Background
Newbernwilliams, Mary Ruth was born on November 27, 1951 in Cleveland. Daughter of Philip and Mary Horne Newbern.
Newbernwilliams, Mary Ruth was born on November 27, 1951 in Cleveland. Daughter of Philip and Mary Horne Newbern.
Bachelor, Baldwin-Wallace, 1973. Master of Arts, Princeton Seminary, 1986. Master of Divinity, Princeton Seminary, 1988.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mary Holmes College, 1999.
Teacher Cleveland Board Education, 1978—1979. Sales assistant USSteel Corporation, 1979—1981. Research associate Murtis Taylor Center, 1981—1985.
Associate pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, California, 1989—1991. Coordinator special programs Los Angeles Urban League, 1993—1996. Pastor Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 1994—1996.
Associate higher education General Assembly Council Presbyterian Church United States of America, Louisville, 1996—1999, associate executive presbyter Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Birmingham, Alabama, 2000—2003, associate presbyter Presbytery Eastern Virginia Portsmouth, since 2003.
Board member Community Presbyterian Center, Presbyterian Children's Home, First Light, Inc., Empower Hampton Roads.
Children: Joy Chandra, Philip Newbern, Robert Stultz III.