Sarah Winsett Wiles is the David H. C. Read Preacher/ Scholar award recipient for 2008, given by Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York, NY.
Sarah Winsett Wiles was the David H. C. Read Preacher/Scholar award recipient for 2008, given by Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York, NY.
She is serving at First Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor, MI, as part of the Lilly Residency Program. Previously she worked in the president's office at Union Theological Seminary in New York, NY.
Wiles received a master of divinity degree in May 2008 from Union Theological Seminary. In 2004 she graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University, where she studied religion and psychology. She grew up in North Carolina where her paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were ministers and her father taught Old Testament at a theological seminary in Winston-Salem.
Sarah Winsett Wiles talks with host Peter Wallace about the purpose and process of the David H. C. Read Preacher/Scholar Award program sponsored by Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, which she received in 2008. She also talks about her spiritual journey and offers insights on how the church can reach young people today.
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