2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, DC 20059, United States
Gill went to Howard University full-time and graduated in four years with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, United States
Gill earned a Master of Speech and Political Rhetoric degree from American University.
New Jersey, United States
Gill earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Rutgers University in 1976.
64 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ 08542, United States
Gill received her Master of Divinity and A Master of Theology degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, in 1997 and 1998 respectively.
2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, DC 20059, United States
Gill went to Howard University full-time and graduated in four years with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, United States
Gill earned a Master of Speech and Political Rhetoric degree from American University.
New Jersey, United States
Gill earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Rutgers University in 1976.
64 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ 08542, United States
Gill received her Master of Divinity and A Master of Theology degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, in 1997 and 1998 respectively.
(Forming and Transforming History; This remarkable book pr...)
Forming and Transforming History; This remarkable book preserves the history of the struggles and accomplishments of fifteen courageous women, and will move others to learn from and follow their example.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RMSA9Y/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(African Women in the Bible and the Virtues of Black Woman...)
African Women in the Bible and the Virtues of Black Womanhood; Gill presents biblical and theological foundations to validate the experiences of the African American woman and offers historical and contemporary role models who embodied these virtues.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082981373X/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(Faith Journaling for African American Women; This book in...)
Faith Journaling for African American Women; This book includes guidance for faith journaling and an overview of the bible to facilitate spiritual meditation.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061588489X/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(And Other Biblical Women Resisting Injustice; Examines an...)
And Other Biblical Women Resisting Injustice; Examines and discusses six Bible stories of women who rebelled against oppression in order to have God's work made manifest in the world.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082981521X/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(Prayers, Meditations and Other Spiritual Disciplines For ...)
Prayers, Meditations and Other Spiritual Disciplines For People with Kidney Disease; Faith and Kidney Disease is a book dedicated to the spiritual well-being for people with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and for the people who care for them.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615924603/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(This book is the first of four volumes profiling African ...)
This book is the first of four volumes profiling African Americans who contributed to the quality- of-life in Reston, Virginia.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0578190435/?tag=2022091-20
2017
LaVerne McCain Gill was born on October 13, 1947, in Washington, United States. No more among us since October 30, 2021. She is the daughter of Paul McCain and Mary Williams. Her two older brothers both protected and continuously tested Gill as only brothers can do. They, along with her mother and grandmother, set high standards for her as a young lady.
Gill's teachers always expected the best from her because of the accomplishments of her brothers, who were a few years ahead. College was not expected, so her mother arranged to get her enrolled in the first integrated class of the Burdick Vocational High School for girls, the top vocational high school in Washington. Her desire to attend college was not quenched. She worked part-time, while attending night school to acquire the additional courses needed for college. Three years later, she graduated second in her class and also won a $500 Sears Roebuck college scholarship. This was not enough money, so Gill worked two jobs, went to Howard University full-time and graduated in four years with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
After leaving Howard, Gill earned a Master of Speech and Political Rhetoric from American University, a Master of Business Administration from Rutgers University in 1976, a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, in 1997 and 1998 respectively.
Early in her career, Gill published a weekly newspaper, produced radio and television programs, she was a frequent political commentator for Weta's Emmy award-winning weekly Metro-Week in Review. She was also a member of the Capitol Hill Press Gallery; was a former Legislative Aide to a United States Senator and worked as a Budget Analyst for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
She was a pastor of the historic 178 year-old Webster United Church of Christ (UCC) in Michigan. After that, she became the UCC Chaplain at the nearly two hundred year-old Chautauqua Institute in New York. An author of six books, she wrote a textbook about African American Women in Congress.
During her years as pastor of Webster, Gill started a nine-year ministry in Ghana, West Africa. Each year she put together a delegation of church members and friends to travel to Ghana to work in the refugee camp, support a street children's ministry, leprosy ministry and scholarship program. Gill led a one-year campaign to build eleven water wells and raised $100,000 during that year to support the effort.
Concerning Gill's international missions, she taught high school teachers in Ethiopia. Her writing on African American Spirituals earned her an invitation as a speaker at two World Council of Churches conferences - in Bossey Switzerland and in Ethiopia. She travelled to Cuba as a part of an international delegation in support of Cuban women.
Her other writings include such titles as "Daughters of Dignity: African Biblical Women and the Virtues of Womanhood", "Vashti's Victory", "My Mother Prayed for Me", "Faith and Kidney Disease" and "Reston's African American Legacy".
When Gill retired from active ministry, she became interested in documenting the history of African Americans in Reston, Virginia. In 2014 when Reston celebrated its 50th Anniversary, Gill, who has kept a residence in Reston since 1983 wanted to highlight the contributions made to the new town by African Americans. This is the theme of her latest book.
Gill was the first African American and the first woman to pastor the historic 178 year-old Webster United Church of Christ (UCC) in Michigan. She also became the first African American UCC Chaplain at the nearly two hundred year-old Chautauqua Institute in New York. In addition, she was the first to write a textbook about African American Women in Congress. The book was nominated for the New Jersey Humanities Award, is studied at the Kennedy Center at Harvard University and is in libraries around the world.
For her work in the ministry, Gill won several awards, such as the Olivet College Humanitarian Award, the Prestigious United Church of Christ "Antoinette Brown Award" for excellence in ministry and preaching, and the James Jenkins Pillar of Faith Award by Howard University School of Divinity and the UCC Central Atlantic Conference.
(African Women in the Bible and the Virtues of Black Woman...)
2000(Prayers, Meditations and Other Spiritual Disciplines For ...)
2013(Forming and Transforming History; This remarkable book pr...)
1997(And Other Biblical Women Resisting Injustice; Examines an...)
2003(Faith Journaling for African American Women; This book in...)
2000(This book is the first of four volumes profiling African ...)
2017Gill is married to Tepper Gill. They have lived in Reston for more than three decades and have three grown children - Jennette, Dylan and Tepper.
