master in Divinity in 2008; she currently serves the seminary as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Bishop Roaf came to Memphis from Richmond, Virginia, where she served as Rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. Prior to that, Roaf was Associate Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans.
Bishop Roaf was consecrated the fourth Bishop of West Tennessee in May 2019. She is both the first
woman and the first African-American to lead the diocese.
Bishop Roaf, a lifelong Episcopalian, grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She earned degrees from Harvard College, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, School of Law before clerking for two years for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans and working at a New Orleans law firm as an associate focused on commercial real estate.
She attended Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with a Master in Divinity in 2008; she currently serves the seminary as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Bishop Roaf came to Memphis from Richmond, Virginia, where she served as Rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. Prior to that, Roaf was Associate Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans.
Bishop Roaf was consecrated the fourth Bishop of West Tennessee in May 2019. She is both the first
woman and the first African-American to lead the diocese.
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