Marsha Brown Woodard
Lecturer in Christian Ministry
mwoodard@eastern.edu
484-384-2393
D.Min.: Lancaster Theological Seminary
M.Div.: Eden Theological Seminary
B.A.: Ottawa University
In addition to her teaching at Palmer, Rev. Dr. Marsha Brown Woodard is the Transitional Minister for the First Baptist Church in Wayne, PA. She has previously served as Pastor and/or a member of the staff in congregations in Pennsylvania and Missouri. She is also a consultant to churches, religious organizations, and human service organizations in the area of Christian Education and Discipleship, administration, especially church administration.
Dr. Woodard's doctoral work focused on internalized oppression, which is a reasonable response to the inundation of messages that are disempowering and devaluing. Her project utilized a small group that was facilitated through a Midwife Leadership Style that helped African American clergywomen explore these messages. In this participant-centered environment the women were free to share even as if they were gathered around a kitchen table.
Marsha's writings have appeared in various publications, including Church Women magazine, Baptist Leader, and American Baptist Quarterly, as well as in the books Those Preaching Women (Vol. II), Vision of Hope, Can I Get a Witness, and Sister to Sister (Vol. 2). More recently, she has contributed to Volume I of Abingdon's African American Preaching series.
