Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Rev. Roland Stringfellow

Rev. Stringfellow is the Senior Pastor and Teacher at Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit. A Native of Fort Wayne, IN he now calls Detroit home.

Rev. Stringfellow works to create dialogs on the topic of LGBTQ equality with congregations as the Director of Ministerial Outreach with the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Sexuality on the campus of Pacific School of Religion. He has conducted multiple workshops on the topics of race, religion, class and sexuality.

In 2011, he became licensed with the United Church of Christ and the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TFAM) churches, a predominantly African-American denomination with an outreach to LGBTQ individuals.

In addition to all of his work within church contexts, Rev. Stringfellow has also worked in the field of education in a variety of capacities including teacher, guidance counselor, college adviser and vice-principal.

In 2010, he directed a national African-American faith community outreach (the Umoja Project) working with pastors and lay leaders in the Black church to provide pastoral care for gay and lesbian members of their congregation. He asks pastors, lay leaders and congregations “if this (the Bible) is the last will and testament of a God that is dead or a living breathing document of a God who is alive.”

Dr. Stringfellow has been consulted by media outlets regarding his work on marriage equality and the role of people of color and communities of faith in local, statewide and national debates. Stringfellow has conducted multiple workshops on the topics of race, religion, class, sexuality and gender identity. He has had several articles published in the Huffington Post.