Meet Our Pastor

Rev. Barbara Clark is a native of Chattanooga and grew up an as active member of Brainerd UMC, where herparents and four siblings were very involvoed in all facets of the congregatins's ministries.  Her undergraduate degree from UT-Chattanooga was in Music Performance, and she was a member of the Chattanooga Symhony Orchestra and a music instructor. Prior to her seminary days, she served as a lay member of local, Disctrict, Conference, Jurisdictional, and General agencies of the United Methodist Church.

She eared the Master of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory Univerisy in 1995, was ordained in 1996 in Holston conference.  She has served congregations in Chattanooga, Copperhill, Bristol, Gatlinburg and Knoxville.

She is a mother, grandmother, justice worker, anti-racist, she/her/hers, who loves children!