Background
Townley was born in 1959 in Andalusia, Alabama, United States.
Townley was born in 1959 in Andalusia, Alabama, United States.
Townley studied at Chicago Theological Seminary from 1996 to 1999.
Chaplain in healthcare serving diverse populations including elders and memory impaired, bereavement groups, cancer support services, behavioral health, palliative care.
Growing up in the Deep South and enjoying the benefits of desegregated public education, the call to liberation was heard as both religious and social. Since he was old enough to vote for Jimmy Carter, TJ has identified with classic liberal democracy as it expresses itself in biblical mandates for freedom, democracy and compassion with greater justice and mercy.