Sharon Elizabeth Watkins

Background

Watkins, Sharon Elizabeth was born in 1954.

Education

Bachelor in French & Economics, Butler University, Indianapolis, 1975. Master of Divinity, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, 1984. Doctor of Ministry, Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2007.

Career

Assistant minister Spring Glen Church (United Church of Christ), Hamden. Pastor Boone Grove Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Indiana. Director student services Phillips Theological Seminary.

Associate vice president University relations Phillips University, Enid, Oklahoma. Senior pastor, moderator Disciples Christian Church, Bartlesville, 1997—2005. General minister, president Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) United States & Canada, Indianapolis, since 2005.

Member General Board Task Force on Reconciliation Mission. Member central committee, permanent committee consensus and collaboration World Council of Churches, Geneva. Representative World Council General Assembly, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2006.

Member governor board National Council of Churches, New York City. Board directors Sojourners/Call to Renewal, Washington. Adjunct professor Phillips Theological Seminary.

Achievements

• Sharon Elizabeth Watkins has been listed as a noteworthy minister, religious organization administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Richard H. Lowery. Children: Bethany, Christopher.