Rev. Kerri Parker: A Faithful Response to a Pandemic

Christians around the world are all responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of ways. There is a lot of harmful misinformation rooted in harmful and unhealthy theology and Rev. Kerri Parker, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches is here today to help us untangle some of that theology. She and her colleagues at the Wisconsin Council of Churches have been working incredibly hard over the past 18 months to provide guidance that has been used by churches and faith communities around the country about how we can faithfully respond to this pandemic. We are so grateful Rev. Kerri took the time out of an incredibly busy schedule (truly, she had just finished up a call with the White House before hopping on to record our podcast episode!!) to talk with us about how our faith can guide our response during this harrowing time.

For more information and to access the various guidelines that the Wisconsin Council of Churches has provided, you can view all of their resources HERE.

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Rev. Kerri Parker is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches. In her work, she brings a strong faith commitment to ecumenical ministry and has demonstrated leadership in leading complex coalitions toward a common goal. Prior to coming to the Council, she served as pastor of McFarland UCC in McFarland, WI and as executive director of YWCA Rock County in Janesville, Wisconsin, a strong organization with roots in the social gospel, with programs dedicated to peace, racial justice and women’s empowerment. Rev. Parker has served on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ and United Church Camps Inc., and is published in the anthology, There’s A Woman in the Pulpit (Skylight Paths, 2015). She is a graduate of Smith College and the Chicago Theological Seminary. Rev. Parker is a member of Orchard Ridge UCC in Madison, Wisconsin and lives in McFarland with her family.